Sophisticated investor overhaul: Angels sound the alarm


Angel investors and venture capital firms are warning that proposed changes that will make it harder to qualify as a “sophisticated” investor will reduce funding for early-stage startups at a time when investment is already difficult to come by.

The proposal also threatens to counteract the Albanese government’s recent efforts to help bridge the valley of death through new early-stage commercialisation initiatives, by forcing startups to look outside of Australia …

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