Archangel nurtures firms for the market

From: Scotland on Sunday | Date: February 26, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ARCHANGEL Informal Investment, the business angel group, is grooming a number of young technology companies for the stock market following this month's GBP 165m flotation of Optos, the angel-backed medical device company.

John Waddell, Archangel's chief executive, is encouraged by the increase in flotations which began last year and said more are likely to follow from Archangel's portfolio companies.

Waddell said the Optos flotation, which netted the average investor a return of about 300 per cent, demonstrated that "patience in investing in new businesses pays off".

He declined to say ...

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