Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Pre-revenue energy and clean tech.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Jason Calacanis, a well-known entrepreneur and Angel investor, opened the debate a while back in a strongly-worded article on his blog which attacked the practice on ethical grounds, and called out popular Angel groups charging fees ranging from several hundred dollars to $5,000 or more. Others , including noted Angel David S.

Angel Groups 237

Angel Groups Angel Investor Due Diligence Seed Stage 237

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Jason Calacanis, a well-known entrepreneur and angel investor, opened the debate about a year ago in a strongly-worded article on his blog which attacked the practice on ethical grounds, and called out popular angel groups charging fees ranging from several hundred dollars to $5,000 or more. Consider your startup stage.

Angel Groups 234

Angel Groups Entrepreneur Angel Investor Due Diligence 234

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

In all cases, due diligence is recommended on every potential investor and angel group before spending money you don’t have, looking for money you need. As they say, you only get one chance to make a great first impression, so don’t pitch to a key angel group or venture capital team for practice.

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Cost Angel Groups Due Diligence Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

Look out for bootstrapped CarGurus , one of the leading used-car properties, targeting over $150M in revenue this year. This is true when it comes to early-stage funding, but also as it relates to support platforms being built by local firms to help Boston-based startups. Want the next TripAdvisor or Wayfair?

Boston 215

Boston Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Semantic 215

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. 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.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76