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New York Times - Angel investors are generally wealthy people seeking promising start-ups that are too small to attract the attention of venture capitalists.

Inc.com - Angel investors are spending less, but are just as interested in funding new ventures as ever, according to the 2008 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire..."We expected the dollars to go down," says Jeffrey Sohl, director of the UNH Center for Venture Research, "but our report indicates that while angels are putting less money in, they are still investing."

Nashua Telegraph - According to a report by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, the total value of angel investments dropped in 2008 by 26.2 percent from 2007, but the number of deals was relatively unchanged, with 55,480 entrepreneurial ventures receiving funding - 2.9 percent less than the 57,120 total ventures in 2007.

Seacoastonline.com - Angel investments dropped in 2008 by 26.2 percent over 2007, but the number of deals was relatively unchanged, with 55,480 entrepreneurial ventures receiving funding, according to the 2008 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.  The angel investor market had a considerable contraction in investment dollars, but exhibited little change in the number of investments, according to Jeffrey Sohl, director o

Wall Street Journal - The financial crisis has made angel investors more conservative in the amount of capital committed but has not significantly slowed their deal making or thinned their ranks, according to the latest data from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.