All Entries in the "Syndication" Category
2010 ACA Summit: Angels and VCs – Friend or Foe?
Thanks goes to Wall Street Journal‘s Russell Garland for taking us to the recent 2010 Angel Capital Association Summit in San Francisco and recounting how angels and VCs rivaled for the top spot. We all like a good scrum! According to Garland, attendees listened intently to speeches about the need for angel and VC harmony, [...]
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. [...]
Angel Investing: Team or Solo Sport
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 [...]
What Is a Syndicated Investor?
You’re facing an angel investor’s dilemma. You’ve looked at proposal after proposal from early stage startups and finally, you found one. You feel it in your gut; after spending countless hours reviewing the deal, you believe that this company is on solid ground, and you want in. So where’s the dilemma? This startup needs more [...]
Want a Smoother Angel Ride? Syndicate.
It would perhaps be naïve to think that the current state of the economy has been beneficial for anyone. While some may view the current status of the market as the perfect time to buy, others have been tightening the purse strings in response to their shrinking portfolios. These shrinking investments have not left angel [...]
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