Turkey needed something that could work in the space between angel, private equity, and venture capital.
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That is a conversation that needs to be had in the VC, Angel and Private Equity worlds.
Angel investors typically receive equity stakes ranging anywhere from 20% to 60%, depending on the size of their investment, says Andrew Zacharakis, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
Private Equity, funds, angel networks and broker dealers are embracing the technology underpinning crowdfunding with its standards of deal presentation and distribution channels to potential investors.
At CircleUp, the investors on our platform include angel networks, successful consumer entrepreneurs and private equity professionals.
However, US Angel networks will embrace crowdfunding more when crowdfunding for equity becomes legal in the US in 2014.
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Unlike a bank loan or other types of debt financing, equity capital (whether it's an angel investment or venture capital) gives someone else an ownership interest in your company.
By the time Sun founder and angel investor Andy Bechtolsheim wrote Google its first outsider check for equity in August, 1998, Page and Brin had already proved the efficacy of their new search algorithm.
Consequently we will see distribution networks like FundingPost become a major player and the crowdfunding for equity will want to partner with his 25 annually leading VC and Angel events.
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Enter equity crowdfunding, which we at CircleUp believe will turn the antiquated traditional angel investing model on its head.
While some are particular to operating a crowdfunding platform, most of these guidelines are equally applicable for all equity investors, and should be carefully considered whether you are investing by yourself, in an Angel group, or through a crowdfunding platform.
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