Angels and Capitalists

Angels and Capitalists investigates the factors relevant to the investment decisions of business angel investors and venture capitalists in funding the seed, start-up and early-stage ventures of entrepreneurs in the private marketplace. The book also considers the investment process from the perspective of the entrepreneur for whom such funding is critical to the survival and growth of the enterprise. The book cuts through the confusion surrounding this little understood marketplace and its participants and discusses their characteristics and functioning. The nature of investment is considered as is the formation of appropriate investment structures through which the deal can be funded. The book considers why some deals are funded and others are not. Chapter 4 of the book focuses on the the early funding of some of the world’s most successful high-tech enterprises. The book seeks a greater awareness of the marketplace, its risks and opportunities and calls on governments to recognize and support this important segment of the economy where innovation and invention are born.