Cleveland Whiskey built its credibility before
approaching angel investors for money and mentorship.
Robb and Coleman reported findings from a 2014 survey that women founders prefer to rely on personal sources of financing and are three times less likely to
approach angel investors or venture capitalists for equity financing.
In this Podcast, Jeremy Glaser, Co-Chair of the Mintz Levin Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Practice, discusses with Mike Krenn, President of the San Diego Venture Group, how Mike advises entrepreneurs to identify and
approach angel investors and venture capitalists and his recommended best practices for writing pitch decks and executive summaries.
Not exact matches
«These industries are so antiquated, but nobody's
approached them because it's very hard to dynamically change an industry or really innovate if you don't inherently use it and understand it at its core,» says Zak, who is also an
angel investor in female - oriented condom startup Sustain.
My point is that such an
approach is likely to be D.O.A. Venture capitalists and serious
angel investors are often deluged with unsolicited proposals, which sit in slush piles waiting to be opened.
For example, venture capital fund managers and
angel investors tend to put more emphasis on both market and finance issues, so those are areas that you should focus on when
approaching these types of
investors.
Whereas traditionally a start - up with a promising idea would sell its business plan to interested
angel investors, later commit to sequential funding rounds in which venture capital
investors would provide scale - up financing in return for a slice of equity, before eventually pursuing an initial public offering (if very successful) to sell some or all of its shares to the general public, the ICO can offer a novel and much faster
approach.
So when the
angel market was
approached there was almost immediate adverse reaction to the $ 10 million price tag, some
investors rightly worrying about pain it would cause the family and friends group if funds had to be raised below the absurdly high $ 10 million level.
We only
approach angels and other sophisticated
investors who can accurately weigh the risk / reward potential of SureGene.