Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Evidence from Go Beyond Investing AG Shows that Angel Investing Can Deliver ReturnsBy 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. For years, angel investing has been seen as best suited for very high net worth or sophisticated individuals only. The report also provides evidence that with the above described approach high net worth individuals with smaller amounts of capital to invest as angels can do as well as large angel investors. Key Facts and Figures The Go Beyond Investor Report is an analysis of all the investments made by the all the members of the Go Beyond Investor community between 2008 and 2014.
How Go Beyond Investors Successfully Build, Manage and Exit a Portfolio of Early-Stage Investments
How Go Beyond Investing Does It GBI has taken the best elements of professional angel investing, added the latest on-line service technologies, and created a unique Fintech business model with five components:
Brigitte Baumann, CEO of GBI and European Business Angel of the Year 2014, comments: “This report provides much needed evidence that angel investing can be an asset class for small and large investors. The Go Beyond Investing approach is THE model to unleash the 10X to 20X growth potential for angel investing in Europe and the US and we will continue to lead the way.” |