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  • Jan
    26
    2012
    Angel Investors Play Big Role For Start-Ups, Think Tank Says
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    Posted by Shannon Lee, last week.
    From WSJ - The total capital raised from angel investors in the U.S. in 2009 was $17.7b, compared to $18.7b for VCs according to a report by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. While VCs are prone to supporting high-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley, and less risky late-stage start-ups, angels are more likely to "support entrepreneurs in their own back yards", funding typically $25,000 - $500,000. Angel investors are also increasingly investing in biotechnology and health-related...
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  • Aug
    22
    2011
    Recent Exit Trends of Venture Backed Companies
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    Posted by Shannon Lee, Aug 22, 2011.
    The net return on venture investing tends to cluster in the bi-modal distribution, i.e. a substantial, or poor return. SVB Analytics has put together an eye-opening report on venture-backed company exits. The data is broken down by several industry types - software, hardware, biopharmaceuticals and medical devices/equipment. While there are a variety of takeaways, it does re-emphasize the relative difficulty in attaining "successful exits" (as defined separately by industry), exit prices...
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  • Aug
    10
    2011
    The Philadelphia Metro Area Life Science Angel Scene
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    Posted by Shannon Lee, Aug 10, 2011.
    At a recent panel presentation, several principals of angel groups based in Philadelphia discussed the role of angel groups in funding emerging life science companies, detailing their respective groups' life science investments over the last five years. The panel included Jeff Nicholas, a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP and the Managing Director of Delaware Crossing, Ellen Edelmen Weber, the Executive Director of Robin Hood Ventures, J. David Owens, an investor in the Mid-Atlantic Angel...
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  • Jul
    14
    2011
    NJEDA Matching funds
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    Posted by Marshall Yang, Jul 14, 2011.
    New Jersey Economic Development Authority invests in early stage companies and promotes local commerce. They have funds for early and expansion-stage companies, that match the private investment they get from angels and VCs. Some of the funds:         The Edison Innovation Angel Growth Fund (www.njeda.com/AngelGrowthFund) provides up to $250,000 in subordinated convertible debt financing for technology companies with minimum trailing 12 month commercial revenues of $500,000...
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  • May
    25
    2011
    DreamIt Philadelphia Fall 2011 Application is open!
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    Posted by Marshall Yang, May 25, 2011.
    DreamIt Ventures, a startup accelerator program with a strong track record, opened application to its Philadelphia Fall program, running from Sep 9 through Dec 16. To apply, click here. They also partner with Comcast Interactive Capital, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, to select five minority-led startups under the Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (MEAP). To learn more, click here.
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  • Mar
    28
    2011
    Board Package
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    Posted by Marshall Yang, Mar 28, 2011.
    DDC, a startup developing business document sharing software and Morgan Lewis, a law firm serving the entrepreneurial community, authored a very handy guide in compiling and distributing the board package. "Board what?" many of my friends working on their early-stage companies may ask. When investors such as Robin Hood Ventures write checks to a company, we usually require a seat in the company's board of directors (see our Screening Criteria). The board meets periodically...
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  • Feb
    12
    2011
    PowerPoint Font - Size Matters
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    Posted by Marshall Yang, Feb 12, 2011.
    I know how much information in a presentation slide entrepreneurs want to convey. Guy Kawasaki, a VC and the former chief evangelist of Apple, however claims that text-heavy presentation slides give him vertigo. He recommend entrepreneurs to use at least 30-point font, to highlight contents that reflect the company value the best (read his blog post here). Pennsylvania State engineering communication Professor Michael Alley agrees with him, recommending 28-point (read more of his presentation...
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  • Dec
    03
    2010
    Angel Investing - Most Frequently Asked Questions
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    Posted by Ellen Weber, Dec 03, 2010.
    What's the difference between Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists?  What are Angel Groups and how do they work?  What makes a company a good candidate for angel investment?  We hear this questions all the time, and thought we'd put together an overview of angel investing.  Please feel free to share this overview.
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  • Aug
    17
    2010
    Super-Angels - the latest trend in the entrepreneurial eco-system
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    Posted by Kevin Chu, Aug 17, 2010.
    There is a lot of controversy in the entrepreneurial ecosystem these days.  Are VC funds too big?  Is the new VC trend of doing some really early deals a good idea?  Have angel groups created a bad cycle by preferring post-revenue companies?   The latest catalyst to the eco-system – the rise of the super-angels, a growing segment of start-up investors raising new smaller funds.  How will this new class of investors effect the eco-system? Click here to read the full...
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  • Apr
    27
    2010
    Angels Revising Proposed Bill on Early Stage Investing
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    Posted by Ellen Weber, Apr 27, 2010.
    There has been a great deal of press lately about the proposed "Dodd Bill" that was designed to protect investors from Madoff-type schemes.  In creating the bill, there were two key changes that had the potential to quash angel investing: raising the limits for accredited angels and requiring an entrepreneurial company raising funds to notify the SEC and get clearance, as well as all states in which the company is raising funds.  The good news is that thanks to an intense lobbying...
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