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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
According to Kauffman Foundation, angel investors participating in organized angel groups achieved an average of 27% annual return — the highest return among long-term equity investments, comparing favorably to early-seed VC investing (21.2%, Thomson Venture Economics), later-stage VC investing (14.4%, Thomson Venture Economics) and the stock market (8.22%, S&P Index). Investing with a group can [...]
Whether you visit news sites or flip open the newspaper, you’ll see that Chinese entrepreneurs and the state of economy in China are garnering some serious ink. To learn more about China’s angel investing scene and general investing practices, Venture Hype got in touch with Shanghai-based investor Bruno Bensaid. Bensaid is the founder of MobileMonday [...]
In the world of angel investing, there are those who wait for deals to come to them and there are those who set out to make deals happen. The latter definitely describes Bryan J. Watson as he’s long been a champion of entrepreneurship as a vector for the commercialization for advanced technologies. As a staunch [...]
What better way to learn about investing in tech ventures than to tap into the perspectives of an angel group chairman who’s also a 38-year veteran in the tech industry? This week, Venture Hype caught up with Bill Warner, chairman of the Triangle Accredited Capital Forum (TACF) and managing partner of Paladin and Associates. Prior [...]
Yesterday, head of IAN Padmaja Ruparel walked us through the relationship between IAN and the newly-formed WBAA (World Business Angels Association). Today, Padmaja gives us a quick snapshot of the Indian market. * Edited interview VH: What’s the current investing market in India? PR: Current Indian markets are at a very interesting point, perhaps a [...]
To capitalize on the growing investment startup opportunities in the Indian market, the Indian Angel Network (IAN) – a collective alliance of individual investors who source deals as a single entity – has joined force with similar angel groups to form an international association for angel networks throughout the world. Dubbed the World Business Angels [...]
Angel investing is one of those activities that can be done alone or with partners. Your risk tolerance and ability to work within the whims of other people can help determine how much you will want to stomach on your own or share with a group. You will be susceptible to other people’s gut responses [...]
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