Gust

AUGUST 27, 2014

The two sites you mentioned are both secondary listing services, for later stage companies. For a new angel investor, by far the best thing to do is to join a local angel investor group that belongs to the Angel Capital Association. There are hundreds of them, with at least one in every state.

Angel Investor 133

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Angel Groups Syndicate 133

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Many investments in startups start with local venture firms in the early stages and then attract non-local venture firms for later stage and larger deal size opportunities. Entrepreneurs with early stage companies typically look for local funding before going out of region to pursue other funding sources.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2012

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking.

Angel Groups 237

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 237

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Acquirer/ Investor. ff Venture Capital.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2011

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking.

Angel Investor 217

Angel Investor Angel Groups Early Stage Startup 217

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Prasanna Krishnamoorthy, Managing Partner, Upekkha Value SaaS Accelerator, said, “We are the first fund which combines an Angel List rolling fund structure for making LP access widely available, while using the variable VC model of giving founders the option to buy back their equity at a later stage, ensuring founder optionality.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Austin Startup

JUNE 30, 2017

In some ways, the resources that top accelerators give founders have upped the ante on what “value add” from institutional investors really means , and has put some traditional VCs in the same category as prominent angels or well-coordinated angel groups: checks, perhaps with a few intros, but not much more.

Curation 48

Curation Startup Cofounder Equity 48

Gust

JULY 1, 2012

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking.

Angel Groups 143

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 143

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately. Like all relationships, they take time. Spend your time with customers who have proven they buy what you’re selling: California has shown the capacity both in capital and in imagination afforded by that capital.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2010

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking.

Angel Groups 121

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Later Stage 121

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. This larger fund size, in turn, greatly defines the kinds of deals in which the fund can, for logistical purposes, invest.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. This larger fund size, in turn, greatly defines the kinds of deals in which the fund can, for logistical purposes, invest.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Strategic investors tend to be later stage sources, and will not be addressed here. Let’s take a closer look at trends in government grants, angel investment and venture capital financings. Total angel funding in 2010 was up somewhat, but has ranged from $15 to $20 billion for several years.

SBIR 120

SBIR Startup New York City Angel Investor 120

Gust

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

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. For a long time, they were basically the only game in town for seed and early stage funding in NYC. Luckily for all of us, including the New York Angels themselves, the ecosystem has bloomed.

Angel Groups 124

Angel Groups Angel Investor Aggregator New York 124

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group. Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.Needless to say, you should never do this. Deal terms with angels vary a lot. Angels and even VC firms occasionally do this, but they alsoinvest at later stages.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The other thing that happens to diverse founders is that they wind up talking to a lot of less experienced or later stage investors who seem to specialize in diversity from the outside--many of whom may not take the same amounts of risk as others. VCs don't go later and angels don't go earlier.

Founder 60

Founder Angel Groups Cofounder New York City 60

K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If the venture firms that move up the venture spiral are doing larger and later stage investments, the LP expectation of high returns on this risky asset class are likely to not be met. As established funds move up the venture spiral, they leave behind a vacuum for true early stage venture capital.

IRR 48

IRR Venture Capital LP Early Stage 48