Some interesting statistics from the Halo Report for the rolling 12 month period ended June 30, 2012:
• Median size of Angel round was $550K.
• Average pre-money valuation for pre-Series A deals by angel groups was $2.7M.
• “Internet” companies received 34% of angel group fundings.
Here is an infographic of some of the findings in the Halo Report:
The Halo report was put together by Silicon Valley Bank, CB Insights and the Angel Resource Institute. You can get a full copy of the report here.
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