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    5 More Resources Angel Investors Should Be Using

    As an Angel Investor in startup companies there are many tools used to vet startups. In a previous post, we discussed five useful vetting tools: Crunchbase, LinkedIn, AngelList, Mattermark, and online background checks.  But there are numerous other helpful resources and techniques out there that can make the investment process easier and jump start your search for new opportunities – here are just five more: Gust: Gust helps angel investor groups and venture capital funds collaborate with promising startups. Over the last 12 months, 1800+ startups have been funded through Gust’s SaaS funding platform. Gust is used by hundreds of angel investor groups around the world to manage their investment process, and discuss, track, review and share deals. Betalist: This site allows investors to discover upcoming technology startups, and company founders to share their startup with the world and get early user feedback. Technology startup companies must meet preset criteria to be listed, and cannot be publicly available. VentureDeal: Slightly more advanced than Crunchbase, VentureDeal is a paid platform that is updated daily, and includes companies from over 40 industries spanning general technology as well as the life sciences. VentureDeal allows investors to get in-depth information on startups, browse companies seeking additional funding, and manage email communication for core company people while making the connection easy. Their service is a 25$ per month and you can cancel at any time. Quora: Quora, the question and answer site, has a large community of investors and startup founders as frequent viewers and contributors.  Quora is a great place to get advice on investing, be it recommendations on what expect from a first meeting, or how to perform due diligence on a prospective investment. Quora is free, and requires that all its members register under their real names. Network referrals: No matter the industry, personal relationships are still one of the most important factors in connecting potential investors with startup companies.  To take advantage of and build your network, start with an analysis of your current circle—everyone including friends, family, acquaintances, co workers, your former college or high school classmates, etc.—and look at the potential network value these connections might have. Build up your social media profiles through consistent, quality content and profiles. Get out in the world and meet new people, be it at conferences, speaking events, and community mixers.  Be personable, friendly, and easy to talk to, and when the opportunity to help someone or return a favor presents itself, do it – because you never know from where that next big opportunity will come. Regardless of whether you are looking to invest or trying to fund your startup, don’t hesitate to broaden your scope by exploring every resource you can to make your plans a reality. TEN Capital Network Investor Program provides angel investors, vc funds, family offices, and more, with an easy way to invest in Texas-based startups and early-stage companies. Through our online funding portals, one-on-one funding events, and data analytics services we help take the guess-work out of finding investment opportunities to diversify and expand your investment portfolio. Signing up as an investor with TEN is easy and free. Visit our Investor Page and sign up now! If you have any questions, please contact us at info@tencapital.group.

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    The Top Ten Fintech Investors in Texas

    The top ten fin-tech investors in Texas include Austin Ventures, Seven Rosen Funds, Houston Angel Network, Mercury Fund, Mark Cuban, Silverton Partners,TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group), Texas Venture Labs, Maverick Capital and Capital Factory. These companies have invested in over 1,362 deals collectively. Company Name Number of Investments Headquarters Location Austin Ventures 363 Austin , Texas  Sevin Rosen Funds 205 Dallas , Texas Houston Angel Network 185 Houston , Texas Mercury Fund 120 Houston , Texas Mark Cuban 90 Dallas , Texas  Silverton Partners 85 Austin, Texas TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group) 84 Austin, Texas Texas Venture Labs 81 Austin, Texas Maverick Capital 75 Dallas, Texas Capital Factory 74 Austin, Texas Total 1,362      

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    Technical Due Diligence

    1 min read Technical Due Diligence (TDD) is a detailed evaluation of a company’s technical side, including both existing software and hardware products and those in development. Potential investors need to gather detailed information about a prospective company to highlight any potential risks associated with their investment. While the Technical Due Diligence process may seem intimidating to some small business owners initially, it is, in fact, a routine step. If efficiently planned and executed, a TDD should be able to answer investor questions in easy-to-understand terms. Whether you are a potential investor, or a startup new to the process, the following article provides an insightful take on making the process work. When embarking on the TDD process, investors typically want to know about 4 major areas: Strategy: Does the company and its product(s) fit within the investor’s overall growth objectives? Does the company’s own strategy match up with the investors’ strategy? Quality: Are there quality issues with the company’s product that will require fixing? If product development or fixes are needed, what are the expected costs? Growth:  Is the company or its product poised for growth? What roadblocks would hinder growth in terms of labor, manufacturing, infrastructure, and/or development? Can the product be scaled? Stability:  Are the company founders and their employees in it for the long haul? Are their processes organized and well-documented? Are there contingency plans and redundancies in case of an unforeseen event? Read more: http://staging.startupfundingespresso.com/education/ Hall T. Martin is the founder and CEO of the TEN Capital Network.TEN Capital has been connecting startups with investors for over ten years. You can connect with Hall about fundraising, business growth, and emerging technologies via LinkedIn or email: hallmartin@tencapital.group

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    How Much Should you Invest in a Startup?

    In the past, angel investors wrote $50K to $100K checks in the deals that looked promising.  If the deal went well, they would write another $50K or $100K check to add on to their investment.  In today’s world there are so many deals, it’s hard to invest that much into each deal unless you know it’s going somewhere. For your next startup investment, consider making an initial investment based on the following:        $2500/deal for a seed company        $5000/deal for a growth company        $10000/deal for an expansion company This allows you to invest in more deals.  As the investment proves itself you can increase your investment.  Online funding portals make this easy to do. TEN Capital Network Investor Program provides angel investors, vc funds, family offices, and more, with an easy way to invest in Texas-based startups and early-stage companies. Through our online funding portals, one-on-one funding events, and data analytics services we help take the guess-work out of finding investment opportunities to diversify and expand your investment portfolio. Signing up as an investor with TEN is easy and free. Visit our Investor Page and sign up now! If you have any questions, please contact us at info@tencapital.group.

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    Five Online Resources Angel Investors Should be Using to Vet Startups

    As fundraising moves online so the investor will find these five tools useful for vetting startups. Early stage startups don’t typically have a great deal of history so the focus is primarily on the team. 1. Crunchbase Data analytics resource on companies and investors with a focus on funding history.  You can see if the startup has raised funding already and who is on the team. 2. LinkedIn Check out the team and their work history.  See who on their team is connected to someone in your network so you can can get references from those you know. 3. AngelList Fundraising resource for many startups.  You can find out about their online fundraising activity including any sponsors, investors, and syndicates.   4. Mattermark Fundraising resource for many startups.  You can find out about their online fundraising activity including any sponsors, investors, and syndicates.   5. Online Background Check Use online tools to run background checks on the team.  Here are some examples, US Search, Sentrylink TEN Capital Network Investor Program provides angel investors, vc funds, family offices, and more, with an easy way to invest in Texas-based startups and early-stage companies. Through our online funding portals, one-on-one funding events, and data analytics services we help take the guess-work out of finding investment opportunities to diversify and expand your investment portfolio. Signing up as an investor with TEN is easy and free. Visit our Investor Page and sign up now! If you have any questions, please contact us at info@tencapital.group.

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    How to Prepare for Investing in Early Stage Companies

    Here are five tips for new angel investors on how to prepare for investing in startups.  1. Budget Your Time & Money  Set a budget for how much money and time to invest — allocate 5% of investable capital.  This is money you may never see again and if you do see it again, it will be a long time.  Also, set a budget for how much time you want to spend with each investment.  Your time investment could outweigh you dollar investment in cost to you. 2. Diversify Your Investments Look to invest in different sectors and stages and certainly not all at one time. As you make investments and see some turn sour you’ll improve your diligence process. 3. Focus on the Team and Company History Focus on the team and their history, not the product and its functionality. Use online due diligence for background checks, tax lien checks, etc. 4. Utilize Data Analytics Use data analytics that can give you a list comparable companies to the ones you are considering to invest in. 5. Be Patient Be patient, most investments are a minimum of a five year holding time and there’s very little you can do to speed things along aside from helping the startup grow and improve. TEN Capital Network Investor Program provides angel investors, vc funds, family offices, and more, with an easy way to invest in Texas-based startups and early-stage companies. Through our online funding portals, one-on-one funding events, and data analytics services we help take the guess-work out of finding investment opportunities to diversify and expand your investment portfolio. Signing up as an investor with TEN is easy and free. Visit our Investor Page and sign up now! If you have any questions, please contact us at info@tencapital.group.

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    Top Investors in Texas Therapeutics Companies

    The top ten investors in Texas Therapeutics companies include New Enterprise Associates, Venrock, Canaan Partners, and Silicon Valley Bank and others who have collectively done 3,996 deals. The top 20 VC firms also include StartUp Health, Novartis Venture Fund, Morningside Group and their collective deals reach 5,064. The top 50 VC firms dealflow total 6,229 and include other firms such as, S3 Ventures, Texas Venture Labs, and Oxford Finance Corporation.   Investor Name Investor Type Location Description Number of Investments New Enterprise Associates Venture Capital Menlo Park, California, United States New Enterprise Associates is a California-based global venture capital firm that funds companies across all investment stages. 1,269 Venrock Venture Capital Palo Alto, California, United States Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies. 531 Canaan Partners Venture Capital Menlo Park, California, United States Canaan Partners is a California-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on disruptive technology startups and healthcare companies. 466 Silicon Valley Bank Investment Bank Santa Clara, California, United States Silicon Valley Bank works with technology, life science, cleantech, venture capital, private equity and premium wine businesses. 430 Austin Ventures Venture Capital Austin, Texas, United States Austin Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early stage and middle market companies. 361 ARCH Venture Partners Venture Capital Chicago, Illinois, United States ARCH invests primarily in companies co-founded with leading scientists and entrepreneurs, concentrating on bringing to market innovations 240 Sofinnova Ventures Venture Capital Menlo Park, California, United States Since 1974, Sofinnova Ventures has partnered with entrepreneurs to secure initial funding, build successful teams, win key customers, and 187 Apax Partners Private Equity Firm New York, New York, United States Private equity investment group, Apax Partners, invest in leveraged and management buy-outs, growth capital and late venture funds. 175 Correlation Ventures Venture Capital San Diego, California, United States Correlation Ventures finances early, seed, and later stage venture, and debt financing investments and is based in California. 171 StartUp Health Accelerator New York, New York, United States StartUp Health is a global organization leading the movement to transform health by building a community of Healthcare Transformers. 166 Novartis Venture Fund Corporate Venture Capital Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland Novartis Venture Fund is a venture capital firm focused on companies that develop novel therapeutics and platforms. 158 Morningside Group Venture Capital Shanghai, Shanghai, China Morningside Group is a private investment group founded in 1986 by the Chan family of Hong Kong. 140 Mercury Fund Venture Capital Houston, Texas, United States Mercury Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm. With over $200 million under management, Mercury invests in the middle of the U.S. 119 GE Capital Corporate Venture Capital Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One of General Electric’s largest growth engines, GE Capital Solutions offers lending products, growth capital, revolving lines of credit, 111 Osage University Partners Venture Capital Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States Osage University Partners is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that commercialize university research. 95 Square 1 Bank Venture Debt Durham, North Carolina, United States Square 1 Bank is a full-service commercial bank that provides financial services to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. 94 CMEA Capital Venture Capital San Francisco, California, United States CMEA Capital caters seed, early, and later stage venture, private equity, and debt financing investments and is based in California. 94 Hercules Capital, Inc. Venture Debt Palo Alto, California, United States Hercules Capital, a California-based company, lends to technology, life sciences, and sustainable technology companies. 88 MB Venture Partners Venture Capital Memphis, Tennessee, United States MB Venture Partners is a Tennessee-based venture capital firm that specializes in investments in the life sciences sector. 86 Burrill & Company Venture Capital San Francisco, California, United States Burrill & Company is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in life sciences, biotechnology, and healthcare companies. 83 Texas Venture Labs Accelerator Austin, Texas, United States Housed at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL) provides direct links to the 81 Oxford Finance Corporation Private Equity Firm Alexandria, Virginia, United States Oxford Finance, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a specialty financial services firm that provides capital exclusively to life scie 76 RA Capital Management Venture Capital Boston, Massachusetts, United States RA Capital Management is an investment advisor based in Boston specializing in the life-sciences and drug development sectors. 70 Pfizer Venture Investments Corporate Venture Capital New York, New York, United States Pfizer Venture Investments is a venture capital firm. 64 Deerfield Venture Capital New York, New York, United States Deerfield is an investment management firm, committed to advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy. 64 Comerica Bank Investment Bank Reston, Virginia, United States Comerica Bank is a Texas-based financial services corporation that specializes in business and retail banking, and wealth management. 58 Lilly Ventures Corporate Venture Capital Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Lilly Ventures is an Indiana-based venture capital firm that provides investment to companies in the life sciences sector. 54 S3 Ventures Venture Capital Austin, Texas, United States S3 Ventures is a Texas-based, seed- and early-stage venture capital firm that invests in information technology and life sciences companies. 48 TriStar Technology Ventures Venture Capital Nashville, Tennessee, United States TriStar Technology Ventures is a Tennessee-based investment firm focused on pre-seed and seed-stage healthcare innovation companies. 48 Sante Ventures Venture Capital Austin, Texas, United States Santé Ventures is a life sciences venture capital firm that invests exclusively in early-stage companies. 41 The Column Group Venture Capital San Francisco, California, United States The Column Group is a California-based venture capital firm dedicated to developing biotechnology companies. 40 Redmile Group Hedge Fund San Francisco, California, United States Hedge Fund that does Early Stage Venture, Later Stage Venture, Private Equity, Debt Financing, and Post Ipo Equity Investments 37 Rock Springs Capital Venture Capital Baltimore, Maryland, United States Rock Springs Capital is an investment company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Its advisory activities include management services to 36 Excel Venture Management Venture Capital Boston, Massachusetts, United States Excel Venture Management builds companies that apply transformative life science technologies to solve problems

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    Top 50 Investors in Texas Medical Devices

    The top ten investors in Texas medical device companies include Sequoia, Battery Ventures, Venrock, Silicon Valley Bank and others who have collectively done 4,414 deals. The top 20 VC firms also include Sofinnova Ventures, Houston Angel network, MPM Capital and their collective deals reach 6,042. The top 50 VC firms dealflow total 8,768 and include other firms such as ONSET Ventures, Three Arch Partners, and Mercury Fund. Investor Name Investor Type Location Description Total Number of Investments Sequoia Capital Venture Capital Menlo Park, California, United States Sequoia is a VC firm focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. 1,379 Battery Ventures Venture Capital Boston, Massachusetts, United States Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments. 540 Venrock Venture Capital Palo Alto, California, United States Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies. 531 Silicon Valley Bank Investment Bank Santa Clara, California, United States Silicon Valley Bank works with technology, life science, cleantech, venture capital, private equity and premium wine businesses. 430 Austin Ventures Venture Capital Austin, Texas, United States Austin Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early stage and middle market companies. 361 Summit Partners Private Equity Firm Boston, Massachusetts, United States Summit Partners is a growth equity firm that has raised more than $16 billion in capital. 308 Dreamit Accelerator Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Dreamit helps exceptional people build exceptional companies. 235 OrbiMed Private Equity Firm New York, New York, United States OrbiMed is a healthcare-dedicated investment firm, with approximately $5 billion in assets under management. 231 Warburg Pincus Private Equity Firm New York, New York, United States Warburg Pincus LLC is a global private equity firm focused on growth investing. 201 Alta Partners Venture Capital San Francisco, California, United States Alta Partners is a leading venture capital firm in life sciences, funding over 130 companies in the industry since 1996. 198 Sofinnova Ventures Venture Capital Menlo Park, California, United States Since 1974, Sofinnova Ventures has partnered with entrepreneurs to secure initial funding, build successful teams, win key customers, and 187 Houston Angel Network Angel Group Houston, Texas, United States Houston Angel Network provides capital to early-stage companies in Texas and the rest of the US. 183 MPM Capital Venture Capital Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States MPM Capital caters to the healthcare sector with seed, early, and later stage venture, and private equity investments. 180 SV Life Sciences Venture Capital Boston, Massachusetts, United States SV Life Sciences is a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on investments in biotechnology and healthcare industry. 178 Apax Partners Private Equity Firm New York, New York, United States Private equity investment group, Apax Partners, invest in leveraged and management buy-outs, growth capital and late venture funds. 175 StartUp Health Accelerator New York, New York, United States StartUp Health is a global organization leading the movement to transform health by building a community of Healthcare Transformers. 166 Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania Government Office Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/NEP) is part of a state-funded economic development initiative. 158 Morningside Group Venture Capital Shanghai, Shanghai, China Morningside Group is a private investment group founded in 1986 by the Chan family of Hong Kong. 140 Mitsui Global Investment Corporate Venture Capital Menlo Park, California, United States Mitsui Global Investmen is a venture capital fund that focuses on early stage companies. Mitsui’s expertise lies in helping 133 Bobby Yazdani Angel San Francisco, California, United States Bobby Yazdani works full-time on the development and support of entrepreneurs through his venture capital firm, Signatures Capital. Drawing from nearly three decades of entrepreneurial experience in Silicon Valley, he mentors, advances and empowers entrepreneurs on their journey to build great companies. In 2014, Bobby was ranked #1 out of 2000 angel investors in a report by CB Insights as having the most successful track record for investing in companies that received follow-on funding. Bobby made his first angel investment in 1989 in medical technology company Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), where, in addition to providing capital, he wrote software to enhance the accuracy of the company’s early neonatal pulse oximeters. In 1997 Bobby founded Saba, taking the company public in 2000. Today, Saba is the leading provider of Human Capital Development & Management Solutions. Its applications are being used by over 30 million people from 2200 customers across 195 countries and in 37 language 128 ONSET Ventures Venture Capital Menlo Park, California, United States ONSET Ventures provides early-stage venture capital in the areas of IT and medical. 127 Signatures Capital Venture Capital Redwood Shores, California, United States Signatures Capital is a California-based venture capital firm that supports entrepreneurs and leadership teams in building new companies. 125 Mercury Fund Venture Capital Houston, Texas, United States Mercury Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm. With over $200 million under management, Mercury invests in the middle of the U.S. 119 Three Arch Partners Venture Capital Portola Valley, California, United States Three Arch Partners was formed in 1993 to provide young companies with access to relevant clinical and business resources, as well as 112 National Science Foundation Government Office Arlington, Virginia, United States The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science; to 111 GE Capital Corporate Venture Capital Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One of General Electric’s largest growth engines, GE Capital Solutions offers lending products, growth capital, revolving lines of credit, 111 Morgan Stanley Investment Bank Palo Alto, California, United States Morgan Stanley is an American financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services. 109 Novo A/S Venture Capital Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark Novo A/S is the holding company of the Novo Group, wholly-owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. 107 F-Prime Capital Partners Venture Capital Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States F-Prime Capital is a global venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology. 105 Oxford Bioscience Partners Venture Capital Boston, Massachusetts, United States Oxford Bioscience Partners (OBP), established in

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    Three Ways to Know Your Market Better

    One of the key criteria in funding startups is the entrepreneur’s knowledge of the target market and customer. Size of market, growth rates, and segmentation are key components the entrepreneur should know well. In this post we’ll look at three ways to know your market better. The first place to look is on the web. You’ll need to first identify which industry(s) you’re in. From that you can find out several facts about your target market size. The next step is to find out what trade associations and conferences are related to it. You can contact the trade association and find out more about the market. Usually, the director of the association has the key market information you’re seeking and will make that available to you in an email or phone call. Their job is to foster the growth of their industry segment by informing others about it. The third step is to attend a trade conference. You’ll learn more from those on the exhibit hall floor than you can from articles or other means. It’s worth a day walking the show to get the details. Finally, avoid market research reports. These reports cost anywhere from $2,000 to $25,000. Most of these are simply a compilation from a direct mail campaign that is far from comprehensive. While they can be helpful they certainly aren’t worth the money. Best regards, Hall T.

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