VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Get involved in your community. Most cities now have various local tech meetups, pitch competitions, angel groups, etc. If you can, help organize and become a leader in your community (great entrepreneurial ecosystems are inclusive and have many leaders). Get out there and participate. Get involved in companies.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

Angel investors, particularly those in organized angel groups, are typically former entrepreneurs who have had successful liquidity events in their pasts, or executives of companies who’ve retired with the funds from their stock options. Order all 3 Berkonomics books for $49.95,a a 33% discount. www.berkus.com.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. What other policy initiatives should the venture community be working on? Image by Getty Images via @daylife).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

USA Angel Investment Network. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. Angel Capital Association (ACA). The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 275 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

I do something I now call community hours. And so that is a steady import of talent but even more interestingly what it really did is it re-energized the entrepreneurial community.”. Venture Capital in Boulder and other smaller communities. “So National Venture Capital Group endorsed it. Some Angel groups endorse it.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. GCVF specializes in providing critical support to founders based in small communities, while connecting them to an unfair network well-beyond their small-town headquarters. . (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

A little under a year ago, we hosted an event called Angel Bootcamp that was a primer for folks thinking about getting into angel investing. It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. Outcomes in angel investing exhibit a power law. Investment Strategy.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

A little under a year ago, we hosted an event called Angel Bootcamp that was a primer for folks thinking about getting into angel investing. It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. Outcomes in angel investing exhibit a power law. Investment Strategy.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is a high net worth individual who invests their own money into startup companies in the hopes of gaining a return on their money. Many angels are entrepreneurs themselves, or executives and business or community leaders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 500,000 members worldwide, perhaps the largest Angel investment community in the world. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

USA Angel Investment Network. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. Angel Capital Association (ACA). The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 240 angel groups and 13,000 individual angels across North America.

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Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

A much more tightly knit startup community, compared to the larger but more diffuse West Coast community. A city that from the Mayor on down is devoted to helping the tech startup community expand exponentially. Believe it or not, more organized angel groups (although not individual angels).

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New York City Silicon Valley New York Angel Groups 150

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. Those unique assets are sometimes leverageable into a resource for strengthening the university’s tech community.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

These connections are likely best when firms are networked with other sources of capital vertically (angel groups, venture debt, private equity and investment bank relationships) and horizontally (in-market and out-of-market venture capital firms).

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ). .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. Angel Capital Association (ACA). ACA membership includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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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. Since then, we have grown to be the 2nd largest angel group in NY, with 130 members (vs. about 150 for Golden Seeds in New York, the largest group).

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David Teten

MAY 3, 2019

My main goals are: to understand the cutting edge of new disciplines; meet potential founders/employees; and also to help the broader technology and research community. Informally advise some university-based angel group initiatives. I welcome new ideas on how to work with the university community!

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Artificial Inteligence Angel Groups Private Equity New York 60

View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

These companies have a long way to go until global dominance in many cases, but they are all growing, hiring, and strengthening the local community right now. Overall, we’re thrilled by the continued progress of this community and the way it continues to grow and evolve.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Last Friday, June 21st I sent the following message out to our community of users, colleagues, friends and supporters. Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately. This home-grown community is extra-ordinary. Like all relationships, they take time.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Investors have taken notice, which means there are more proactive programs as well as angel groups that have a specific mandate to focus on women. We look forward to continuing the DEI conversation within our community through events like our Veterans in Tech Summit on November 12 and even more events in 2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The investment community in any geographic area is not that large, and most investors have relationships or knowledge of most of the others. 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.

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Due Diligence Entrepreneur Offshore Angel Groups 241

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community. If you’re newer to angel investing, angel groups are a great avenue to build your understanding and confidence as an investor. The SXSW Startup Crawl! How will crowdfunded investments impact your portfolio?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Yes, I’m biased on LivePlan because it’s our product, but I see it used as a business summary now in the programs of several of the most prestigious business plan competitions, and my angel group is now using it to summarize some of the companies that submitted for our annual community event.

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Lean Business Plan Angel Groups Curation 182

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. to motivate their angel community to support their startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

It does happen once in a while, but usually only for entrepreneurs who have already spent money promoting their efforts, and a large amount of precious time connecting with their peers and the investment community. Here are some key recommendations to get you started: Plan for adequate time to find an investment.

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Cost Angel Groups Due Diligence Silicon Valley 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. However, as the millennials reach decision-making roles in companies, an increasing number of senior executives and investors are actively participating in gated online communities. Acquirer/ Investor. ff Venture Capital.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The investment community in any geographic area is not that large, and most investors have relationships or knowledge of most of the others. 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.

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Due Diligence Offshore Angel Groups Matching 224

David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

Our main goals are: to understand the cutting edge of new disciplines; meet potential founders/employees; and also to help the broader technology and research community. Informally advise some university-based angel group initiatives. We welcome new ideas on how to work with the university community.

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Venture Capital Angel Groups Private Equity New York 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

Finally, I was impressed to find a robust local entrepreneurial community centered around A2Geeks and the Tech Brewery (after I met Dug Song I understood why.). (I A Lack of a Startup Culture in the Community. You see it in the existing angel groups and VC’s. They feel more like banks than risk capital.

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 24, 2014

I’ll be speaking at an Impact Angel Group event on February 12th. With a few other angel investors, I’ll be talking to other angel investors, along with prospective angel investors, about the role of impact investing the community, as well as in our own portfolios.

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Angel Investor Denver Angel Groups Early Stage 92

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

While the historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship, some GPs actively participate in LP/GP communities to find and build relationships with potential LPs. However, 87% of our respondents don’t actively participate in any such community.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 16, 2017

Continuing to help professionals navigate their community — and satisfying our own curiosity into these growing and emerging tech hubs — we mapped all Austin startup investments by VCs, angels, and incubators or accelerators, for your viewing pleasure. Sign up for VentureApp and start connecting with your community today.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

This week, I spoke to one of the longest running and most active angel groups in the country, the New York Angels. Luckily for all of us, including the New York Angels themselves, the ecosystem has bloomed. An angel belonging to a group could find more dealflow. 2) A Platform for Visibility.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

Today, I want to add two addendum to it, based on the work of two up and coming women in the NYC tech community. Yesterday, Amrit Richmond announced her new employment at RRE as Director of Community & Platform. Christina Bechhold didn''t forget that--and so she co-founded her own angel group.

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ithacaVC

JUNE 26, 2019

Here it is: Launch NY is working to find more ways to engage the local investor community and connect them with our client startup companies. The Investor Network is akin to a digitally administered open angel group, allowing accredited investors to look at deals based on their preferences in sector, stage, and region.

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