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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011).

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members.

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As a new independent angel investor, how will I find new companies to invest in?

Gust

Some groups specialize, investing primarily in life sciences or tech companies or women-led ventures or other areas. Most are somewhere in between, focusing primarily on early-stage, high-growth companies with scalable business models. Some are wide open, investing in everything from real estate to films.

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What are the biggest global events for Venture Capitalists and Business Angels where they can learn about their own business?

Gust

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. The group’s respective web sites list these events. VentureForward Conference.

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When should you go for equity financing?

Berkonomics

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. There are other classes of equity investors for small or early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected.

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What Do Angels Want?

ReadWriteStart

In 1998, before they even incorporated, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were trying to present their concept to early-stage, or "angel" investors, with limited success. Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was one such angel.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. See you next time.