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What Angel Investors Want YOU to Know

What Angel Investors Want YOU to Know. Early Stage Funding Ecosystem. And for Consumer Product Startups…. Angel Investors. Exited entrepreneurs Live in the area Want to invest and help grow companies. Who are local Angels?. Philadelphia Angel Groups. Early-Stage VC Funds.

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What Angel Investors Want YOU to Know

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  1. What Angel Investors Want YOU to Know

  2. Early Stage Funding Ecosystem

  3. And for Consumer Product Startups…

  4. Angel Investors • Exited entrepreneurs • Live in the area • Want to invest and help grow companies

  5. Who are local Angels?

  6. Philadelphia Angel Groups

  7. Early-Stage VC Funds

  8. State-based Funds

  9. Incubators/Accelerators

  10. Funding Events Lina Lin | Company Confidential

  11. Before getting involved with angels • Ensure you want a “partner” • Be sure you’re ready to have a Board of Directors • Understand that involving angels means giving up equity • Know that your forecasts will be dramatically re-forecasted (as will your valuation) • Be prepared to deliver monthly financials and strategic updates

  12. An Investor Pitch What it is • An eight to 12-minute presentation with an investor focus • Grabs attention early and keeps it by hitting highlights • Leaves the investor eager to know more What it isn’t • A technology presentation • A sales presentation • An opportunity to “get in the weeds”

  13. What you should be covering

  14. What We’ll Want to Know • What is the opportunity? How big is it? • How do you make money? • Do you have proof that customers will buy? Is it essential or a nice-to-have? • Can you defend it in the market? What’s the secret sauce? • Can you execute? Can you prove it with the management team’s track record? • What will you do with our money?

  15. Sections and Flow of Investor Pitch Deck

  16. Connecting with RHV

  17. Where to find us? • Networking • Universities with strong entrepreneurship programs • Business incubators • IP attorneys, SBA, VCs, big four accounting firms etc. • Advisory and consulting firms

  18. www.robinhoodventures.com eweber@robinhoodventures.com Ellen Weber, Executive Director 3711 Market Street, 8th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104

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