Filed in archive
Corporate and Industrial News
by ruth on October 18, 2005
"Investors shied away from the life sciences and biotech sectors for a while because of the long exit horizons, but the possibility of high potential returns have helped angels realize that there are more possibilities in making deals work now," says Jeffrey Sohl, Center for Venture Research director.
Angels, however, preferred investing in late-stage, rather than in start-up companies.
Source: Boston Business Journal
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/10306
Addthis
Ask
Blinklist
del.icio.us
Digg
Fark
Facebook
Google
Lycos
Ma.gnolia
Mr Wong
Netscape
Netvousz
Newsvine
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Slashdot
Tailrank
Technorati
Wink
Yahoo
Vote for Angels Invest In Life Science and Biotech Companies:
|
Rating: 6.67 out of 3 vote(s) cast.
|
Response from:
Darren Fast
(12/09/05 5:03pm)
My understanding of angel investors is that while they are typical high net worth individuals who make most of their investments in more traditional sectors (ie low risk), what makes them angels is that they will step in and invest in very early stage, high risk investments that more traditional investors would avoid. They can do this because the amount they typically invest in these early stage ventures is relatively small given the overall size of their portfolio.
Response from:
ruth
(12/10/05 8:02pm)
I wrote a more recent entry on angels, which totally agrees with your point:
http://www.biotech-weblog.com/50226711/how_to_find_angels_investors_in
_life_sciences.php
this reminds me, i still owe you an email!
http://www.biotech-weblog.com/50226711/how_to_find_angels_investors_in
_life_sciences.php
this reminds me, i still owe you an email!
Response from:
Allergies
Hurrah for the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. They just received a million dollars to set up a new allergy research center. The benefactor, "Crazy" John Ilhan, also established the Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation which does resear...
Subscribe
Use the search to look for other interesting posts
| RSS |  See all blog subscribe options |
 What is RSS? | |
| Yahoo! |
|
| Addthis |
|
| Bloglines |
|
| Newsletter | |
| Follow us on Twitter! |
