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Three New Types of AngelList Syndicates I Hope to See

Hunter Walker

So far most of the top funded AngelList Syndicates look, well, not surprising. Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates.

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Understanding Different Types of Angel Investors

View from Seed

Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example. Pros: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections. The Previous-Colleague Angel.

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A Choir of Angel Investors Sing Different Parts

Genuine VC

Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place. Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example.

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

David Teten

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself. . Accompany focuses on this use case.

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Announcing Techstars AngelList Funds for Mentors and Alumni

Feld Thoughts

As Techstars continues to selectively expand into new geographies and industry verticals, our mentors are important as ever. The AngelList funds will give mentors and alumni early investment access while providing companies with additional early stage capital.

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A Choir of Angel Investors Sing Different Parts

Genuine VC

Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place. Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others. They intend to invest in as many as 100 companies quickly, looking for the next Facebook or Groupon.