David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. However, those angels constitute only about 4% of the estimated 7.1 Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. 1994 – present.
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. I was chairman from inception until shortly after the $4m VC round the company raised two years into its life. .”
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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. He looked at me and gave me that “yeah – we should do this” look. And that was it.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Human Computer Interaction.
The Next Web
JANUARY 27, 2013
Back in 1994, when Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he had to raise money from 22(!) Any investor who knew anything about books, didn’t invest. We have the coolest angel investors in the world, but still our seed funding round (which was not even astronomically big) took us about six months to arrange. Take advantage of this.
Up and Running
APRIL 27, 2015
However, one area where he fell short was in ignoring the search engine market. One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola. Originally only available in Virgin cinemas and on their planes, the market shares for the drink peaked at only 0.5%
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2017
From his annual “100 Books” he finishes and highlights every year, his frank advice to a young medical supply company to pivot toward a new market, or his search for a new CEO for a struggling ed-tech company, he works tirelessly in the trenches to solve problems and enhance the startup ecosystem.
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