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Previous issues of the newsletter are available below.

New blog arcticles

How much is a Business Angel's time worth?

24 August 10

When looking at your potential investment return, do you factor in your time? If not, why not? Do you add more than a lawyer or accountant would to the company? If you do, you should certainly factor in those costs into your payback calculations... (full article)

Trouble brewing for those seeking angel money...

18 August 10

The latest report on Angel Activity in the UK is a massive 102 pages in length. In my last blog entry I gave a quick summary of the facts and figures - it was interesting to discover that the Angel Investment in the UK is about £426M in the year 2008/09. There is one glaring omission from the report. It is alluded to just five times... (full article)

The Angel World: Facts and Figures

10 August 10

The latest report on Angel Activity in the UK is a massive 102 pages in length. It's a good read and it's "crunchy". That is, comments are backed up by real deal data, a survey of angels and scaling up from known investments to estimate the market size in the UK. This week I present a quick synopsis of the report. Lots of facts, question is, what to make of them? This is your chance to make a comment before I write another blog. (full article)

News updates

Acquisition News

Regent's view of July 2010

10 August 10

Whilst the number of acquisitions in any month generally follows certain trend-lines, the combined value of the deals can jump around because of (full article)

Upcoming events

Speed funding

Angels Den runs a speed funding event in Glasgow

Thursday, 26th August 2010 @ 12:00

Angels Den members who are serious about getting funding fast and want to meet a selection of Angels in person. If you (full article)

Investment Meeting

Beer & Partners present three companies

Thursday, 26th August 2010 @ 17:00

Join us at The London Capital Club where Beer & Partners will be presenting three engaging and well prepared clients with differing deal (full article)

Open House Lunch

Hotbed hosts Open House Lunch with Chief Executive

Wednesday, 1st September 2010 @ 12:00

Periodically we host informal buffet lunches for people who wish to find out more about Hotbed Investor Membership and our investments. These are (full article)

Speed funding

Angels Den runs a speed funding event in Leeds

Wednesday, 1st September 2010 @ 15:00

Angels Den members who are serious about getting funding fast and want to meet a selection of Angels in person. If you (full article)

Funding & Support Seminar

Funding and Support for Innovation in the Environmental Sector

Thursday, 9th September 2010 @ 16:00

Four companies will present investment opportunities in environmental technologies or services to the EIN’s network of investors, followed by (full article)

Xenos Forum

xenos Forum

Thursday, 16th September 2010 @ 13:00

South Wales Investor Club Lunch & (full article)