 Regional seed investing: MerchantBancJeffrey Pollock and William Scheer Venture Capital, 2002, vol. 4, issue 4, 343-347 Abstract: The contraction in venture capital has created new opportunities for angel investors in traditional venture capital markets where, previously, angels have struggled to get a foothold. Angels and the growing number of angel networks are increasingly filling the $US500 000 to $US2 million funding gap left by venture capitalists who have fled the early stage space for more secure later stage investments. Angels' increasing visibility in venture capital markets creates additional opportunity for angels to become co-investors in venture capital-led deals. However, the emerging partnership between angels and venture capitalists does not take place easily in spite of the market forces driving the two together. There are gaps in information that create inefficiencies in the angel-VC market. A critical need has arisen for intermediaries to facilitate interaction between angels and venture capitalists, particularly in under-served markets. Without these intermediaries, the role angel investors have to play in rejuvenating venture fund markets will go largely unfulfilled. Date: 2002 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:veecee:v:4:y:2002:i:4:p:343-347 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/1369106022000024978 Access Statistics for this article Venture Capital is currently edited by Colin Mason and Richard T. Harrison More articles in Venture Capital from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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