{"id":6730,"date":"2019-01-30T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T12:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=6730"},"modified":"2019-01-30T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T12:01:15","slug":"2018-angel-investment-trends-fashion-wanes-while-robotics-start-drawing-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/2018-angel-investment-trends-fashion-wanes-while-robotics-start-drawing-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Angel Investment Trends: Fashion Wanes While Robotics Start Drawing Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2018 Angel Investment Trends: Fashion Wanes While Robotics Start Drawing Attention<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Software remained the best performing sector within the angel investment landscape in the UK throughout 2018. Likewise, food & beverage, fintech and property ventures saw impressive growth. Fashion, on the other hand, appears less on trend, with the number of investors willing to back this category falling greatly. Meanwhile keyword searches for impact investing terms have rocketed while robotics is one of the fastest growing search terms.<\/p>\n

At least, that is what\u00a0Angel Investment Network (AIN), the UK\u2019s largest and first online angel investment network has revealed in its first \u2018State of the Angel Investment Nation\u2019 findings. Based on the data of more than 100,000 businesses and 30,000 investors, it reveals a detailed picture of the angel investment landscape in the UK. Angel Investment Network connects startup businesses with angel investors and has reached more than one million users worldwide on its platform since launch 14 years ago.<\/p>\n

The key findings include:<\/p>\n