Seeking Venture Capital Investment? Don’t Rule Out the Possibility of Angel Investment

As a tech start-up lawyer, I receive almost daily inquiries from start-ups and entrepreneurs about how to obtain venture capital investment.  I encourage many of those making the inquiries to explore the possibility of angel investment as well.  In general, I find that start-ups and entrepreneurs are less familiar with the angel investment concept than they are venture capital investment and really do not understand the amount of possible investment that can be obtained from an angel or what the process might look like.  This Tech Crunch article by the managing director of Red Bear Angels provides some excellent insight on the angel investment process:

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