Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops. In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Million in Startup Funding Tal Moore (EO Los Angeles) is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Popsmith. Having people from your network bet on you with an angel investment is like motivational rocket fuel.” Insights Learned From Raising $1.5 Tal shared what he learned from his first-ever round of raising startup capital.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

According to estimates from PitchBook, venture capital and angel investment activity has declined since 2021, with a 40 percent reduction in the amount of companies receiving investment and a 50 percent decrease in investment funding.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. With a little patience, forethought, and strategy, you can avoid angel burnout. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. 3) Start with funds.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

We have witnessed a steady increase in individuals and angel groups who are interested, but the appetite seems to have finally taken hold. Why are so many angels expressing interest in RFC and when might RFC investments be appropriate as part of a portfolio of angel investments?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Million in Startup Funding Tal Moore (EO Los Angeles) is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Popsmith. Having people from your network bet on you with an angel investment is like motivational rocket fuel.” Insights Learned From Raising $1.5 Tal shared what he learned from his first-ever round of raising startup capital.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. Most funds and institutional investors are wary to invest in this model due to the unique cap table structure. With numbers like they are reporting, it’s easy to understand why.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Estreich says that it was always their plan to start with a private fundraise, and — after getting early traction — switch to a raise that would allow accredited investors outside of their community to invest. You have to be as good at distribution as you are at building a product,” Kramer said. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

On Friday’s episode of the Equity Podcast , Natasha, Alex and I discussed what a small world this venture community is. The move was a bit of a controversial one that was met with surprise and some disappointment in the startup community.). You told Forbes that you had decided to go into full-time startup investing earlier this year.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 29, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission) participate in ACA 2020 – The Summit of Angel Investing. Martha’s fireside chat, Vision Critical – Breaking News With the SEC, discussed timely updates, trends, and perspectives about how COVID-19 is impacting raising capital, crowdfunding, and strategies to bridge networks.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2023

Since receiving the first angel investment in September 2020, WeBudding has managed to attract a cumulative investment of 3 million US dollars thus far. In May 2022, WeBudding successfully secured a Pre-Series A round of investment, raising approximately 2 million US dollars from Strong Ventures, Capstone Partners, and Schmidt.

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Gust

JULY 31, 2012

One-half of angel-funded companies fail, which is why a winning Investment Strategy for Angels includes diversification. That is, to invest in several companies (rather than a few) each with the potential for home-run returns. CAUTION: I am not a lawyer or accountant.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 21, 2020

He is also co-Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group , a Boston-based venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. Launchpad is top-three ranked group in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

How do you think those qualities contribute to your success in working with startups and forming strategies? Marketing strategies that help find product-market fit are very different from acquiring your first 100 customers, which is very different from scaling your customer acquisition or lead generation. What value do they add?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

What he gave the community with VentureHacks is a pure gift to the community. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. I feel angels need: Access to the best dealflow. Domain knowledge.

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula. It hosts an environment which many other communities have attempted to emulate, although they haven’t and won’t.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The investment community in any geographic area is not that large, and most investors have relationships or knowledge of most of the others. Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

I will leave it to law professor Eric Goldman to articulate better than I could why “ this law mortally threatens the entire UGC community.” As I write this, Congress is teetering on the brink of passing the most disastrously ill-conceived law in the 18-year history of the commercial Internet, SOPA.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Rob’s personal philosophy and growth strategy involves leveraging the expertise, relationships, and capital of angels around the world. Fast forward several years, and Rob leveraged his success with Evity to start Savara, using his own money and $1M from 10 angels. Every round of funding was oversubscribed.

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Greg Weyerhaeuser Piasecki will interview David Teten , Founder of Versatile Venture Capital , about his firm’s unique strategy. Versatile is launching Founders’ Next Move , an invite-only, no-cost community for founders researching their next move. He has particular focus on fintech. He writes periodically at teten.com.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

I'm a strong believer in having a board, even at a seed stage, to report to and set strategy with. Most successful businesses have a plan for real revenue right off the bat and a clearer value proposition than "let the community figure it out". Advisors, investors and board members come in all shapes and sizes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

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EntreWorks Consulting

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Here’s a rundown: In August, the White House released a glowing report on the Opportunity Zone program , arguing that it has sparked $52 billion in new investment in distressed communities across the US. The researchers find that the credits generate an increase an angel investing, but have little impact on local startup activity.

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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. And other platforms’ strategies seemed directionally pointed at exclusive content, not building platforms. To answer your question: you were mostly right. Spotify’s plan was much bigger than that.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. At Versatile VC , our new VC fund, we’re creating an online community just for founders who are in transition, Founders’ Next Move. Many generalist online communities also have verticals focused on entrepreneurship, e.g., LunchClub or Meetup. Full-time Initiatives.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

We support that with an active Slack community and a venture scout program.” Eric Woo, co-founder, RevereVC , said, “If you can capture interest and traffic through a content strategy, then you can drive that traffic to the deal portal.”. These follow the classic community-building principle of “Use the tool, stay for the community.”.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

I knew that executing this research, and then publishing it, would attract pertinent investment opportunities. . And second, I wanted to inform the strategy of my new firm, Versatile VC , from the most educated point of view. . What is Versatile VC’s strategy? raised from angels. Can you explain that? Of the Inc.

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