Angel Questions

My product is in development. By Feb 5th a beta should be released. For the mean time aside from getting traffic to prelaunch what else should I do ? I am the nontech founder. So Far I have...

Getting Started Advisors Venture Capital Angel

asked Jan 28 '13 at 06:22

Ted
1 point

I am the sole founder and owner of a limited company. I am considering to find an angel investor not only for financial reasons but also to have somebody experienced to give valuable input -...

Board Angel Investors

asked Dec 6 '12 at 03:39

Dan
49 points

We are in our seed round and the investors are asking for preferred shares of the company and terms that they own a percentage of the code/software and a percentage of the patent rights. We are...

Finance Startup Costs Angel Investors Seed

asked Nov 30 '12 at 14:46

Devin Shavenoff
8 points

How can I expose my startup to seed and angel investors instead of cold calling them? Is there any way to get feedback from them? In Silicon Valley or other major startup scenes.

Pitch Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Dec 1 '12 at 09:46

John S
184 points

We are not so much a start up company; been doing business for over 7 years and started off with an investor which was considered a loan with interest. Now we are up to receive anywhere from...

Equity Angel Investors Valuation

asked Nov 16 '12 at 18:01

Andrea Wilson
6 points

Imagine the following scenario: 1 founder and self proclaimed CEO , created an idea for a new website internet services, and started developing it. The core of the system is done, he decides that...

Co-Founder Hiring Angel Founders

asked Oct 15 '12 at 02:26

South
176 points

I read several blogs and interview of several Angel investors. My understanding is they are mostly asking for Preferred Stocks. What are most common terms and conditions they lay down in Preferred...

Angel Stocks

asked Aug 29 '12 at 07:51

Gaurav Agarwal
107 points

There is a clause Automatic Converstion in Series AA termsheet of Y-Combinator which says Each share of Preferred will automatically convert into common stock, at the then applicable conversion...

Angel Term Sheet

asked Aug 30 '12 at 20:28

Gaurav Agarwal
107 points

The investor is very excited but he seems very slow on the deal. We've been in communication for 3 weeks. I recently gave him access to the invesment package. But There was A tech issue on a...

Negotiation Angel

asked Jul 25 '12 at 04:49

Zapoo
303 points

First off I'm very glad to have found this exchange because a lot of questions will be forthcoming from me. The skinny: I started a new business a couple months ago, an LLC. My skill set is in...

Getting Started Venture Capital Angel

asked Jul 26 '12 at 10:51

Manchine
104 points

We been going back and forth on emails and spoke on phone once. He lives outside of USA. The Angel said he loves the deal, but he won't take the deal seriously unless he has the full scope of the...

Negotiation Angel

asked Aug 3 '12 at 09:21

Zapoo
303 points

How bad (or good) is it to say something like, "We plan to exit via an IPO" on exit strategy to an angel investor?

Angel

asked Jul 13 '12 at 10:41

Yos
6 points

I consider contacting a few potential angel investors through E-mail, for my yet to be founded startup. My Executive Summary is ready to be sent, but I'm wondering if its safe to send it right...

Angel Business Plan Investors

asked Jul 22 '12 at 02:51

Orchestrator
149 points

Basically I have been lucky to get spotted by some angel investors and will be signing £60,000 for 60% of my current business come thursday, which will really boost my start-up massively and...

Contract Equity Angel Investors

asked Jul 4 '12 at 07:18

Owen O'neill
83 points

It appears that in order to raise angel investor financing for my first-of-it's-kind product startup ($500K+ minimum) I will have to give up the whole dream within a few years in an exit...

Angel Exit Strategy

asked Jun 7 '12 at 00:17

Novati
11 points

I've $100,000 from my personal money for a new company. I was thinking about going to Austin, TX, as I've heard Silicon Valley is more to raise money than to actually develop apps. Viewing all the...

Venture Capital Angel Business Plan Fundraising

asked May 25 '12 at 23:55

Hartator
116 points

My associate and I are doing a website and we have absolutely no cash. Altough, we made a demo, "a prototype" of our website. Would that demo and a solid pitch/business plan convince an angel...

Angel Investors Bootstrap

asked May 15 '12 at 21:24

Younès
120 points

Should we get angels to come in after we have made a prototype or should we wait until we have an established base of customers? We realize that we can't go to investors without a prototype to show...

Angel Prototype

asked Apr 29 '12 at 14:57

V B
24 points

Imagine you found a VC or Business Angel or other to invest in your project something around 200,000 USD. How long does it usually take to close the deal and get the money? (A min-max and average...

Funding Venture Capital Angel

asked May 1 '12 at 23:02

Denislexic
106 points

I am trying to raise funds for my patented idea. I looked into applying to ABC's Shark Tank tv show. Does anyone have any experience with the show? I submitted my idea to season 4 casting on Shark...

Angel Investors

asked Apr 9 '12 at 02:33

Laura Young
6 points