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Insights & Opinions: Angel Investors - Do They Charge Fees?

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One of the biggest questions we get from entrepreneurs is if they should be having to pay to present to angel groups. Joe Platnick , a member of the Pasadena Angels , talks about whether fees are ever appropriate to present to an angel investors group. Imagine also that the requests for.

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Counting Angels

Steve Reich

Mark Suster wrote a great piece in July giving his answer: “If all else fails, angel-load away! If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. It’s not terrible, it’s just not ideal if you can avoid it.

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

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Instead, I found some early, lead investors from the Pasadena Angels, who connected me with the Tech Coast Angels and Maverick Angels. You have to get a lot of angel investors together to get a seed round, and the next round of a couple of million is quite hard as well.

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The Secret to Success with Angel Investors

Steve Reich

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.