The Kauffman Foundation, which has ties to the venture industry, has issued a damning study of the business that addresses long-running concerns about poor performance and concludes that the limited partners who invest in funds have no one but themselves to blame. The report, “We Have Met The Enemy…And He Is Us,” draws on lessons ...
A majority of all new, angel-backed companies fail completely, so if you invest in only one company, the odds are that you will LOSE ALL YOUR MONEY, not just “not make a profit”. Several studies and mathematical simulations have shown that it takes investing the same amount of money consistently into at least 20-25 companies before your ...
Every year, angel investors and venture capital funds invest about the same amount of capital — around $25 billion in the US and $3 billion in Canada. When it comes to returns, there is a great deal of information available on venture capital funds, but almost no information on angel returns. Fortunately, the first large ...
