Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. Like the U.S.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 279

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. Like the U.S.

Venture Capital 171

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 171

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Strategic investors tend to be later stage sources, and will not be addressed here. Several sources (including Startup by Elizabeth Edwards ) estimate that $2-3 billion per year is awarded to very early stage companies by federal government grants (mostly SBIRs).

SBIR 120

SBIR Startup New York City Angel Investor 120

The Entrepreneurial Mind

JULY 14, 2010

Step 11: Revamp the SBIR." Right now we have gotten the government so involved in R&D that investors sit back and wait for better returns from later staged deals. Just scrap it entirely. Investment capital will make its way back into the R&D phase if we just give it time.

SBA 64

SBA SBIR Government Angel Investor 64