All Entries in the "Angel Group" Category
Angel Group Syndication Process Design (Part 2): Paul G. Silva
In Part 1, we talked about how angel groups are increasingly collaborating and co-investing with each other to increase investment size, reduce financial risk, and tap into the wisdom of the crowd. To give a vivid picture, we asked Paul G. Silva, managing partner of Angel Catalyst and group manager at River Valley Investors (RVI), [...]
Angel Group Syndication Process Design (Part 1): Paul G. Silva
What happens when an angel group comes across, or has in its portfolio, a high-potential company requiring an investment amount that’s too big for an individual group but too small for VCs? Most likely, it’ll engage in an angel group syndication, “a practice that allows groups to pool their funds to support larger investments” that [...]
Angel Investing: Effective Ways to Invest in the Unknown
Taliba M. writes: Made my first angel investment last year and ready to make my second. I’m very interested in this SaaS venture (a startup) but I do not have experience in this particular sector. How should I go about this? Also, would it be possible to request some SaaS topics? Thank you so much. [...]
Thealzel Lee of VANTEC: Backing Life Sciences Companies
What’s it like to back a life sciences company? What should investors expect before investing in the bio/health sectors? Who’s entitled to be called an “angel investor”? These are some of the questions Thealzel Lee will answer in this interview. Lee is the senior partner of Rocket Builders, a management consulting firm that sponsors Vancouver [...]
Rob Delman of Golden Seeds: Due Diligence Tips for Angels
In Part 1 of the interview, Rob Delman, managing director of Golden Seeds New York, told us the benefits of investing in women-led ventures, shared his lessons learned and pointed out a critical term in a term sheet that many might have overlooked. Today, Delman the “Golden Dude” talks more about due diligence, an area [...]
Rob Delman: Remove nepotism from investment opportunity
A month ago just before Christmas, Rob Delman of Golden Seeds (aka the “Golden Dude”) played Santa and dropped a gift packed with pitch preparation tips (for angels) down our chimney. We loved it and so did you. It’s a given – we’re very greedy when it comes to angel investing tips and insights. So [...]
Rob Delman of Golden Seeds: Pitch Preparation Tips for Angels
[Guest post by Rob Delman, a professional angel investor and an active member of Golden Seeds in New York. He is proud to be nicknamed the “Golden Dude” by his female forum mates.] As an angel investor, have you ever sat in a room listening to a pitch and have had no idea what the [...]
Martin Zwilling of Startup Professionals: Angel Investing ABC
When it comes to startup advice for tech entrepreneurs, twitterati StartupPro (a.k.a. Martin Zwilling) will probably pop up your mind. Over the past 30 years, Zwilling has led technical business transformations, held a wide range of tech management roles, as well as done due diligence and funding analysis for investors. Though he does little investing, [...]
Be a Shark or an Angel, Your Choice
In a recent rant by Jason Calacanis, he raged about angel groups that charge entrepreneurs a fee up to US$6,000 for the opportunity to pitch. The main argument for a shark-fee-based pitching system is to cover costs and weed out frivolous entrepreneurs. The rationale is that if an entrepreneur is serious enough to pay thousands [...]
How to Become an Angel Group Manager
Last week, Venture Hype interviewed Paul G. Silva, managing partner of Angel Catalyst, to dig deeper into angel group management and the numerous tasks involved. Informally-managed angel groups may want to consider hiring a manager to take the grunt work out of angel investing and focus on the meat of the angel investing game. That [...]
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