Investors in Mailgun include Y Combinator and a host of angels, including Ashton Kutcher.
So what are some ways to improve the odds of getting the interest of angels?
We are in the realm, here, of angels dancing on the head of a pin.
It makes no sense that only 12% of angels funded women entrepreneurs in 2011.
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DNet received early funding from the Band of Angels, but the company never quite got traction.
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We were sent to oncologists at a great facility in Culver City, CA called City of Angels.
Microsoft and 343 Industries are on the side of angels when it comes to DLC with this one.
They tapped their network for referrals and landed meetings with dozens of angels.
Investors included a mix of angels, bank executives, venture capitalists and foundations, according to B Revolution founder Dirk Sampselle.
Items including statues of angels and teddy bears were left in a pile at the edge of Upper Lambourn Cemetery.
Ahmanson in a certain sense personifies what made the City of Angels great, and also what could be its downfall.
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Other returning investors include Felicis Ventures, Band of Angels, Ali and Hadi Partovi, Founders Fund, Morgenthaler Ventures, and SV Angel.
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But eventually cemetery workers saw the telltale signs of crime: suspicious vans roaming the grounds, whole aisles of angels missing.
Before putting the companies on its platform, FundersClub reviews them with an investment committee of angels, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
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The conference was sponsored by Rob Scott , founder of Angels Shanghai and David Chen , co-founder of AngelVest.
He also says the venture capital industry is changing, via the role of angels and crowd sourcing and incubator, for instance.
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Statues of angels and the Virgin Mary watch ominously over Leon and he starts to feel a supernatural presence in the house.
Silicon Valley angel investor Brett Bullington says the growing diversity of angels has brought different types of expertise to the Bay Area.
In the fall, American Ballet Theatre loaned its costumes for Graham's 1949 "Diversion of Angels, " which has been the ABT repertory since 1999.
Bergstrom was the lead for Nutley's hugely successful film House of Angels as well as its sequel House of Angels - The Second Summer.
The City of Angels is a heavenly place, and even though it's not for everybody, we're sort of happy to keep it that way.
Where some other investors only see decline and decelerating growth, second-generation money manager Thompson, 35, sees a pack of angels who have only stumbled.
Staying in shape in the City of Angels can be a great date for singles, with activities such as hiking, yoga and enjoying the Pacific coast beaches.
For companies outside of investing centers like Silicon Valley, they can use Angellist and not have to rely on the handful of angels in a particular city to get funded.
Now, if there were a teenager who actually said that to his parents, I am quite certain the heavens would part and choirs of angels would be singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
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The benefit of a group of angels is sharing insights and expertise of other members when evaluating potential investments and, by so doing, increase the likelihood of return on your investment.
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The ripple effect on theaters was felt as high up as namesti Miru, where the management of Divadlo Na Vinohradech postponed the opening of Svet plny andelu (A World Full of Angels).
There are hundreds of caring Nevadans that have rallied like a corps of angels to come and provide free health care for their struggling neighbors -- housekeepers, operators, receptionists, eligibility workers, social workers, nurses, doctors.
With only 12 percent of all angels being women, it should come as no surprise that only 12 percent of angels funded women entrepreneurs in 2011, according to the Center for Venture Research.
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