View from Seed
OCTOBER 5, 2016
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. What about the second cousin who is a startup lawyer?
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
So far most of the top funded AngelList Syndicates look, well, not surprising. Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 21, 2009
We meet to discuss trends in the industry and to find ways to work together to help with SoCal deal syndication – somethings that happens automatically on Sand Hill Road in NorCal due to proximity. Another big driver according to Montgomery is that the tech industry has matured and is returning to its vertically integrated roots.
View from Seed
AUGUST 13, 2014
Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example. Pros: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections. The Previous-Colleague Angel.
Genuine VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2012
Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place. Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 20, 2017
As Techstars continues to selectively expand into new geographies and industry verticals, our mentors are important as ever. It provides an outlet for mentors to engage in their local startup communities and keep a pulse on emerging technologies. At Foundry Group, we learned a lot by running our own FG Angels syndicate.
Haystack
FEBRUARY 9, 2019
At the beginning of 2018, we almost invested in a startup with two strong founders. My old friend Krishna Gade and his new co-founder, Amit Paka, were teaming up to build a new startup in one of the most exciting technology spaces out there today — artificial intelligence. This is the story of how we invested in Fiddler Labs.
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