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How Women Angels And Entrepreneurs Are Beating Investment Odds

Source: Forbes.com

Overall, angel investment in 2012 showed signs of weakness: fewer investors and only a slight increase in dollars invested. But for women angels, it’s a whole different story. While the percent of women angel investors is still small — 22% — it jumped 50%, according to the Center for Venture Research, which studies early...
Mergers rare among startups and venture capitalists

Source: Chicago Tribune Business

"If (the deal) is going forward, then it must be seen as an increase in valuation for all the investors involved, which then makes them a larger target for an acquisition or an IPO," said Jeffrey Sohl, director of The Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire's Peter T.
Women boosting funding of start-ups

Source: The Boston Globe

The number of women investing money into start-ups reached record levels last year as they become a much bigger force in the risky and male-dominated world of angel investing. Women made up 21.8 percent of active angel investors nationwide in 2012, compared with 12.2 percent the previous year, according to the Center for...
Flight plan for angel investors looking for a network

Source: Reuters.com

Overall, there are more than 330 angel groups in the United States and Canada that are active in start-ups, and funding hit $22.9 billion in 2012 - up 1.8 percent from 2011, when investments totaled $22.5 billion, according to the University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research. Some 67,030 entrepreneurial ventures...
UNH Center for Venture Research: Moderate Recovery Continues in 2012 for U.S. Angel Investor Market

Source: UNH Media Relations

The angel investor market in 2012 continued the upward trend started in 2010 in investment dollars and in the number of investments, albeit at a moderate pace, according to the 2012 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
Is Investing in Women Entrepreneurs for You? 9 Questions to Ask If You Want to Find Out

Source: Forbes.com

While only 12 percent of angels were women in 2011, the number is on the rise. “All arrows seem to be pointing up,” according to Jeffrey E. Sohl, Director, Center for Venture Research. “Women are joining existing initiatives, [such as Golden Seeds, an angel network that funds women entrepreneurs].
San Diego's investing angels

Source: U-T San Diego

Angel investing nationwide grew 12.1 percent to $22.5 billion in 2011, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Through the first six months of 2012 — the latest figures available — angel investment gained about 3.5 percent over prior year levels.
Why Crowdfunding Is a Game-Change for Women Entrepreneurs

Source: Forbes

Women-owned firms start and grow businesses with substantially less outside financing, according to a Department of Commerce survey of women-owned companies across the U.S. That helps to explain why the average women-owned business has 25% lower revenue than the typical male-owned firm in the same industry.
Raising Startup Capital From Anywhere, USA

Source: The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Angels put $9.2 billion to work in the first and second quarters of 2012, a 3.1% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to estimates by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. For all of 2012, the Center estimates that U.S. angel investment deals increased 3% and total...
Site Unseen: More 'Angels' Invest via Internet

Source: The Wall Street Journal

..."You're adding a whole layer of risk to an already very risky investment class," says Jeffrey Sohl, director of the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. "With most of these investments, you're going to lose money." Read more:

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