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Central Florida entrepreneurs have often faced near-drought conditions in the land of venture capital, those high-risk, high-payoff investments that seem to rain down on places like Silicon Valley.

But while the Orlando area historically falls short in venture-capital rankings, there is one area where it appears to keep pace with most areas of the country: family wealth. And although such money has rarely found its way to entrepreneurs in the past, other than to family-owned enterprises, there are signs that such wealth is venturing farther afield, corporate-finance experts say.

 

To read the full, original article click on this link: Family wealth and venture capital: Entrepreneurs hope for more family-wealth venture investment - OrlandoSentinel.com

Author:Richard Burnett