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A new best practice recommendation for evaluating the intangible assets of an investee company is offered  for angel investors, from the National Angel Capital organization.

http://naoangelinvestor.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/ryerson-angel-network-research-adds-to-angel-b

Microloans to four young Michigan companies are targeted to help the start up tech firms move to commercialization. The initiative is part of the Michigan Microloan Fund Program.

http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ann-arbor-spark-managed-microloan-program-distributes-200000-in-funds/

Norwest Venture Partners managing partner Promod Haque explains the venture firm’s new, expanded investment strategy.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/18/norwest-venture-partners-goes-big/

The Treasury Department, fresh from meetings last week with small business owners and bankers, is working on the final terms of a low-cost capital program designed to boost lending to small businesses. The program could be up and running in December. SVF Vice Chair Richard Bendis participated in the meetings.

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/capital/2009/11/18/main-street-credit-crunch-as-geithner-urges-banks-to-lend/

David Blivin, founder of one of the most ambitious venture capital groups in the Raleigh/ Durham/ Chapel Hill area, has launched Cottonwood Technology Group in New Mexico. Early fund investors include Woody Hunt, CEO of Hunt Companies, Inc., one of the nation’s leading developers and contractors, and Los Alamos National Bank. The fund is targeting pre-seed and seed investments in IT startups.

A new $400 million fund is set to invest in healthcare, internet, digital media and technology companies. It is the eighth fund for the Highland Capital Partners, which focuses on early and growth stage enterprises.