"If you can't fund it yourself, and the bank can't fund and you don't have a rich uncle, then perhaps the next best thing is an angel investor or angel network."

-- Matt Johnson, an entrepreneur and founding Florida Angel Nexus chapter member.
 

Interest appears promising for an effort to amass investors seeking to fund high-growth start-ups in Tallahassee. On Friday, a membership launch for Tallahassee's new chapter of the Florida Angel Nexus attracted about 60 attendees, a mix of potential investors and professionals aware of financing challenges facing early stage start-ups.

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