Feld Thoughts

JULY 30, 2010

A lot of it was prompted by AngelConf 2010 which you can watch recordings of on Justin.tv ( AngelConf 2010 Part 1 and AngelConf 2010 Part 2 ). But I think the two best posts to come out of yesterday are Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur by Fred Wilson and MoneyBall for Startups by Dave McClure.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

He tells me the firm has made 21 investments since mid-2010, and Correlation now has more than $165 million under management. So Coats and Kienzle set up Correlation to be a co-investor, not take board seats, and invest quickly—making it easier for lead investors and companies to quickly put a round together.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

We’re almost always the lead investor and usually the most active, too. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! Look more modern than our previous website, which had a very 2000 feel to it. Demonstrate the deep relationships we have with the CEO’s with whom we work. I still loved it. Next I might steal this.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Lead investors and follow investors can both win equally but in each case you know why you personally are writing the check. Yet the truth is that I see angels with great deal flow & great instincts whom I believe will only perform well in times that favor angel investors (like 2010) where there are early exits.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

August 2010 Two years ago I wrote about what I called " a huge, unexploitedopportunity in startup funding :" the growing disconnect betweenVCs, whose current business model requires them to invest largeamounts, and a large class of startups that need less than theyused to. forstartups was to find one angel to act as the lead investor.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 2, 2010

I’m on an Acela train between Boston and New York (listening to Boston’s More Than A Feeling – how recursive) on my way to the TechStars Boston 2010 Investor / Demo day. Don Dodge also has a great post up titled How to be an Angel Investor…and make money. And they communicate with each other.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” If you think the other investors will be super value-added – no problem! For me it’s clear. Then you’ll willing to take more dilution for them.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010. While this may certainly be the case with unsophisticated angels (much less of these now) or in cases with no lead investor, Id argue the opposite. In my experience, venture investors are more focused on percentage ownership, which obviously requires a trade-off with the amount invested and valuation.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

In fact we’re not very influenced by how a startup is received by other investors, as we’re comfortable investing in seed stage startups as either lead investor or as a participant with other investors. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 13, 2010

StoredIQ , a leading provider of Intelligent Information Management solutions for eDiscovery, records and compliance management, today announced that it has closed $10 million in new investment financing and expanded its management team in preparation for accelerated growth.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2010

and FashInvest invite the online fashion community to present their startups to the audience and special feedback panel consisting of leading investors in the space. This month's talk is about corporate formation, investor visas and and tax accounting for startups. RSVP: [link] 6:00PM Fashion 2.0: Startups Showcase Fashion 2.0

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

In December 2010, Richard Kane, then-President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to found an HBS alumni-affiliated angel group in NY. As a result, we launched the Fast Track program, which helps VCs and active investors who are HBSAANY members to syndicate rounds with value-added members of our network.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

In how many of those were you a lead investor? What percentage of your members are not active angel investors (i.e. At Sand Hill, we are very active and often lead investor and Series A board representative. ► 2010. (7). How many investments have you made this year? Average size? service providers)?

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Even though we glossed over those slides, investors knew they could come back to those slides later and dig into them if necessary. By this point in the presentation, our goal was to lead investors to believe: A network-empowered people search application could be really valuable.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

This brought in a new set of prospective investors and required a lower investment from the lead investor as our existing investors were committed and on board. Our lead investor, Triangle Peak Partners closed on a $170 million first fund in late 2008. ► 2010. (7). ► February. (1).

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