Market validation of the product is an added bonus going into the angel round.
CityPockets received seed funding from Launchbox Digital, a start-up accelerator, and are currently raising an angel round.
Not every entrepreneurial venture begins with a business plan, an angel round or an infusion of capital of any kind.
By engaging with the local angels as informal advisors it allowed me to strengthen my weak areas, have sounding boards and build rapport ahead of raising the angel round.
Mr. Dowling launched the revived clothing line in September 2010 with financing from an angel investing round.
About 80% of TechStars companies go on to raise venture capital or a significant angel funding round.
It raised a seed round from angel investors include Michael Dearing, about whom I wrote in May.
Scotland does well at the first round of investment from its angel investor community.
The business brought in Mike Phelan as CEO and he was instrumental in both driving the business forward and bringing in the first round of financing from friends and angel investors.
An additional benefit of Astia is that it can help syndicate a much larger round of financing through connections to other angel groups and venture capital companies that invest in early-stage companies.
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