Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and InvestorHunt. Non-professional investors now use crowdfunding sites, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter , for similar access. Measuring progress with big data and analytics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , and the latest stages of the Jobs Act , were expected by many to put regular people in charge of funding new opportunities, and kill the need for angel groups. Rose, according to his latest book, “ Angel Investing.” Neither does David S.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Angel Investors vs. Angel Groups. What is an angel investor? Angels are often former or current entrepreneurs themselves, as well as business professionals and corporate leaders. What is an angel group? These group members can pool their wealth together to make larger investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Most VCs and Angel investors don’t read unsolicited proposals, unless they have met you first, or have a glowing recommendation from another investor or acquaintance. Major platforms are available online to find Angel groups or VCs, including Gust and AngelList. You need an investor, and want to solicit professionals online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

Most Angel groups and VCs advertise the startups they have recently funded, with pointers to startup websites, sometimes including open positions. Get to know the people there, and ask them for pointers to new ventures that are still in the formative stage. Your best job leads will come from other entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2013

Major platforms are available online to find Angel groups or VCs, including Gust and AngelList. Thus building a business plan ahead of time will improve your application and chances of success. You need an investor, and want to solicit professionals online. You won’t even be considered without a business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2013

Brandery mentors and investors represent regional, national and international venture capital firms and angel groups, such as SoftBank Capital, Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, Transmedia Capital, Andreesen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Union Square Ventures, Lerer Ventures, AOL Ventures, Mercury Fund, SV Angel, kbs+, Dundee VC and CincyTech.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Earlier this month, I reported on the most current survey of angel groups: 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee).

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In addition to the fact that it is often easier to get accepted by an accelerator, or to make it to the finals of a business plan competition, or get funded by an angel group, those vehicles frequently serve the role of “curators” for the later stage financing world.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them.

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Gust

JANUARY 5, 2012

Company B raises $40,000 from five friends and family members and then $460,000 from twelve angels who are members of a single angel group. The angel group has one member of the board of directors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. Rose, according to his recent book, “ Angel Investing.” Neither does David S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

As an active angel investor myself, I understand how the process works, and I see the disappointment in the eyes of entrepreneurs who approach angel groups for funding and often get turned away for not being timely or prepared in the minds of potential investors. These are all accredited investors who risk their own money.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

National Venture Capital Group endorsed it. Some Angel groups endorse it. It’s modifying existing Visa types and what has happened recently is we built a steady drum beat, very solid grass roots momentum and support, plenty of endorsement, Venture Capital community pretty broadly endorsed it.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

This week, I spoke to one of the longest running and most active angel groups in the country, the New York Angels. Luckily for all of us, including the New York Angels themselves, the ecosystem has bloomed. An angel belonging to a group could find more dealflow. 2) A Platform for Visibility.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

That’s why one of the best options for you today is to join a local angel investor group, where you will work collegially with 25-250 other investors to hear pitches from companies, do your due diligence homework, and then—if you are interested—pool your money with the others to make meaningful investments.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

We have four non-US portfolio companies , many of which have or will soon have employees in the US. - Creating angel groups with other alumni organizations, using Harvard Business School Angels as a model , e.g., alumni of major NY schools (Columbia, NYU) and institutions (McKinsey, Goldman Sachs).

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Gust

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Pacific Northwest has some of the best and most active angel groups in the country (and I say that coming from New York!) Check out: Alliance of Angels - Seattle, WA ( [link] els.com/ ). Bellingham Angel Group - Bellingham, WA ( [link] els.com/ ). Boise Angel Alliance – Boise, ID ( [link] iance.com/ ).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

The type of deals and industries they invest in, the company stages, and the amount they invest depends on the individual or angel group. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

You can find these in your professional circle and your sphere of influence, rather than angel groups and venture capitalists. Unless you are happy with bootstrapping your new business, I recommend that you ignore conventional funding myths, and first seek investors who share your goals and values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. I would summarize the qualms and feedback from professional investors as the following: Crowdfunding platform costs trickle down to angel groups.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2019

Angel investors often focus on local markets, specific industries, and affinities such as college or university alumni. Your search should include looking for angel groups related to the college or university from which you graduated; your town, or state; and the industry you’re in. . Use web search.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.    One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels, rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that they have less reputation to protect.    Good angel groups, too. 

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and AngelList. Non-professional investors now use crowdfunding sites, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter , for similar access. Measuring progress with big data and analytics.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

Angel investors, particularly those in organized angel groups, are typically former entrepreneurs who have had successful liquidity events in their pasts, or executives of companies who’ve retired with the funds from their stock options.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Most Angel groups and VCs advertise the startups they have recently funded, with pointers to startup websites, sometimes including open positions. Get to know the people there, and ask them for pointers to new ventures that are still in the formative stage. Your best job leads will come from other entrepreneurs.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Ice Angels chair Michael Murphy liked what StockTrim were doing and was happy to become chair of StockTrim’s board of directors and become one of the first investors. “He He got us in front of the Ice Angels and a number of them invested,” Sutton says. “I He found many private investors were interested in him as much as StockTrim.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Most cities now have various local tech meetups, pitch competitions, angel groups, etc. In some cities there are organized angel groups that make use of part-time help to make investment decisions. Get involved in your community. Get out there and participate.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Find people who you think are great and don’t be worried about following their signal. Talk to people and get their POV. I’m not that dogmatic here.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Find people who you think are great and don’t be worried about following their signal. Talk to people and get their POV. I’m not that dogmatic here.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

Angel Capital Association (ACA). The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 250 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America. They have over 1,700,000 registered members with over 300,000 investors and 1,400,000 entrepreneurs.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Texas had 11 percent of all angel group deals in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest Halo Report. When angels co-invest with other types of investors the media […] The post CTAN is the Most Active Angel Group Nationwide appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Jason Calacanis, a well-known entrepreneur and Angel investor, opened the debate a while back in a strongly-worded article on his blog which attacked the practice on ethical grounds, and called out popular Angel groups charging fees ranging from several hundred dollars to $5,000 or more. Others , including noted Angel David S.

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Due Diligence Seed Stage 237

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Jason Calacanis, a well-known entrepreneur and angel investor, opened the debate about a year ago in a strongly-worded article on his blog which attacked the practice on ethical grounds, and called out popular angel groups charging fees ranging from several hundred dollars to $5,000 or more. Find and fix that first.

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