ReturnsMonday, February 20, 2017 By: Marianne Hudson, ACA Executive Director Three ACA member organizations have really put on their hiking boots with excellent adventures and exits in late 2016. On top of some really great investor returns, they also include a couple of important social returns that I really like. Let me tell you about them: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 By: Marianne Hudson, ACA Executive Director Angel group valuations and deal sizes are on a huge growth trajectory according to the HALO Report through the third quarter of 2015. The report, released today by the Angel Resource Institute at Willamette University, shows the median seed stage valuation at an all-time high of $4 million, a 33 percent increase over 2014. Some of this is reflected in median round sizes, which more than doubled in one year - $350,000 in Q3 2014 to $725,000 in Q3 2015. These increases are a really big deal for the angel group community, and I hope that these trends reverse themselves soon. As ARI’s Vice Chairman of Research Rob Wiltbank said, “This report reinforces the trends that we have been reporting on for the past several quarters, particularly the rise in all round sizes and pre-money valuations. These trends have a significant impact on the way that angels and entrepreneurs plan for the future when raising capital.” Tuesday, May 26, 2015 By Bethann Kassman, CEO of Go Beyond Network, an ACA member angel group in Naples, Florida, which is part of an international angel organization Go Beyond Investing, which completed a study of the financial returns and experiences of its member angels in Europe and the United States. To download the report, go to https://go-beyond.biz/ and click on “download report”. Go Beyond Investing, the international business angel platform, recently launched The Go Beyond Investor Report: Introducing Angel Investing as an Asset Class for All Investors. The Report, based on six years of data, shows that taking a portfolio approach is critical but not sufficient for delivering success to angels and the entrepreneurs they back. In addition, there must be tools to educate investors both in a learning environment and “on the job”; ability to invest with small tickets; access to deals that have benchmarked valuations and terms; mechanisms to leverage the community intelligence and professional deal leadership certification and compensation. Friday, April 10, 2015 By Bill Payne, Frontier Angel Funds Three outcomes dominate exits of angel-funded companies:
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