Business NH Magazine

All signs indicate that 2020 is likely to be a challenging time for angel investing and the negative impact could be similar to the post 2000 decline and the 2008-09 recession, according to new analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. How lasting these impacts are will likely be determined by a myriad of factors, many of which are beyond the control of the angel investor.

During the great recession of 2008-09, the angel market experienced a two-year decline in total dollars invested with the steepest, more than 26%, from 2007-08. The biggest impact, however, was the decline in seed and startup stage investing that occurred in 2009 and 2010, according to Jeffrey Sohl, director of the UNH Center for Venture Research, and colleagues Wan-Chien Lien and Jianhong Chen.

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