SuperAngel.Fund

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Whenever I meet a new founder who’s raising money for their startup, after hearing their pitch I immediately outline three things: I explain each step of my due diligence process and timeline I share the parameters for how I assess a potential investment along with what, if any, additional information or resources I need I share my initial impressions (..)

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SuperAngel.Fund

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Whenever I meet a new founder who’s raising money for their startup, after hearing their pitch I immediately outline three things: I explain each step of my due diligence process and timeline I share the parameters for how I assess a potential investment along with what, if any, additional information or resources I need I share my initial impressions (..)

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I'm all for helping people out, but they don't understand is that they're competing with the startup that is already at the center of their industry for that next investor dollar. I'm not a publisher, so I have to rely on my network to do due diligence. They're looking for help with core competencies they should already have.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 20, 2022

I told him the story of how I bumped into Rikki Tahta walking through the garment district in NYC in the spring of 2011 and Rikki told me he was working on a Bitcoin startup. I replied, “a what coin startup?” You don’t need to do much due diligence on these. I did and I was hooked.

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SuperAngel.Fund

JANUARY 19, 2024

In doing so, startups are often willing to maintain their previous valuation creating a favorable situation for both parties. For founders too, when possible, many also prefer to raise from their existing investor base so as to maintain consistency and optimize for speed in due diligence and closing. So - why is 2023 different?

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

billion of total commitments, to invest in European and North American early-stage tech startups. This makes it the largest fund of its kind targeting early-stage European startups. Among the 27% of respondents to integrate AI, all were doing so to improve deal sourcing, 92% portfolio management, and 85% deal due diligence (see fig.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 21, 2016

They mostly participated in real estate transactions--an asset class where actual due diligence is conducted, deals take months, even years to close, and assets are sometimes held for decades. It's an asset class built on relationships. A lot of these people have started getting into the angel investing world.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Personally, I learned an important lesson when I was raising the seed round for my startup, but I didn''t learn it until we folded almost two years later. Running a startup is going to be difficult. Tough questions are a godsend. Something isn''t going to go your way--product development, hiring, revenues.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

The venture unit had set up a $332 million fund in 2019 to focus on European startups. Venture financing into startups during the second quarter fell about 60% in Europe to €12.3 It has since slowed dramatically. billion from a year earlier, according to data from PitchBook. billion ($3.72

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 9, 2020

If you’re constantly reading that this system isn’t built to help you—and you aren’t finding any experiences to the contrary, your likelihood of just throwing your hands up and bailing from startups is higher. Don’t get me wrong—I’m still going to be super direct and honest, but it doesn’t have to feel brutal.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2018

Here's something else to consider--the getting to know you phase has very different expectations than the due diligence phase. Founders worried about this need to stop acting as if investors have never seen a startup before. On top of all this, what about your own due diligence as a founder?

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Try to guess who my first due diligence call is for your company and get to them first before I bastardize your pitch to them. I'm sorry is this a startup or are you a Scientologist? Are you blogging really insightful takes on your industry? Submitting content to publications I read? Getting quoted? Other tips? Disagreements?

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SuperAngel.Fund

MARCH 24, 2023

Though impossible to see in the heat of the moment, it is obvious looking back that those experiences gave me the major competitive advantage that I have today: founder empathy and a unique understanding of the startup journey. Nearly a decade after it closed, I still get asked why RetailMLS did not work out. We hit it off on the first call.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When I read the first draft of the private fund rule, my first reaction was that the SEC must have subpoenaed a few hundred operational due diligence reports written by knowledgeable ODD practitioners across the industry. billion last August amid a downturn in technology stocks. There are many implications to the private fund rule.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 30, 2010

Startups, on the other hand, have lots of little failures and successes over time. A lot of startups, however, don't seem to realize this. Instead, believing that they've only got one shot to win over an investor, startups often pitch far too late and fail to build a relationship over time with an investor.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Look no further than the Madoff scandal to show that when you build your dealflow entirely based on trust, or willingness to pay tolls, as opposed to sophisticated investment due diligence and analysis, things can break down. That's actually how the startup investing world used to work. Open is better for both sides.

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Axial

MAY 23, 2023

We bring a technology-enabled playbook of analytics and automation commonly used in high-growth Silicon Valley startups to our portfolio companies.” The firm utilizes experienced operators to help expedite due diligence and identify ways to unlock value.”

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential. These investments require thorough due diligence, careful selection of companies or projects and a deep understanding of the industry and market dynamics.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential. These investments require thorough due diligence, careful selection of companies or projects and a deep understanding of the industry and market dynamics.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

Matt Levine : 00:21:48 Like there are fascinating stories about like, this is not in public companies, this is not the problem at all, but like ride sharing startups like SoftBank was fi financing all these ride sharing startups, right? 00:33:08 Who, who is advising him to waive due diligence?

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Fortune Financial

MAY 4, 2023

Yet, it’s important to do due diligence and carefully research each investment opportunity before making any decisions. Venture Capital Another option is to invest in private 3D printing startups through venture capital firms. Some of the leading companies include Stratasys, 3D Systems and Materialise.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 30, 2024

“More than a decade as a former operator taught me that these projects are notoriously difficult due to a lack of viable, scalable technical approaches to implementing essential controls exactly where and how they’re needed. As of December 31, 2023, the firm has over $80B in regulatory assets under management.

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SuperAngel.Fund

OCTOBER 27, 2023

However harsh these macroeconomic shifts are for startups seeking capital, for investors like us with a long term approach, patience and dry powder, it presents the opportunity to capitalize on extremely favorable valuations. With this, they can tap into startups and talent worldwide, thus increasing investment prospects.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 25, 2024

Investments in climate-focused technology are a growing priority for TVG, which manages about $7-billion in assets and typically backs tech companies that are moving past their startup stage and looking for funds to help them grow more quickly. In 2019, she was named as an officer of the Order of the British Empire.

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MAY 11, 2015

E-mail is networking, deal work, due diligence. In case you're curious what the deal funnel means for my time, I did that, too: Seeing an opportunity could mean an e-mail, a calendar request, a pitch at a demo day, a news item, a LinkedIn position change--really anything that makes me conscious that a new startup might exist.

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MAY 5, 2011

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. The only problem is that using Twitter or Craigslist as your primary case studies of how to build a startup is like standing in a cornfield trying to get struck by lightning on a clear day. Ashton Kutcher.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And the investment bankers at that time were just — every time we went to a meeting on due diligence, is this a good company or not, all they wanted to do was talk about the fee splits. RITHOLTZ: So this is in pouring money into startups like venture does. So I’m proud of our role in it.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2010

Jason Pressman, Shasta Ventures : "First board meetings always are a bit scary b/c you actually find out what is going on so my advice to both sides (investors and entrepreneurs) is to have no surprises due to a transparent, thoughtful and engaged due diligence process.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From his numerous SEC violations (“Funding secured”) to smoking weed on the Joe Rogan show to the misguided and wildly overpriced “due-diligence free” purchase of Twitter , one must question the quality of counsel he receives when making major decisions. To say nothing about competitive startups like Lucid and Rivian.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Real Assets Invested US$500,000 in Mombak, a Brazil-based venture-backed carbon removal startup investment manager focused on reforesting the Amazon, and committed up to US$30 million to The Amazon Restoration Fund. The executive summary and full paper are available here.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 15, 2023

Morningstar ) • Due Diligence: Using ESG as a Risk Mitigator : Although seldom apparent in financial statements, environmental, social and governance deficiencies can come out of nowhere and slam investors. Remains Far From Recession : The pandemic’s aftereffects fuel economic resilience despite rising interest rates.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: Well, you know, I’m glad you brought up Apple because I think of all the things Steve Jobs did that made the kind of rebirth of Apple possible, the first was on the original iTunes disruption, he told the team, and this is, I think, well documented, act like you’re a startup. Don’t worry about legacy effects.

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