Artikel: "Giving ideas wings"

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Hoi mede-HLers,

 

Een mooi artikel in de Economist van deze week over business angels. Onderwerpen die aan de orde komen zijn: de verhouding tot VC's, US vs UK en Europa, equity gap, de hoeveelheid geld die BA's investeren, de origine van de term, de voordelen van een angel, business angel networks etc.

 

Giving ideas wings

Sep 14th 2006

From The Economist print edition

 

Entrepreneurs can struggle to raise the first million or so, even with a good idea. But a business angel might smile on them

 

IN AUGUST 2003 Skype released the first version of its software, which allows people to make free voice and video calls over the internet. The company had raised its seed capital only a year before from a group of private investors, who had later been joined by venture-capital funds. It was a remarkable investment. In September 2005 Skype was bought by eBay for €2.1billion ($2.6 billion). The deal made its Scandinavian founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, millionaires many times over. For their part, the earliest investors saw a huge return, 350 times or so, on their estimated €2m investment.

 

Je kunt hier verder lezen.

 

Met vriendelijke groet,

 

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