angel investing demo VC 
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
It's a market that had gotten completely detached from the regular venture capital market--you know, the VCs and angels like SV Angel, First Round, and even Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley who I'm pretty sure aren't crying a river over a multi-billion dollar exit to the public markets after just six years.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 14, 2019
The Fantasy Cash Flow Model When I was an analyst at the General Motors pension fund, investing in VC funds, I had to build a model of how I thought they would perform. It started out with initial investment size, pricing, and outcome behavior for each deal and then it made a prediction around the distribution of outcomes.
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David Teten VC
MARCH 31, 2025
Orange Collective exclusively invests in Y Combinator companies before Demo Day. The Orange Collective team have collectively angel invested in 200+ Y Combinator companies, including unicorn outcomes like Ironclad, Vanta, Replit, Moonvalley, and Snapdocs.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors. Importantly any VC investor will understand the “first close&# mentality since nearly all VC funds are raised this way from our investors.
Gust
DECEMBER 27, 2012
A comprehensive list of things you might want is listed in the answer to What materials or software should I use to pitch a VC? , Some only invest in their home city, others only invest $5,000, still others only invest in biotech, for example. Now, and only now, are you prepared to start fundraising.
Angel Capital Association
JUNE 17, 2024
The landscape of early-stage startup investment has undergone significant transformation in recent years. Venture Capital (VC) funding has declined across the board due to macroeconomic factors, with 2023 marking the lowest level of venture investment activity since 2019. This is an issue that warrants further discussion.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
A typical VC might see 500 opportunities cross his or her desk every year; for larger, more prominent ones it could be 2,000. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. That means they spend a lot less time actively seeking out new deals than they do responding to inbound deal flow.
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