The Capital Gap is Shrinking

The numbers are meant to be general, not absolute. Note that I put "depending on region" as a disclaimer for some folks who "might" object. Out of touch with start-up funding? Ouch. we've been at it for 8 years.... Primariy point is to show that there "is" a gap. Be it the Atlanta, Boston, SV, Ft. Wayne, Charelston, etc. Angels and angel groups have different models. So, don't judge many by the actions of a few that you are familiar with. Angels individually invest $25,000-$100,000. But as a group, can do $250,000- $1M plus(rare). Knox Massey

They are not my numbers so I don't want to defend them, but I think that what we are seeing is some of the differences in "localness" in angel markets. Knox's group mostly invests in enterprise software plays which are a bit more capital intensive then web apps.

Of course you are a "friend" of startups.:)

In which direction do you think they're off? Are the numbers too big or too small in your opinion?

As for YC, yeah I don't think you are in the original chart. As you've said before that's kind of a new category. Seed I guess, but so early and so much smaller than what people usually think of as seed. What's interesting though is that some of the people involved in these posts are considering a YC-ish type thing in the Atlanta area.

Could be that the data is from an Atlanta group. I imagine they're not as heavily-weighted towards web startups. Out in the boonies startups are more of the consulting/product variety.