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Larry Fenster Larry Fenster Angel Investor Angel Investor Financing Special Situations Financing Special Situations Credit: Mike Murphy -NREL SBIR Business Cycle – Cash Requirements Business Cycle – Cash RequirementsLater Stage Companies Later Stage Companies  Reduced Risks due to Later Stage Reduced Risks due to Later Stage Technology Proven Technology Proven Market Confirmation Market Confirmation Management Team In Place Management Team In Place  Larger Amounts of Investment Capital Larger Amounts of Investment Capital Required Required Investor Issues Investor Issues  Angels Invest an Average of $50k/deal Angels Invest an Average of $50k/deal + future Rounds + future Rounds  Groups of Angels (25%) Groups of Angels (25%)  Invest larger amounts ie $.5 -$1.0 Invest larger amounts ie $.5 -$1.0 Million Million  VC’s – Frequently Start at $3-5 VC’s – Frequently Start at $3-5 Million Million  GAPS! GAPS!Angel & VC Trends Angel & VC Trends  Angels Making More “Follow On Angels Making More “Follow On Investments” – fewer seed stage (48%) Investments” – fewer seed stage (48%)  Angels Participating in more “follow Angels Participating in more “follow on” rounds on” rounds  More Angels Investing in Groups (25%) More Angels Investing in Groups (25%) Groups are More Conservative Groups are More Conservative Groups can generate larger Amounts Groups can generate larger Amounts of Capital $.5 -$1 million + of Capital $.5 -$1 million +Angel Involvement In Later Stage Angel Involvement In Later Stage Deals Deals  Bridges before VC’s or Strategic Bridges before VC’s or Strategic Partners Partners Timing Bridge Timing Bridge  $ Gap (Groups?) $ Gap (Groups?)  Not all deals will be eligible for VC Not all deals will be eligible for VC Funding Funding Angels – 48,000 deals/year Angels – 48,000 deals/year VC’s VC’s -3,000 deals/year -3,000 deals/yearEntrepreneur’s Angel Strategy Entrepreneur’s Angel Strategy  “Bridge” or “Gap” funding Bridge” or “Gap” funding  VC’s not available due to VC’s not available due to company’s sector company’s sector  Caution – Angel’s Impact on Caution – Angel’s Impact on Future Rounds Future Rounds Terms and Conditions Terms and Conditions Clean Capital Structure Clean Capital Structure Assist in Positioning for Future Assist in Positioning for Future Round RoundCONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS  Timing of Money/Bridges & Gaps Timing of Money/Bridges & Gaps  Positioning for Future Rounds Positioning for Future Rounds VC VC  Strategic Partner Strategic Partner
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