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Largest study on Angel exits is released by Kauffman Foundation and Angel Capital Education Foundation

 

largest study on the financial returns of Angel investors in North America, released in a new report at Nov the 12, by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Angel Capital Education Foundation, shows that angel investors participating in organized angel groups achieved an average 27% IRR on their investments.

Overall, this set of Angel investors affiliated with Angel groups experienced exits that generated 2.6 times their invested capital in 3.5 years from investment to exit. This return compares favorably to that of other private equity investments, including those of early-stage venture capital. Seven percent of exits generated returns above 10 times their initial investment.

Read the full report at http://www.kauffman.org/pdf/angel_groups_111207.pdf

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