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Orange Collective exclusively invests in Y Combinator companies before Demo Day. The Orange Collective team have collectively angelinvested in 200+ Y Combinator companies, including unicorn outcomes like Ironclad, Vanta, Replit, Moonvalley, and Snapdocs.
Taking it from an investor perspective (not me, angels) I think it’s totally unfair to see early angelsinvest, take more risk, help you get to the next level through both sweat & money, and then pay a higher price because the round had a convertible note with no cap.
The landscape of early-stage startup investment has undergone significant transformation in recent years. VentureCapital (VC) funding has declined across the board due to macroeconomic factors, with 2023 marking the lowest level of ventureinvestment activity since 2019. Interested in learning more?
Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angelinvesting in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. based entrepreneur and investor.
Olubusi, who had built and exited a couple of startups over the years, also dabbled with angelinvesting for some time. It was there he met more founders like him who were angel investors with impressive portfolios. Each founder wanted to invest in other companies during YC’s Demo Day. The interesting bit?
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 angelinvesting. Rather than limiting your search to venture funds, therefore, consider the full range of startup options.
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Angelinvesting in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and VentureCapital investors.
ACA won legislation to expand the number of eligible investors in an early-stage fund from 99 to 250 and legislation to ensure that traditional demo days are not recognized as crowdfunding events. Another bill ACA is pushing is Congressman William Timmons’s bill, the Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers Act.
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 angelinvest in your favorite athlete.”
At my prior firm, ff VentureCapital, we invested in a company co-founded by Nate Jenkins , who had a successful exit, but not quite enough to buy a private plane. AngelInvesting, VentureCapital, and Mentoring. AngelInvesting, VentureCapital, and Mentoring. Consulting.
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