Some 36,000 entrepreneurial ventures attracted $15.7 billion in angel investments last year, according to the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research. Anywhere from 150 to 175 angel networks -- dinner clubs and the like -- are in operation across the United States, with each having about $5 million to $20 million in capital under management, various industry estimates show.
- InvestorAccess.com Portal to the web sites of all the world's capital raising companies.
- inflectionPoint Consulting Independent consultant: providing assistance to public and private high-techology companies.
- Indiaco.com An India-based venture incubator focused on technology businesses.
- Help-Finance.com Matchmaker for SMEs and venture capitalists.
- Halter Financial Group Assist private companies in becoming public, specifically through the reverse merger process.
- Cornerstone Equity Investors Investment later-stage technology, communications, Internet, healthcare and business services sectors.
- Helps business plan writers City by city list of business plan writers across the United States. Over 1,000 cities covered in this list.
- Halo Ventures Helps entrepreneurs and investors find angels and venture capital for high technology startups.
- GTCR capital for companies in consolidating of fragmented industries and high-growth industries.
- Ground Floor Finance Helps match entrepreneurs seeking capital with angel investors.
- Greyrock Capital Group Provider of mezzanine and equity capital to middle market companies.
- Alliance of Angels A network of individual investors and investment companies who fund early-stage, technology companies in the Pacific Northwest.
- Grassroots Venture Capital Facilitates venture capital investing for individuals or angel investors.
- Alexander Nix Group Corporate finance advisors helping companies raise money and buy and sell businesses.
- Gate2Growth.com European gateway to networks of financiers, company growth experts and service providers.
- Fusion Capital Investment publicly traded companies who demonstrate a clear business vision and the ability to execute on this vision.
- EquityLink service facilitating matches between investors and businesses (SMEs) requiring informal venture capital throughout the UK
- ACE-Net -- Angel Capital Electronic Network Small Business Administration sponsored Internet-based venture listing service providing information to angel investors
- Capitalderisque.com Information center for individuals and companies looking for financing.
- Cambridge Financial Services Financial consultants offering assistance in acquiring business capital through private stock offerings.
- Equity Loop A marketplace for equity seekers and investors in the commercial real estate and high tech industries.
- Entree Network Private angel investment and venture capital formation.
- Venture and angel survey Resource for start up companies learning about investors, free survey to determine if you are ventureworthy.
- Access Capital Partners European private equity fund of funds manager.
- Business Innovation Link Provides inventors or innovators with financial support and assistance for new product ideas.
- Early Capital Offers capital matchmaking services, screening business plans for a network of accredited investors.
- Dawnay Day Lander investment bank for emerging technology businesses in the UK , Continental Europe, and Israel
- Business Capital Network Locates growth capital for companies that have exhausted traditional lending sources.
- CyberCherub Investor Network A community and equity network for investors, entrepreneurs and institutions.
- ABRY Partners, LLC Private equity investment partner for the media and communications industries.
- Castle Crow & Company A merchant bank serving the middle market.
- Venture Capital Access Online Directory of venture capital firms and linking service between entrepreneurs and investors
- VCline.com A comprehensive source of information on venture capital in India.
- VCChina.com Dedicated to bridging the gap between investors and Chinese entrepreneurial companies.
- US Investor Network venture/investor matching services and help for entrepreneurs
- Capital For Business management and leveraged buy-outs, expansions for makers or distributors of industrial products and B2B services in the central United States.
- Tech Coast Angels A network of individual investors who fund early-stage, technology companies in Southern California.
- Merchant Capital Assists young companies and start-up businesses obtain funding.
- LocalFund , Inc. A national network of local and regional entrepreneur-investor networks.
- Liwet Ventures Provides strategic guidance for life science innovators and investors.
- Lion Capital Holdings offer a full suite of services that help small businesses find funding.
- Lighthouse Capital Partners Investment debt financing to technology based start-up companies already receiving financing commitments from venture capital firms.
- IPO-Merge.com Assists emerging growth companies go public using public shell and reverse merger.
- Investors' Circle A network of angel investors who who seek financial, social and environmental returns on their investments
- Canova Bancorp Inc. Provides corporate finance consulting and capital raising services to small and mid-size companies in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
The primary source of capital for early-stage companies has always been individual investors, and, in spite of the turmoil in the private equity markets over the past two years, there are signs that angel investing and angel networks in particular are gaining in popularity. Jeffrey Sohl, a professor at the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research, estimates that in 2001 angel investors numbered 350,000, and invested between $30 and $35 billion in close to 50,000 ventures in the United States.
While the number of active angel investors peaked along with the stock market in 2000 at approximately 400,000, there are significantly more individual investors today than in the years prior to 1999, and the number of organizations dedicated to offering angel investors services and investment opportunities, or "portals," grew by an astounding 60% between 1998 and 2002. Venture forums and personal networks are the most common types of organization, which, according to Professor Sohl, is evidence of the importance of personal connections in building a successful network and the hands-on nature of this type of investment activity.
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