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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Alliance of Angels (Seattle). Boise Angel Alliance.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011).

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

The angels that were investing in Austin during this time period also got caught in the Dot Com boom and bust cycle. With the sting of losses so fresh, much of the angel activity dried up in the early 2000s, but it restarted with the launch of Central Texas Angel Network in 2006 and Capital Factory opening its doors in 2009.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. The historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship. Some funds are using intermediaries to help them sell to retail LPs ( Artivest , iCapital Network ).

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Ownership Matters

ReadWriteStart

An incubatee with Indian Angel Network, Anirudh Motwani from New Delhi, India, discussed IndiaCollegeSearch , a vertical search engine to address the problem of finding detailed information about various colleges and institutions in India. IndiaCollegeSearch. What a great product - truly an excellent value for entrepreneurs.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Deer Isle Group has built the D.I.G.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. I wanted [a term for] something similar (between debt and equity) but on an extremely small scale.”.

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