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Angel Investing Episodes

June 11, 2020

CEO, Republic Crowdfunding Platform tells about equity crowdfunding -…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our guest speaker is Chuck Pettid, the CEO, Republic Crowdfunding Platform - one of the largest equity crowdfunding platforms in the US. And he explains how equity crowdfunding works, who should consider it, how is it different from regular crowdfunding platform…

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June 9, 2020

Applying to angel groups, raising money as a female founder and ways …

In this episode, Wendy Ryan Managing Director at Golden Seeds explains how GS works, what do they invest in and how to improve the chances of getting funded by an angel group. We also spent some time talking about free resources available to startup founders and Wendy named a lot of them, but here …

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June 8, 2020

Choosing the right city and country to fundraise and traveling overse…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Nicola Mattina co-founder and CEO of Stamplay tells about how he raised nearly $1 million in funding from across the world and how his company got acquired by Apple. In this episode we talk a lot about choosing the right physical location for fundraising - diff…

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June 5, 2020

Acquiring large customers while being a small startup - who should sp…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Andrew Ly, Founder and CEO at ticktBox explains how he managed to acquire a large customer early on and what effects it had on his company. We also talk about the acquisition of tickBox by ScreenEngine and about acquisitions in general - who should expect them, …

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June 3, 2020

Angel Investor, Limited Partner, Managing Partner and advisor to fami…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Wally Wang an Angel Investor, Limited Partner at OSS Capital and a Managing Partner at Scale Asia Ventures (sav.vc) tells about the current market situation from the multiple viewpoints that his experience gives him. We covered several different topics the most …

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May 31, 2020

How scouts work, how is fundraising for females different and where t…

In this episode, Kim Patel angel investor and scout at Female Funded Club (https://www.femalefoundedclub.com/) in this episode talks about the work of scouts, how founders should reach out to scouts and where should female founders start in their fundraising process. Touched onto many interesting t…

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May 28, 2020

10 minute pitch bringing over 300k in investment - how to get in fron…

John Kao, founder of EdgeMakers that was recently acquired by Coded Minds and who raised $16 million explains how he managed to raise his first round at the idea stage by giving the right pitch to the right person. If you want to get some inspiration - this episode is for you. Generally the content…

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May 27, 2020

First steps in your marketing campaign prior to starting raising fund…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Matt Pru - Managing Partner at Stackmatix, tells about angel investing, the basics of marketing and gives wonderful recommendations on the books to read. If you want to make sure that your marketing is in order before starting raising money - check out this epis…

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May 27, 2020

$107.6 million raised - the role of a CTO in the fundraising process …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Adrian Druzgalski, co-founder and CTO at Radius Intelligence that raised $107.6 million and survived the 2008 financial crisis tells about the role of a CTO in the fundraising process of the startup, explains how he thinks founders should deal with the financial…

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May 25, 2020

Building tech team, outsourcing development, hiring contractors and a…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Vivek Kumar, Director at Dolby Laboratories explains how startup founders should work on the technical side of the project - when to switch from contractors to full-time developers, how to outsource your development and who should consider doing this. And of cou…

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May 24, 2020

Tinder ex-Chief Product Officer, Ravi Mehta tells about pros and cons…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Ravi Mehta, the ex-CPO at Tinder tells about his experience in working with Gen Z and about building dating apps, he also had experience working for Facebook focusing on acquiring startups that were working with Gen Z users and we touch onto M&A subject here as…

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May 22, 2020

Starting raising funds early on - how to get ahead of the curve and i…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Ryan Morris President at Meson Capital, Executive Chairman at Software Motor Company and founder of Belichka tells about his experience in raising money for large and small companies. He explains how larger hard-tech companies secure funding and how is it diffe…

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May 20, 2020

How freemium model got acquired by Yandex and how small technology-en…

In this episode the co-founder and CEO of Orb Intelligence, Maria Grineva shares her story of starting a first company back in Russia that generated no revenue but still got acquired by one of the largest internet companies in Russia and then we talk about Orb Intelligence - how first sales are mad…

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May 18, 2020

Angel groups - how do they invest, how do they cooperate and how San …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our speaker, Alan Fisher - member and angel investor at Sand Hill Angels tells about the major differences between angel groups, explains how Sand Hill Angels work and who should consider applying. He also covers some resources available for founders that are pr…

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May 16, 2020

Friends and Family round - how to comply with the laws on such an ear…

Early stage fundraising can become a legal mess - mixing friends and business is always dangerous and might lead to serious legal issues. To help you guide through this process Yev Muchnik in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains what are some of the major regulations that you need to follow w…

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May 15, 2020

Building a complex technology? Learn how it should be done from Rapha…

In this episode Raphael Danilo - co-founder of Yobs Technologies and also an angel investor with 12 portfolio companies tells about fundraising for complicated technical solutions and what should early stage founders do if they think of building it.

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May 14, 2020

Reaching out to angel investors having a tiny network: recommendation…

In this episode Chris Lu, angel investor and investor at Employee Stock Option Fund gives a lot of recommendations for early stage founders - how can they reach out to angel investors if they don't have a good network, what books on fundraising should they read prior to raising funding and what he …

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May 13, 2020

Stealth mode = stealth money. Gabriele Sorrento whose company just go…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Gabriele Sorrento, the Co-Founder and CEO of Mindesk that was recently acquired by Vection Technologies tells how they fundraised, how and where to find investors and why is stealth mode a very bad choice for a startup.

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May 12, 2020

Co-founder and CEO of Whiplash, James Marks talks about getting acqui…

This episode is about going through struggles to reach success. James Marks, Co-founder and CEO of Whiplash explains how he sold his company and how it nearly got bankrupt because of a small mistake they made in the very beginning of this journey. We talked about the importance of legal side, how c…

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May 11, 2020

Influencers as advisors, advertisers and source of capital by an ex-N…

Want to get an NFL player to invest in your company? Want an NBA player to promote your product? Want to partner up with any type of celebrity? First check out this episode with an ex-NFL player - Bret E. Lockett who gives a lot of insights into this topic here on Fundraising Radio!

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May 10, 2020

San Diego Tech Coast Angels - President of TCA SD chapter, Caitlin We…

This episode draws the line under the previous two episodes about Tech Coast Angels - how it operates, how do chapters of TCA work together, how to choose the right chapter and much more. We also touched onto the topic of foundations and family offices and about ways that founders can get in touch …

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May 10, 2020

Orange County Tech Coast Angels, President at OC chapter of TCA - Dav…

President of Tech Coast Angels of the OC chapter tells about the value that OC TCA provides to founders, how it works with other angel groups, how should founders apply to TCA and how to choose the right chapter to apply to. Tons of great insights and much more in this episode with David Friedman!

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May 10, 2020

Los Angeles Tech Coast Angel's, Vice President at LA chapter of TCA -…

How does TCA work and who should apply to Tech Coast Angels in Los Angeles? Insights into the work of one of the largest angel groups in Southern California by the Vice President of Tech Coast Angel's Vice President - Digvijay (Sunny) Singh. 

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May 5, 2020

Early stage investing with Doug Lorenzen Partner at Moore Venture Par…

In this episode our guest speaker is Doug Lorenzen Partner at Moore Venture Partners, talking about fundraising for funds, applying to government support during covid-19 and using virtual lawyers as an alternative to hiring a full-time lawyer.

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