This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We run a series of best practice workshops where we put top VCs in front of audiences of new junior professionals at funds and accredited investors looking to start angel investing—and we intentionally seek out underrepresented people to join. So come participate in the community we’re creating around Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. Placement is 90%!

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Giving privately held companies maximum room to maneuver as they raise funding from accredited investors and participate in secondary markets can only strengthen the startup ecosystem. That presents the tech entrepreneurship community with a genuine opportunity to influence outcomes. Intellectual Property.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2013

There are a few reasons why angels make investments, and those are to gain a return on their money, to participate in the entrepreneurial process, and to give back to their communities by catalyzing economic growth. Sometimes they will co-invest in a company if the other so-investor is someone they know and trust. Startup Funding'

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Software Review Accredited Investor 51

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Some government agencies, business development centers, business incubators, and similar organizations will be tied into the investment communities in your area. Turn first to your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which is most likely associated with your local community college.

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ithacaVC

JUNE 26, 2019

Here it is: Launch NY is working to find more ways to engage the local investor community and connect them with our client startup companies. The Investor Network is akin to a digitally administered open angel group, allowing accredited investors to look at deals based on their preferences in sector, stage, and region.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2013

There are a few reasons why angels make investments, and those are to gain a return on their money, to participate in the entrepreneurial process, and to give back to their communities by catalyzing economic growth. Sometimes they will co-invest in a company if the other so-investor is someone they know and trust. Want To Learn More?

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Software Review Accredited Investor 40

Feld Thoughts

MAY 9, 2011

As with anything tax related, there are endless politics involved and many of the things that actual get rolled out are so obscure that they either never get implemented or are to difficult for investors to understand. Make it simple – eliminate capital gains if an individual (who is an accredited investor) invests equity (i.e.

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Government Technical Review Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 143

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

Online crowdfunding platforms allow you to make your pitch in one spot where a myriad of different potential investors can see it. Angel investors. An angel investor is an accredited investor who uses his or her own money to invest in a small business. Not just anyone can be an angel investor, though.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Super-angels.

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Entrepreneur Accredited Investor Silicon Valley Angel Investor 274

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Money from these sources is relatively easy to come by, and most often comes with no strings as to oversight by a formal board composed of these investors and management. It is most often a win-win for both you and the strategic partner. Professional angels: This is the arena where I work and play.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

This term is replacing “startup incubator,” which is a facility provided by an individual, university, or local community for any new startups to congregate for almost no cost, with the hope of learning from each other. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.” Business accelerator. Crowd funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which actually funds more startups then all other venture sources combined (over $25 billion annually). By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

2012’s Jumpstart our Business Startups Act, known as the JOBS act, went into effect last month encouraging entrepreneurs and exciting the startup community. It is also a smart way to get feedback from people you trust and a great starting point before you approach investors on a larger scale. The two can’t occur concurrently.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 14, 2015

They will look to leverage their experience and connections to bring unique opportunities, predominantly in the burgeoning food and beverage space in Brooklyn and the surrounding areas to the investment community.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2016

We generate fully-surveyed and verified Investor and Reservation leads, for both accredited and non-accredited investors. Even long-established platforms are realizing the limitations of their brands and messaging as they seek to broaden their investor base. What does the future of equity crowdfunding look like?

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Accredited Investor Non-Compete Vertical Acquisition 48

thebarefootvc

JULY 22, 2018

We had a wide-ranging discussion on self-regulation, utility tokens, the SEC’s role in protecting investors, and accredited investor definitions.

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Accredited Investor Marketing SEC Equity 40

Gust

JULY 8, 2012

This term is replacing “startup incubator,” which is a facility provided by an individual, university, or local community for any new startups to congregate for almost no cost, with the hope of learning from each other. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.”. Business accelerator. Crowd funding.

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Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177

Hippoland

DECEMBER 16, 2016

We leverage our institutional and personal connections as well as our network of >18,000 accredited investors to help line up follow-on rounds for our companies and to make the right connections at the right time for helping founders with tactical business objectives. We also connect our strong founder community together.

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San Francisco Accredited Investor B2B Cofounder 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups. Keiretsu Forum.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

composed of these investors and management. However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor).

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 53 chapters on 3 continents. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups. Keiretsu Forum.

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Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The site has more than 1,000 member-managed groups and VCs, with 40,000 investors and more than 1,800 startups funded in the last 12 months. Their community has already grown to more than 500 startups and 2,500 investors. 3) Keiretsu Forum - Founded in 2000, it claims to be the largest angel investor network in the world.

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North America Angel Investor Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 40

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

.” Title III enables “crowdfunding,” or the ability to sell securities in small amounts to a large number of investors. Despite the buzz among entrepreneur communities, various restrictions may make crowdfunding impractical for companies raising money and the intermediaries that facilitate the process.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. What are the three most important lessons investors could pass along to first-time entrepreneurs raising money? This is unintentional and inevitable. We spoke briefly about why.

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,100 accredited investor members throughout 27 chapters on t3 continents. They claim to have already raised up to $200 million for startups, primarily in the US and Europe. Keiretsu Forum. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Entrepreneur Finder currently has over 4,500 investor groups (representing over 40,000 individual accredited investors) across 30 countries – making it one of the largest searchable collection of investor profiles online – and should just make it that much easier for startups to seek funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 2500 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups. Keiretsu Forum.

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Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Money from these sources is relatively easy to come by, and most often comes with no strings as to oversight by a formal board composed of these investors and management. It is most often a win-win for both you and the strategic partner. Professional angels: This is the arena where I work and play.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 69

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. The format is more social networking in nature, and they also will soon provide a recruiting portal for crowdfunding with unaccredited investors, now that the US JOBS Act has been passed.

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Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 10, 2015

First, you have to be an accredited investor--someone with a few hundred grand in income or a million to your name. One regulation has effectively kept the most investors from participating in the most recent tech boom--namely the 99 investor limit in a limited partnership.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Thus, while looking for ways to make it easier for companies to go public earlier is important, we should also look to ways to expand access to retail investors in the private markets. Importantly, however, we should not lose sight of investor suitability and overall investor protections, even as we seek to expand broader retail access.

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

He starts out by outlining five reality checks for the uninitiated who are too quick to jump in with both feet: Community building has to happen before collecting cash. The biggest surge in expectations occurred way back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding.

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Accredited Investor SEC Campaign Equity 252

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

He starts out by outlining five reality checks for the uninitiated who are too quick to jump in with both feet: Community building has to happen before collecting cash. The biggest surge in expectations occurred back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding.

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Accredited Investor SEC Campaign Equity 378

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

He starts out by outlining five reality checks for the uninitiated who are too quick to jump in with both feet: Community building has to happen before collecting cash. Non-accredited investors can contribute a maximum of only 10 percent of their income, so they can’t lose it all on a single startup.

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Accredited Investor SEC Campaign Equity 120

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

"Uber’s ascent to the largest rideshare company in the world was fueled by a recurring cycle in which it blatantly ignored state and local laws, became entrenched and widely used in a community, and then tried to use its largesse to change the laws it was breaking." And investors? Who benefitted equity-wise from Uber's success?

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Michigan Deal Flow Accredited Investor Equity 117

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

More women and the BIPOC community will use social networks if they’re not being harassed on them. Some investors who rewrite the history of innovation. More people will use YouTube if they don’t have to worry about it being a cesspool of hate. More advertisers will feel comfortable spending money on it.

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