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Golden Seeds
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deb Kemper of Golden Seeds (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Let me ask you something much more blatant. When people look at young women entrepreneurs, there is this question about how this person manages children and family. What is your current investigation is reporting? Deb Kemper: They’re doing it. No one ever asks their male peers these questions. Sramana Mitra: Definitely not. Are
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deb Kemper of Golden Seeds (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: I am completely in agreement with you. I really think that there should be a large pool of investors that are not unicorn hunters but who operate within the equity investing framework that we use in our ecosystem and may have successful investments. We need more of those. It’s unfortunate to see this
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deb Kemper of Golden Seeds (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What stage did you get involved in either of these companies? Deb Kemper: For both of them, Golden Seeds was in their initial seed financing round. On one, I was on the seed. On another, I got in a little bit later. I didn’t invest the first time it came around. Sramana Mitra:
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deb Kemper of Golden Seeds (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What is the earliest stage at which they would go in? Would people go in with no product and just a concept? Deb Kemper: People would go in before validated product market fit. It’s between the concept and having that. At least a beta. We rarely go in on an alpha stage. We
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deb Kemper of Golden Seeds (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Deb Kemper was recorded in May 2018. Deb Kemper is Managing Director and Chair of the Boston Forum at Golden Seeds, an Angel Group and Micro VC focused exclusively on women entrepreneurs.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Kindra Tatarsky, Director of Operations, Golden Seeds (Part 5)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What do you think angel investors could do to increase their chances of success? Kindra: It is obviously a risky investment strategy, so the most important thing is to build a portfolio. You can’t just pick one or two or three companies because there are so
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Kindra Tatarsky, Director of Operations, Golden Seeds (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you try to estimate a particular return over a particular period? Kindra: Of course. That’s part of the entire process. We look at an anticipated return to see if the return makes sense for an investment and the valuation x return makes sense, so absolutely.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Kindra Tatarsky, Director of Operations, Golden Seeds (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you have membership dues for your angel members? Kindra: Yes. It ranges from $2,000 to $3,000. Irina: How many members do you have? Kindra: We have about 146 members. Irina: Who are your members, usually? Kindra: They range from CEOs of companies of various sizes
