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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

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? 1961- 1996.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

Amy likes to remind me that when I was an entrepreneur, I used to regularly give talks at MIT about entrepreneurship. 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.

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Suggestions for Angel Investors

Feld Thoughts

I wasn’t able to make it to Boston yesterday for the Angel Boot Camp as I was running around NYC with the CEO of a company I invested in last week introducing him to a bunch of potential customers and partners. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked. I generally made about one investment a month when I was active as an angel.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

Feld Thoughts

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. Next, were the entrepreneurs obsessed about their product? Last, did I want to be a long term partner with the entrepreneurs?

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. Howard states the most successful angel investors are the ones who can place many small bets, increasing the possibility of hitting a home run. and Half.com.

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What’s Old Is New Again

Feld Thoughts

I remember in 2007 when the idea of a super angel appeared, where successful entrepreneurs were suddenly angel investors making 10 or more seed investments a year. Between 1994 and 1996 I made 40 angel investments with the money I made from the sale of my first company.