Australia

Jordan Green

Chapter 16 in Angels Without Borders:Trends and Policies Shaping Angel Investment Worldwide, 2015, pp 163-175 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Angel investing started in Australia in the mid-1990s. Bob Beaumont, an Australian engineer and businessman, returned from a prolonged period living in the US, where he had pursued an entrepreneurial career before becoming a venture capitalist and merchant banker. Along the way, he became familiar with the emerging practice of angel investing and was intimately involved in the early years of the movement in the US and Europe. When he returned to Australia, Bob established its first formal angel group. That first angel group started in Melbourne, Victoria, and continued for 15 years based on a five-year commitment cycle from its members…

Keywords: Angel Investing; Angels Cross Border Investing; Entrepreneurial Financing; Startup Financing; Entrepreneurship; Early Stage Investing; Venture Capital; Early Stage Investment Ecosystem; Angels Without Borders; Capital and Entrepreneurship Without Borders; Crowd Funding; Women Angels; Impact Investing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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