Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Nanotechnology Attracting Angel And Venture Capital

Angel and Venture Capital investors are pumping billions of dollars into the emerging field of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology involves breaking down materials to the atomic level and manipulating them to produce new products.

Potential applications of nanotechnology are wide. There is interest from almost every industry - from clothing to semiconductors to cosmetics.

Nanotechnology is, however, becoming quickly overhyped. Most of the applications are years away from being practically implemented. One area that does show immediate promise is medical diagnosis - helping doctors accurately and immediately detecting and diagnosis diseases instead of waiting days to do a blood or urine test.

Some key questions that investors are asking nanotechnology companies are:
  • Does it make sense?
  • Why should it be better if it's nano?
  • How is it going to compete with what's currently out there?
  • If it requires an enormous leap of faith, think twice.

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