The Center for Venture Research is a multidisciplinary research unit of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. The Center's principal area of expertise is in the study of early stage equity financing for high growth ventures. The Center for Venture Research, since its inception in 1984, has undertaken and published numerous studies in the area of early-stage equity financing of entrepreneurial ventures. The Center has appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, National Public Radio, NHPTV's NH Outlook, and has been quoted in several publications including, Inc., Forbes, Fortune, Red Herring, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Financial Times. In addition, the Center has presented its research in academic and practitioner forums in the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe, in testimony before Congressional Committees, and in briefings for several government agencies and scholars from the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Asia and Africa.
Jeffrey Sohl - Director of CVR, and Dan Innis - Dean of WSBE, meet with delegates from Japan to discuss the US Angel Market
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Top Sources of Small-Business Financing in 2012 “I don’t see any big run-up in dollars in 2012. If we see a flat market or a 5 percent growth rate, that would be reasonable,” says Jeffrey Sohl, director of the Center for Venture Research. Angel investors “are still doing deals, they are just doing deals at a smaller amount.” |
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The State of Small Business Angel investing: Angel investors are becoming a bit less cautious, too. These investors—high net worth individuals who help fund startups in exchange for a percentage of the company down the road—provided $8.9 billion in the first half of 2011, up nearly 5 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to the University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research. The $8.9 billion went to 26,300 startups, for an average investment of $338,400. |
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Top Sources of Small-Business Financing in 2012 Angel investing: Angel investors are becoming a bit less cautious, too. These investors—high net worth individuals who help fund startups in exchange for a percentage of the company down the road—provided $8.9 billion in the first half of 2011, up nearly 5 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to the University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research. The $8.9 billion went to 26,300 startups, for an average investment of $338,400. |