Angel investors, who fund young companies with modest sums, have resumed their place as stokers of economic growth, planting small sums of money into budding firms that need cash and mentoring.

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It also features former Clash bassist Paul Simonon and the 67-year-old drummer Tony Allen who, as a member Fela Kuti's Nigerian funk band in the '70s, proved himself to be one of the greatest groove stokers in recorded history.

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