Entries tagged "angel"

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

Recently one of my favorite startup CEOs, Sam Aparicio of Ringio, took me to task for one of my numerous Mr Cranky rants (See: Taking Issue With Mr Cranky’s Thoughts on DC Startups and Is DC the New New York).  I’m happy he did because: My rants are designed to evoke... Read More

  Ten to five years ago Angel Investors use to take more risk than we do today. Lately early stage founders complain that Angel Investors are not acting like angel investors should. As if Angels must follow some inexorable rule book. We're accused of not taking the amount of risk as... Read More

  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

    Startups today are whining about the lack of funding available after raising a family-and-friends or angel seed round. They’re calling it the "Series A Crunch."   Angel investors made approximately 60,000 seed stage investments in 2011. In the same year, Venture capitalists made just under 2,000 early stage, or Series A investments.... Read More

  During the crazy startup bubble times of the late-1990s, money was flowing into venture capital funds faster and at higher volumes than water flowing into Hurricane Sandy-ravaged subway stations in lower Manhattan.   Professional venture capitalists rushed to invest billions of dollars taking substantial positions in companies they hoped would be the... Read More

  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

  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

Every profession has them; Black Sheep, Bad Actors or if you prefer.... rascals, miscreants, scum bags, slime balls, or douche bags. You find these douches in every walk of life like politics, business, entrepreneurs and yes.... even Angel Investors. I'm an angel investor. I have made numerous investments in the past... Read More

What's the opposite of reformed? I think it's impaired. So does that make Mark Suster, former entrepreneur turned venture capitalist an impaired entrepreneur? Nah, Mark's one of the most pragmatic thought-leaders in Venture Capital and he's not gone to the dark side.  He's broght light into a world of darkness. Here's... Read More

I was meeting with an experienced serial entrepreneur who had the right mix of education and successful exit credentials…. two very important hurdles to cross for founders seeking investors. His Idea was big. Possibly a home run and more likely a spectacular failure. He was very early stage, some patents applied... Read More

My responsibilities as an investor. I believe that I should let people know when I’m making new investments and when I’m not (right now, September 20th, 2012 I’m not making new investments) I believe that I should make it clear regarding the types of investments I make. They are companies located within... Read More

  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

  Event Date: September 25, 2012 Location: Cooley LLP Address: 777, 6th St, NW, Washington DC Fifteen of the region’s hottest angel and venture stage companies have been selected to present.  Two podiums on opposite sides of the room will be set up for 3-minute rapid fire pitches. Following the pitch portion of the event, the companies... Read More

  Application Deadline: August 24, 2012 Event Date: September 25, 2012 Location: Cooley LLP Address: 777, 6th St, NW, Washington DC   Twelve of the region’s hottest angel and venture stage companies will be selected to present.  Two podiums on opposite sides of the room will be set up for 3-minute rapid fire pitches. Following the pitch portion of... Read More

Stardust Venture Partners is a small Angel Investment Vehicle funded and managed by Nancy Nolting and her husband Glen Hellman. We're proud to announce our newest investment in Veenome, one of the Washington DC areas most innovative technology companies. Veenome identifies and indexes objects, including people, products, logos in videos and transforms them into indexed,... Read More

  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

It’s happening again.  DC Tech natives are restless.  The Jungle Drums are pounding.The mindshare listserv is abuzz.  Why do DC Investors Suck! Why aren’t DC Angels more like Silicon Valley Angels.  Why can’t I get money? Why doesn’t anyone love me.  Why, Why Why? Waa, Waa, Waa! ... Read More