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Is a Respectable ROI an Achievable Metric for Angels?

December 14, 2009/

I’ve been funding startups as an angel investor since 1980 without having a good answer to this question. Early stage VCs seem to earn over 20% IRR (annual internal rate of return), so my thought has been that angels should earn even more. After all, we generally invest earlier with more risk than do seed VCs. My own portfolio has done well, but one cannot base any conclusions on one lucky chap.

Bill Payne’s Blog

Full Story: http://www.theicehouse.co.nz/Internal/InternalBlogs/AngelsBlog/tabid/236/EntryId/43/Is-a-Respectable-ROI-an-Achievable-Metric-for-Angels.aspx

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