Just 1+ month ago back in early feb, I was noticing that startup space especially early startup space, (Early meaning Series A , Seed space) seems largely living in lala land where valuations don’t seem affected by slowdown or is anyone worried about the spread of coronavirus. Now the situation in my assessment has changed … Continue reading Startup Valuations in Recessionary Environment
Author: dershing
Staying financially alive in a crisis
(Shaoning has a great post on this topic and it inspired me to elaborate with more detail to help fellow founders.) First post for the year and it's against a backdrop of great uncertainty and fear in financial markets, business world and society in general. The COVID-19 coupled with the oil shock has as of today resulted … Continue reading Staying financially alive in a crisis
How Should Angel Investors Think About WeWork?
There has a recent spurt of bad news coming out of startup world this year. Readers will know Ning & I are conservative angel investors - is there such a thing? We take calculated risk in angel and VC investing and worst case, are prepared to write off our money. Of course, we are obviously … Continue reading How Should Angel Investors Think About WeWork?
How Should Angels conduct Due Diligence?
It has been almost 2 years since we founded AngelCentral. We now have a quality pool of angels who are investing with (hopefully) a considered portfolio strategy, selecting from a large pool of varied startups and who have a framework for evaluating founders, market and deal terms. The next question we get from more experienced … Continue reading How Should Angels conduct Due Diligence?
AngelCentral/Angel Portfolio Report Card
ANGELCENTRAL=============AC goal is to build effective angels by offering quality deal flow, investor education and syndication services. Our Community Manager Zijie has written a wonderful summary of what AngelCentral has done in 2018. You can read it here. Some highlights: Hit our goal of doubling investment commitments. From 3m in 2017 to 6m. Of that about 4m … Continue reading AngelCentral/Angel Portfolio Report Card