2018 has so far proven to be fairly promising in terms of the aggregate value of announced angel investment deals targeting Western European companies, according to Zephyr, the M&A database published by Bureau van Dijk. The first quarter of 2018 has already surpassed Q1 2016, Q1 2015 and Q1 2014 by value, despite the fact that there are 12 days still to go until the end of the quarter at the time of writing.