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 [...]
Is downside risk mitigation important to investors?
September 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
Over the years I have learned that my assumption that all investors seek to minimize downside risk is just plain wrong. For example, venture investors want to ensure their capital has a chance at generating out-sized returns. They have limited resources (time and money) to make the best investments as possible. Mitigating downside risk doesn’t [...]
Hacker Angels
June 22, 2010 By 3 Comments
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 [...]
Lots-o-startups getting incubated in Texas!
May 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
59 Angels
April 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
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 [...]
Angel Investors Fear Financial Reform Bill
April 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
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 [...]
Mike Maples is now Floodgate!
April 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
