FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The round was led by Peterson Ventures, with participation from VITALIZE Venture Capital, Peak Ventures, Tenzing Capital, Upstream Ventures, Service Provider Capital, and angel investors. Mobly, a Lehi, UT-based mobile software company, raised $2.5M in Seed funding.

Angel Investors 105

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Capital 105

FinSMEs

AUGUST 30, 2023

Geek Ventures, a NYC-based venture capital firm investing in immigrant founders, closed Geek Ventures Fund I, at $23M. The inaugural fund will be used to support […] The post Geek Ventures Launches First Fund to Support Immigrant Tech Founders appeared first on FinSMEs.

Angel Investors 111

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Capital 111

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Angel investor Jeff Stewart once told me that either the product takes twice as long and costs three times as much to build as your plan, or takes three times as long to build and costs twice as much--you just don''t know which one. Venture Capital & Technology' Tough questions are a godsend. I wish they had.

Due Diligence 125

Due Diligence Angel Investors Startups Venture Capital 125

FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The round saw participation from private angel investors, Goldbell, a Singaporean venture capital firm specializing in mobility, and Radha Rani Holdings Family Office based in Singapore. Rider Dome, a Singapore-based company providing an AI-driven safety solution for motorcycle fleets and riders, raised $2.3M

Angel Investors 111

Angel Investors Funds Venture Capital Capital 111

FinSMEs

JULY 20, 2023

The round was led by Las Olas Venture Capital with participation from Ubiquity Ventures, Underscore VC, Long Journey Ventures, SilverCircle, Automotive Ventures, Alumni Ventures, CreativeCo Capital, and angel investors.

Angel Investors 98

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Capital 98

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 13, 2015

I don't know a single venture capital investor who doesn't get a firehose of e-mail. That unfortunately reinforces the lack of diversity in venture capital circles these days--unless you happen to be that one white male venture investor whose tech friends and connections aren't also mostly white males.

Venture Capital 130

Venture Capital Deal Flow Angel Investors Capital 130

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MARCH 17, 2014

With the author staying close as an advisor, they build a real, cashflow positive business and start to think about where they could go with some outside capital. I certainly would have wanted to be an angel investor in Thrillist at the time. Venture Capital & Technology' Nice, tight story that makes sense.

Startups 139

Startups Consulting Consultants Venture Capital 139

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APRIL 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom says that you follow on in your winners in venture capital, but I''m not sure you can always accomplish that so cleanly. In hindsight, if you were an Etsy investor, you would have wished you participated in every single round the company ever did, putting as much as you could in.

Angel Investors 121

Angel Investors Venture Capital Capital Funds 121

FinSMEs

JUNE 13, 2024

The round, which brought the total amount to $5M, was led by KUSABI, with participation from Visional, SMBC Venture Capital, and angel investors. Arches, a Japanese provider of an expert knowledge-sharing platform, raised $3M in funding.

Angel Investors 72

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Banks 72

The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

More appetite for risk from investors As part of the overall "easy money" effect of Fed interest rate cuts, some small businesses might have an easier time raising money from investors. When interest rates go down, that means the best savings accounts and money market accounts are no longer paying such high APYs.

Crowdfunding 130

Crowdfunding Startups Angel Investors Venture Capital 130

FinSMEs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The round was led by Zetta Venture Partners, Crane Venture Capital and Essence Venture Capital with participation from angel investors with deep data experience including The New Normal Fund and the founders of dbt […] The post Gable.ai Raises $7M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

Venture Capital 69

Venture Capital Angel Investors Funds Capital 69

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It used to be that the only people who could even get into angel rounds were high net worth individuals that could write at least $25,000 checks—so if someone said they were an angel investor, you could assume this was their minimum check size. I feel the same way about someone who calls themselves a “VC”.

Angel Investors 104

Angel Investors Investors High Net Worth Individuals Startups 104

FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The funding round was led by Silverton Partners, with additional participation from Floodgate, Bill Wood Ventures, Firebrand VC, Aperiam Ventures, Active Capital, Sputnik ATX VC, Capital Factory, and a handful of angel investors. The […] The post Handraise Closes $6.4M

Angel Investors 109

Angel Investors Funds Capital Investors 109

FinSMEs

MAY 14, 2024

Backers included Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), Plus Venture Capital, Reach International, Judah Ventures, and a group of unnamed family offices and angel investors. Lune Technologies, a Dubai, UAE-based financial data analytics company, raised $1.5M in Seed funding.

Angel Investors 64

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Capital 64

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The truth is, for most of you actually reading this, it simply doesn’t apply to you—similar to most of the prescriptive stuff about fundraising written by the top investors. Will this investor help you show prudence as a decision maker? Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. It’s a bit like dating. Not at all.

Startups 104

Startups Angel Investors Venture Capital Legal 104

FinSMEs

JANUARY 14, 2024

The round was led by FUSE, with participation from Ascend Venture Capital, Highsage and a group of strategic angel investors. Avante, a Seattle, WA-based enterprise software startup, raised $10m in seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its product development, engineering and data science team.

Angel Investors 69

Angel Investors Venture Capital Startups Funds 69

AltAssets

AUGUST 30, 2023

Geek Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in visionary immigrant founders, has closed Geek Ventures Fund I. The post Geek Ventures closes inaugural fund at $23 million first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Venture Capital 98

Venture Capital Funds Capital Angel Investors 98

FinSMEs

JANUARY 14, 2025

The round was led by dsm-firmenich Venturing and the Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arm of Ajinomoto Co., with participation from PeakBridge, Elder Ventures, angel investors and existing shareholders. […] The post EMN Raises USD $5M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

Angel Investors 64

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Shareholders 64

FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The round was led by Frontier Venture Capital with participation from SaaS Ventures and a group of angel investors, including Robert Jeanbart, former CEO of SIX Financial Information; David Ron, former CFO of Krux; and Chris Petrescu, CEO […] The post PostSig Raises $1.2M in Pre-Seed funding.

Angel Investors 59

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Capital 59

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

About a year and a half ago, I wrote that New York needed more dedicated early stage capital. First Growth Venture Network formed to mentor high potential seed and early stage companies. First Round Capital makes 11 new investments in NYC, hires me to be here fulltime, and announces a new NYC office in Union Square.

Startups 71

Startups Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds 71

FinSMEs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Innovestor, a Helsinki, Finland-based venture capital firm, launched a $30m co-investment fund in collaboration with Business Finland Venture Capital. The fund will invest in early-stage startups alongside investor groups of angel investors.

Venture Capital 59

Venture Capital Angel Investors Funds Startups 59

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 12, 2010

Even more problematic was the number of angel investors who wanted in that I had to say no to. We’ll have to figure that issue out, because NYC has a lot of experienced angels that aren’t well known that I want to get out in front of more startups. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

Startups 84

Startups Law Firms Angel Investors Venture Capital 84

FinSMEs

JANUARY 25, 2024

in new cash led by Montage Ventures with participation from Techshop SGR, alongside other angel investors, with the remaining €1.6m The funding round will provide €2.3m in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

Angel Investors 64

Angel Investors Startups Funds Venture Capital 64

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 30, 2019

I was reminded yesterday how much of a s**t show raising seed capital via SAFE notes is. They put the founder in the difficult position of promising an amount of ownership to an angel/seed investor that they cannot actually deliver down the round when the notes convert. I have never been a fan of convertible notes.

Angel Investors 84

Angel Investors Venture Capital Financing Finance 84

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. I was there, too.

Startups 115

Startups Venture Capital Financing Finance 115

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

applications are due this Monday the 31st ) The company said no because their main angel investor didn't think it was a good idea to let an audience see their pitch. They knew it wasn't a controlling share, but it was the bulk of their angel capital and they couldn't have worked on their company without it.

Companies 113

Companies Angel Investors Buyout Stakes 113

SuperAngel.Fund

AUGUST 21, 2024

Rex Woodbury has this great piece on the state of Venture Capital as it grows into a more mature asset class and adjusts to an economy contending with a positive interest rate environment. The ability to raise multi-billion-dollar funds prompted the largest venture firms to begin acting more like established asset management firms.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital Angel Investors Startups Asset Management 52

FinSMEs

JULY 12, 2023

The round was led by Adrian Fenty at MaC Venture Capital with participation from YCombinator, Soma Capital, Atlanta Ventures and several angel investors, including Gene Lee (Ramp), Eric Feldman (Bolt), David Tsao (BillionToOne), Austen Allred […] The post Gradia Health Raises $4.2M in Seed funding.

Angel Investors 52

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Capital 52

FinSMEs

AUGUST 24, 2023

The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, with participation from other venture capital firms such as Hustle Fund, Amand Ventures, Black Kite Capital, and angel investors. Pi-xcels, a Singapore-based provider of digital receipt solutions, raised US$1.7M in funding. in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

Angel Investors 52

Angel Investors Funds Venture Capital Capital 52

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Fund investing can be additive to your angel investing and there are two main arguments for it: Getting indirect benefits from being invested in one or more funds. Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. That’s why it might be worth not just being in one fund, but in several.

Leveraging 103

Leveraging Portfolios Deal Flow Funds 103

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JULY 25, 2016

Is every Uber angel investor likely to be the finder of the next big deal? So before you start aiming to work with or follow "top" investors, think long and hard about what you're getting yourself into and what you're likely to experience. Also, it could have been just dumb luck that isn't likely to be replicated again.

Investors 100

Investors Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds 100

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

When I raised money from 21 angel investors, only one of them told me I wasn’t raising enough money. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. They’ve seen this model play out time and time again. Entrepreneurs often dismiss the “haters”, but I think there’s really something to that.

Angel Investors 110

Angel Investors Venture Capital Funds Investors 110

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APRIL 1, 2013

These crowdfunded companies will pour a lot of new money into the market for human capital, driving salaries up. Plus, I've heard, and can anecdotally corroborate, that most angel investors put 70% of all the money they will ever put into startups to work in their very first year of angel investing.

Crowdfunding 110

Crowdfunding Pension Funds Angel Investors Startups 110

SuperAngel.Fund

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This lesson applies beyond eCommerce— I've found it to be just as critical in venture capital. For most people, you need to build a brand in venture to be successful. The amazing thing is that once you've built it, your brand does all the marketing behind the scenes for you.

Angel Investors 52

Angel Investors Venture Capital Assets Capital 52

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 4, 2011

One of the most knowledgeable angel investors out there, Jeff Stewart , told me that the definition of success as an entrepreneur was when you walk into work, and there's nothing for you to do. At that point, you've hired someone better than you at all of the tasks you did previously as a founder.

Angel Investors 106

Angel Investors Startups Companies Investors 106

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

This week, we speak with Albert Wenger , Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures. thru the company’s sale to Yahoo and was an angel investor in Etsy and Tumblr. Wenger is the author of World After Capital , describing the shift to a “Knowledge Age” and its implications for businesses & society.

Angel Investors 80

Angel Investors Capital Investors Companies 80

SuperAngel.Fund

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Investors are spending more time vetting performance proof points, and milestones during the due diligence process. Angel investors are leading the way with first checks in most pre-seed deals. What’s your impression of the current state of angel investing and venture capital? What do you think?

Due Diligence 52

Due Diligence Startups Angel Investors Buyout 52