Comments on: Economy Has Angels Pulling Back

By: Network Security Guy

Network Security Guy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:46:44 +0000

M&A’s will be coming back soon though, and those will be followed by investment. I don’t think it’s going to be as bad as everyone thinks. The ever increasing mobility of companies and their mobile workforces, the speed of business, everything, will lead to this getting cleared up faster than everyone thiks.

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By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:19:50 +0000

Thanks, Knox and David. And Mike D, there’s also data published every six months by the Center for Venture Research that takes a much wider view of the angel market. However, data for the second half of the year will be a long time coming.
http://www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2008/oct/lw8angel.cfm

By: David S. Rose

David S. Rose — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:08:30 +0000

Knox Massey (who is a significant angel investor and and group leader in Atlanta) has written an interesting an right-on-target update about what the angel ‘market’ looks like in his area this month. It jibes completely with what we’re seeing in New York (increased syndication among angel groups, for example. We’re currently working on joint deals with Virginia Active Angel Investors, Boston Harbor, Houston Angel Network, Minority Angel Investor Network, and others.) Be sure to click on the link in his post above to read it!

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By: Knox Massey

Knox Massey — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:07:47 +0000

Hey Stacey–

http://angelatlanta.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/the-angel-investing-market-circa-december-2008/

David is right in his first paragraph above. Data is still be collected regarding his second paragraph.

By: David S. Rose

David S. Rose — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:40:39 +0000

What is actually happening in the world of angel investing is quite interesting. In the early part of the year, angel investments were trending upward, but as the recession hit after the summer, angels began to bifurcate. The “casual” angels, at the lower end of economic spectrum, began pulling back (in many cases sharply). At the same time, the “serious” angels (many of whom belong to the more active organized groups) held steady, because there are still interesting companies starting up, and valuations are now very, very reasonable. New York Angels, for example, invested in more deals (21) this year than in any other year since its founding.

To answer Mike D’s question, the limited statistics as are available show that all angels in the US invested close to $25 billion last year (roughly the same as the VC industry). The organized groups, however, accounted for only a small portion of that, although it is growing significantly. Today there are many hundreds of organized groups, ranging from ten to 250 investors. Angelsoft, the SaaS platform that powers virtually all of them, currently has well over 14,000 accredited investors on the system, and that number is growing steadily.

By: Anu Nigam

Anu Nigam — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:56:14 +0000

Hi Mike,

Look at Angelsoft.net/industry, they have rough stats there.

Anu

By: Mike D

Mike D — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:19:39 +0000

Not too surprising. I’d be interested to know is there any data out there that shows the percentage of the total angel money raised by angels outside of these official angel groups vs. unaffiliated angels (investing on their own or through more informal groups). I would guess these angel investment groups are a small part of the overall angel market.

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By: Tech-PR

Tech-PR — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:35:24 +0000

Worst economic recession has not spared even the ever optimistic angels.

By: TechLang

TechLang — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:41:43 +0000

psychology is down everywhere, can Obama revive?