There’s a new angel investment fund in North Carolina’s Research Triangle with capital to feed early stage life science and technology companies.Triangle Angel Partners, or TAP, has formed with participation from more than 40 investors in the Triangle and raised $2.3 million, WRALTechWire reports. Financial backers include Rich Lee, the former CEO of data center [...]

Current medical news from today, including funding for early-stage biotech companies drops, healthcare and the State of the Union address, and mobile health revenue jumps.

Let’s face some cold, hard facts.Banks still aren’t lending much money, and venture capital cash, while spread more liberally in 2011 than in previous years, is still largely hard to come by.The proof, as they say, is in the data:The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reports that business lending is down for five straight quarters, and [...]

Angel investors are a secretive bunch.They generally prefer to stay out of the limelight and let the companies they invest in receive the attention. But thanks to a state-sponsored tax credit, at least some of the investment activity by Ohio’s most prominent angels has come to light.var page_count = “off”; [...]

As 2011 winds down, small business owners looking for new financing options would do well to take a slice of the holidays and use it to study the two most common startup funding options — angel investing versus venture capital.In this two-part series, we’ll do just that. And before the year ends, look for columns [...]

Venture capital is a fickle, prickly industry.Like any investor, too many venture funders follow the herd, and place the bulk of their bets on the next “hot market.”When the expected profits in that market don’t materialize, or materialize and then dry up, venture capitalists snap their checkbooks shut, grab their Armani briefcases, and head for [...]

Landing angel investment involves a little bit more than calling up a bunch of rich guys and hoping for the best.Obtaining that initial investment is often a huge hurdle for startups, but once the cash comes in, it provides a critical source of early funding — lifeblood for young, hungry companies. And as the traditional [...]

Call it the ultimate buzz kill.You’re a healthcare startup owner, your company is gaining financial traction, and you’ve been promised a $24 million round of financing by a leading venture capital firm.But guess what? Just when the golden apple is within reach, cruel fate– in the form of that venture capital firm– takes center stage. [...]

The Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute are both great resources for healthcare entrepreneurs looking for capital funding.Both have extensive lists of angel investor groups — both local and national — that can step in and give a financially ailing healthcare startup a boost when the need arises.But which angel investing [...]

Just because entrepreneurs have an idea or a business plan or even a product doesn’t necessarily mean they are worthy of receiving startup funding.That need to create quality deal flow for angel investors as well as increase the success rate of entrepreneurs in fundraising has led to the creation of a new economic development effort [...]