StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

While it might sound strange getting your brother-in-law to sign a contract, a legal document is a great way to establish expectations for both parties. Since accelerators are essentially investing in your business, they have a mutual interest in your success. Angel investing and venture capital (VC).

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Feedough

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Of these, only 70,000 get angel investment, and less than 5,000 get venture capital. If you’re a new entrepreneur, you should know that once you move ahead of your seed round, there’s usually more than one investor who invest in your startup. Group B and C consists of investors who are less likely to invest.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

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. “We Similar fund formation documents regularly run into the hundreds of pages. Then they see the price and have to think twice.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

voting rights tied to its original investment, “contingent on the final settlement of certain legal proceedings (which has not yet occurred).” The investment gave four-year-old Esusu a valuation of $1 billion, making it one of the very few black-owned unicorns in the U.S. and globally (love to see this list growing!).

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Will you take investment from others? However, if you want to de-risk your investment as much as possible, use an accelerator or angel investment before self-funding. If you choose this option, make sure to make it official by writing out and documenting the loan. Will you self-fund and bootstrap?

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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2011

A term sheet keeps things relatively straightforward by summarizing the most significant deal terms in outline form, whereas the deal documents themselves (often referred to as definitive agreements ) — even for a relatively simple convertible debt financing — inevitably contain some densely written legalese.

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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

MAY 29, 2012

It’s the end of May as I write this so I’ve just finished my annual April-May business plan marathon reading more than 100 business plans for my angel investment group and four different business plan contests. Bonus point) Don’t let the document get in the way. Don’t push adjectives.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

“People have been trying to make gems an investable asset class since 17th-century Venice, which had done this with gold, and nobody could figure it out,” co-founder and CEO Dana Auslander told TechCrunch in an interview.

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Gust

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Define and document the service process you sell. You can’t measure, scale, or patent a service process that is not clearly documented. Another reality is that angel investors and venture capital groups almost never invest in a services-only company.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.” For a good summary with links to the documents, see Leena Rao’s post at TechCrunch. How to finance a new seed-stage startup? Convertible debt? Convertible equity?

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 22, 2023

The Search: Finding Your Angel Collaboration Platform The Angel Capital Association, in concert with Jeffrey Lang of the Desert Angels and ACA’s proud partner Dealum , has published this informative interview on one of 2023’s most important topics in the angel investment space: angel group collaboration.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Remember that up to this point, the investor has primarily seen and talked to the founder and CEO, and studied written documents. A dysfunctional team, or even one naysayer in a critical position can stall your investment. Product or service readiness. Investors are evaluating your process as well as your product.

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Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

To account for scenarios in which the startup is acquired before it has a chance to complete a priced equity financing round, most term sheets and deal documents contain a “ change in control ” provision. if the startup is acquired before the notes mature or convert, investors will be paid 2X or 3X their investment).

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Invested Interests. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. All of which brings me back to the question in the title: who makes the money on investing in future convenience? . Invested Interests. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those deal terms reflect the relatively high-risk nature of this kind of early stage investment; a bank lending money to a small business would likely require collateral, a personal guarantee by the owners, or both. The company is unable to raise more financing and becomes insolvent (whether or not it formally files for bankruptcy).

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

HBS Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) and New York Angels are the two biggest angel groups on the East Coast, to my knowledge. This is part of PEVCtech ‘s series on investment management firms’ tech stacks. (I We are one of the world’s largest and most active single-chapter angel groups.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

These investors hold most of the cards when it comes to making investments in complex offerings and unregistered securities and takes on more risk than the retail investor. Financial Institutions such as brokerage firms High net-worth individuals Registered Investment Advisors Banks Trusts. Some of these investment opportunities are-.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Walter Thompson Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+ @yourprotagonist Just starting out angel investing? “There simply aren’t enough entrepreneurs providing adequately ESG-aligned investing opportunities,” according to T. Avoid these 7 mistakes. Investors want best-of-the-best ESG data. Here’s how to give it to them.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

I asked Sriram Gollapalli , a founding member of TBD Angels and Long Angle , to share some details on TBD Angel’s tech stack and the ways in which it has helped TBD become one of the largest and most active angel networks in the US, since its inception 3 years ago. Q: Can you please share your major tech needs (e.g.,

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

Hopefully, this guide will help you skip some of these mishaps and increase your chance of securing that all-important investment. Most funds invest in specific stages and don’t deviate from this, as their fund economics, diligence processes, and decision-making are set up to make investments in these rounds.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

As we conclude our convertible note financing series, there are assorted terms commonly seen in term sheets and deal documents that are worth touching on briefly. Having made it almost to the end of our sample term sheet: Documentation. First, it’s worth noting that we’re proposing to have Company counsel draft the documents.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

By contrast, venture capital and angel investments normally take the form of Preferred Stock with rights and preferences set forth in the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and other governance documents. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. million and is established by negotiations between the entrepreneur and the angel investors. 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 3, 2011

This will usually be documented as either a straight sale of Common Stock (which is most typical) or else as Convertible Note which converts into the same security as the next professional round, but at a discount (which is actually better for everyone). From +/- $1.5m From +/- $1.5m

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Money gets soft circled all the time and rarely do we see angels back out unless the terms change. The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. As an angel, do you reserve money for follow-on investments?

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best business models ever is creating a marketplace between investors and investment opportunities. I’ve been meeting lately with more and more family offices interested in investing directly into companies, in lieu of via funds. Investors there are outsourcing the decision-making about individual investments to the GPs.).

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