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How to Find and Close Angel Investors from a Standing Start

View from Seed

Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have multiple individual angel investors involved. First and foremost, angels can provide capital.

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8 Angel Funding Realities In Search Of A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, there are a few key sites to help you find angels, including AngelList and Gust , but these don’t tell you very much about how angels work, and how to find the right ones for your startup. Thus, angel investments from across the country or internationally are rare.

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The Ultimate Guide to Thriving in Startup Investment

The Startup Magazine

Whether you’re searching for that funding to kickstart your dreams or hoping to attract the attention of venture capitalists, the startup investment landscape resembles a vibrant city. Your investment plan should be compelling enough to mesmerize investors and attract them effortlessly like moths being drawn towards a flame.

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As a new independent angel investor, how will I find new companies to invest in?

Gust

For a new angel investor, by far the best thing to do is to join a local angel investor group that belongs to the Angel Capital Association. The typical US angel group will receive a dozen or more funding applications from startups each month; the most active ones, such as New York Angels will receive over 100.

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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

For example, even once you’ve determined your initial pricing ask, the reality is that different seed investors have varying degrees of sensitivity to pricing. Angel investors can be the most wildly unpredictable about how they’ll react to differing valuation levels, for instance.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Filtering your search by pedigree is a good start. Eric Bahn , Beat The GMAT. All Rights Reserved.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. If your favorite angel investor is sending you what looks like a form email it likely is. I don’t.

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