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Websites
  • Keiretsu Forum
    "Keiretsu Forum is the world’s largest angel investor network with 750 accredited investor members throughout eighteen chapters on three continents. Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $180m in 200 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential."
  • ActiveCapital
    Formerly known as Angel Capital Electronic Network, (ACE-Net), Active Capital is a matchmaking service between accredited investors and entrepreneurs. They also provide additional resources for entrepreneurs, such as information on how to properly comply with regulations.
  • Alliance of Angels
    "The Alliance of Angels is the Pacific Northwest's premier non-profit angel investment organization, comprising of more than 100 accredited investors and representatives of investment firms who invest in early-stage companies in technology and other high-growth sectors."
  • Angel Blog
    AngelBlog is a forum for experienced entrepreneurs and successful angel investors to develop and share ideas on how to improve their skills and tools for rapidly growing successful tech companies.
  • Angel Investment Network
    A match-making website to connect entrepreneurs to angel investors. Fees are not assessed until a connection is made.
  • Angel Investor News
    News, articles, and resources for entrepreneurs and angel investors.
  • Angel Organization Summit's Angel Directory
    A comprehensive directory of regional and national angel investing groups.
  • AngelDeals.com
    Connecting entrepreneurs, investors, opportunities, and resources. Includes a business card exchange.
  • AngelSearch
    Fee-based search by location, net worth, investment interests, and more.
  • Atlanta Technology Angels
    Angel investor group in the Atlanta region.
  • Band of Angels
    Angel investor group in the Silicon Valley region. Group concentrates on high-tech companies.
  • Commerce Net
    CommerceNet provides "an open network of businesses exchanging services with each other." In addition, the company "invests in many types of endeavors, often taking an equity stake in companies in return for the resources."
  • Funding Universe
    Online forum for matching angel investors and entrepreneurs. One of the better networks for this kind of activity.
  • FundingPost
    FundingPost connects entrepreneurs with Angel and VC investors, both online and at live regional events.
  • Gathering of Angels
    The Gathering Of Angels is an Angel Investor Forum where 6 companies provide a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation. Each presenter is charged a $2500. Included in the GOA presentation fee is 3 hours of virtual coaching, mentoring and consulting from GOA CEO Tarby Bryant.
  • Investors' Circle
    Investors' Circle is an angel network consisting of over 200 angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations, family offices, and others dedicated to promoting entrepreneurs who have ventures in sustainability, social and environmental responsibility.
  • New Mexico Angels
    Angel investment group based in Albuquerque, NM.
  • Pasadena Angels
    Angel investor group in Pasadena.
  • Tech Coast Angels
    "Tech Coast Angels is California's largest angel investor network, with over 300 members from virtually every background and industry."
  • Tribe of Angels- Jewish Business Network
    The Tribe of Angels is an angel organization designed to address the needs of Jewish investors, entrepreneurs, and executives. The networking group has more than 5000 members, and has operations in Boston, California, Chicago, Connecticut, New York, and Israel. Unsolicited applications are no longer accepted-- email contact for recommendation.
  • Venture Hype
    Venture Hype is a networking and educational resource for angel investors. If you're an entrepreneur and you want to look at your business through the eyes of an investor, this is a good place to start.
  • Virgin Money
    Virgin Money, one of Richard Branson's many ventures, helps to structure and document small loans among friends and family.
  • Winter Park Angels
    An angel group located in Central Florida.

Articles
  • Top Ten Tips On Raising Angel Financing Today
    "If your business is a picnic, then the financing environment is like the weather. You cannot change it, you must make adjustments for it in your business plan and BEFORE you start raising money. i.e. you can't beat mother nature and other forces far greater than you."
  • Angel Financing: Dos and Don'ts for Entrepreneurs
    Any entrepreneur who hopes to raise capital from individual investors, so-called 'angels,' should be prepared with a presentation, business plan, list of potential angels, and outline of the opportunity his or her new venture affords.
  • Angel Investors Get Picky
    "Competition for startup cash is tougher than ever, and companies that might have sought venture capital in the past are turning to angels."
  • Angel Power – An Angel Survey
    This is a rather dated survey, but the general conclusions are valid.
  • Check Out Your Investors
    Why you need to do due diligence on your investors before you take their money.
  • Do-It-Yourself Angel Round
    Getting serious about growing your company but can't afford to hire an investment bank? Here's how Mark Torrance, CEO of StockMaster, raised capital without surrendering big chunks of equity.
  • Earning Your Wings
    Angel investors are getting tougher. To land seed money, you should, too. (Inc Magazine - January 2005)
  • Founders, Family, Friends, and Fools
    "While venture capitalists retreated to lick their wounds after the Tech Wreck, informal investors filled the void. The result: a boom in startups, according to a new survey."
  • How to find your angel investor
    "It takes money to make money. Use these heavenly hints to attract the early-stage funding you need to get your new business off the ground."
  • How to Think Like an Angel
    A brief primer on what Angels want to see.
  • Local Area Network
    "By opting to keep her high-tech start-up, Thermagon Inc., in Cleveland, founder Carol Latham was able to leverage her local ties to build a sophisticated network of investors and employees."
  • Making Friends: The Name of the Angel Game
    Looking for individual investors, known as "angels," to finance your company? Then heed the adage, "It's not what you know but whom you know."
  • New Breed of High-risk, Early-stage Venture Cpitalist
    The $170 million acquisition of Mint.com vindicated a new breed of early-stage investor that is betting aggressively on startups while big-name venture capital firms conserve capital and shy away from risk. These so-called super angels are taking VC back to its roots, when firms were smaller, nimbler, and more adept at helping to build companies from the ground up.
  • Seven Steps to Heaven
    "Funding for entrepreneurial businesses has completely dried up, right? Wrong. Angel investors -- long a tried-and-true source of capital for young businesses -- have not hung up their wings."
  • Smart Money
    One company founder decided to seek investors with expertise as well as money.
  • The New Rules of Angel Investing
    "The rules of the game of angel investing have changed in the post-crisis world. The average deal size shrank by 31 percent in the first half of [2009]... Angels are still financing deals, but at lower valuations and with more specific milestones. They have grown more picky and less tolerant of risk... In tight times, only the absolute stars rise to the top to receive funding. If they want to have a chance, they’ve got to be well prepared."
  • The True Costs of Raising Money
    "You probably don't have a clue what it really costs to raise the capital you need to fund your business. This expert spells it out for you."
  • What does it take to impress an angel investor?
    The kinds of businesses that attract angel investors.

Tools & Utilities
  • High Tech Startup Valuation Estimator
    Wondering what your pre-money valuation will be if a VC ever puts a term sheet on the table? Answer the following questions, and we'll calculate an approximate range for you. Of course, every situation is different, so your mileage may vary.
  • Sample Angel Investor Term Sheet
    Preferred stock private placement term sheet used by Silicon Valley's Band of Angels.
  • Sample Bridge Loan Promissory Note
    Sample (and simple) promissory note sample used by Silicon Valley's Band of Angels.


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