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Updating Your Seed Investors – Board Deck & Update Email Templates

View from Seed

Although many of these investors aim to actively help the company, the dynamics of the syndicate combined with the entrepreneurs’ preference result in a situation where there isn’t a regular assembling for a formal meeting. Simply put, it’s all about upping your game and preparing for success.

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AngelList Syndicate Update – Week 1

Feld Thoughts

Our syndicate, which we are going to max out at $450,000, is currently right at $300,000 after one week. Geir Freysson, founder of Five Hundred Plus , did a super cool visualization of some of the top syndicates and how the participants in the syndicate relate to each other. . We are humbled by all the support and interest.

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10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs.

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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

The easiest way to do so is via SAFE notes, due to their simplicity, “available online” documentation, no major covenants established to protect the investors, no governance implications at the board level, etc. All of these items are postponed until the elusive priced equity round. It’s going to be great!”.

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Our First FG Angels Investment in OnTheGo Platforms Has Closed

Feld Thoughts

This morning we announced that we have closed a financing in OnTheGo Platforms via our FG Angels syndicate. On October 1st, 2013 we announced that we’d be forming an AngelList syndicate called FG Angels and making 50 seed investments through AngelList by the end of 2014. would come from syndicate participants.

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10 Ways Entrepreneurs Find Money To Start A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs.