Financing High-Growth Firms
The Role of Angel Investors
Trends and developments in the angel market around the world
This chapter provides an overview of the findings from interviews conducted with experts, angel investors and others in the process of conducting the research for this project. It provides an overview of the key success factors for angel investing and some of the challenges for the further development of the angel market. The chapter also provides an overview of recent trends and developments in the angel market followed by a review of developments in markets across the world. Topics covered include exit markets and the concept of “early exits”, “lean start-ups”, accelerators, online tools, crowd funding, cross-border investing, and impact investing.