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This year in Southern California, Barry Paulk's Pasadena Angels funded 12 companies, raising $3 million in angel capital.  Across the country in New York, angel investor David Rose of angel investing sourcing platform Gust  took an interest in companies like PublicStuff.org, that uses technologies to “revolutionize non-tech older industries.” In Miami, Timothy Cartwright's Tamiami Angels Fund completed its first year with a $50,000 investment, leaving the angel capital group $2 million to invest in 2012.

While angel capital deals continued at a consistent pace this year, there was still hesitation in the marketplace. "We are stuck in an environment with volatility," warned Greg Hext of Chapman, Hext, & Co. in Texas, "If the (entrepreneur's) equation has too many unknowns, then we are not comfortable investing."

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