Resources for Investors
MoneyTree offers a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity
in the United States. This industry-endorsed research is a definitive
source of information on emerging companies that receive financing and
the venture capital firms that provide it.
The University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research is a
multidisciplinary research unit with principal expertise in the study of
early stage equity financing for high growth ventures. The Center
undertakes and publishes numerous studies in the area of early-stage
equity financing of entrepreneurial ventures.
ACA is North America's professional alliance of angel groups, bringing
together 200 angel organizations in the United States and Canada to
share best practices, network, and help develop data about the field of
angel investing.
NASVF is an organization of private, public and nonprofit organizations
committed to building their local economies by investing and facilitating
investment in local entrepreneurs. Research projects provide members
with a national survey of risk capital resources, a library of reports on
state capital programs and strategies, and an analysis of best practices.
NVCA is a trade association that represents the venture capital industry.
It is a member-based organization, representing over 400 venture capital
firms and organizations who manage pools of risk equity capital
designated to be invested in young, emerging companies.
Venture Blog is the most popular Internet blogging site related to
enterprise formation, growth, and funding.
Moody's Economy.com is a leading independent provider of economic,
financial, country, and industry research. Its research has many
dimensions: country analysis, financial markets, industrial markets, and
regional markets. Its information and services are used in a variety of
ways, including: strategic planning, product and sales forecasting, risk
and sensitivity management, and as investment research.
ECRI monitors over 100 proprietary cyclical indexes for major economies
covering more than 85% of world GDP. ECRI regularly interprets this
data to form a sophisticated cyclical forecast which is available by
subscription. ECRI has given advanced warning of each of the past
three recessions and has never issued a false alarm.
MarketResearch.com is the world's largest and continuously updated
collection of market research. It offers more than 110,000 market
research reports from over 550 leading global publishers. Its Research
Specialists have in-depth knowledge of the publishers and the various
types of reports in their respective industries.
Investor Words is the premier financial glossary on the web, with over
6,000 definitions and new terms added frequently. It also provides
links between related words and term listings by subject.
Big Charts offers advanced charting and data analysis tools, including
interactive and java-based tools that allow for sophisticated data
correlation and trend analysis.