Angel Insights | Your guide to angel investing

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Angel Insights | Your guide to angel investing episodes

August 12, 2015 3 Rules To Make Money As An Angel With Michael Blakey, Director @ Avonmore Developments
Michael Blakey is a director at Avonmore Developments, one of the leading seed and early stage funds with over 21 investments and several successful exits. Michael is primarily responsible for Avonmore’s deal sourcing and marketing. Prior to Avonmore, Michael was heavily involved with the roll-out of “Sainsbury’s To You” internet shopping and managed several projects including IT re-platforming of all Sainsbury’s HR and payroll systems. Whilst working at Sainsbury’s Michael made a number of early-stage investments and this lead him into joining Avonmore full time in 2002.
In Today’s Episode You Will Learn:
1.) How Michael made his move into the angel investing world?
2.) How has the angel investing landscape changed since Michael started in 2000?
3.) Why is it important to be an angel full time?
4.) What are the most beneficial ways angels can actively support their investments?
5.) How can angels act like VCs?
6.) What metrics does Michael focus on prior to making an investment?
7.) Does Michael like to invest alongside people and if so what characteristics does he look for in co-investors?
8.) A war story of one of Michael’s investments and how he developed through the experience?
Items Mentioned in Today’s Show
• Mark Suster: Both Sides of The Table (http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com)
• Fred Wilson: AVC (http://avc.com)
• MyDoc: The HealthCare Communication Service (https://www.my-doc.com)
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
26 min
August 05, 2015 How Investors Should Approach Startup Valuations With Philip Wilkinson, Angel Investor
Philip Wilkinson is a Serial Web Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and explorer of new, world-changing ideas. Philip’s entrepreneurial career began when he was 21 years old by building the UK's first ever price comparison site, Shopgenie. After securing £150k ShopGenie merged with the French company Kelkoo in 2000. Kelkoo was sold to Yahoo in 2004 for $540m. Since then Philip has co-founded a venture business that invested in and grew businesses such as BroadbandGenie (broadband and mobile comparison site), Crowdstorm (long tail price comparison), and Kopi (coffee subscription club). If that wasn’t enough Phil was also a co-founder and product director of a high end group buying site called Keynoir.com which secured funding from Index Ventures back in 2010. Keynoir eventually sold to Time Out. Phil’s investment portfolio includes the likes of InstaCart, Thread, Uncover and many more which can be found at www.philipwilkinson.co
In Today’s Incredible Episode You Will Learn:
1.) How Philip got into Angel Investing?
2.) What stage does Philip like to go in and what role does Philip take with his investments?
3.) What level of return does Philip look for when entering an investment?
4.) How does Philip handle deal flow and ensure he receives quality deal flow?
5.) Does Philip like investing with co-investors, if so what characteristics does he look for in his co-investors?
6.) What metrics does Philip look at when potentially investing in a startup?
7.)Are valuations much higher for accelerator alumni from prestigious organisations, such as, Techstars or YC?
8.)How does Philip determine the valuation of startups?
Items Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Philip’s Fave Angel Investing Resource: Jason Calacanis: This Week In Startups (http://thisweekinstartups.com)
Phil’s Most Recent Investment: Uncover (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/uncover-londons-best-restaurants./id920033081?mt=8)
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
28 min
July 30, 2015 Sonny Singh - missed opportunities and being an active angel
Sonny is a seasoned sales and business development executive with 15 years experience in helping grow technology companies. Sonny is currently Chief Commercial Officer at BitPay, the largest processor of bitcoin in the world. Prior to BitPay, Sonny was VP of Sales at Jumio and is currently an advisor at Lumia Capital. If that wasn’t enough Sonny is also a serial investor himself having invested in TubeMogul at the seed stage up until their IPO in 2014, Narrativ, Jumio, Getaround and many more.
In today's amazing interview with Sonny we deep dive into
1.) How Sonny sources potential investments?
2.) What Sonny looks for in co-investors?
3.) How does Sonny deal with the fear of missing an investment?
4.) How has Sonny's investing strategy changed over time?
5.) What is Sonny's favourite investing resource?
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
22 min
July 27, 2015 The VC That Acts Like An Angel with Alex Dunsdon @ Saatchi Investment
Alex Dunsdon is an entrepreneur and Investment Director, and founder of The Bakery London, an ad-tech accelerator aiding big brands in the integration of technology into marketing strategies. The Bakery has partnered with numerous big brands including BMW, Panasonic and Heinz. Alex is also Investment Director at SaatchInvest, a seed fund in London that backs truly great entrepreneurs solving big human problems. Their portfolio includes the likes of CityMapper, Dojo, Ometria and many more.
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
23 min
July 15, 2015 Why Startups Fail With Samer Karam, Founder At Seeqnce
Samer Karam is an angel investor and startup advisor, and founder of StartUp Megaphone, an organization tasked by Banque du Liban to manage the international image of Lebanon’s startup ecosystem. Prior to founding StartUp Megaphone, Karam founded, Seeqnce, whoch started off as a founder collective providing advisory events and organizational workshops, however, due to their immense success, in 2012 Seeqnce opened their accelerator programme and are now the advisors to the central bank of Lebanon’s $400m sovereign startup fund. Samer’s own investment stretch the globe with 10 in the Middle East, 3 in the US, 1 in Scandinavia and 1 in Asia.
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
17 min
July 08, 2015 Three Things Angel Investors Should Deep Dive On Pre - Investment With Darren Mulvihill
I am so excited to welcome Darren Mulvihill to the 3rd episode of Angel Insights where we uncover the tips and tricks of the most prominent angel investors. Today, Darren, previously Head of Seed Investing at Lucey Fund, walks us through the three elements that all angels must deep dive on before making the investment.
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
18 min
June 30, 2015 Investing For The Long Term With Jos Dirkse
I am thrilled to welcome Jos Dirkse, to the 2nd instalment of Angel Insights. Jos is an entrepreneur and angel investor, having sold his company he made his move into the world of angel investing. Today, Jos shares his incredible insights into funding startups describing the difficulties for angels to remain in companies for the long run and what can be done to ensure this does not happen to you.
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
19 min
June 30, 2015 The 7 Must Ask Questions To Angel Investing With Elizabeth Kraus
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Elizabeth Kraus as our 1st guest of Angel Insights. Elizabeth is an entrepreneur and angel investor, and founder of the Impact Angel Group. Prior to founding the Impact Angel Group, Kraus ran her own startup, myUsearch.com, and has been founding, working for and consulting for startups for her entire career. She is an active angel investor, startup mentor and advisor, and she has been very active in the state and national effort to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem and mobilize angel investors.
As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here:
www.syndicateroom.com
21 min