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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: In your work as an angel investor, what are your daily challenges? Venktesh: Well, there’s one company that I really like, and they have a technology which they claim is breakthrough. In concept on paper it looks great, but all the people and all the big
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Would you consider investing in a $20 million niche market? Venktesh: Yes. If it’s a $20 million market and somebody owns a decent chunk of the company and the valuation is, within two years of investing in it, let’s say, $4 million. The company gets acquired
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many proposals do you receive per month? Venktesh: It’s hard to tell, but so far I think we have received 60 to 70 proposals over the past three months. Irina: Out of those, how many deserved a closer look? Venktesh: Well, what we do is
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the thirty-fifth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Venktesh Shukla, chair of TiE Angels. TiE Angels is an angel investment group formed by charter members of TiE Silicon Valley, the flagship chapter of TiE organization globally. TiE global is
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Raymond Chan, Tech Coast Angels (Part 7)
By guest author Irina Patterson Irina: Right. Do you see any issues in the angel ecosystem? Is there anything that can be improved? Ray: I think the key thing is, investors like us have to get involved, to educate entrepreneurs. For example, Silicon Valley is the best ecosystem in the whole wide world. And for
