Developing an Angel Network in Montana

"Now everybody and their family and their pets who have some money want to get into angel investing."

Internationally known Angel investor and part-time Montana resident Bill Payne http://www.billpayne.com points out that "90% of the seed and startup capital for entrepreneurs in the U.S. (after friends and family money has been exhausted) comes from angel investors, who are willing to invest time and money in new company formation and growth.

With the rich getting richer, many more entrepreneurs are turning to affluent individuals, known as "angels," for capital to expand their nascent businesses.

The Boise Angel Alliance is modifying its business processes to match this change in strategy. Here’s how the new model will work.

If changes proposed by "investor protection" organizations are enacted by the SEC, nearly 60 percent of angel investors would be eliminated.

One of the fund’s objectives is to create wealth in Montana for Montanans and keep it here. Frontier Fund II aspires to be a knowledgeable, sophisticated and effective source of early stage capital for Montana and the region.

It’s easier than ever to make the leap. But also to make a big mistake.

Welcome to the SEC’s tortured rule-making process for the federal "Jumpstart Our Business Startups" act.

In the world of angel investing, the law of unintended consequences just struck and struck hard.

"The steady valuation, growth in investment size, and wide geographic activity among angel investors is more evidence that angels are a reliable and a critical part of growing the next generation of great new companies in this country."