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As a new independent angel investor, how will I find new companies to invest in?

Gust

The two sites you mentioned are both secondary listing services, for later stage companies. For a new angel investor, by far the best thing to do is to join a local angel investor group that belongs to the Angel Capital Association. There are hundreds of them, with at least one in every state.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

New York Times’ timeSpace is a good example. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. If technology is not part of the corporate DNA, investing at a later stage where the technology risk has already been addressed may make more sense.”.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies. Therefore, using these systems necessitates a lot of time filtering.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. from growing startups to late-stage buyouts. As a standalone economy, Texas would have the ninth largest country in the world with a GDP of almost 1.9 trillion in 2020.

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Austin’s Entrepreneurial Landscape

Austin Startup

Or perhaps it’s New York City — where companies like Foursquare, Warby Parker, and Rent the Runway got their start. Austin has approximately 600 fewer funding sources than both Silicon Valley and New York (144 compared to 785 and 739, respectively) and an average deal size half that of other major metropolitan areas’ ($5.4M