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

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Run a Company With Two 10-Minute Weekly Meetings and Post-It Notes Barry Raber (EO Portland), a serial entrepreneur and CEO of real estate investment firm Business Property Trust , shared his insights on how to keep team meetings short and sweet with an effective system that fosters collaboration and engagement.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ricardo Sangion previously launched operations for Facebook and Pinterest in Latin America, before joining operator-led global investors TheVentureCity as partner for first-ticket investments in the region. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America. investors remain shy.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We talked yesterday with the pair, who have already invested in 13 startups with the fund’s capital and, they say, led nine of those deals. Mohnot sold a company, FeeFinders, to Groupon 2012]. I think all but one or two of our investments involve repeat founders who see the value of working with partners like us.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 18, 2023

He is also deeply involved with the Angel Capital Association, where he has served on the Marketing & Membership and Education Committees. As part of this, he is a trainer for the Ann & Bill Payne’s ACA Angel University, including the Fundamentals of Angel Investing and Risks courses.

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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.” ” The primary reason is that investors have every incentive to work with the startup to extent or renegotiate the terms of the notes, because that represents their best shot at seeing any return on their investment.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Some Super Angels have been quoted as suggesting that valuation is not particularly important to their strategy. They intend to invest in as many as 100 companies quickly, looking for the next Facebook or Groupon. No statistical significance should be assumed from any data included here. Any errors or misinterpretations are his.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

targets the Exchange Act requirement that is reportedly forcing Facebook to go public in early 2012. What may appear to be a hypertechnical set of amendments to obscure code sections ( Section 12(g)(1)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , anyone?)

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Editor’s Note – This story originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review by Sharon Fisher and reposted with permission by the Angel Capital Association. To many Idaho companies, Kevin Learned isn’t just an icon, he’s ang angel. Kevin Learned is on his third career, and he’s not done yet. But that’s only what he’s done most recently.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage. From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? But this will be especially hard to deal with for early-stage investors, given that we expect most of our investments to fail to return capital.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 26, 2023

By Christopher Mirabile , ACA Chair Emeritus & Launchpad Venture Group Executive Chair Every experienced angel knows how important the quality of the founding team is when selecting investments. Experienced angels also instinctively know that CEO swaps are very risky and potentially costly. And so forth.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam. Then by 2011 or 2012, some of the tech components of the Great Recession had started wearing off and the market started waking up. Sarah Wang: Absolutely.

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