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Dan Teran shares Gutter Capital’s challenge of closing its first fund

TechCrunch

In 2017, they began investing some of Gettinger’s gambling winnings, and then later Teran’s Managed by Q proceeds, building a portfolio of over 100 angel investments, which included Bowery Farming, Electric.ai They also had to prove that they could translate their angel investing experience into leading rounds.

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What happens when you take 12 investors to Silicon Valley?

Startup Catalyst

In November 2017 we delivered our first Investor Mission, heading to San Francisco for an intensive week meeting with angels, VCs, corporate venture programs, accelerators, startups, pitch events, and dinners. The program kicked off with a full one-day angel investor education program delivered by Angel Labs.

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MAGIC Fund raises $30M to scale its global founders-backing-founders fund

TechCrunch

Since the firm’s first fund launched in 2017, MAGIC has invested in 70 companies at pre-seed and seed stages across these emerging markets. Olubusi, who had built and exited a couple of startups over the years, also dabbled with angel investing for some time. MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.

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Happeo lands $26M to provide a central intranet portal for employees

TechCrunch

In 2017, the two officially incorporated the company. ” Ojansuu says — for what it’s worth — that the sales pitch convinced Rajeev Suri, the former CEO of Nokia, to make his first-ever angel investment in a Finnish company. ” Using Happeo’s editing tools to build an intranet portal.

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Five Tips to Activate New Angel Investors

Angel Capital Association

This arrangement makes use of the special purpose vehicle (SPV), or sidecar, to pool funds from multiple investors, with minimum investments around $250. Spawning the new micro-angel, equity crowdfunding has witnessed the number of investors participating in successful offerings increase from 77,558 in 2017 to 147,448 in 2018 ( CFCA ).

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

Brett Hurt is an example of a successful founder who continues to help the city’s startup scene flourish by also acting as an active angel investor. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”. Miller co-founded Spot Insurance , a health insurance tech startup, in 2017.

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Tripledot snaps up $116M at a $1.4B valuation as casual mobile games become serious business

TechCrunch

Casual mobile games have reached a fever pitch of interest with consumers, and so too with investors, who are rushing to back the biggest and most promising startups building these quick hits of engagement and diversion. “Thi s fundraising is for M&A,” he told TechCrunch in an interview. .”