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With innovative new companies as our country’s ticket to renewed economic prosperity, here are three trends to watch in 2011:

Super angels, a growing source of savvy entrepreneurial capital

Super angels — dubbed “angels” because they have a strong appetite for early stage, often pre-revenue companies and “super” because they may invest between $500,000 and $1 million or more in 10 or more deals per year — fill a critical gap in the entrepreneurial capital food chain.

Super angels may invest as individuals but increasingly are banding together into micro-venture capital funds to invest more than a typical angel group but less than venture capital funds. They have the money and experience (many are cashed-out entrepreneurs) to recognize and react quickly to entrepreneurial opportunities.

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