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NOVEMBER 24, 2013

I’m on the selection committee of our local Angels group, so I know that every CEO approaching our group for funding goes through ten minutes of creative “dancing,” to give us a basis for selecting startups that are most qualified and “ready” to proceed to the next level.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Entrepreneur Angel Groups Audience 171

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Earlier this month, I reported on the most current survey of angel groups: 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

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APRIL 23, 2014

Gust News angel groups businesses financial industry Gust innovations startups' While Gust is generally flying under the radar, and currently accounts for an infinitesimally tiny fraction of the marketplace, the actual numbers may be a bit surprising. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

Angel Groups 127

Angel Groups Accredited Investor Private Equity Deal Flow 127

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JULY 19, 2014

With Gust , the power of the system is that your completed investor relations profile can now serve as your official application to virtually any organized angel group in the world…all you need to do is share it with them*. and read their detailed profiles to see if they would be a good match for your venture.

Angel Groups 142

Angel Groups New York Deal Flow Incubator 142

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JANUARY 22, 2014

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

Angel Investor 150

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 150

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AUGUST 27, 2014

Most groups run regular education sessions for new members, and provide mentoring for less experienced investors by those with many deals under their belt. The typical US angel group will receive a dozen or more funding applications from startups each month; the most active ones, such as New York Angels will receive over 100.

Angel Investor 133

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Angel Groups Syndicate 133

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Leaders and active members of all the major North American angel groups attend this three day conference, along with a large delegation of international business angels. NACO National Angel Summit. This is the big one, which rotates among different cities in the US each year.

Angel Investor 125

Angel Investor Global Angel Groups Europe 125

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Believe it or not, more organized angel groups (although not individual angels). The world’s largest Tech Meetup (not to mention Meetup.com itself). Significantly easier access to European and South American startup centers. Many more world-class universities.

New York City 150

New York City Silicon Valley New York Angel Groups 150

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MARCH 1, 2014

That’s because it was designed to be completely customizable for each angel group or venture fund using the platform. Group administrators have the ability to turn ratings on or off, show or hide them, establish the scale for them, and decide on how many criteria a profile is rated.

Angel Groups 125

Angel Groups Aggregator Startup New York 125

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JUNE 25, 2014

Both platforms allow investors (and others) to search for companies by criteria such as name, keyword and location.

Angel Groups 138

Angel Groups Curation Early Stage Search 138

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Gust (the company I founded) is the online platform used by over 45,000 accredited angel investors and VCs, from over 1,000 angel groups and venture funds, in 74 countries, to manage their startup deals. So I had to create one! shameless plug alert.but you asked!].

Angel Investor 119

Angel Investor Belarus Portugal Accredited Investor 119

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JANUARY 25, 2014

And then, as Terrence Yang notes, read as many blogs as you can by angel investors and venture capitalists, such as some of those listed by Basil at [link] Angel_I… Finally, considering joining a local angel group, such as Tech Coast Angels (to which Terrence belongs) or New York Angels (which I founded.).

Angel Investor 180

Angel Investor Angel Groups New York Audience 180

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JANUARY 22, 2014

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

Angel Investor 89

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 89

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DECEMBER 16, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Don’t expect the pomp and celebrity of the Angels on Shark Tank , but they do ask a lot of the right questions.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

What we are often seeing, however, is large-ish “seed” rounds of up to as much as $1-2 million, led by an early-stage seed fund, “super-angel” or angel group, which might put in +/-50% of the round, with the balance made up of other seed funds and value-adding angels (‘super’, ‘grouped’, or otherwise.). (..)

Lead Investor 150

Lead Investor Term Sheet Early Stage Angel Groups 150

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JULY 12, 2012

On the morning of Monday, May 7th, I led a workshop on angel groups for an audience of about seventy investors and entrepreneurs organized by the award-winning Finnish Business Angel Network ( FiBAN ). Audiences totaled over three hundred and eighty entrepreneurs, investors and members of the startup community.

Community 121

Community Estonia Ireland Finland 121

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JULY 1, 2012

Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. I recommend going only with legitimate angel groups, accessible through national websites like Gust , or locally publicized organizations. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate.

Angel Groups 143

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 143

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

Gust (the company I founded) is the online platform used by over 45,000 accredited angel investors and VCs, from over 1,000 angel groups and venture funds, in 74 countries, to manage their startup deals. So I had to create one! shameless plug alert.but you asked!].

Angel Investor 70

Angel Investor Belarus Accredited Investor Portugal 70

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JANUARY 25, 2014

And then, as Terrence Yang notes, read as many blogs as you can by angel investors and venture capitalists, such as some of those listed by Basil at [link] Angel_I… Finally, considering joining a local angel group, such as Tech Coast Angels (to which Terrence belongs) or New York Angels (which I founded.).

Angel Investor 110

Angel Investor Angel Groups New York Audience 110

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JANUARY 9, 2013

I think it makes sense in a broad view, but my experience — as angel investor lately, as entrepreneur before that, and startup dabbler still — makes me think it should be skewed. And this relates to how I look at startups as potential investments for the angel group I’m in ( WAC ) : .

Startup 165

Startup Angel Groups Angel Investor Cofounder 165

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

For example, in most angel groups of which I’m aware, there may be 50-100 potential investors, but only 2-10 potential deal leads (that is, term sheet writers.).

Term Sheet 101

Term Sheet Angel Groups Finance Naming 101

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JANUARY 4, 2012

If you’re here on gust.com as an entrepreneur, I think you should know that many angel investor groups like convertible notes, mainly for one of the reasons Fred mentions: angel groups often look at relatively early stages, and the convertible note puts off the valuation for later, when – everybody involved.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor Valuation Angel Groups Equity 114

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AUGUST 19, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short – maybe short on content, but not short on pages! A perfect round number is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Typical VC round size is dropping and the competition (as measured by valuation and reported at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups ) for seed stage deals in NYC Metro appears to be increasing. However, in New York City, the funding environment seems a bit more spirited.

Seed Stage 162

Seed Stage Southern California San Diego Silicon Valley 162

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. The investment community in any geographic area is not that large, and most investors have relationships or knowledge of most of the others.

Due Diligence 119

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Offshore Angel Groups 119

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AUGUST 6, 2014

25 individual angel investors funding a startup on a convertible note. two angel groups investing money in Series Seed Preferred stock purchase. As such, this could cover many different things, such as: Your parents loaning you money to cover your expenses while you code your product.

Term Sheet 170

Term Sheet Lead Investor Preferred Stock Common Stock 170

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

A recent informal survey of angel groups indicated that valuations are highest in Silicon Valley, New York City and Boston, which are arguably the most entrepreneurially active communities in the US.

SBIR 120

SBIR Startup New York City Angel Investor 120

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

From $150,000 to $1.5m, you are in angel territory, either by lucking into one really rich and generous angel investor, or (more likely) by pulling together either a bunch of individual angels (at $10,000 – $100,000 each), or one or more organized angel groups , or one or more micro-VCs (colloquially known as ‘super angels’).

Finance 70

Finance Venture Capital Intellectual Property Early Stage 70