Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Corey Silva, Assistant Manager, River Valley Investors (Part 9)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you ever invest in deals that can go on generating dividends? Corey: Yes. As a matter of fact, we’re looking at a deal right now. We haven’t invested in them yet, but we’re at the stage of negotiating terms. We’re just entering that stage. And

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Roundtable Recap: June 17 – Online Education Startups

Today’s roundtable was organized in collaboration with TiE Delhi, and had a special emphasis on the online education sector with three out of the five entrepreneurs presenting education businesses. Ankur Mehra and his associate Aditya started off by introducing Guruvantage. Ankur and Aditya have determined that training managers at various Indian companies need help with

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Creative Bootstrapping To A 350 Million Dollar Exit: Nimsoft CEO Gary Read (Part 1)

Gary Read has been the president and CEO of Nimsoft for the past six years. He is a more than twenty-year veteran of the high-tech world, with extensive expertise in monitoring and systems management software. Prior to Nimsoft, Gary was vice president of sales and marketing at RiverSoft, a provider of advanced network management products,

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Corey Silva, Assistant Manager, River Valley Investors (Part 8)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you pay attention to the total available market (TAM)? Corey: Absolutely. That’s a huge factor, the size of the market. And how accurate we think the entrepreneurs are [in calculating it]. Irina: Do you have a benchmark for what size the market should be? Corey:

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Corey Silva, Assistant Manager, River Valley Investors (Part 7)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What is the typical return that RVI investors seek? Corey: Like all angel groups, we’re always looking for 5 times and 10 times. We’ve had two exits so far, and both were profitable. I believe it was in the 33% area. I don’t remember the exact

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Corey Silva, Assistant Manager, River Valley Investors (Part 6)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many investments have you made in the past 12 months? Corey: Good question. I would say in the past 12 months, we’ve probably done maybe four deals, maybe five. I think there was a follow-on round with one of our portfolio companies. Irina: Do you

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