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Angel investments rose in 2011, UNH says

By Chris Reidy

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 03, 2012

Angel investors shelled out $22.5 billion in investment dollars during 2011, up about 12 percent from the previous year’s total, according to the 2011 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Last year, 66,230 entrepreneurial ventures received angel funding, an increase of 7.3 percent over 2010 investments, the center said. “It appears that an optimism in angel investing is taking hold,” the center’s director added.

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