2011 US Angel investing by industries

Here is the 2011 US Angel investing by industries, according to a new report by BI Intelligence.

-Many people (including some very influential investors) vew healthcare as a staid industry ripe for disruption;
-Generally speaking, it costs more money to get a healthcare company off the ground than a web startup;
-Early stage investors are very bullish: the median angel round was up 40 percent from 2010.


Louis Rhéaume
Infocom Intelligence
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Twitter: @InfocomAnalysis

Micro venture capital could emerge with new US bill

According to Forbes, micro venture capital relying on crowdfunding could quickly grow in the USA soon. Thus, initiatives such as the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.com–just one of many websites now dedicated to matching projects with people who have some means and desire to support them are experiencing strong growth. What Kickstarter donors got in return were things like “thank you” credits in films, DVDs, tee-shirts, flowers, cookies, and concert tickets. Federal and state securities laws prohibit these startup operations from offering equity to their investors. The good feeling that comes from supporting innovation seems to be the main reward for many people who hand over cash to support the schemes of others online.

If startups could offer stock to their small-stake supporters, some (including Amy Cortese in this New York Times Op-Ed) predict that the practice of crowdfunding would explode, opening up far more resources to entrepreneurs, spurring innovation, and creating jobs. That’s exactly what the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (HR 2930) aims to achieve. The bill has the support of President Obama and was passed by an overwhelming majority in the House in November, but has been hung up in the Senate ever since. There is a good chance the bill will finally pass soon.

For more information: Crowdfunding Set to Explode with Passage of Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act
http://www.forbes.com/sites/techonomy/2012/02/29/crowdfunding-set-to-explode-with-passage-of-entrepreneur-access-to-capital-act/

Louis Rhéaume
Infocom Intelligence
louis@infocomintelligence.com
Twitter: @InfocomAnalysis

New reports from Infocom Intelligence are now available online

New reports from Infocom Intelligence are now available online. The table of content of the reports are available on the following web link.

http://www.infocomintelligence.com/newreports.htm


1- The technologies and strategies behind new mobile services : Profile of the Canadian industry
[Nature of mobile technologies, evolution of the industry.]

2- Formation sur l’investissement en capital privé pour les anges financiers potentiels ou actuels

The author of the reports is Louis Rhéaume, which has the scolarity of a doctorate in business administration, concentration in strategic management, innovation management and corporate finance. He holds a Master’s degree in finance and he has completed the first level of CFA. He has numerous years of experience in consulting, strategy, and financial analysis, mainly in the telecommunications and computing industries. He has also been a researcher in the group MINE (Management of Innovation in the New Economy), where he was in charge of the area of telecommunication services. Mr. Rhéaume has consulted in telecommunications, performance indicators of ITC, computing, IT security issues, video games, insurance and airlines. He is a contributor to the financial web site Seeking Alpha (http://seekingalpha.com/author/louis-rheaume). He has also published scientific articles on mergers and acquisitions, strategic management and corporate universities. His new chapter of a book on technology business models will be published soon by Nova Science. It is written with expert Dr. Yves Rabeau of UQÀM. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=25245

He is also a teacher at the Télé-Université (TELUQ-UQÀM), where he teaches 10 finance courses such as: financing, corporate finance, financial risk management, performance indicators, value creation and financial strategy, financial projects analysis. These courses belong to the University’s second cycle for the candidates to the CGA aaccounting accreditation. His thesis project was related to strategic management of innovation project portfolios and the dilemma Buy or Build innovation.

For more information you can contact us.

Louis Rhéaumne
Infocom Intelligence
louis@infocomintelligence.com
514-528-6422
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New report - training for angels investors

Our new report- training for angels investors investing in private equity in SMEs is available.

By: Louis Rhéaume, Senior Partner, Infocom Intelligence,

Teacher, Télé-Université, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), 42 pages, June 2008
Available for $195 by email as a PDF or by paper. Contact louis75@sympatico.ca

Labels: angel investor, financial investor, training, private equity, SMEs

Table of Content

1.0 Investment opportunities

1.1 Private wealth management, private portfolio management of financial assets, real estate and venture capital: option of private equity investing for angels investors

1.2 Investment styles
1.2.1 Investment philosophy, perception of the degree of market efficiency, active, passive, fundamental approach, technical analysis,….

1.2.2 Historical returns of investment classes and level of risks

1.2.3 Financial diversification according to our own financial needs = our own portfolio management of assets must take it into account

1.2.3.1 Academic approach

1.2.3.2 Warren Buffet’s approach

1.2.4 The performance of venture capitalists
1.2.4.1 The best VCs outperform mutual funds managers = the difficulty to beat stock exchanges indexes in the long term

1.2.5 Perspectives of financial markets in the short and medium term
2.0 How to find SMEs who possess distinct and hidden competitive advantages

2.1 What is an angel investor?

2.2 Private equity : the level of information is not as efficient as public firms in stock exchanges: an informed investor can obtain above average investing opportunities

2.2.1 Means for value creation with expertise sharing and financial capital

2.2.1.1 Business risks reduction

2.2.1.2 Importance of investing knowledge from the business sector and actual and future strategic issues of the SMEs

2.2.1.3 Importance of external support for follow-up and business monitoring (presence on board of directors, advices to upper management)

2.2.1.4 Financial risk, business risk, technological risk and legal risk
2.3 Coherence et potential of the corporate strategy

2.3.1 Local potential, exportation, capacity for innovation

2.3.2 Strengths of the business models, of upper management and ways to obtain above average profitability
2.4 Investment strategies for angels investors
3.0 References, web sites, reading suggestions
4.0 What Infocom Intelligence can offer you

4.1 Support in the identification of targets for private equity financing

4.2 Support in the business monitoring: performance indicators, business tools for innovation management, market targets, competitive intelligence, redefinition of business models, support in the search for financing

To receive the training report by email (PDF) or by mail, contact louis75@sympatico.ca