Startup Catalyst

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

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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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

A dedicated pre-event Summit kick-off gave each company more time to present with additional opportunities for Summit attendees to connect with companies during ACA 2021 – The Summit of Angel Investing. Three companies were also selected to present in the Innovation Funders Showcase Deeper Dive at the conclusion of the event.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Initially aspiring to work in the events industry to organize music festivals, Triet gained valuable experience at non-profit organizations like The Dallas Entrepreneur Center and later at Capital Factory, a Texas-based accelerator fund. Joining venture scout networks allowed me to build a track record, and I ventured into angel investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

Last night I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum event started by Jason Calacanis , a fellow LA resident. Jason started the Open Angel Forum in response to his frustration that entrepreneurs were being charged by some angel organizations to present at their events. And that’s really what you want.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

About San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) SDAC, one of the largest angel investment conferences in the country, activates angel investors and engages promising early-stage companies that drive the innovation ecosystem.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 5, 2021

Mirroring the entrepreneur training, SDAC provides investor training through an enhanced pitch competition run over a three-month series of events that culminate in a one-day conference, where a winner is awarded funds raised by the investors. SDAC I and II were able to cultivate relationships by hosting dinners before each event.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

My favorite way to finance a startup, again while it’s the best source in my view, funding goes only to a few businesses specifically to those that are fast growth in nature, and for which an exit event is required in order to drive a return back to investors. So where to turn. And of course, that’s just one example.

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

In a report on startup investing and “How the Rich Invest” Forbes notes that the Angel Capital Association counted more than 330 active angel groups in North America as of 2013. Just 2% of startup financing actually comes from venture capital firms.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

Once a year, we create an event called ‘Recap’ to bring our Impact Hub family closer together. Our birthday was 3 days of events filled with unique experiences. We organized a number of events. This is part of broader efforts to contribute to the creation of a paying-it-forward culture. The next 5 years. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Attend TechCrunch Live’s City Spotlight: Austin special event! TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”. Register here. It’s free.

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

The company also won the NBA Full Court Pitch Competition for startups in February and got to present at the league’s All-Star Weekend, beating out a golf company and a sneaker company in front of a panel of all-male judges — an achievement Auslander recounted with pride. The company has raised $2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. I still prefer angel route 1 (above) but this is the next best option in my mind. So I don’t think you can say a group like Tech Coast Angels is good or bad. If you finished, bravo.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Has Y Combinator’s new deal changed the early-stage investing game? 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment . Even for the nerdiest of us, though, the decentralization of regulation, money and culture is hard to keep up with — which makes our upcoming event even more exciting. The new, new: .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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. Now this capital gives us firepower.”

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Gust

JANUARY 30, 2013

Last Sunday night I judged nine pitches from nine groups that started from scratch just two days before, late Friday afternoon. They had some good ideas, good pictures, a prototype or two, some good video … and an entertaining event. . In two hours we had pitches and questions and answers. Great learning experience?

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

According to its Wikipedia entry, by day, the Lunatarium was an electronics refurbishing company; by night it served as a free rehearsal space for the fire spinners who performed at events. Drop me a line at charlie@brooklynbridgeventures.com.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. However, in early 2005 and before the company was incorporated, the concept was stress-tested at a “Shark Tank”-style event held at the Stockholm School of Economics and attended by the King of Sweden. Siemiatkowski left undeterred.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. However, in early 2005 and before the company was incorporated, the concept was stress-tested at a “Shark Tank”-style event held at the Stockholm School of Economics and attended by the King of Sweden. Siemiatkowski left undeterred.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I was cognizant that women only received less than 1% of venture funding globally, but that wasn’t at the forefront of my mind as I started my journey or as I pitched to VCs or angels. That’s why women founders are encouraged to transition into angel or VC investing to increase the number of women-led startups that get investments.

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