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INTRODUCTION Investment Activity of Angel Organizations in 2022: An Overview

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and through informal groups that typically go unrecord- ed. Third, the CVCA data includes investments made by some of the angel organizations that are also includ- ed in the NACO statistics, hence there is some double counting. All of this serves to underline the significant role that angel investors play in funding the start-up and early growth stages of the entrepreneurial process. Fewer dollars were invested in 2022 than in 2021. There was a 3% increase in the number of investments made, with both the median and mean number of investments made by organizations increasing. However, there was a significant decline in the amount invested, which fell by 37% year-over-year. In addition, the median and mean amounts invested by organizations fell by 52% and 31%, respectively. The mean amount invested per deal fell by 27%, although there was a rise in the median amount invested per deal.

FIGURE 1 Angel Activity Declined in 2022

Number of Deals

Amount Invested ($M)

Interpreting trends in investment activity over time is

2023 ANNUAL REPORT ON ANGEL INVESTING IN CANADA

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