This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Fund investing can be additive to your angel investing and there are two main arguments for it: Getting indirect benefits from being invested in one or more funds. So what’s the point?

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Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 134

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Part 2 discussed the need for domain knowledge since merely “joining the right club deal&# will in no way determine success.

Angel Investor 284

Angel Investor Early Stage Cap Table Deal Flow 284

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2012

If your startup desperately needs an investor, you may not care if the investor is a so-called “angel” investor, or a venture capitalist (VC). Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K.

IRR 248

IRR Term Sheet Startup Valuation 248

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. As a very active angel investor myself, I frankly can’t imagine how I could keep track of all the pieces without Gust.

Angel Investor 89

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 89

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Part 2 discussed the need for domain knowledge since merely “joining the right club deal&# will in no way determine success.

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

If your startup desperately needs an investor, you may not care if the investor is a so-called “angel” investor, or a venture capitalist (VC). Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K.

IRR 225

IRR Startup Term Sheet Angel Investor 225

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

The responses I got came at a time when I've been having a lot of conversations with female founders as well about their fundraising experiences. At this moment, I'm in the process of backing three companies that have at least one female founder and I just finished a round for a black female founder in December. Ducks head.]

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

As you know, we strongly believe in trying to get to customers and channel partners as early as possible and even using that as alternative financing , rather than beating the pavement looking for equity capital without adequate validation - a path that yields a 99% rejection rate. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. 3) Raise capital. Her answer? ‘I

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. The formula will be based on the founders experience, schools they attended and other background information to gauge the likelihood of success. Steve Bennet. at 1:42 PM. Newer Post.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter.

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Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

As with all M&A exits, there was a round of congratulatory messages to the founder in the Silicon Valley echo chamber. I don''t know the reasons for selling, but presumably Authy felt their prospects weren''t promising as a standalone entity and may have had difficulty raising further financing.

Syndicate 28

Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley Common Stock 28

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80