Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. . · YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

This experience led me to ask some questions: Does every angel investment have to be a home run? For entrepreneurs? DuWayne Peterson, founding chairman of the Pasadena Angels, told me we should be targeting companies that needed modest capital to hit a 3-5x outcome. Angel Investing pasadena angels'

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Most of the board was from the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels, and while they are good people--and frankly, from their point of view--it made sense not to nurse it along in their portfolio when a company isn't going to make it. Did you end up taking additional capital into the company?

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Steve Reich

JANUARY 20, 2013

The one group of investors you can count on to support you in a crisis are your Angels, and I saw two examples over the Holidays. Even in a crisis, Angels typically rally around their companies, rather than using the maximum leverage to drive harder deal terms.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. We talked to venture capitalists, but being here in Orange County, there''s not that much venture capital here right now. Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for? There was not a lot of work involved.

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Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. We had an advocate in each Angel group who aggressively lead the effort. Someone has to do the heavy lifting of advocating, organizing, and building enthusiasm about your company within their Angel group.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Personally, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, running companies with P and L responsibility for divisions, and watched with frustration as the Internet has grown up around us. When we thought we had the right mix, we went to look for angel capital, and raised $1.3M What's the idea behind Zubican?

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