Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I’ve recently taken a look at seed stage funding by venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors over the past five years. For VCs, I chose to look at all seed stage VC deals (from MoneyTree©) as well as those in five of the most active regions in the country. All Seed-VC. US Angel Investment – All Regions.

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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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Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

Angel investing today is similar to where venture capital investing was in the mid-1980s. As an example, twenty five years ago, most VCs used common share deal structures. During those times, VCs had lots of conferences where thought leaders gathered to discuss term sheets, deal structures and fund strategies.

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David Teten VC

MAY 2, 2020

But on the other side, I definitely recommend seeing what information others have made public. Even if you don’t find your specific competitor’s pitch deck, you can always learn from the pitch decks of some of the successful VC funded startups; I provide links to them at Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Despite the fact that the business model of large funds does not align neatly with investments early-stage companies, the theme of ideas in search of capital and the need for angel investing has not changed and has grown with time. These funds typically make pre-seed and seed stage investments that generally are less than $1.0

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A typical VC might see 500 opportunities cross his or her desk every year; for larger, more prominent ones it could be 2,000. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. Take the time to read, cover to cover, The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels , by the legendary Bill Payne.

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David Teten VC

MAY 2, 2020

But on the other side, I definitely recommend seeing what information others have made public. Even if you don’t find your specific competitor’s pitch deck, you can always learn from the pitch decks of some of the successful VC funded startups; I provide links to them at Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

And it’s really just about building the definitions and the plays and the stories of success around them into one spot so people know where to look. The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Let’s take a closer look at trends in government grants, angel investment and venture capital financings. But the number of seed/startup stage companies receiving angel capital has been rather steady at 20,000 to 25,000 companies per year. It appears to me that there are about 100 Super Angels in the US.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

VC Lab , an accelerator for venture capital firms, wants to create investors who will back the rest of the world. Today, VC Lab is providing a set of freely available boilerplate documents intended to streamline the process, save everyone time and money and make fund governance structures more accessible.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 16, 2013

Everyone could toss in 100k and you could definitely find 1:1 matching from various instructions to bring it up to $10mm. Still, I'd guess that only around 5-10% of any VC's dealflow is from females. Fund investing represents an excellent way to break into the angel investing world.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

The definitive article about 33 Flatbush--the kind of commercial building you would drive by a million times without thinking twice-- was written in the NY Times a few years ago. It's the kind of place you just don't find in Manhattan, and definitely don't find in Silicon Valley. 33 Flatbush. 10 Jay Street. via Brownstoner.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

There are many good books on this subject, and you owe it to yourself to read at least one of them before you begin talking to angels. A good beginning would be Bill Payne’s The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels, available as a free download from [link]. Now, and only now, are you prepared to start fundraising.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

There has been some criticism that the definition of a startup is too narrow…. TechCrunch: On the investor side, the response has been positive but there too there are calls for the government to go even further — even though 2021 was a record year for VC investment in Spain. Why did you draw the lines there?

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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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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This is the norm for West Coast deals, but it’s often the case in dealing with East Coast investors (more commonly for VC financing rounds rather than angel seed rounds) that the lead investor wants its lawyers to draft the documents. First, it’s worth noting that we’re proposing to have Company counsel draft the documents.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Specifically I’ve had the chance to spend meaningful time over the years with Michael Mignano as he went from startup CEO to Executive/Angel Investor and now VC Partner at Lightspeed. I can vouch for his genuine optimism Hunter Walk: You got to work with a number of different VCs on your cap table for Anchor.

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