Should I Jump On That Bandwagon? (Angel Investing)
The Seraf Compass
APRIL 24, 2024
The toughest moment in a new angel’s investing career: a very large round has lots of momentum – it has been expanded and is still over-subscribed.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Non-dilutive biotech capital, long-term angel investing, WayRay’s $80M pitch deck
TechCrunch
JUNE 24, 2022
Long-term angel investing: Understanding capital requirements and how to find quality investments. But there’s a reason successful angel investors are few and far between: returns may take several years to materialize, and not all companies you want to invest in will want your money.
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Jason Calacanis Answers the Top 5 Questions He Gets about Angel Investing
Dream It
DECEMBER 10, 2020
In this guest Dreamit Dose, Jason Calacanis (@jason), a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel, answers the top 5 questions he gets about angel investing. Angels want to be affiliated with winning teams. How do you attract angel investors?
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Why I Angel Invest
Angel Capital Association
AUGUST 13, 2021
I’m sharing my thought process because perhaps it will nudge some of you to angel invest too! I consider myself a furiously curious person, and angel investing is one of the most rewarding ways I’ve experienced to satisfy this curiosity. My angel investing hobby was making me a better Founder, CEO, and business leader.
5 essential factors for attracting angel investment
TechCrunch
JANUARY 13, 2022
In more than two decades as an angel investor and early-stage company scout, I’ve met with hundreds of entrepreneurs seeking funds and sat through an equal number of slide deck pitches. From my point of view as an angel investor and former entrepreneur, here are five essential factors I look for when considering my next investment.
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Pitch Deck Teardown: Card Blanch’s $460K deck for its angel round
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 22, 2022
in one before, but Card Blanch claims to have a fresh take on the concept and closed just shy of half a mil worth of angel investments with a very elegant deck. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. . Let’s dive right in!
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Angel Investing Skill 2 – Domain Knowledge
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
The most interesting thing I’ve learned by being an investor and sitting on boards & seeing so many company pitches is how different reality of what is going on at companies is from what you’re reading about them in the press. So it’s not good enough to only mine Techmeme every day.
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San Diego Angel Conference VI Announces Six Finalists to Compete for Share of Largest Event-Based Angel Fund in U.S.
American Entrepreneurship
MARCH 26, 2024
Angel investment fund selects six companies to pitch live on USD campus on May 9. Tickets for live pitch event now available. Over 100 companies applied for SDAC VI, hoping to land at least $200,000* in angel investment or attract investors interested in funding their companies.
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San Diego Angel Conference Opens 2024 SDAC VI Fund to Angel Investors, Applications for Founders Seeking Funding Closes on Dec. 19th
American Entrepreneurship
DECEMBER 8, 2023
December 08, 2023 10:35 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN DIEGO—San Diego Angel Conference at the University of San Diego (SDAC) activates angel investors and connects them with early-stage companies seeking seed funding. By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S.
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6 Tips for Entrepreneurs to Successfully Pitch to Women Angel Investors
StartupNation
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Alternatives such as angel investing , hedge funds and real estate are all more accessible to women than they were even a decade ago. Considering the emergence of these funds nationwide, entrepreneurs still want to know how they can get an opportunity to get in front of women angel investors.
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Reflection on Local Angel Investment From Inside Out
Gust
MAY 22, 2012
This is a good time to reflect on my experience with locally based angel investment. I just finished with the fourth of our annual angel investment event for my local group based in Eugene and Corvallis, Oregon. So is that a good way to invest money, you might ask?
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Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque on the value of simple pitch decks
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Even though Kevin Busque is a co-founder of TaskRabbit, he didn’t get the response he was hoping for the first time he pitched his new venture to Felicis Ventures’ Aydin Senkut. The duo also offered candid, actionable feedback on pitch decks that were submitted by Extra Crunch Live audience members. (By How they met.
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True Story: We Didn’t Buy The Victim Pitch
Gust
JUNE 26, 2012
More so with investor pitches. I was at one once, as an investor member of a local angel investment group, when this happened. The pitch had been intriguing, the product/market fit looked attractive, and the guy in charge seemed to know his stuff. The pitch went well. The general feeling in the room was positive.
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How to find competitors’ pitch decks
David Teten VC
MAY 2, 2020
for their pitch deck. . Run the following searches on Google or another search engine: [company name] pitch deck. company name] pitch video. As you design your investor deck and run competitive intelligence, you’ll benefit a lot by looking at how your competitors have approached the process. company name] Investor deck.
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Angel Capital Association’s Annual Summit is a Goldmine for Black Investors, Founders, and High Growth Startups Raising Capital
Angel Capital Association
MARCH 25, 2024
This event, heralded as the industry’s flagship, convenes a diverse community of new and experienced angel investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurial minds to explore critical topics and trends in angel investing.
Build Your Pitch on Fundamental Stories
Gust
DECEMBER 16, 2011
The best business plans are stories, and the best pitches are stories. Pitch tip: don’t start with a boring introduction; start with a slide showing a great picture, nothing else, and use that picture to tell your story. It’s well worth the time and money for anybody who ever talks to a business meeting, let alone an investor pitch.
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Dan Teran shares Gutter Capital’s challenge of closing its first fund
TechCrunch
MARCH 29, 2023
In 2017, they began investing some of Gettinger’s gambling winnings, and then later Teran’s Managed by Q proceeds, building a portfolio of over 100 angel investments, which included Bowery Farming, Electric.ai He explained that when pitching as a founder, you share the vision of the company and can show what you are building.
How to find competitors’ pitch decks
David Teten VC
MAY 2, 2020
for their pitch deck. . Run the following searches on Google or another search engine: [company name] pitch deck. company name] pitch video. As you design your investor deck and run competitive intelligence, you’ll benefit a lot by looking at how your competitors have approached the process. company name] Investor deck.
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EO’s Most Popular Inc. Posts: A Lookback at 2023
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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From EdTech Entrepreneur to Tech Investor: The Journey of Andres Balcazar, Chief of Staff at Lido
Jason Malki
AUGUST 3, 2023
At Vencapital, we heard from VCs, learned about evaluating startups, did some deal sourcing, and pitched startups. People seem to stress a lot about breaking into consulting or banking then breaking into an investing role or think that they need an MBA first. Traditional VC firms raise money and invest in already created startups.
A Weird and Wacky Approach To Angel Investing
OnStartups
MARCH 24, 2021
An Odd Start To My Angel Investing. So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups? Angel investing is like having a niece or nephew. During the first week of that class, we all had to do a short pitch of a startup idea and convince our classmates to join our “startup”.
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Pachamama Ventures’ Karen Sheffield On The Journey From Operator to VC Investor
Jason Malki
MARCH 9, 2023
I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen Sheffield, the Founder & Managing Partner of Pachamama Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in US early-stage climate tech companies. I was already investing in public stocks, bonds, and preparing to make my 1st home purchase. I do not shy away from approaching these institutions.
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5 Tips on Angel Investing from Veterans in this Space
Angel Capital Association
JUNE 14, 2023
More than ever, angel investors play an important role in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges, and they level the playing field in ways that support socioeconomic situations and diversity. For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. Client segments? What problem are we solving?
How come ability to hire isn't a criteria for investment?
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 18, 2012
Just once I'd like to see a pitch deck with a slide for the hiring plan and *most* importantly, how they're going to execute it. If you're making angel investments or doing VC deals, do me a favor--at least ask the question. The whole ecosystem will be better for it.
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5 Ways To Scare Off Outside Investors During Your Pitch
Gust
OCTOBER 18, 2011
The man stopped talking, finally, summarized his pitch, and thanked us for listening. He’d treated us – a group of local investors – to a pitch punctuated with detailed stories of how previous partners, an investor , and an attorney had screwed him. We sat in stunned silence.
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Healthcare infra, foodtech among hot sectors in 2-3 years – Angel Low, Principal, The Hive Southeast Asia
AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
I see this as a challenge for myself as I’m not only able to assess from an investment point of view but also build companies from within. Aside from The Hive, I have a family office with my other half, and we do several angel investments here and there. ” Asking to have an NDA signed before sharing information. .”
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Andreessen, Atlántico, MAYA Capital add some dough to Fudo’s restaurant tech recipe
TechCrunch
AUGUST 19, 2022
He bootstrapped the company before getting angel investment. Pitch Deck Teardown: Lunchbox’s $50 million Series B deck. While helping out one of his restaurant friends who had purchased some legacy software that wasn’t working out, Cuello started coding his own software. Fudo’s table mockup for restaurants.
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MAGIC Fund raises $30M to scale its global founders-backing-founders fund
TechCrunch
JULY 6, 2021
Olubusi, who had built and exited a couple of startups over the years, also dabbled with angel investing for some time. It was there he met more founders like him who were angel investors with impressive portfolios. . “So about three years ago, I was at YC, and I was going to invest in my own batch.
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Two Great Moments in Pitches
Gust
OCTOBER 11, 2011
It was just a few minutes into the pitch. Honestly, I was really liking the people, the market, the secret sauce, and just about all of that pitch until they got to the financials. If you have to throw somebody under a bus, do it before you finalize the slides and deliver the pitch. Moment one: the annoying interruption.
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What happens when you take 12 investors to Silicon Valley?
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. Who we took.
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Three Exercises Every First Time Venture Fund Needs to Work Through
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 14, 2019
If you’re lacking for track record as a firm, here’s three exercises you should walk through to help turn your pitch and due diligence meetings from guesswork into something more substantive. Obviously, that’s ideal, but that’s not where everyone starts. Will that increase the work? Here’s what my model said.
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What are the biggest global events for Venture Capitalists and Business Angels where they can learn about their own business?
Gust
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Leaders and active members of all the major North American angel groups attend this three day conference, along with a large delegation of international business angels. Sessions are all about how to improve angel investing and manage angel groups, as well as connecting with other industry players and getting technical presentations.
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7 Creative Financing Options for New Businesses and Startups
StartupNation
AUGUST 8, 2021
Pitch your business idea at a competition to earn startup funding. Plus, if you don’t win, you’ll still grow your pitching skills, hash out your business plan and potentially meet like-minded entrepreneurs (potential partners) and venture capitalists. Check out this list of pitching competitions.
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The 8 Biggest Fundraising Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
Feedough
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Of these, only 70,000 get angel investment, and less than 5,000 get venture capital. But fret not, we’ve listed down the eight biggest fundraising mistakes that you need to be wary of while approaching the investors, pitching to them, and signing contracts. Substandard Pitch Decks. That is, the remaining 5.92
How does someone get a meeting with angel investor David S. Rose?
Gust
JULY 23, 2014
So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. In this case, it’s not a lack of interest, just a lack of time and efficiency.
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EO’s Top Engaging Posts on Inc.com for 2023
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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110 Resources for Angels Considering Deep Tech
propel(x)
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
The Angel Capital Association’s Knowledge Center : Packed with advice for angels just starting out, as well as for angel group leaders, the ACA has compiled a library of instructional videos and webinars to aide your investment journey. Be sure to check out their guide to different approaches to angel investing.
How to calculate your startup’s TAM, SAM and SOM
TechCrunch
MARCH 9, 2022
Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment. More posts by this contributor. 4 key strategies for succeeding at international expansion.
Triet Nguyen: Navigating the World of Tech Investing and Pioneering in Venture Capital
Jason Malki
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Triet has a wealth of experience in portfolio support, angel investing, venture scout networks, advising emerging funds and startups, and has also been a founder himself. Joining venture scout networks allowed me to build a track record, and I ventured into angel investing.
The ACA 2021 Innovation Funders Showcase Pre-Summit Kick-Off and Deeper Dive Feature Groundbreaking Companies
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. The pitch prep work from our sponsors at NIH were helpful in crafting the message from experts in their field.
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Here’s where YC’s latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch , which spans 240 companies, is working on solving issues in the financial space.
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Does Your Side Project Really Need Funding?
Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 3, 2022
Prepare a pitch & deck Pitch When I gave my first pitch, I made some mistakes, but after a few intros, I changed it to improve it. Before investor even decides to show some interest in your product, they’ll see your pitch. Prepare a deck Once you get the investor interested, you need to be ready with your pitch deck.
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Investors: Avoid These Investment Event Problems
Gust
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Many local angel investment groups work with a local event that creates the illusion of a business pitch contest, awarding investment to the winner. It’s not just a one-time pitch or plan contest. They’ve heard multiple pitches, poured over business plans, talked to customers, and looked at the legal work.
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A founders’ guide to capital raising
NZ Entrepreneur
AUGUST 4, 2021
In the early days, investors invest in you more than your business, so relationship-building should take precedence. Be sure to share your story and vision with people ahead of pitching to investors. Time to get pitching. Often, the first thing potential investors will be looking for is a pitch deck.
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