Haystack

JULY 3, 2019

As a disclaimer, I am friends with Leo and Chad (and we co-invest frequently, or at least try to), and they did not ask me to write this. 3/ Had A Clear Plan To Scale The Fund – Now, it helps that one of the fund’s co-founders is the son of a person who started another major VC firm.

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Chad Cofounder Angel Groups Limited Partner 106

Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

Drawing on advice from our own Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software and Josh Cochrane, our VP of Product Development, I’ve broken down a few of the different options for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on their pitch. The three who agreed to do it had some semblance of a relationship with the founders beforehand.

Angel Investor 60

Angel Investor Software Review Technical Cofounder Due Diligence 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

How to make the most out of angel group participation. How to collaborate effectively with other angel groups. We will also discuss the latest trends in angel investing and where the industry is headed next. For a preview of the discussion, see “ Introduction to Angel Investing ”. Robert Dahl.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. However, in the not-too-distant future, Gust will add support for “un-affiliated” angel investors, provided that they are able to verify their accreditation status and bonfides.

Angel Investor 89

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 89

Gust

JANUARY 9, 2013

I think it makes sense in a broad view, but my experience — as angel investor lately, as entrepreneur before that, and startup dabbler still — makes me think it should be skewed. And this relates to how I look at startups as potential investments for the angel group I’m in ( WAC ) : .

Startup 165

Startup Angel Groups Angel Investor Cofounder 165

View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

I’ll discuss the latter in a second, but first, the increase in investors… A number of super-angels and angel groups institutionalized in the past year, creating a broader set of seed-stage funds, like Converge Venture Partners. Webb, as well as security-focused TenEleven , co-founded by Mark Hatfield.

Boston 215

Boston Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Semantic 215

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant concludes , “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check. They’re buying into companies post-seed funding, with traction, at prices that aren’t significantly higher than angel prices.”.

IRR 114

IRR Angel Investor Angel Groups Cofounder 114

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

Christina Bechhold didn''t forget that--and so she co-founded her own angel group. It''s a group of her peers from the professional world--up and coming titans of finance and consulting with good salaries and not a lot of dependents. Being good at it takes a bit of luck, hard work, skill, etc.,

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Early Stage Cofounder Angel Groups 114

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

It would be ideal if Yale built a similar tool which allowed students to filter for companies with a) quality teams, b) >10 employees, c) backed by a credible VC, and d) (optional) a Yale cofounder. Create a Yale-affiliated angel group, under the university’s official auspices. Founder community.

Affiliate 60

Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

ithacaVC

MARCH 14, 2011

As a company matures, the concept of “founding team” is replaced by “management team”, which may and hopefully includes the founders. Focusing on the early stage, the founding team typically will have a tech oriented founder and a business oriented founder. I am not going to focus on those aspects.

Early Stage 45

Early Stage Founder Burn Rate Cofounder 45

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

First, a formal definition: According to Capital Dynamics , “Co-investments are direct investments in a company made alongside and on the same terms as a lead [General Partner]. 4) Crowdfunding platforms, e.g., Angel List , Crowdfunder , FamilyOfficeDeals.com , Gust , OurCrowd , and SeedInvest.

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

In 1998, before they even incorporated, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were trying to present their concept to early-stage, or "angel" investors, with limited success. Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was one such angel.

Angel Investor 128

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Exit Strategy 128

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The Institute includes a co-working space and accelerator (the Blackstone LaunchPad at UT Dallas), an incubator, a training group, a seed fund, and much more — all working together under the unifying, umbrella theme of entrepreneurship. I’m also executive director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Dallas 60

Dallas Austin Texas Cofounder 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The region also boasts numerous co-working spaces, as well as the American Underground , an area of revamped American Tobacco warehouses in Durham that now are home to many companies. There are numerous other seed funding sources, including Southern Capital , IDEA Fund Partners, and at least three angel groups.

North Carolina 151

North Carolina Raleigh United States Angel Groups 151

Up and Running

MAY 11, 2011

Tweet Having just completed my spring business plan season — three big business plan contests and our angel group investment — I think it’s a good time to poke some holes in several damaging and far-too-common myths about startups. We didn’t have enough monetary rope to hang ourselves with. About the Author.

Oregon 121

Oregon Angel Groups Cofounder Business Plan 121

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

It's not that this latter group isn't aggressive enough--after all, they're ditching everything else they could to to start companies. Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. Something else is at play. That is a fact.

Founder 60

Founder Angel Groups Cofounder New York City 60

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing early in startups in an attempt to land the next Facebook. and (iii) what securities laws do founders need to worry about in connection with the issuance of convertible notes?

Preferred Stock 87

Preferred Stock Finance Common Stock Liquidation Preference 87

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ). .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

We discussed the possibility of recruiting a couple of cofounders who can help him build out the core skill-set needed on his team right now. In fact, I think it is a great curriculum for certain angel investors too, especially those who are starting out, including angel groups that are just formed.

India 115

India Vertical Entrepreneur Connecticut 115

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

The type of deals and industries they invest in, the company stages, and the amount they invest depends on the individual or angel group. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. Tweet This Tip.

Angel Investor 161

Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It has close to 2,000 entrepreneurs and gives you the tools to pitch to investors, find co-founders, and launch your product to the press and more. Another option is to go straight to a network designed specifically for angel investors. Similar to Startup Weekend, this is for growing as an entrepreneur.

North America 40

North America Angel Investor Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 40

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Is the founder coachable?

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Professor VC

JULY 7, 2015

During the set break (perhaps influenced by the large amount of second half smoke consumed), I thought about angel groups in relation to the lyrics above, particularly the "you analyze me, pretend to despise me" line. In theory, angel groups are great. A parting thought.

Angel Groups 28

Angel Groups Due Diligence Lead Investor Finance 28

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

We have four non-US portfolio companies , many of which have or will soon have employees in the US. - Creating angel groups with other alumni organizations, using Harvard Business School Angels as a model , e.g., alumni of major NY schools (Columbia, NYU) and institutions (McKinsey, Goldman Sachs).

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In my years of investing, I’ve developed a set of tough questions that are sure to elicit both information and a vibrant dialog – questions not on the usual checklists of angel groups or investors. How much skin do you and your fellow founders have in the game ? So here are a number of them. Can you answer these?

Pre-Money Valuation 105

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidity Event Cofounder Valuation 105

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Acquirer/ Investor.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. I wanted to make sure we got it out there, the idea of how does one find a good co-founder? Where do you look? There’s grant funding.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

According to trueDOK Co-founder Joe Anstine, Don’t be afraid to pivot. He’s formed multiple venture capital funds, founded angel groups, and is an angel investor. According to TicketFire COO Dillon Myers , once your product is in the marketplace, think of other reasons for customers to use it.

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United Kingdom Columbus Oklahoma Startup 100

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Today’s #GivingThanks is to David Cohen , one of the founders and co-CEO of Techstars. He told me we were co-investors in a few companies as angel investors. He then explained why he wasn’t enjoying being an angel investor the way he was then doing it. I met David on one of my random days in 2006.

Angel Investor 70

Angel Investor Cofounder Denver Angel Groups 70

David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

In addition, 83% of companies had a racial composition that was entirely Caucasian, while only 12% of founders were Asian and less than 1% of founders were African-American. Conventional Founder Background. Quadrant I : Most VC-backed companies, e.g., Mark Zuckerberg, Founder/CEO, Facebook. Non-Majority Markets.

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Los Angeles Cofounder Technical Review 114

Professor VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

I had a conversation recently with Alex Mittal, Co-founder and CEO of FundersClub (FC) and decided to revisit my blog post from last fall that was skeptical of crowdfunding for angel investments. Some of the current services act on the investment bank model and either facilitate transactions between investors and companies (i.e.

Accredited Investor 42

Accredited Investor SEC Cap Table Angel Groups 42

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. Why is that?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60