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The TechCoastAngels , Southern California's most active , organized angelinvestment group, has a goal: cut down the time it takes to fund a startup presenting to the organization.
We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the TechCoastAngels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar.
The TechCoastAngels announced this morning that it has had a first close on its Angel Capital Entrepreneurial (ACE) Fund 1, the firm's new early-stage investment fund. The fund--which has been in the works since last year--is aimed at making it easier for the TCA to move quickly to invest in companies.
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Today's insights & opinion column comes from Frank Peters, Chairman Emeritus of the TechCoastAngels, and podcaster at the Frank Peters Show (www.frankpetersshow.com). Frank takes a look at the angelinvesting process, and thinks about how to make it better: There must be a better way.
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Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. . The group invested $8.7 million in 2010. million in 2010.
Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures. Through TechCoastAngels, he has screened in excess of four hundred start-up companies.
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was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and TechCoastAngels. 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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I’ve been seeing individual Angels with deep pockets beginning to frequent accelerators looking for a chance to participate in seed rounds. I’m personally aware of several TCA and Pasadena Angels members who are actively investing, and then sponsoring companies at their respective groups. So what do we do?
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