Data for 2011 to 2015 from the previous annual report from the same source.
As the source specifies in the disclaimer, "Due to its nature, the early stage investment market and especially the business angels investment market is difficult to quantify. An important percentage of the total investments are informal and not publicly reported."
Between 2011 and 2019, the number of business angel investors active on the European early-stage investments, both on the visible and invisible part of the market, grew steadily throughout the aforementioned time period. This included investors active in activities gathered by business angel networks, associations, and databases reporting startup investment. In 2011, a total of ** angel investors were active. This number grew significantly over the next seven years, reaching a total number of ** active angel investors in 2018. This number remained unchanged in 2019. In 2020, the number declined, with 322, 000 active angel investors that year.
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