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  • The University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research has released angel investment data for the first half of 2012, and it shows some signs of increased activity. Dollars are up 3.1% and deals are up 3.7% over the first half of 2011. Average deal size has stayed constant year over year. Read more:
  • The angel investor market in the first two quarters of 2012 showed signs of steady recovery since the correction in the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009, with total investments at $9.2 billion, an increase of 3.1 percent over the same period in 2011, according to the Center for Venture Research at the...
  • The angel investor market in the first two quarters of 2012 showed signs of steady recovery since the correction in the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Read more:
  • A UNH business accelerator called the Green Launching Pad (GLP) has proven over its first two years that it’s possible to foster sound stewardship of the environment and boost the state’s economy by successfully launching 14 “green” businesses—in renewable energy, green manufacturing and energy efficiency. As it enters its...
  • Entrepreneurship had a much quieter role in Charlotte, N.C., this week than at the RNC in Tampa..."Republicans have someone running on a business agenda with a business background [that they think] is the major qualification to become president," says Jeffrey Sohl, director of the Center for Venture Research at the...
  • The emergence of the super angels is helping to transform venture investing, giving more startups a lifeline. "There is clearly a trend toward institutionalization of angel investing," said Jeffrey Sohl, director of the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. "[What angels used to do] for psychic...
  • The percentage of startups led by women that sought venture capital increased to 20 percent in 2011 from 12.6 percent in 2000, according to the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research.
  • And the good news for entrepreneurs is that there are a lot of angel investors and they invest a lot of money each year. In fact, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, last year angel investors gave $22.5 billion to 66,230 entrepreneurial ventures. And in total, 318,480 individual...
  • More women are doing that than in the past, according to a study by the Commerce Department’s Economic and Statistics Administration. From 1997 to 2007, women-owned businesses in the U.S. grew by 44 percent, or twice as fast as those owned by men.
  • Looking for Funding? Investors Are Out There. Is there really plenty of money out there to invest in small businesses? They’re looking for people who have the know-how to solve a real-life problem. The University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research estimates that U.S. angel investors committed $19 billion to 55,...
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