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VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS |
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Estimated Amount Invested
($ Billions) |
Estimated # of Investments |
2007 |
29.4 |
3,813 |
2006 |
26.5 |
3,608 |
2005 |
23.0 |
3,131 |
2004 |
22.4 |
3,073 |
2003 |
19.7 |
2,920 |
2002 |
21.9 |
3,092 |
2001 |
40.6 |
4,475 |
2000 |
105.1 |
7,909 |
1999 |
54.5 |
5,605 |
1998 |
21.3 |
3,695 |
1997 |
14.8 |
3,185 |
1996 |
11.5 |
2,612 |
1995 |
7.6 |
1,874 |
1994 |
5.0 |
992 |
1993 |
4.5 |
969 |
1992 |
4.0 |
968 |
1991 |
3.3 |
821 |
1990 |
2.3 |
1,177 |
1989 |
3.4 |
1,464 |
1988 |
3.8 |
1,530 |
1987 |
4.0 |
1,740 |
1986 |
3.2 |
1,512 |
1985 |
2.7 |
1,388 |
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Source: Various sources including, VentureSource, Venture Capital Journal, Venture Economics, Coopers & Lybrand (PricewaterhouseCoopers) - survey of
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THE ANGEL INVESTOR MARKET IN 2004: Market Size
The angel investor market has shown signs of a sustainable recovery in 2004, with total
investments of $22.5 billion (total 2003 investments $18.1 billion), according to the Center forVenture Research at the University of New Hampshire. A total of 48,000 entrepreneurial ventures received angel
funding in 2004, a 24 percent increase from 2003. The number of active investors in 2004 was 225,000 individuals, an increase of 2.5 percent from 2003, with an average of 4 to 5 investors joining forces to fund an
entrepreneurial start-up. This continued modest rise in total investments is encouraging. Sector Analysis
Software garnered the largest angel investments, with 22 percent of total angel
investments in 2004, followed by healthcare services/medical devices and equipment, with a 16 percent share of angel investments. The remaining investments were approximately equally weighted across high tech sectors,
with each having about 10 percent of the total deals. This market level sector diversification indicates a robust investment pattern and provides a foundation for reasonable growth in the market. Since the angel market
is essentially the spawning grounds for the next wave of high growth investments, this sector diversification provides an indication of investment opportunities that will be available for later stage institutional
investors. Sector / Deals: Software-22%; Health-16%; Biotech-10%; IT-8%; Services-8%; Financial Services-8%; Retail-7%; Telecom-6%.
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