TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

More than half of our investing dollars go to work in those two categories. And what we’ve experienced is that some of the best companies don’t fit neatly into one category. With Melas-Kyriazi, BCV now has seven investing partners based in San Francisco and Palo Alto. “I

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Traina listed off several use cases for HiNOTE, revealing that the most popular category of notes is the “everyday note,” which offers images asking someone to give you a quick call, birthday messages with personalized sign-offs and more. ” She compared HiNOTE to her other angel investments, which include Uber, Square, Minted and Figma.

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

I began studying angel investing returns about 10 years ago as a result of a problem I couldn’t resolve: The investing world seemed certain that angel investors were rubes. Conventional wisdom dictated that they made reckless investments in very early-stage ventures mostly doomed to fail. and the U.K.,

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Gust

AUGUST 16, 2012

On the other hand, the large majority of self-described “angel investors”, both domestically in the US and internationally, would not fall into this category.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Veeva was a pioneer in “vertical SaaS” — software platforms that serve niche industries — which in recent years has become a popular category. Another vertical SaaS example is Squire, a company my partner Jesse Middleton angel invested in as part of a pre-seed round before he joined Flybridge.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete. Then it was a contrast from prior showings, in which most of India’s YC startups fell into the B2B services category.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The duo met as early employees at Facebook, where they became close friends and eventually tech operators who shared notes on everything from grad school to angel investing. Vice President Kamala Harris, is starting the venture firm with partner Helen Min , a former head of marketing at AngelList, Plaid and beyond.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

Source: Morgan Stanley, Morningstar Direct and PitchBook; Tech Coast Angels Montecarlo simulation of 20,000 outcomes in a portfolio of 25 investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

6: @ marklanday Q: “Do you make personal angel investments and if so what are your criteria?&# I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here. I also spent a bit of time talking about why I think angel investing is a mug’s game. Most are not. 6) friends & family.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

” We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company; angel investing/becoming a VC; buying a company; joining boards; consulting; serving as an interim executive; or just getting a job. Our goal is to invest in, co-invest with and/or recruit founders in transition.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

We were interesting enough to be newsworthy, especially since Aaron was such a compelling spokesperson for the evolving enterprise software category, but we hadn’t attracted the same level of skepticism as our buzzier, more highly valued consumer contemporaries. AM: Angel investing was our collective gateway to building Coalition.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 7, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The prestigious Luis Villalobos Award, recognizing the most ingenious and innovative ideas recently financed by members of the Angel Capital Association, was recently awarded to two ACA member-funded companies disrupting their fields.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Gotter left the media company in 2017, an exit that afforded him the chance to take up angel investing full-time and pursue new projects. Gotter has cut checks in Paystack, Flutterwave and betPawa and co-runs Spark, an investment vehicle he launched with Njoku. In 2018, he started a pre-school chain based in the U.K.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages. “We’ve

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Gust

JULY 31, 2012

Amidst all the talk of failures and exits, we forget there are actually three possible outcomes for angel-backed startups. 1) Many flop (companies that do not return capital to investors) 2) some companies provide angels with an upside on their investment and 3) some companies go sideways.

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propel(x)

APRIL 17, 2020

Fund-raising falls into that category. And, conversely, investing. Most people that could do so have now transitioned to work from home. Yet, there are businesses that are uniquely reliant on in-person interactions. But this virus crisis is likely to be around for a while?—?many

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Versatile VC runs a no-cost community for founders in transition, “ Founders Next Move “ We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company ; angel investing/becoming a VC ; buying a company ; joining boards ; consulting ; serving as an interim executive , or just getting a job.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A wonderful resource for startups in fundraising mode that most people don’t know about is the Frank Peters Show , the only weekly podcast that is all about (and only about) the world of angel investing. This will almost always be the best approach to an investor.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Investors value learning from and interacting with thoughtful, neutral investors, preferably assessing the same investment as you. Cheryl Campos said, “Republic offers educational events such as Angel Investing 101 and more specific investing modules around gaming and real estate. Frank vendor assessment.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

Investors are much more aware now of new categories of risk. Typically, they’re considering launching a new company; getting a job; angel investing; consulting; and education/self-improvement. Third, we are an aggressive user of technology internally , both to manage the firm and make better investments. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

I started angel investing and it gave me exposure to a fantastic and wide variety of founders and innovative ideas. During the pandemic, we had two categories of businesses: (a) those seriously impacted by the restrictions and (b) those who saw a spike in demand for services, like Deliveroo and Netflix.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

If you’re in beta and have built the product then you’re more likely to be speaking to funds and angels for a $500k round. There’s a nuance here: while there are low odds that they have direct experience in your industry or category, investors are experts in fundraising and assessing different businesses.

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Gust

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Dave’s valuation model first appeared in a book published by Harvard’s Howard Stevenson in the middle nineties and has been used by angels since. million for each of the 5 categories. This calculator uses 25 questions to size up the progress of the new venture and calculate a pre-money valuation for investment purposes.

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Gust

OCTOBER 31, 2011

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Doubling the limit to 1,000 and exempting certain categories, as proposed in the new legislation , could keep these companies’ options open (pun intended), enabling them to choose the timing of an IPO based on legitimate business needs rather than regulatory technicalities.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

With his seventh studio album “Subconsciously,” he became the first African act to win an award in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category. Ajebutter22 would work at Gamsole, a gaming startup, and Cisco before venturing into angel investments in 2020. “It

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

In fact, one of them just made an angel investment in one of our competitors because they forgot they were advising us and now I have to do damage control. I'm on the board of a yet to be announced investment that we have in common and this entrepreneur gets inbound calls from him. Nice work, aplusk. The Reluctant Partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. - We spoke briefly about why. When you see a big round that is announced, does it mean that they really raised all this money? Short answer: no.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. Are you going to do all of this?

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For this round of investment, the angels collectively purchase 20-40% of the equity of the company and are seeking a return on investment of 20-30X in a period of five to eight years. Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Perhaps it’s already having an effect as investors are aware it’s coming so might be changing investment behavior ahead of time…. So we have been working on different items that we need to be working on in order to show that it’s really worth it to invest in Spanish companies. I also mentioned visas.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It is a significant milestone not just for Dame and Maude , the startups it partnered with, but also for the sexual wellness product category. As for Barrica, she now sits on both sides of the table – in addition to being an entrepreneur, she is angel investing and raising a fund.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

I was angel investing a lot during the FOMO era and it was just insane; it doesn’t feel like that anymore. I was hoping your advice would be right because it would mean that my partners and I would get to think strategically and not just be in “react mode” at all times. To answer your question: you were mostly right.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Roman ), perhaps also offering hormone tests and bespoke vitamins claimed to reduce hair loss or boost libido ( Manual ) — and with some branching into broader telemedicine plays over time ( Ro ) — more recently the category has expanded to dial up attention on men’s mental health too.

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