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This chapter examines three aspects of the way in which business angels operate. First, it examines the extent of syndication of investments and the types of coinvestors. This reveals that some business angels invest alongside venture capital funds. The second issue is the advantages and disadvantages of this method of investment. The third issue that is examined in this chapter is the extent and nature of prior links between investors and investee companies. In each case these issues have received virtually no attention in studies of informal venture capital in other countries.
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The only previous evidence on this issue is in a small scale unpublished UK study (Atkin and Eseri, 1993).
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Lumme, A., Mason, C., Suomi, M. (1998). The Modus Operandi of Business Angels. In: Informal Venture Capital. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2785-2_6
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