Todd Vernon has today’s great post of the day titled Angel Financing. Todd is the CEO of Lijit (one of our portfolio companies – if you are a blogger – go check it out) and just completely nails the different types of angel investors and the issues surrounding how an angel financing works. This is […]
Q: Convertible notes are popular instruments for angel investors when a future VC round might occur. But, if it takes longer to get to the venture round than you thought (doesn’t it always?) what happens when the note comes due? Can one investor call the note and put you out of business? A: (Jason). Yes, technically […]
David Cohen – the ringleader of TechStars – has a good post up titled Thoughts from the west out east, and vice versa. Last week David was a guest speaker at the Northeast Regional Investor Conference held in Portsmouth, NH. In addition to running TechStars, David is an active angel investor in Colorado and had a […]
Q: I’m CEO of a venture backed startup. In addition to my VCs, I have about 20 angel investors from the Series A round. What is the appropriate way to handle information requests from smaller angel investors who want copies of my board presentations and monthly financials? These angels do not have information rights, but […]
Q: It seems that many VCs do angel deals on the side. For early stage (or even mid stage) VCs, how is this justified to their LPs? Wouldn’t VCs have the ability to select the best deals for their own cash and leave the LPs to invest later (through the fund) on at a higher […]
Question: Hey Guys, I’m new to the CEO gig and want to keep my angel investors informed with some sort of regular communication…Maybe a quarterly or even monthly letter. What kind of things should I put into it? What are they going to want to hear about? How do I keep from saying something stupid, […]
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