Questions on angel investors who provides capital for a business start-up.
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Finding Investors. Who can you trust?
I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and email. ...
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What happens to the angel's / A round investor's stake on subsequent rounds, in the Valley?
As far as I understand, when the next round happens, the startup emits new shares that are sold to new investors under newly negotiated valuation.
Does this lead to the previous investor's shares ...
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What is a good way to find investors for a start up?
I have developed my SAAS on a shoestring budget and I have just made it production ready so I am now looking for ways to market it to my customer base. I, however, do not have the funds available to ...
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Who are the most reputed Angels/VCs and what type of Businesses each of them Concentrate on
I am looking for funding, thus looking for angels in technology and trading. Is is possible to post sources of funding by area and stage. Also relative merits of each source. Perhaps links and ...
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How to split ownership <promise a long but interesting case-study here> in a startup with a scenario like the one below?
All,
This is a case with a friend of mine who is a first-gen entrepreneur and close to cutting a deal with Angels for a funding of $400K.
But before I ask you his question, here is the situation, ...
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Got initial traction, how do I know that it's “enough” to pursue investors?
My webapp is gaining traction, being passed around and written about in various countries around the world (it's nice seeing viral loops in action, I must say :) ).
And because I'm in the file storage ...
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Can you explain this angel Investment term sheet?
My startup received a Terms Sheet from an investor and my co-founder and I are trying to figure out if they are saying that they are going to want 30% of our profits at the end of every year or if ...
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Was there ever a startup website that didn't require the help of angel investors?
I guess what I meant to say is;
Has there ever been a startup that started small then became successful on its own, instead of having a large financial backup beforehand? If so, may I ask for a list ...
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What are the best ways of advertising a new green-technology product to angel investors
My company recently completed development of a new highly innovative commercial green-technology product. The product has two versions - for commercial and residential use. I need help of an ...
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Valuation for a B2B SAAS past prototype, but pre-launch?
This is a little complicated, but I have an interested group of angels asking for how much for 10%-20% of my company. I have no clue what to tell them, or what my valuation is.
It is a B2B Saas ...
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What has been your experience with VC/Angel Investor funding?
Have you taken VC money or angel investor funding for your enterprise? At what stage? What has been your experience so far?
I know Joel advises against it and hasn't used VC money so far, and I ...
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Where can I find samples of good one page executive summary for a business plan?
We are applying for angel investment for our startup and looking for some samples of one page executive summary. Please share if you are aware of any.
Thanks,
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With a BBA in Accounting + background in additional field area, would it be easier to find international angel investor?
I have a business degree along w/16 yrs Accounting experience as well as being an artist. I would like to open a company in a busy tourist area (international) selling only a customized local product ...
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Checklist of things for presenting for Angel Investment
What things should an entrepreneur have noted, ready to present an investment opportunity to an Angel Investor?
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Do I bring the Business Angel to the VC-Pitch?
Would it be wise to bring our Angel to the VC-pitch?
The Angel would make a good impression. He is definetely better at pitching than everyone in the team.
But what impression would it make, if we ...
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Product in Development - Seek Seed Funding?
I think this response gives me a good explanation for what to in regards to having an idea/prototype and seeking funding Is having a working prototype required for getting seed funding(first round)? ...
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Where should I go with my idea?
I am almost finish with my Web application.
I was thinking to go to California and present it to angels.
Is it a good place to find angels?
I is there places I should go to meet people that can ...
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Do angels/venture capitalists expect you to invest your own capital?
I recently talked with some nice retired business people about startups. They gave me some great help but one thing that they said stuck out and I wanted to confirm or deny it.
I was told that the ...
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Can I start writing to angel's today?
Angels are really busy that they will receive lots of proposals every minute. They formally look at the preface and decide whether to proceed further or to drop the proposal. My company is in seed ...
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Is collateral a criteria for angels or just the idea?
The World's richest people like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Pages, Warren Buffet and these people who are ruling the World once upon a time they don't have enough money to start a company but ...
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Points to be mentioned while writing to angels
I am about to start writing to Angel investors about my project. Can anybody tell me what are the bullet points to be included while writing to Angels.
Should I follow any steps while writing to ...
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Fair equity in this scenario?
I'm looking for opinions on what you would expect the equity distribution to be in this scenario:
Person #1: Came up with the idea, left his job 1 year ago & went unpaid for 6 months, filed ...
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Any experience with AngelList as startup?
AngelList sends almost hourly Tweets about Angels joining in, however I never heard anything about start-ups. Has anyone given it a shot or thought?
How long does the application process takes? What ...
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Will an angel investor be turned off by the founders not wanting to quit their day jobs just yet?
....my co-founder and I are working on a SaaS product and there is a chance we may seek an angel investment. Do you think us wanting to keep our day jobs for 3-6 more months will be a turn-off to ...
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What does it mean to get angel funded? Is it giving away a %?
When I read about a company getting angel funded, what does it mean?
Is it a company selling a % of their company in exchange for seed money?
Is there any interest involved?
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What to be aware of, careful of when getting an angel investor
I recently started an LLC with a friend and we developed and manufactured a product, but we really need an investor. We do have a rich friend and he wants to invest, but we don't have a good idea on ...
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how do you protect your idea when going to a venture capital company?
I have an online idea that requires a lot of IT. I am the marketer and can implement on that front but do not have the IT experience or know-how. I would like to find a venture capital company that ...
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Age of founder > brick wall (in front of?) angel investors/vc's
Legally speaking it isn't a problem that i'm seventeen years old, in my country it is allowed to start a business at 16+. A cantonal judge removed some other boundaries so that I'm now fully ...
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How to summarize shares of angels repeating investments?
Provided I raise a first investment from angel on X valuation, then raise another one from same angel on X+Y valuation, what would be the total amount of percentage the angel will have of the company?
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In a seed round, should startups try to raise large amounts venture capital, or stick with angel investors?
There are different opinions on this question among VCs and other authorities in the tech and startup communities. (see: Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Brad Feld). Should startups try to raise as much ...
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How much equity to share with a seed investor, who wants to offer the money as a loan to the company?
I found an investor, who is ready to invest seed capital ( about $ 100,000 )into the company. But she wants to invest it, in the form of a Loan ( payable back with an interest rate slightly better ...
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What does a seed money deal look like?
I have a personal contact that has shown interest in giving me seed money for a start-up. I am getting my package together to pitch the concept, and have virtually no idea what the investment deal ...
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What happens when I issue shares and nobody buys them?
After launching the prototype and getting some pretty exciting customer feedback over the last six weeks, we want to raise a little investment money.
We're talking with several organizations so far. ...
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I have a static prototype, can I get angel investment?
I have a static prototype for a very promising company. The prototype is not dynamic, just made to show how the site works. I need an investment to actually develop the functionality and get some ...
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Founder stocks and Employee pool
Is it common to issue equity to CEO as Preferred stock but other co-founders as Common stock?
When setting up a 20% employee pool, it is common to have terms that the unissued equity will be issued ...
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What do you do when your Angel turns out to be a Devil?
Investor are in it for one thing, profit. That's okay if both the founders and the investors profit. What do you do when the "Angels" who have been funding your work kick out the founders and the ...
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Getting Funding for a Tech Startup in Florida
I'm well aware of the vast sums of VC money in the Bay Area, Seattle, and even Boston. I'm located in the Tampa, FL area and am starting my business here. I'm willing to move the business after a ...
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How long to wait for investing?
I'm the tech guy and doing a lot of technical development for the startup.
How long does one wait around for the business people to get funding from VC's and Angels? is there a ballpark of how long a ...
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Do Angel Investors get paid before a successful exit?
We have a new startup and are trying to meet with some potential angel investors. We were asked if we have a ROI schedule. I thought that investors get paid only when the company has a successful exit ...
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How to find and approach Angel investors when you have no substantial connection to them
My network of people around me is almost nil. I am currently developing a software application. My partner and I are looking to find funding to hire a couple developers to finish our product and get ...
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Share value based on 5 year cash flow projection
I am about to embark on raising money. I am reasonably sure that I have constructed an accurate but very conservative 5 year plan.
If the cash flows are to be believed, I will now have to pin a value ...
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If I go to meet an angel investor without a business plan, will he dismiss my attempt immediately?
Can I probably get an investment from an angel investor even if I don't have a business plan? I have developed my website and my website is undergoing testing and it can be shown to an angel investor.
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Approached by investors from overseas
What types of things do I need to consider if I get approached from a venture fund overseas? I had an early-stage venture fund from Germany contact me looking to learn more about our startup and what ...
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My sales person (independent, not employee) wants to be an angel investor
I started a surveillance technology company in May 2010. Since the beginning, we have been working with a person that has been in the security industry for quite a while. He was providing some input, ...
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Sharing a list of angel investors
I've been aggregating a list of angel investors in the Boston area and I'm up to 180 or so now from around the area. The list includes links to Twitter pages, LinkedIn pages, and their investing ...
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Liquidity preference with angel investors
Is it common for angel investors to ask for liquidity preference with participation?
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Structuing Equity Sale in Early Tech Startup
I have a few Angel investors, and a meeting next week with serveral VCs (brought to the table by the primary Angel), and I am trying to put together the equity sale package to present to everyone (VCs ...
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Angel investor group has funded a similar but not identical startup?
So I was thinking of finding a connection to an angel group, but as it turns out one of the funded companies in there portfolio is a similar (but not direct) competitor. The platform / idea is close, ...
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How to find Angels in my area
I would like to locate an Angel in the Jacksonville, Fl area to pitch my idea to. Although getting funded would be great right now I am just looking for someone to critique my pitch so that I can work ...
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Who are angel investors? How do they work out with start ups?
I have started a small software firm. Of course we need some funding. That's where I heard about angel investors. I would like know about angel investors and how start-ups normally work with them. ...
