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Disappointed Billions are the Best Thing Ever

This is going to be BIG.

Unlike venture capital funds, they don't make money directly off the multiples of their return. They did quite well on their angel investment in Square. Rowe Price and Fidelity funds who bid the company up to ridiculous valuations in their pre-IPO rounds. Congratulations on your huge disappointment, Square.

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Launching Orange Collective: Exclusively Investing in Y Combinator Companies

David Teten VC

Orange Collective exclusively invests in Y Combinator companies before Demo Day. The Orange Collective team have collectively angel invested in 200+ Y Combinator companies, including unicorn outcomes like Ironclad, Vanta, Replit, Moonvalley, and Snapdocs. higher valuation cap. Most investors couldnt even get allocations.

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Three Exercises Every First Time Venture Fund Needs to Work Through

This is going to be BIG.

Once you do distribute the capital, you’re giving it to companies that will need a lot of help. How will you provide it across 30 investments? He demoed the product to me and I wound up being dollars #476 and #477 to be swiped on the very first Square prototype. Will you have analysts? Will that increase the work?

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The New Age of Angel Investing: Leveraging Community for Sourcing, Portfolio Development, and Investment Success

Angel Capital Association

Venture Capital (VC) funding has declined across the board due to macroeconomic factors, with 2023 marking the lowest level of venture investment activity since 2019. Angel investors have the opportunity to capitalize on this situation by leveraging the illiquidity of traditional larger venture funds.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

Taking it from an investor perspective (not me, angels) I think it’s totally unfair to see early angels invest, take more risk, help you get to the next level through both sweat & money, and then pay a higher price because the round had a convertible note with no cap.

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How would you break down the process of raising an angel round of investment in 5-10 steps?

Gust

A good beginning would be Bill Payne’s The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels, available as a free download from [link]. ONLY after you’ve completed #1 and #2 will you then be ready for capital to be applied to your venture. And that capital is going to come from…YOU.

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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

TechCrunch

Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital , a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi , a U.S.-based based entrepreneur and investor.

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