Angel Investor Demand Later Stage Startup 
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 31, 2019
In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. In addition, most ordinary investors are convinced that IPO rewards only go to insiders.
Up and Running
MARCH 31, 2021
These are sectors of small business that are in high demand. . Seed rounds have grown substantially, and angels are actually investing twice as much in Seed rounds since the pandemic hit. Seed rounds have grown substantially, and angels are actually investing twice as much in Seed rounds since the pandemic hit.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate of 15 years ago. In addition, most ordinary investors are convinced that IPO rewards only go to insiders.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2022
In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still less than half the rate of 15 years ago. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2014
They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. I have seen bad behavior from later-stage VCs, believe me.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on. How to find venture funding?
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