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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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. Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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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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IPO Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 205

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

Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

How do roundtables operate? 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.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Certainly.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

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

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

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. The name is derived from the class of preferred stock investors receive in return for their capital. read more.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. The 20-year venture capitalist is an "angel" investor in Mr. Dreymanns new start-up, Mowingo Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Taking on an investor is like getting married – the relationship has to work at all levels. Due diligence on an investor is where you validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of your new potential partner. Maybe more importantly, you need to confirm that the investor “chemistry” matches yours.

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