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Book Synopsis'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 in 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.
Table of ContentsAngel Investing: Trends and Issues: Overview of Angel Investing Worldwide (The Editors); Sources of Capital for Start-ups (Bill Payne); Women Angel Investors (Peggy Wallace and Rebecca Conti); Angel Impact Investing (Wayne Silby and Jenna Nicholas); Crowdfunding and Angel Investing (Charles Sidman); Angel Investing: Countries and Regions: Israel (D Todd Dollinger and Steve Rhodes); France (Philippe Gluntz); South Africa (Craig Mullett); Hong Kong (Allen Yeung); United States (Marianne Hudson); Germany (Dr Ute Gunther); Scotland (Nelson Gray); China (Wang Jiani and Chen Su); Turkey (Baybars Altuntas); Italy (Eng Paolo Anselmo and Luigi Amati); Australia (Jordan Green); Belgium (Reginald Vossen and Claire Munck); Spain (Juan Roure and Amparo De San Jose); United Arab Emirates (Heather Henyon); United Kingdom (Jenny Tooth); India (Ashish Dave and Mohit Agarwal); Netherlands (Rene A G Reijtenbagh); Singapore (Poh-Kam Wong); Canada (Ross Finlay and Blake Witkin); Portugal (Joao Trigo Da Roza and Francisco Banha); New Zealand (Franceska Banga and David Lewis); Russia (Ivan Protopopov and Konstantin Fokin); Colombia (Juan Pablo Rodriguez Neira); Austria (Bernard Litzka); Finland (Jan D Oker-Blom); Switzerland (Brigitte Baumann); Over the Horizon (The Editors);
