Archive for Angel Investment

Hacker Angels

Jun 22, 2010 3 Comments by Alexander Muse

Are you a coder, developer or a hacker? There is a an angel group made up of self described hackers designed for you. The group is called Hacker Angels and includes Going Inc. founder and current AOL executive Roy Rodenstein, Delicious founder Joshua Schachter, Duck Duck Go’s Gabriel Weinberg, Hotornot’s Jim Young, and Punchfork founder [...]

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Lots-o-startups getting incubated in Texas!

May 05, 2010 No Comments

Bradley Joyce broke the news that Gabriella Draney’s ‘Tech Wildcatters’ (Dallas area incubator for startups) finally got off the ground announcing their inaugural class of startups including:

Mobestream Media
CollegeJobConnect
The Brand Protection Agency
Concepta Systems
Image Vision Labs

One day later Lauren Warthan from Porter Novelli let me know that the Capital Factory (Austin area incubator for startups) had [...]

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59 Angels

Apr 21, 2010 No Comments

Over the years I have compiled a list of angel investors and I figured that I would share that list with you. Before you pick up the phone or send an email I would spend a few minutes reading up on how and why angels invest in early stage companies. Dana Mattioli from the Wall [...]

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Angel Investors Fear Financial Reform Bill

Apr 19, 2010 No Comments

Marianne Hudson, the Executive Director of the Angel Capital Association sent me this letter and I thought it was worth sharing:

Sen. Chris Dodd released his Financial Reform bill last week.  To say that the behemoth bill has scary things in it for angel investors – and the entrepreneurs you in invest in – is an [...]

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Mike Maples is now Floodgate!

Apr 19, 2010 No Comments

Mike left Texas to become a ’super angel’ five years ago and today he has decided to go ‘Pro’ forming Floodgate. He has added Ann Miura-Ko to his team and plans offer a startups a fundraising model that ‘bridges the gap between initial seed money raised from traditional “Angel” investors and the much larger investments [...]

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