Angel Network website goes live in Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Angel Network (WAN) has launched its website, http://www.wisconsinangelnetwork.com with the introduction of a resource page for angel investors.

The page offers links to various sources of information specific to early-stage investing, including starting an angel network, network best practices, investment trends, seed-stage research, angel tax credits and news sources.

This is the first step in the creation of a web-portal for the angel investor community, including a deal flow pipeline that will funnel entrepreneurial deals to investors. The pipeline will be operational and populated with business plan executive summaries on June 1, in time for the June 7-8 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee.

The mission of WAN is to build angel network capital capacity throughout Wisconsin in order to increase the number and amount of seed-stage equity investments in Wisconsin companies. Angel investing nationally was estimated at $18.1 billion in 2003, nearly as much as was invested by venture capital firms ($18.3 billion). However, a far larger percentage of angel investments are targeted at early-stage firms.

The Daily Press

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