Entries tagged "Dingman Angels"

    What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to hear pitches from the following companies: Kaprica Security, Inc. is an early-stage... Read More

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Who are the top Angel Investor Groups in the coiuntry? According to a Halo Report from the Angel Resource Institute the top 10 groups are: 2012/2011 Rank Group  Hometown  1/New New York Angels NYC/NY 2/1 Tech Coast Angels SoCal 3/2 Launchpad Venture Group Boston, MA 4/6 Central Texas Angel Network Austin, TX 5/5 Golden Seeds NYC/Bos/SF 6/New Sand Hill Angels NoCal 7/9 Investors’ Circle National 8/4 Alliance of Angels Seattle, WA 9/7 CommonAngels Boston, MA 10/New Maine Angels Portland, ME See more details on... Read More

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  What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday,April 10, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: Univ of MD, 2518 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD FlagTap helps businesses increase online engagement, understand traffic, and get new users with the world's largest game of capture the flag. FlagTap is like AMEX reward points for online engagement across the entire Internet. Management... Read More

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  What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches   The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to hear pitches from the following companies:   CloudBolt Software develops, markets... Read More

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  What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, December 12 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD   8:00 AM Investor Education - Sussing out new markets by Dan Gordon, Valhalla Capital 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches     Distil safeguards an organization's revenue and reputation by protecting their web content from bots and other malicious... Read More

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  What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: Univ of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to evaluate investing in the following companies:   Kinesio Capture is a B2B SaaS company... Read More

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  Lately many folks have asked me why I’m against pay-to-pitch events. Is it personal? Do I hate the profiteer promoters? The answer…. hell no, it’s not personal, it’s reality. Is it personal that people no longer buy film? Do they hate Kodak employees? Do they want to see Kodak employee families... Read More

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  What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: Univ of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to evaluate investing in the following companies: ExecOnline offers Fortune 500 companies elite executive... Read More

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In the last 2 months I've been asked 3 times about the upcoming October Angel Venture Forum in DC. I figured I’d do some research. Angel Venture Forum is one of at least 8 DC area, regularly scheduled venues and a host of untold ad hoc events that put entrepreneurs seeking... Read More

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  What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to hear pitches from the following... Read More

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Many of DCs most influential Women in Tech are highly visible. Most of us know the fabulous and tireless tech advocate women like Cooley’s Katherine Ferguson, Speakerbox’s Lisa Throckmortan and Tech Cocktail’s Jen Consalvo. Yet there’s a number of ladies who are building great enterprises while contributing to the growth... Read More

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What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Time: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 8:30 AM Debate on the JOBS Act 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to... Read More

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What: Dingman Center AngelsDate: Wednesday, April 11, 2012Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AMWhere: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MDThe University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to hear pitches from the following companies:24K National is the... Read More

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The University of Maryland is home to one of DC’s most active angel investor groups.  In 2011, members of the Dingman Angels wrote checks for 9 companies, making 2011 the network’s most active year since its founding in 2004.  Investments included Brazen Careerist, Cirrusworks, HugeFan,Nexercise, SevaCall, Spinnakr, Spotflux, Veenome, and YouEye. “Dingman Center Angels’ investment activity pipeline of high quality companies... Read More

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Event: Cooley Capital CallDate: March 14, 2012Time: 11:30 AMWhere: Cooley Godward Kronish11951 Freedom Drive15th FloorReston, VA 20190The 12 companies and 2 alternates that will be presenting in the upcoming Cooley Capital Call have been selected.  The event has the unfortunate timing issue of conflicting with the South By Southwest Festival... Read More

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What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: Univ of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to evaluate investing in the following companies: eco-armour™ manufactures and... Read More

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  I’m a Dingman Angel, which is an angel network sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.  As a member of the group, I recently encountered a disgruntled entrepreneur who was incredulous that his startup was eliminated during the screening process – before having a chance to present... Read More

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Another local DC-area company has successfully raised capital from venture capital and angel investors.  Only this time, despite the efforts of out-of-region investors in New England and the Research Triangle to lure Seva Search away, the founders have planted their flag in Potomac, Maryland, bucking the trend to pack up and say goodbye to... Read More

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