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Angel Investors vs. Angel Groups

Business Plan Blog

angel investors invested $19 billion in 55,000 deals in 2008, with most of the investments being made in start-up or very early-stage companies. Angels make a return on their investment when the entrepreneur successfully grows the business and exits it, generally through a sale or merger. What is an angel group?

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JOBS Act to Change Startup Funding Landscape

ReadWriteStart

The hole in the NVCA's data, the professor alleges, comes from a factor that perhaps would be obvious if anyone bothered to read those non-existent venture sites: mergers and acquisitions. Crowdfunding is an efficient way for entrepreneurs to raise seed capital," the editors wrote.

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