angel investor

also referred to as: angel investors

13 statements across 13 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 13 people on the record · first statement Jun 20, 2016 by Vincent Dignan · across every show →

Everything said about angel investor, oldest first

Jun 20, 2016
Insight
Dignan: Angel investors need hundreds of bets to make power laws work
“So if you're an angel investor, yeah, investing in two or three or four companies isn't enough. You need hundreds. So likewise is my consulting, like startups are like, let's give you some money and some equity. Like how many companies would I have to give my …”
Vincent Dignan Jun 20, 2016 ▶ 13:13 This Guy Might Be the Biggest Underground Growth Hacker Ever, EP 304: Vincent Dignan
Aug 22, 2016 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Amir: Angels demand minimum 3x liquidation return clauses in startup deals
“If you were to go out and raise angel funding, one thing you'll start noticing is that if your company, let's say, goes down for any reason or did not work out these angel investors have a clause in there that gets them at a minimum three times return.”
Hamza Amir Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 5:32 EP 394: Create SnapChat Stories Like Featured Brands, 20k Views Each Snap
Apr 23, 2017 negative
Insight
McGinnis: Top VCs only syndicate their lesser deals to outside angels
“And my view is if Kleiner is in this deal, I mean, I I'm honored to look at it. It's really nice, but they probably are showing it to me cause it's not one of their best ones. Because if it were that great, they'd take the whole thing themselves or they'd get,…”
Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 10:27 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis
Nov 14, 2017 negative
Opinion
Wilson found angel and institutional investors a poor fit for Convirza
“I have not found angel investors or investors in general to be a good source of revenue, a good source of investment for us.”
Jeremiah Wilson Nov 14, 2017 ▶ 14:25 843: SaaS: Call Tracking Convirza on $10m ARR, Major Acquisition to Double Business
Aug 23, 2018
Disclosure
Smith: BioWave Raised About $6M Pre-Revenue from Angels and VC
“About six million I raised from both angel investors and a venture capital investor.”
Brad Smith Aug 23, 2018 ▶ 9:05 1125 He's Sold $5m+ Of Magical Pad w/ 1,014 Needles Athletes Use to Kill Pain
Oct 7, 2018 positive
Insight
Herman: Unmotivated founders should directly ask investors to wind down
“Speaking as an angel investor, no investor wants to be involved in a company that the founders don't want to be involved in. So, you know, it's just going to take a long time to die, and it's going to be a long, painful death. So, so the best way, as hard as i…”
Will Herman Oct 7, 2018 ▶ 12:30 1170 Playbook he used for taking 3 companies public f\rom scratch
Mar 20, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Birdzell: Oil and Gas Analytics raised under $3M over five years
“The money we've raised over the past five years is less than three million.”
Luther Birdzell Mar 20, 2019 ▶ 12:48 1334 This $600k+ ARR SaaS Helps Oil and Gas Companies Predict Oil Well Production
Apr 12, 2019 neutral
Insight
Bates: Angel investors lack domain knowledge needed to fund seed AI startups
“One of the challenges we face, and I've seen other companies face, is for angel investors, there's a lack of knowledge to get the confidence to invest in these seed stage startups, and then startups have trouble connecting”
Alex Bates Apr 12, 2019 ▶ 9:16 1357 How He's Betting on the Future of AI
May 16, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
Savage: Wistia's tender offer provided roughly a 20x return to angel investors
“Yeah, I can. So there's the two rounds. There's different returns, but it was around 20 X.”
Chris Savage May 16, 2020 ▶ 14:56 1757 How Wistia Hit $18m Revenues, Used $17m Debt from ACCEL KKR To Buy Out $1.4m Seed Investors With Tender Offer
Jun 10, 2020 negative
Insight
Volset: Most Angel Investors Fail Due to Insufficient Portfolio Diversification
“I personally think that's why most angel investors do really poorly at the early stage of tech investing. It's because they don't have enough portfolio companies in their portfolio.”
Einar Volset Jun 10, 2020 ▶ 1:20:12 Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works
Oct 27, 2020
Disclosure
Dayton: Clearview Social raised $1.2M from angels and $300k loan
“That's about 1.2 from angels and about 300,000 from a government loan.”
Adrian Dayton Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 7:16 ClearView Is HootSuite for Lawyers, Hits $2.3m Revenue, Would Look at Exiting for $6m
Nov 27, 2021
Disclosure
Evans: Freeverse raised $500k in 2019 and just under $1M in 2021
“We raised half a million from angel investors. Then we raised just under a million earlier on this year.”
Alan Evans Nov 27, 2021 ▶ 3:28 NFT + SaaS Business Model Signs first 2 Customers, $5m Valuation
Aug 22, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bak: TabSuite served angel investors, VCs, SBA lenders, and government organizations
“We had everything from everyone from angel investors, single angel investors, all the way up to angel funds, all the way up to micro VCs, big VCs. We even had SBA lenders, government organizations”
Unat Bak Aug 22, 2022 ▶ 1:56 How he sold his $1m business for $20m Last Week
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