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Startup Accelerator The Brandery Opens Applications For 2013

YoungUpstarts

Brandery mentors and investors represent regional, national and international venture capital firms and angel groups, such as SoftBank Capital, Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, Transmedia Capital, Andreesen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Union Square Ventures, Lerer Ventures, AOL Ventures, Mercury Fund, SV Angel, kbs+, Dundee VC and CincyTech.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

This added exposure can result in indications of interest (investment, acquisition, partnership, etc.) Every investor on Gust is an Accredited Investor that has been provided access to the system by either an official angel group known to Gust, a venture capital fund, or another startup in which they are investing.

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Second Order Impact of FG Angels

Feld Thoughts

We’ll contribute $50k to each investment; our FG Angels Syndicate will contribute up to $450k. Shortly after doing our first few investments, I got a really nice email from a member of Impact Angel Group , a Colorado-based angel group that organized an investment in the FG Angels syndicate.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

These connections are likely best when firms are networked with other sources of capital vertically (angel groups, venture debt, private equity and investment bank relationships) and horizontally (in-market and out-of-market venture capital firms).

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How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

Up and Running

We even won $65,000 from an angel investor pitch competition in the form of a convertible note. That is, until one very savvy investor from the interested angel group asked for a copy of our operating agreement. We were on a roll. We gladly handed it over to him as part of the due diligence process.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech: 2016 Update

View from Seed

Put all that together, and consider that this is a company that thinks in decades or even centuries, and we’re bound to see both more jobs and more acquisitions. Additionally, few legacy companies have been as successful in innovating through younger channels like YouTube, Vine, Snapchat, podcasting, and more. Much more funding.

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How Long Before Venture Capitalists (and Angel Investors) Get Liquidity?

David Teten

Angels usually invest before VCs, so they should budget for at least 1-2 more additional years before liquidity. As both an institutional VC at ff Venture Capital and the Founder of an angel group , I meet a lot of aspiring angel investors. One of the greatest challenges of the asset class is illiquidity.