YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

Angel investors. An angel investor is an accredited investor who uses his or her own money to invest in a small business. Not just anyone can be an angel investor, though. I myself have served as an angel investor for some companies. Self-funding or “bootstrapping.”.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Even though we are a seed-focused VC fund, we were very excited to help organize this event because of our belief that increased angel activity is critical to keep propelling the Boston startup ecosystem (and the local economy) further. Focus on founders that just won’t give up. Here they were below: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. We just finished the second year in Boston. and one of the founders of Oblong, John Underkoffler, was an MIT Medialab PHd., So I was on the front line of this very aggressive rollup and I got involved in helping with the technical due diligence…”. “As It has worked out great.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

Three important factors that founders have to consider (no matter their location) are networks, funding, and talent. The number of VC firms located here and funding Chicago companies was tiny compared to the number in Silicon Valley (or New York and Boston for that matter). Funding, too, was a challenge.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. How do you meet them?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Otherwise it's a great idea. You've done an excellent job refining the process and message.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

The company received funding from Founder Collective, based in New York and Boston, Mercury Fund in Houston and Austin Angel Investors Dan Graham, CEO of BuildASign and Rony Kahan, Co-founder of Indeed.com. Austin-based Experiment Engine announced Tuesday that is has closed on a $1 million seed funding round.

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Engineer Houston Angel Investor Cofounder 81

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Long-overlooked laws are available to lower the after-tax risk, and make profits potentially tax-free for angel investors.

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Genuine VC

MAY 18, 2011

I excited not only about becoming an investor, but also about joining the company’s board to work together with the Founder & CEO Jason Gracilieri to revolutionize how contemporary art is enjoyed in the home and office.

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Cofounder Boston Angel Investor Founder 118

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2015

And, in case you missed it, Spark Capital joined us an investor last week with a few other long time friends in a $15 million round. I originally invested in Harmonix as an angel investor in 1995. It’s rise was well chronicled in this awesome Inc. Magazine long form story titled Just Play.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2014

We were living in Boston at the time. At some point Amy and I realized we could live anywhere and we knew that Boston wasn’t home. After selling my first company, I’d invested as an angel investor in a bunch of companies, was a non-executive Chairman / co-founder of a few, and had lots of ideas for new things to do.

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Alaska Colorado Boston Cofounder 110

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

The concept our Guilds is simple: We want to bring together small groups of Product and Go-to-Market experts to lend their time to support our portfolio company founders and key operators. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

ranking it ahead of the noted startup hotspot of Boston. Earlier this year, Forbes Magazine named Madison the 7th most innovative city in the U.S., Photo credits: Flickr users Holly Ramsey and John Benson.

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Social Media Incubator 149

Genuine VC

MAY 18, 2011

I excited not only [.].

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David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

In my research on how private equity and VC funds source investments , one of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the Bay Area. This is a generalizable principle: you get higher returns where other investors are not.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Dave Tisch, Founder & Managing Director, TechStars NYC. Dave Tisch is Founder and Managing Director of TechStars in NYC and is an angel investor through the BoxGroup. BoxGroup is an investor in companies like Boxee, Flavors.me, Goodsie, fab.com, art.sy, Coursekit, Skillshare, GroupMe, DataMinr and many more.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

As readers of this blog know, I’m a huge fan and supporter of TechStars (and, along with my Foundry partners , an individual investor each of the TechStars programs in Boulder, Boston, Seattle and now New York City). The New York program will be run by David Tisch – a well known local entrepreneur and angel investor.

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New York City New York Seattle Angel Investor 69

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

seed round from NextView, Atlas Venture, and Google Ventures, and angel investors. Objective Logistics co-founders Philip Beauregard and Matt Grace sent out this illustration immediately after the round was announced which I think keeps this in perspective nicely. Objective Logistics just closed a $1.5M Author howerl.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

The Next Web

JULY 27, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. But, for startup founders looking to create a company built to last, is Kickstarter really the way to go? Sure you can raise your seed money on Kickstarter or another crowdfunding platform… then what?

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Seed Money Massachusetts Equity Campaign 130

Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The goal was to mobilize and educate the angel community in Boston to become more comfortable and more active investing in early stage internet, mobile, and software companies. The content will be unique – consisting mostly of quick prepared talks on some specific aspect of angel investing or sharing personal stories.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Boston Cofounder 48

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I’ve known Joe for a while – we met through Techstars Boston, where he’s been a great mentor and very active angel investor. This morning I woke up to an email thread from a founder of a company I’m an investor in. Yesterday, at The Calloway Way event at MIT , I ran into Joe Caruso.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

One of the highlights of my trip was a startup dinner which included Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 20, 2014

then you’ll probably really enjoy this story in Boston Magazine about how the movie was made. It’s up to the founders to show their passion and relentlessly pursue their dream. If you’re a fan of Good Will Hunting (and let’s be real, who’s not?), Ben and Matt did just that to get Good Will Hunting made. ~

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Angel Investor Boston Partner Founder 50

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. Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. Be founder driven. 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. Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. Be founder driven. Investment Strategy.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved in drafting this document). Certain angel investors refuse to do convertible debt deals, but will be okay if there is a price cap. Assignment of company right of first refusal to investors.

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This week, we helped organize an Angel Bootcamp where some of Boston’s most successful angel investors shared their experiences and lessons learned to a crowd of aspiring angels and entrepreneurs. Finally, angels can also pro-actively go after rounds that are pretty close to closing. 2: Flexibility.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence Liquidity Event 66

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I think it would help founders to understand funding better—notjust the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. Angel Investors Angels are individual rich people.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Key sources of financial capital for any startup community must include friends and family, local angel investors, and venture capital access. Vibrant startup launching communities have a buzz around entrepreneurship, where founders are role models, leaders, and even local heroes.

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Community San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup 329

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Think about Facebook had it stayed in Boston. But I’ll bet the Boston community would take 50% of the success of Facebook built locally. “If I were starting now, I would have stayed in Boston. ” Boston is still a great tech hub. I went to see several LP funds in Boston. It’s true.

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Community Silicon Valley Chicago Boston 369

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. I invested in a company called Yobongo – the founder blew me away, he ended up selling his company and I made most of my money back. Lots of founders are college dropouts. Rick – I’m a Boston-based VC.

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Developer Silicon Valley Software Review Mexico 103

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India. So we have plenty of economic clustering.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 19, 2013

I attend and host many meetups and conferences for startups, and consult to several startups, and every founder is inevitably talking about Cash. Cash on Hand, The next Round, we just need $XXX,XXX. Cash, Cash, Cash.

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Silicon Valley Cost Boston Hosting 24

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

We still have some collective scar tissue: the idea conjures up the hordes of dot-com hopefuls that descended on VC’s and angel investors with little more than a business plan. We also cavalierly lampoon the “suits” that get brought in to run startups after the founders are fired by callous VC’s. And there’s a worse fate, too.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2016

He started his career at Insight Venture Partners in New York (another firm we work closely with) and then spun out with a group of people to create OpenView Venture Partners in Boston. He also was an angel investor in Oculus, who was bought by Facebook for $2 billion.

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