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How to Find and Close Angel Investors from a Standing Start

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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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Understanding Different Types of Angel Investors

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We at NextView Ventures invest exclusively in a startup’s seed-stage round , meaning that many if not most of our deals are made alongside individual angel investors. These angels, however, come in many different shapes and sizes. It can also help founders better approach angels in the first place. The Super Angel.

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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

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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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The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups

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I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. This investor loved the team and thought the solution they were building was compelling. His answer was so simple, and at the time, I kind of dismissed it as the view of an angel investor who didn’t really “think like a VC.”

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The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups

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I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. This investor loved the team and thought the solution they were building was compelling. His answer was so simple, and at the time, I kind of dismissed it as the view of an angel investor who didn’t really “think like a VC.”

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

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And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Other thoughts?

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Other thoughts?