YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Startup Balance Sheet Non-Compete 210

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Solicit venture capital investors. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local angel investor groups.

Entrepreneur 240

Entrepreneur Equity Small Business Administration SBA 240

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. This is another big week for us at Bolster.

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Solicit venture capital investors. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local Angel investor groups.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Small Business Administration 283

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

A micro venture capital firm. Micro-VCs, by definition, are firms that invest institutional money (meaning other people’s money) in projects that are at the seed stage or are too small to attract the attention of more traditional venture capitalists. A “genesis” venture capital round.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Finance Early Stage Startup 120

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Harvard Business School is featuring an article about the Venture Capital Access Program on the website of the U.S. Because of our large network, we can identify angels who have very specific industry background pertinent to a given company, and solicit them to join a given syndicate. Competitiveness project.

Private Equity 133

Private Equity Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 133

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Klein, CEO of On Grid Ventures , will serve as the new Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY. I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. I’m shifting to “Chairman Emeritus” (an overly polysyllabic title). 4) Inclusion.

New York 114

New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. Generally speaking, the European venture capital community is more likely to commit larger investments in more mature companies. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Solicit venture capital investors. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local Angel investor groups.

Equity 120

Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 120

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

The University of Houston has the number one undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country and Rice University has the number one graduate entrepreneurship program in the country. Research Institute, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and several public universities and Department of Defense research and development programs.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. Though these tools can be helpful to the syndication process, I believe it will largely remain a relationship-based process for some time to come. . – Drop Technologies *: The fastest-growing mobile rewards program.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Elevator Pitch Syndicate Syndication 60

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. The tour starts in Dallas on June 4 and ends in Austin on June 6 with an epic 10 year birthday party for Capital Factory! Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around the U.S. Who should come on the bus?

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. In my third seed deal we co-invested with a seed fund and then syndicated the rest to strategic angels.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.

Term Sheet 46

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

It’s just that he’s a “super seed&# investor in a firm, Founder Collective , that I really respect (and with whom I’ve done two deals and hope to do a third) and I’m a partner in a venture capital firm, GRP Partners. So we’re bound to frame the issue in slightly different terms.

Post-Money Valuation 298

Post-Money Valuation Term Sheet Warrant Partner 298

Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2016

When AngelList first launched syndicates a few years ago, I was very skeptical of the idea of angels taking carry on my investment. I went back to look at a few twitter exchanges I had at the time and clearly had some issues with the program. So what changed and why I am now launching a syndicate? I got over it.

Syndicate 28

Syndicate Syndication Cap Table Ratchet 28

Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

We are syndication agnostic – happy to invest alone and equally happy to invest with firms we like to work with. We don’t have a seed program, nor do we expect to – if we invest, we are in for the long term. So – what do we do?

Seed Stage 138

Seed Stage LP Warrant Syndicate 138

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Venture News.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Mechanics Angel investors often syndicate deals, which means they join togetherto invest on the same terms. In a syndicate there is usually a"lead" investor who negotiates the terms with the startup. Dont feel like you have to join a syndicate, though. This isyet another problem that gets solved for you by syndicates.

Angel Investor 63

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Dilution 63

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. You can find groups near you through the Angel Capital Association. [ Venture Capital Funds VC firms are like seed firms in that theyre actual companies, butthey invest other peoples money, and much larger amounts of it.VC Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76