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

January 29, 2018
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Table of Contents The Start of Something Big There is more to be done Increase in Communication 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 […]

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

January 19, 2018
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Table of Contents All Hope Not Lost Yet A Period of Consolidation Principle of Making Profit 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 […]

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

January 8, 2018
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Table of Contents Failure of Invested Business Stakes are Difficult to Sell Financial Backup Slow ROI Lack of Recognition and Approach Step #1: Prepare a Discipline Step #2: Prepare a Deal Flow Step #3: Setting Up a Deal Step #4: Add Value 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 […]

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6 Trends to Redefine the Future of Crowd-funding

December 20, 2017
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Table of Contents A Quick Look on the Background #1: Major Players will win Over Small Platforms #2: Venture Capitalists Will Require Crowdfunding #3: Corporate America May Take Over Crowdfunding Sky #4: More Professional and Strategic Infrastructure #5: More Effective JOBS Act and Equity Model #6: New Funding Models May Introduce New Dimensions 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 […]

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Angel Investment Tax Credit Program is Expensive but With Perks

December 18, 2017
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Table of Contents Here is What the Proponents Believe Plans to Work Around the Edges What Does the Program Offer? Unbelievable Perks Offered by the Program Democrats Are Suspicious About the Program! 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 […]

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