Upcoming Boulder Angel Investor Events and Announcing Mentors for Angel Training Program

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

The snow is finally melted and The Impact Angel Group is gearing up for a summer of jam-packed events for both entrepreneurs and angel investors. You can subscribe to our blog or check out our events page to stay informed, but here is just a sample of the fun things we have planned:

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Want to Become an Angel Investor? Our Six-Month Program Starts June 4th

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Angel investing can be very lucrative and a whole lot of fun, but it is also risky and complicated. Many new angel investors fail to educate themselves and because of that, they lose money on the first investments they make and stop angel investing. Because this is exactly what we DON’T WANT TO HAPPEN, we’re launching a six-month training program to better educate and prepare new and aspiring angels. Here are the details: Continue reading →

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Brad Feld Shares His Angel Investing Strategy and Due Diligence Redefined

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Bart Lorang from Full Contact, Jim Deters from Galvanize and Brad Feld are doing a pretty cool thing to encourage angel investing in Colorado. They’ve offered to host a dinner once a quarter with aspiring angel investors for an exclusive Q and A session with Brad Feld. I had the fortunate opportunity to attend and here’s what I learned:

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7 Angel Investor Due Diligence Resources

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

In preparation for a panel on “How to Conduct Due Diligence to Avoid Surprises and Make Great Investments” that I’m hosting at the Angel Capital Summit, our great team of panelists has pulled together our favorite resources for angel investor due diligence. I thought these might be helpful:

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What Companies Are Angels Actually Investing in?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

It seems as if a new startup is funded every day, but in reality a very small percentage of startups are able to successfully raise capital. To give some perspective, the Impact Angel Group reviewed 522 angel investments last year and only invested in five. Of those 517 deals that we didn’t invest in, we declined 513 because we didn’t think they were viable investments and only four because of timing and other circumstances.  So what kinds of companies are angels actually investing in?

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Why I Love Angel Investing

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

I had a phone call yesterday with a very smart and savvy former Angel investor. He told me he stopped angel investing because he lost most of his money and finally realized that angel investing is risky, complicated and a lot of work! This is not the first time I’ve heard this and it made me wonder: Am I just a young, starry-eyed investor who is going to regret angel investing later? Sometimes I wonder…Why the heck am I doing this?

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The Impact Angel Group | 2012 Impact Investing Progress Report

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

With less than 4 hours until 2013, I thought it would make sense to reflect on the first year of Impact Angel Group existence. Since our inception 11 months ago, we’ve:

  1. Reviewed 502 executive summaries
  2. Met with 242 angel investors
  3. Made 5 impact angel investments
  4. Invested 300 hours of sweat equity in 3 additional impact startups
  5. Helped two promising investments avoid raising capital by recruiting executive talent to work for equity

And what have we learned from this? Here are our takeaways:

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