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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

A couple of items buried in the 1300 page bill include changing the definition of an accredited investor and moving regulatory roles on private3 placements from federal to stage level. This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. Email This BlogThis!

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How to Fund a Startup

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There are three maindisadvantages: you mix together your business and personal life;they will probably not be as well connected as angels or venturefirms; and they may not be accredited investors, which couldcomplicate your life later. The regulatory burden is much lower if a companys shareholdersare all accredited investors.

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It might not be a bubble but sure as hell the rent is too damn high!

Professor VC

It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked. Due to confidentiality provisions, I can''t disclose details, but there are many very unhappy participants who invested through the syndicate. Syndicates can either be company led or investor led.