The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

But how do you go about finding startup investors? There are multiple types of investors and each one is different. Angel investors. In many cities with a startup scene, there are angel investors. They are high net worth individuals who are also accredited investors. They often seem elusive.

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Accredited Investor Angel Investor Initial Public Offering Due Diligence 90

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.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 245

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger.

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Merger OTC IPO Due Diligence 303

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2023

From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is thinking of the end game, the ultimate sale of the company or even of an eventual initial public offering. There is no such thing as a lifestyle business with outside investors. There is no middle ground.

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Liquidity Event Initial Public Offering Dividend Valuation 116

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.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Venture capitalists aim to see the company go all the way to an initial public offering so they can sell their shares for a large profit. Reputable private investors of this nature can be found all over the world, but often have strict requirements for funding. Angel Investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger.

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Merger OTC IPO Due Diligence 198

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go around. A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock.

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Merger OTC IPO Stock 246

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Startups looking for an Angel investor, or a Venture Capital investment usually realize that neither of these sources of funds normally has any connection with a bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. Thus most startups I know don’t even mention the IPO exit option, when applying for Angel funding, and most Angel investors will react negatively if you do mention it.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 242

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages. Yet most investors will tend to categorize your progress into one of the following five stages: Idea stage. You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding.

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Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 241

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2017

From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is thinking of the end game, the ultimate sale of the company or even of an eventual initial public offering. There is no such thing as a lifestyle business with outside investors. There is no middle ground.

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Liquidity Event Initial Public Offering Dividend Valuation 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go around. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the backdoor as a reverse merger.

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Merger OTC IPO Due Diligence 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. And in the last decade, we have had the dot.com bust and the housing bubble. This tech bubble is unfolding just like all the other bubbles before it.

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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages. Yet most investors will tend to categorize your progress into one of the following five stages: • Idea stage. You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding.

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Venture Capital Investment Bankers Angel Investor Initial Public Offering 171

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Startups looking for an Angel investor, or a Venture Capital investment usually realize that neither of these sources of funds normally has any connection with a bank.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages. Yet most investors will tend to categorize your progress into one of the following five stages: Idea stage. You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding.

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Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 231

Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

As an active, professional angel investor and board member of over forty companies throughout the years, often I can help in areas not familiar to the others, when fundraising issues are on the list. I contribute my two cents of advice, as do the others in the group. Some stories to illustrate the point. .

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Initial Public Offering Angel Investor Stock Email 62

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

Through connections, or through a chance meeting at a networking or social event, an angel investor hears the entrepreneur's story, likes them and their technology, and on the spot, writes a check to provide the company with its first outside financing. Venture capitalists Have Very Different Objectives than Angel Investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

That means there are far more entrepreneurs looking for money than there are investors, and entrepreneur entitlement is not a realistic expectation. Angel investors look for prior domain and startup experience. That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO). Funding risk.

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Cram Down Angel Investor Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Startups looking for an Angel investor, or a Venture Capital investment usually realize that neither of these sources of funds normally has any connection with a bank.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Private Equity Startup Initial Public Offering 120

Gust

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Angel investors, however, have continued to fund round sizes between $150,000 and $1 million, just as they did twenty years ago. This has created a gap between angels and VCs with little funding available between $1.5 The average VC round has moved up from $2-3 million twenty years ago to $7-8 million today.

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IPO Venture Capital Entrepreneur Angel Investor 153

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Stage #2: Seed Funding Seed funding (also called seed capital) typically ranges from $100,000 to $500,000 and is often provided by angel investors, and is usually structured as convertible notes or common stock. With seed funding, you hope to grow your business and, at the very least, gain proof of concept. This video explains more.

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Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2014

As an active, professional angel investor, often I can help in areas not familiar to the others, when fundraising issues are on the list. I contribute my two cents of advice, as do the others in the group.

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Initial Public Offering Angel Investor Stock Email 70

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Unlike angel investors, who invest their own money, VCs are professional institutions that invest other people's money. VCs earn returns for their investors by finding high growth companies, making investments in them at favorable terms, guiding and nurturing them, and enacting a liquidity event (e.g.,

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Venture Capital Liquidity Event Initial Public Offering Term Sheet 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Join an existing angel investor group. This is the second tier of startup investors, and offers the comfort of working with more experienced investors with similar interests, to help gather and vet startup investment proposals. Most angel investors only invest in companies and people local to their geography.

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Liquidity Event Angel Investor SEC Accredited Investor 300

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2010

From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is thinking of the end game, the ultimate sale of the company or even of an eventual initial public offering. There is no such thing as a lifestyle business with outside investors. There is no middle ground.

Liquidity Event 67

Liquidity Event Initial Public Offering Dividend Valuation 67

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Join an existing angel investor group. This is the second tier of startup investors, and offers the comfort of working with more experienced investors with similar interests, to help gather and vet startup investment proposals. Most angel investors only invest in companies and people local to their geography.

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Liquidity Event SEC Entrepreneur Accredited Investor 224

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Having raised a $35m Series A round from Accel Partners and angel investors behind ebay, Flickr and Squarespace to expand their global presence (which now include offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris and Rio), 99designs remain the darlings of the Aussie startup scene and one to watch.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

A while back, I published an article on “ Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art ,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before signing up for an equity partnership.

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Due Diligence Entrepreneur Offshore Angel Groups 119

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Join an existing angel investor group. This is the second tier of startup investors, and offers the comfort of working with more experienced investors with similar interests, to help gather and vet startup investment proposals. Most angel investors only invest in companies and people local to their geography.

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Liquidity Event SEC Accredited Investor Angel Investor 184

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Listen my children and you shall hear. Of IPO dreams once held so dear. Our forefathers’ jackpot, guaranteed to arrive. Hardly a founder now alive. Can remember that famous yesteryear. So begins, of course, one of the most famous poems of the entire startup canon.

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