Angel capital helps to pave the way for Venture Capital investments

Would there be Major League baseball without a system of minor-league teams to nurture young talent? Not a chance. In baseball, which so often imitates life, a good "farm system" keeps the big leagues supplied with the next generation of players.

The story is much the same when it comes to venture capital investments, so often cited as the life’s blood of high-growth start-up companies. Unless there are sufficient numbers of up-and-coming deals percolating in the pipeline, venture firms won’t have ample choices in Wisconsin about where to put their money. Wisconsin’s venture capital investments won’t grow over time unless there are a sufficient number of investments taking place earlier in the game.

Tom Still

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