Amazonian Angels

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Well the M6 retails for $274K in Australia, and the GPower quad exhaust 600HP+ upgrade isnt yet available. Pity my Bittern VLine train was cancelled the other day and then it cost $45 to get from Spencer St to Rye :| Here's some kewl late night stats on Amazon's angel funding and expansionary capital. From VentureWoods quoting Diane Mulcahy :

Entrepreneur : Q3 94 - Founder Jeff Bezos got started investing $10k and borrowing $44k
Friends & Family : Q2 95 - Founders Parents invest $245.5K, Q2-96 siblings invest $20k
Angels: Q4 95 - Two Angels invest $54.4K, Q1,96 , Angel Syndicate - 20 angels invest $46.85 each raising $937K
VC: Q2,96 - Two VC firms invest a total of $8MM
Exit : Q2,97 - 3MM shares sold on NASDAQ , IPO raising $49.1MM