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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 6)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you have a sector preference? Todd: I’d say it goes across the board. But we sold more medical device companies last year. I don’t know why, but we haven’t seen as many this year. It was just kind of one of those years where for
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 5)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you pay attention to the total available market (TAM) for companies’ products or services? Todd: Absolutely. We’ve invested as high as $13 million in a company. That was a company where we were swinging for the fences, and we were hoping that that would be
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What’s the typical valuation of a company? Todd: Typical valuations are about $1 million to $5 million. I would say on the high side, between $1 million and $10 million, but most of the companies we’re looking at are between that $1 million and $5 million
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many deals do you receive each month, on average? Todd: Typically, about 40–70 a month for our region alone. Irina: Out of those 40–70, how many deserve a closer look? Todd: We narrow that down to the best seven to nine companies. Those seven to
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold [Todd continues his discussion of why he thinks the group’s model works.] Todd: The third thing is the amount of resources that our members are able to provide to the companies. Anybody can write a check or invest in a company and that’s one thing, but when
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the seventh interview in our series on seed financing and angel investing. I am talking to M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum’s Northwest Chapter president. Irina: Hi, Todd. Please tell us about yourself. Todd: I was in insurance for about ten years, and then through a
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Corey Silva, Assistant Manager, River Valley Investors (Part 13)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What about the angel-backed companies, what can they do to improve their chances of success? Corey: Reach out and get some of the coaching that you were just talking about [I was talking about 1M1M initiative] I’ve heard of other groups that do similar things, so
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Corey Silva, Assistant Manager, River Valley Investors (Part 12)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Corey: I think where you can get into some trouble is if you have too many of the ride-along types in the group, too many who are there more for the social aspect and don’t really have the time to put in. If you have too many
