The Angel Market in 2021: Metrics Indicate Strong Market – By Center for Venture Research
The Angel Market in 2021: Metrics Indicate Strong Market
The angel investor market in 2021 exhibited an increase in active investors, the number of investments, and the total dollars invested by angels, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Total angel investments in 2021 were $29.1 billion, an increase of 15.2% over 2020. A total of 69,060 entrepreneurial ventures received angel funding in 2021, an increase of 7.1% over 2020 investments. The number of active investors in 2021 also increased to 363,460 as compared to 334,680 in 2020, an increase of 8.6%. The deal size for 2021 increased by 7.6% from 2020, reflecting the higher valuations. For the second consecutive year the seed and start-up stage market were the predominant investment stage for angels.
About CVR: The Center for Venture Research is a multidisciplinary research unit of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. The Center’s principal area of expertise is in the study of early stage equity financing for high growth ventures.
MANIFESTO
For a Clean, Safe, Equitable and Peaceful Space for All
Space is the largest resource in the universe.
It needs to be protected and made accessible for all.
As the digital transformation gains further momentum, more and more countries and citizens around the globe are becoming dependent on space as a resource for their economies, for their societies, for the health and well-being of all life on the planet and for peace in the Universe.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights must now be extended to space. Without this, the same devastation that has occurred on earth and our oceans will also be encountered in space, thus depriving us of this most valuable resource. Mindless, unintended and intended harm is already endangering the access and ability to operate in space. This includes pollution coming from fossil fuels, debris, and inefficient use or colonisation of frequencies or orbital positions. This is leading to an inequitable use of this invaluable resource.
We must take action now to preserve and protect space in order to keep it clean, safe, equitable and peaceful for all.
In order to do this, we call on all existing and future operators to apply the UN SDGs and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. We as investors will not be able to ensure the financial viability of the ventures we are financing without applying these very principles and guidelines.
In addition, we refer to the excellent work being done by UNOOSA / EUSPA on the report covering how space technologies such as GNSS and space data contributes to SDGs1; as well as work being done by The Secure World
Foundation and several publications on Ethical and Socially Responsible Investing.
All countries and citizens around the globe need access to space for eternity.
Let’s make it happen.
Humanity deserves a clean, safe, equitable and peaceful space for all.
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1. https://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2018/stspace/stspace71_0_html/st_space_71E.pdf
