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The investment that didn’t happen

K9 Ventures

I helped introduce the company to various angels and lead the effort to form a syndicate for their fund-raising round. They had a small amount of cash in the bank from having won two business plan competitions that they used to finance the company to date. At this stage, the team had had no prior financing.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

Furthermore, angel groups frequently syndicate (co-invest) with neighboring angel organizations in an effort to help fill round of investment for local companies and assist members in diversifying their portfolios with investments in nearby regions. Good product and intellectual property are important, but the quality of the team is key.

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Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

What are their expectations for intellectual property-protectable businesses? If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. If they don’t like to syndicate, or don’t have a track record of doing it, you will want to consider your options. past round one. past round one.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. Similarly, Corsis uses benchmarking data to understand technology spend patterns.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. So while nearly all VC funds have some addressyou can send your business plan to, VCs privately admit the chanceof getting funding by this route is near zero. Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time. Any city wherepeople start startups will have one or more of them.