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In: Angels without Borders Trends and Policies Shaping Angel Investment Worldwide

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  • Ashish Dave
  • Mohit Agarwal

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As pioneers of groundbreaking technology that now covers a myriad of industries, the financial equivalent of the “angels of Broadway” have come a long way. This chapter examines the evolution of this avant garde investment movement through the experience of India. Academic literature has volumes on venture capital and its efficacy, but there is little on angel investing, which accounts for more than half of the equity financing for new projects. VC started before the development of the stock market when wealthy families supported emerging businesses. In India it took off in 1987 when the government-funded Indian Industrial Development Bank (idbi) set up a VC scheme. Over the years, venture capital has maintained an elitist and quantitative approach to investment…

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  • Ashish Dave & Mohit Agarwal, 2015. "India," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: John May & Manhong Mannie Liu (ed.), Angels without Borders Trends and Policies Shaping Angel Investment Worldwide, chapter 21, pages 215-224, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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