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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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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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

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. Asking young companies with limited capital to pay to present to a group of potential investors is insane. I think most great angel investing is done at a local level.

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APRIL 1, 2013

These crowdfunded companies will pour a lot of new money into the market for human capital, driving salaries up. Plus, I've heard, and can anecdotally corroborate, that most angel investors put 70% of all the money they will ever put into startups to work in their very first year of angel investing.

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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. Once you do distribute the capital, you’re giving it to companies that will need a lot of help. How will you provide it across 30 investments?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you haven’t read the post the thesis was that I care way more about watching the trajectory of your performance as a team (or individual) than I do about how good you “pitch” on the first day you come to see me. He quit the MRF and quietly amassed nearly $100,000 in angel investment to build a company. Pose is no different.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Angel Capital Association (US) Annual Summit. 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. NACO National Angel Summit. EBAN Annual Congress. Venture Capitalists. NVCA Annual Meeting.

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MAY 16, 2024

Add on the fact that some people theorize that the need for venture capital dollars will peak, or potentially already has, and then decline because of the ever-decreasing cost of technology infrastructure as well as the increasing capability of AI to replace expensive humans. He wasn’t only investing in businesses that sold data.

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MARCH 25, 2013

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. Probably frequenting many of these buildings, helping companies, taking pitches, and being blown away by the creativity and inguinity of the folks that inhabit them.

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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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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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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. A good beginning would be Bill Payne’s The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels, available as a free download from [link]. Understand your business.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

He bootstrapped the company before getting angel investment. The company’s first institutional round of funding was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Atlántico and MAYA Capital. They were joined by Collaborative Fund, Goodwater and Latitud and a group of angel investors. Fudo’s table mockup for restaurants.

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MAY 5, 2011

In fact, one of them just made an angel investment in one of our competitors because they forgot they were advising us and now I have to do damage control. We've assembled the best team of advisors--a vertible who's who of who's who--except that we don't know any of them, and they don't really know us either.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

According to the Angel Capital Association (ACA), there has been a big increase in women who are members just in the last few years. Female membership in ACA was at about 11% in 2016, and now five years later, the membership in ACA is closer to 25%, according to Sarah Dickey, membership director for the Angel Capital Association.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

million in seed funding in a round led by Crew Capital , an under-the-radar venture firm co-founded by UiPath co-founder and co-CEO Daniel Dines and UiPath chief strategy officer Brandon Deer. We talked to some other funds but Crew Capital were so number-driven. Rillavoice plans to use its new capital primarily to 5x its team of 10. .

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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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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Million in Startup Funding Tal Moore (EO Los Angeles) is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Popsmith. Tal shared what he learned from his first-ever round of raising startup capital. Having people from your network bet on you with an angel investment is like motivational rocket fuel.” Insights Learned From Raising $1.5

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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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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.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Asking friends and family for capital is always an option. 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.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups. The summit offers an unparalleled opportunity for learning, networking, and investment discovery, specifically tailored to empower the black entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A wonderful resource for startups in fundraising mode that most people don’t know about is the Frank Peters Show , the only weekly podcast that is all about (and only about) the world of angel investing. Before you start entering your profile information, decide what language you would like to work in.

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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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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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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Power Pitches. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. Power Pitches. Managing Partner , Tangent Capital. CEO , Gust.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 23, 2020

Or, do you have additional advice for founders who pitch to your group? I answer more questions and provide more coaching about investor pitches than anything else. Once you decide that you need investment to grow your company, your task as a founder is to convince investors to give it to you. Valuation if set.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Register Healthcare infrastructure, digital health, pharma, and foodtech will be among the industries that will impact the world in 2-3 years, according to Angel Low , principal at early-stage venture capital investor and studio The Hive Southeast Asia. Don’t equate your urgent need with investors’ eagerness to serve you.

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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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Gust

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

But that’s not something the kinds of folks who do most angel investing understand. One pitched investor whispered “don’t we have better things to do with our time?”). So, spreadsheets, inside knowledge, and examples notwithstanding, the entrepreneurs couldn’t convince professional investors of the opportunity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Gutter Capital , a New York venture capital firm, closed on $25 million in capital commitments for its first fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies focused on affordability, economic mobility and climate change. It was way harder than venture capital as a founder,” Teran told TechCrunch. “I

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 4, 2021

And if you’re a high-growth startup looking to get off the ground or expand, it’s likely you’ll need an injection of capital to do that. Byron van Vugt from NZ Growth Capital Partners explains. For investors, capital raises provide an opportunity to invest in a company’s ambitions. Time to get pitching.

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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. Disclosure: A HOF Capital affiliate is an investor in Republic. For each competitor, I suggest you do the following: Look on Angel.co company name] Investor deck.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs: if you’re looking seriously at angel investment, and you have the kind of product-market fit and management experience investors will like, you need to take a good look at convertible notes. Do yourself and the investors you want to talk to a favor: take a few minutes and do some homework on this issue.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Triet Nguyen (pronounced like Trent but without the N), Senior Associate at Render Capital. Born in Vietnam and raised in Texas, he recently relocated to Louisville, Kentucky, upon joining Render Capital earlier this year. How did you break into tech investing?

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