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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. 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. Boise Angel Alliance.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Touched by an Angel. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

Of late, I have had a number of friends who have recently become more active as angels and have been trying to track down some of the advice from the event. Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. Why Invest?

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

Of late, I have had a number of friends who have recently become more active as angels and have been trying to track down some of the advice from the event. Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. Why Invest?

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ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. An excellent question to ponder as the school year begins, but the answer depends on whether you are looking for a plumber or an angel investor. Entrepreneurs struggle to find investors and investors struggle to find the best start-ups. ProfessorVC. Thursday, September 2, 2010.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. Other private equity firms have created a formal advisor network to augment their in-house origination teams, including 3i’s Business Leaders Network and Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group’s Chambers Street Executive Network.

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So You Wanna be a VC?

Professor VC

However, in my 25 years in the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, I've experienced the VC corollary to the golden rule much more often: "He has the gold makes the rules!" When AngelList first launched syndicates a few years ago, I was very skeptical of the idea of angels taking carry on my investment. I got over it.