The UK government's new Angel CoFund is willing to provide equity or quasi-equity investment of between £100K and £1M into eligible SMEs alongside business angel syndicates.
This action could double the amount of money available for Business Angel investment in the UK in 2012....
A new year is a good time to take stock and look around to see where the best investment opportunities will come from in the year ahead.
We are picking out cloud based software solutions as the best of the bunch.
Why...?
This graph from Silicon Alley Insider is a pretty startling picture - a slightly dubious measure, but a very strong message.
Sometimes a picture says it all.
All net new jobs in the US, since 2006, are the result of startup companies less than five years old.
Welcome to this months round up of business angel news and ideas. We've got three pieces each of which has significant consequences...
Launching the first phase of a startup business - or for a business angel, preparing to invest in one - requires an assessment of three things - product, market and team.
So, what counts as a minimum viable product, market or team?
Business angels and business angel networks are changing ... and it is for the benefit of both the angel investors and the entrepreneurs!
A monthly round up of the biggest and best business angel and early stage investment stories and blogs on the internet.
From why company boards don't work, signing of NDA to a new crowdfunding platform plus reasons why freelancers make great startup team partners and lastly, everything you wanted to know about anti-dilution but were afraid to ask.
As predicted here on i Business Angel, the number of new business accelerators is exploding, whilst also offering different flavours.
Here are 5 new accelerators or programmes for business angels and entrepreneurs...
We now have - in the form of NESTA's Startup Factories report - independent analysis of the money making power of a highly successful business accelerator.
Y Combinators has delivered a 35 fold increase over 5 years and made 210 investments.
We don't reckon any single business angel - or super angel, for that matter - can beat this performance? Do you?
Here's a round of three top business angel and startup investment article and blogs on the web this month.
We've got discussions on why startup entrepreneurs should approach business angels first, why VCs are in investing in their health (and entrepreneurs should too) and lastly, what is the one thing every entrepreneur or startup really needs to succeed?
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