Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right angel for your, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. Or does it? Keiretsu Forum.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
However, those angels constitute only about 4% of the estimated 7.1 million households in the US with a net worth of $1 million or more. Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Q: What is the typical profile of angel investors?
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 31, 2019
Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Thus most startups I know don’t even mention the IPO exit option, when applying for angel funding, and most angel investors will react negatively if you do mention it.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. One of the most common questions I get is “How do I find angel investors?” Here are three of the largest flocks: Angel Capital Association (ACA).
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
Where I think Robert’s comments are slightly wrong is that AngelList is a net positive for VCs. If we have way more companies to observe who have money from angels to get to a point where they prove traction (or don’t) that’s a gift to the VC community. What about “angel&# investors?
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 17, 2017
I will always remember his pre-speech pep talk: “Dyer, your entire net worth rides on not screwing this up.” We just closed out in 2017 our 10-year early-stage venture fund started in 2000. John Imlay of MSA occasionally took me on road shows with analysts to talk about his new acquisition Peachtree Software. I got the message.
Version One Ventures
JULY 22, 2014
We have all heard about the Series A crunch in the Valley (there might actually be up to 2000 companies in the Series A pipeline right now), and perhaps there’s a Series B crunch now too. First, there will be a consolidation in the accelerator space, with the net effect of reducing the number of available spaces for start-ups.
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