A look at the angel investing industry, the 5′ws of who, what, where, when, why? The UK angel market is a thriving one as more and more investors look for investments outside the traditional stock market and property market. The UK now has around 18,000 business angels. Collectively, it is reckoned they invest around 500 million a year in around 3,500 businesses though since a lot of deals are private in nature the exact sum is unknown. One way or another, however, angel money is a growing source of funding for early-stage business.

Venture capital seems like a great idea to the budding entrepeneur. But the strings attached may make it your last resort.

A short stay at Silicon Valley gives us reasons to think and act to create wealth. One half of success is inspiration, the other half action.

The US based venture capitalists are stepping up more and more their leadership internationally. An emergence of real international venture capital firms is there but arranging the international venture startup cost and succeeding in the market is a real challenge in itself.

Arguably, the sense of economic uncertainty that comes with recession has perhaps been worsened by the contrast between today’s climate and the benign conditions we’ve enjoyed for most of this decade. When the economy boomed, many businesses enjoyed spectacular growth. But over one or two years, there has been a correction of revenues that has [...]

photo credit: Lori Greig Green investing is growing up. Previously the province of a small number of investors who chased an even smaller number of companies, the market for environmental technology has expanded dramatically in recent years. And it has captured investors’ wallet share along the way. Inflows into green funds totaled $766 million for [...]

photo credit: Mdrewe Nowadays entrepreneurial ventures are constantly making headlines and featuring on television shows both in the US and abroad, which is pushing more and more people to make that change and start their own business. Some use their previous experience to provide a refined version of an existing business model that they believe [...]

photo credit: jaroslavd It’s not new news any more, but China is on track to become a major economical superpower. Many people see it as an “upcoming” market, and often group it with the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) theme, but the growth in China is so fast, it actually poses a risk to the [...]

photo credit: pshutterbugAs the global economy is going through one of the worst downturns, no one is talking about investing today. Everyone is talking about withdrawing whatever investments one has made. This is the time for angel investors and private equity investors to think strategically, and not sentimentally. And start looking for the right investment [...]