David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Q: What is the typical profile of angel investors? Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. Q: Why do people become angel investors? 1994 – present.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

Along the way, a number of the companies I had invested in as an angel investor raised money from VCs. Some were tough experiences for me, like NetGenesis, which was the first angel investment I made. We never invested in anything together, but after I moved to Boulder, I got a call from Charley one day in early 1996.

San Francisco 159

San Francisco Boston Venture Capital Angel Investor 159

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

As an investor for the past 20 years, I’ve had this happen many times. When I first started investing as an angel investor in 1994, I was focused on a very simple set of criteria. First, did I care about / have affinity for the product? Next, were the entrepreneurs obsessed about their product?

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Angel Investor Partner Database 154

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

“…if you look at a lot of the early stage investors, whether it be Union Square Ventures or First Round or Jeff Clavier at Softtech or Dave McClure – we want to try the product, we want to experience the product, we want to get a sense of how the entrepreneur is thinking about it. in LA and Boulder) Is that true?

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

The company spends the $1m building and launching their first product. The first release is underwhelming, but they iterate aggressively, with feedback and support from some of their angel investors. The product gets a lot better. and the investors, who put up $1m in a convertible note, get 0.1%.

Recapitalization 70

Recapitalization Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Angel Investor 70

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Dave McClure: MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER. Mark Suster: Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical. All three of these posts lay out clear points of view on the authors seed strategy.

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 152