Angels Without Borders (ePub)

"Angel investors" provide small amounts of capital ($100k–$3m) to early stage, high-risk ventures. In recent years, they have not only grown in numbers and sophistication, they have garnered the attention of larger investors and governments throughout the world who are interested in the phenomenal power of startups to bring innovative products to consumers, create jobs and economic value, and sustain macroeconomic growth.This comes as no surprise. Some of the world's most valuable and influential companies, such as Google, Facebook, and Uber were able to survive and thrive their make-or-break early years only through the backing of angels.Angels Without Borders: Trends and Policies Shaping Angel Investment Worldwide, drawing on chapter contributors from more than two dozen nations, will be the only book on the market to examine this trend from a global perspective. It is a very useful reference for anyone who is interested in learning about the angel investment movement."Angel investors" provide small amounts of capital ($100k–$3m) to early stage, high-risk ventures. In recent years, they have not only grown in numbers and sophistication, they have garnered the attention of larger investors and governments throughout the world who are interested in the phenomenal power of startups to bring innovative products to consumers, create jobs and economic value, and sustain macroeconomic growth.This comes as no surprise. Some of the world's most valuable and influential companies, such as Google, Facebook, and Uber were able to survive and thrive their make-or-break early years only through the backing of angels.Angels Without Borders: Trends and Policies Shaping Angel Investment Worldwide, drawing on chapter contributors from more than two dozen nations, will be the only book on the market to examine this trend from a global perspective. It is a very useful reference for anyone who is interested in learning about the angel investment movement.Readership: Government officials, economists and economic development officials interested in design and efficacy of the wide range of policies and programs being enacted around the world; Academics who are interested in studying the angel investing and its implications; Active or potential angel investors within more than two dozen countries; Angel investors who may be considering cross-border investment; and, Impact investors who are interested in deploying small amounts of risk capital toward potentially transformative solutions to social and environmental problems.Key Features:Examine, for the first time, how angel investing is evolving and maturing in both advanced economies and the fast-growing developing nations, such as China and South AfricaCanvas a broad landscape of practices and policies influencing the course of angel investing, ranging from large, government-sponsored angel funds to the informal approaches used by loosely networks of angel investorsProvide knowledgeable "guided tours" of each nation written by seasoned angel investing practitioners rather than journalistsShow how angel investing is combining with other investing movements, such as impact investing and investing to empower womenOffer public sector leaders and economists alike a view into the astonishing array of policy and programmatic experiments now being attempted in the effort to support angel investorsServe as a resource not only for angel investors within each nation but for those now looking to pursue the next frontier — cross-border angel investing