Further Education and Professional training is required to Establish Angel Investing Ecosystem in Africa, Says ABAN

The event that was supposed to kick off the frenzy of angel investment in Africa encouraging Angel investors to come in started on the 5th of Nov 2015. The conference and event held in Ghana was the third in the line of such events. The first two held respectively in Johannesburg and Lagos were considered roaring successes and the event that happened in Ghana is no different. The Start of Something Big As far as the co founder of the fair is concerned the fair which allows a number of the top investors in Africa and from the around the […]

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Boom in Food-Tech Start-Up Investments: Angel Investors Give $200,000 to Twigly

The food tech start up scene in India has fast come out of its honeymoon period. An industry that is as colorful as the ingredients present in a typical Indian household has seen a sudden rise and a more recent sharp fall. Until a few months ago the food tech startup business ideas were the darling of the town, they were being loaded with investments, attracting investors, and more importantly, bringing in millions of dollars. Much of that cash was spent on rigorous advertisement to chase down the market share and customer loyalty that would guarantee them success. But as […]

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Angel Investors: How They Avoid Risk and Boost Internal Rate of Return

Starting a new business or enterprise requires skills and capital. Skills are self-supplied and capital is either self-supplied or obtained from external resources. Angel investing is the concept of bringing equity investing and entrepreneurship together. In equity investing, capital or stocks are used to purchase a percentage in business. The capital is returned only when the business is sold. It is like share-holding system, but in angel investing, one person may invest 100% capital in the business. Entrepreneurs can also seek capital gains from angel investors in a running or bankrupt business. Angel investors make up an important but publicly […]

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6 Trends to Redefine the Future of Crowd-funding

According to a report submitted by Massolution, the total global crowdfunding amount reached $34.4Bn by the end of 2015. Fast forward to today, the crowdfunding industry data reveals that it will surpass venture capitalism in volume by 2020. In contrast, the Venture Capital industry shows regular trends of investing $30Bn each year. In 2014, Asian crowdfunding volume increased by 320% whereas the North American crowdfunding volume increased by 145%. According to this report, Business and Entrepreneurship represent the most popular crowdfunding industry with 41.3% of total crowdfunding volume. Crowdfunding is expected to surpass Venture Capitalism by 2020 The crowdfunding industry […]

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Angel Investment Tax Credit Program is Expensive but With Perks

The angel investment tax credit program has come up as a big break for start up business investors and had also created 579 jobs between 2010 and 2014. In 2015, the cost to Minnesota taxpayers has also increased and has become more than $100,000 per job. Not only the wealthy taxpayer is profiting from this money but the money is also going out of the state as a reward for startup investors. It is expected that the money will soon become a major titan as a job creator in Minnesota. Here is What the Proponents Believe The supporters of Angel […]

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