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What the new U.S. crowdfunding bill means for entrepreneurs

Nov

2011

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a crowdfunding bill that will allow startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites and social networks. If passed by the Senate and signed off on by the President, the bill will become a law, giving entrepreneurs new options for raising money for their companies. Here’s ...

The Top Angel Investors: Behind the Rankings – BusinessWeek

Feb

2010

Bloomberg BusinessWeek partnered with startup tracker YouNoodle to analyze the performance of U.S. angel investors. The result is our first annual ranking of the top angel investors —chock full of surprises. Who knew that Amazon.com (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos is such an active financier of early-stage companies? He ranks No. 7 on our list, helping ...

AngelList – Venture Hacks

Feb

2010

The Mini-Midas List. A directory of the top angel and seed investors in the world. And how to reach them. VERY ALPHA. Representing $85M in dry powder.

Start-ups finding ignition trouble – Los Angeles Times

Feb

2009

The brutal economy has slowed venture funding to a tortoise’s pace, and start-ups looking for money are finding themselves out of luck. For some companies, the answer had been to turn to angels — individual investors who might be able to cough up a few thousand dollars to keep your doors open. But now it ...

Seed money – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sep

2008

Seed money is typically used to pay for such preliminary operations as market research and product development. Investors are often the business founders themselves, using savings, mortgage money, or funds borrowed from family and friends. They may also be outside angel investors, venture capitalists or accredited investors who are acquainted in some way with the ...

Angel Capital Association Summit – Angels invest $26B in 2006

Aug

2008

The Angel Capital Association is holding its annual meeting in Chicago this week with over 330 angel investors from around the country (USA) representing more than 250 angel groups. Angel investing is big. In fact, angels have invested more dollars in more startups than VCs over the past 4 years. Angels invest just like VCs ...

VIDEO — Raising Money from Angel Investors

Aug

2008

Serial tech entrepreneur and renowned angel investor David S. Rose talks about the growth of angel investing, and offers advice on how to successfully pitch to potential investors.