Category: Reference for Investors

Portfolio Diversification: Minimise Risk

A hot tip for any savvy investor is portfolio diversification. By investing in different asset classes, industries, regions and stages you will reduce your risk, minimise losses and maximise returns. Throughout this post we will look at risk and return, asset...

Angel investing in uncertain times

After two years marked by COVID uncertainty, once again we are in turbulent times with economic conditions changing at a fast rate.  Inflation is high and the cost of wages, goods and interest rates are rising.  Compounding this, NZ businesses are finding it difficult...

Who is Enterprise Angels: Why invest in our deals?

Enterprise Angels is one of the largest, most active and best resourced Angel networks in New Zealand.  It is a unique angel group model whereby professional staff with capital raising expertise work closely with members to source deals, undertake due diligence and...

What is Angel Investing?

 Angel investors have the noble pursuit of growing early stage companies. Whether by nurturing and/or investing in promising deals, our end game is the hope of high return, be that in the form of financial or more intrinsic rewards. Angel investing also makes a...

Stages of Venture Capital

Early-stage investing funds the first three stages of a company’s development. It is divided into three distinct funding types: Seed funding (seed capital) Money provided to help an entrepreneur start a business Seed-stage companies have not usually established...

Who pays the fees in early-stage investing?

Whether you’re investing via a Venture Capital Fund (VC), an Angel group nominee or directly into a startup, resourcing is required for deal making and post investment management: undertaking due diligence, facilitating the investment, supporting the startup,...