Angel Investors Go Beyond the Traditional Persona and Locale

A look into the current investing trends found via Angel Investment Network.

2012-08-22

MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, August 22, 2012 (Press-News.org) So what are two of the trends in Angel Investment these days? Well, mommies and outer space would have to be on those lists of course! For example, with NASA ending its space shuttle program recently, it has moved budget to backing private companies, and there are also many entrepreneurs and business investors now looking into the space technology sector, such as space travel or applications for things like satellite and geolocation services.

Communities dedicated to aerospace investment opportunities have also sprouted and many new opportunities on the Angel Investment Network reflect this too. For example, one of the recent proposals on the international network of entrepreneurs and investors was a company looking for a few million dollars in order to build the biggest manned space vehicle to date. Technology has always been one of the major sectors overall for start-up companies and investors on the Angel Investment Network, and from medial to retail, there have been thousands of connections made online courtesy of a network that allows entrepreneurs and investors to find each other from afar, where as previously the investment was more often a local one.

But while technology may be an easy guess for what an online investment website features, the other trend goes in a different direction. For example, a recent trend in the US is that of Mommy Investors. Encouraged by companies like Belly Ballot that are limiting investors to "Mom's only", along with other successful websites in the mom's niche, this trend actually relates to the overall online community, as "stay at home" mom's look to pursue the business side of things too. They may still be the minority on the investment side, as only 12% of angel investors are women, however this is a larger percent than a few years back, where it was only half the amount.

With Angel Investment recovered from the downturn in 2008/2009 - increasing by over 10% each of the last two years, in fact in 2011, over $22 billion was invested in start-ups around the US - a lot of new investors have gone on board. Going beyond the traditional investor has been key to get things going and online networks like the Angel Investment Network have helped increase the pace too.

Find out more at various Angel Investment Network regions such as http://www.midwestinvestmentnetwork.com - http://www.midatlanticinvestmentnetwork.com - http://newenglandinvestmentnetwork.com.

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