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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. I’ll make my next posting shorter. Have they added value?

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Startup Capital: Feast or Famine?

Gust

Several sources (including Startup by Elizabeth Edwards ) estimate that $2-3 billion per year is awarded to very early stage companies by federal government grants (mostly SBIRs). Furthermore, total federal grants to very early stage companies have been increasing over the past few years.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Crowd Sourced Funding Exchanges - An Emerging Trend

ReadWriteStart

Earlier, of course, we covered AngelList at length , also a crowd sourcing venture in the angel financing space, and this week, we have covered SecondMarket , which is powering Facebook's private market capital raising. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. peerbackers.

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ProfessorVC: Baby's All Grown Up

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Financing, that is.I Staged financing gives investors options in deciding whether and when to invest more and gives entrepreneurs options in how much to raise and when to think about exiting. I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program. I have learnt a great deal being based in the heart of Silicon Valley for the last 15 years, and having access to its inner circle. No, you do not need to come to Silicon Valley to learn entrepreneurship.