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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 31, 2013
FD Venture Farm, LLC today announced a strategic relationship with six of the nation’s leading Angel investor organizations. These Angel groups will utilize FD Venture Farm’s technology platform and services to manage and socialize portfolio company business updates and to facilitate syndication initiatives between Angel organizations for follow-on seed and seed prime investments. Series A institutional investors, strategic investors and corporate acquirers will also leverage the FD Venture Farm to identify angel funded companies ready for institutional capital or a potential acquisition.
The following Angel Investor Organizations have joined the strategic initiative:
Georgia – Atlanta Technology Angels (ATA)
Georgia – Ariel Savannah Angel Partners (ASAP)
Alabama – Angel Investor Management Group (AIM)
South Carolina – Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN)
North Carolina – Piedmont Angel Network (PAN)
Florida – Tamiami Angel Fund I, LLC (TAFI)
“Angel Investor organizations have grown significantly over the last decade and have emerged as the nation’s most significant driver of capital formation for early stage ventures,” observed Mike Eckert, Vice Chairman of the Angel Capital Association. “Angel organizations are becoming more organized and sophisticated in the manner in which they collaborate, not only within their respective local organizations, but across geographical boundaries. The FD Venture Farm platform will help create synergies with an expanding group of Angel organizations and will significantly help early stage companies facilitate capital formation and exit activity.”
“Improving the efficiency of capital acquisition for both investors and companies is a major goal of our business model,” said Dick Reeves, CEO of the Angel Investor Management Group. “We manage investments by over 200 people in over 16 different companies, and constantly seek ways to smooth the flow of information in all directions and over all our geographies. FD Venture Farm appears to have great potential to facilitate these goals.”
“The FD Venture Farm platform supports important strategic and operational directives of our organization, “said Bernie Dixon, Executive Chairman of the Atlanta Technology Angels. “It is important to provide our membership a mechanism to track the progress of our funding activities after investments have been made and throughout the entrepreneurial and funding lifecycles. As an independent service, associated with one of the largest CPA firms in the country, FD Venture Farm represents a trusted and professional resource to fulfill our needs and support the ATA ecosystem.”
“Increasing the reach and efficiency of Angel organizations is critical to fueling the vital entrepreneurial activities in our nation’s economy,” said Matt Dunbar, Managing Director of Upstate Carolina Angel Network and Angel Capital Association Board member. “Our group has been searching for a much needed process and technology platform to enable our early stage ventures to provide important financial and milestone updates on their businesses as they mature. The FD Venture Farm platform represents an independent and professional service that will standardize company updates and help us manage access to those updates not only for our organization, but also for other Angel organizations, larger institutional and corporate investors, and potential strategic acquirers.”
“Angel organizations are a critical source of funding for early stage ventures,” said Mark Rainosek, CEO and President of FD Venture Farm. “We are excited to be able to bring value to leading Angel investor organizations. FD Venture Farm provides the technology and processes to intelligently monitor and track early stage companies for Angel investors as well as interested institutional and strategic investors and acquirers.”
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About FD Venture Farm
FD Venture Farm, LLC is an independent deal monitoring service designed to facilitate the tracking of specific companies of interest to investors. Companies tracked through the service are limited to those referred by approved institutional and private equity capital investors and lenders. FD Venture Farm is a Frazier & Deeter company.
About Frazier & Deeter
Frazier & Deeter LLC is a nationally recognized CPA and Advisory firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm provides tailored services across a wide range of tax, audit, accounting and advisory needs. Frazier & Deeter is one of the 100 largest firms in the country and has been named the #1 Accounting Firm to Work For in the U.S. by Accounting Today magazine and a “Best of the Best” CPA firm in the U.S. by Inside Public Accounting.
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You have a great idea for a business but venture capital firms are unwilling to lend you startup funding for any of a number of reasons. Venture capitalists are more likely to fund large startups that may need as much as $ 5 million and up. It only seems appropriate that one of the alternative sources of funding is named the angel investor. An angel investor is a private investor who invests personal money in an entrepreneurial company.
Many Angel Forms
Angel investors come in many forms. An angel investor might be a professional like a doctor or an attorney. Some angel investors are retired people who have discretionary money. Much to people’s surprise, the typical angel investor is not a millionaire.
Many private investors are business associates. Business associates are any persons or businesses that might be willing to invest in your company because they are familiar with your business idea and find it to be workable. They may be people who will be working for you and want to invest in the company or potential suppliers who have a vested interest in you starting a business that will use their products.
There are even angel investors who are fellow entrepreneurs and simply want to help other entrepreneurs like themselves get started.
Angels are Everywhere
If you get the idea that angel investors are just about anywhere you look, you would be right. Many times the small business entrepreneur only thinks in terms of traditional funders and doesn’t consider the fact that plenty of people including business associates are willing to lend money. In fact micro-lending is actually a network of angel investors who want to help small entrepreneurs pursue their goals.
How do you find angel investors? The simplest way is to take advantage of services that cater to entrepreneurs seeking startup money.
Though you can search for funding through friends or business associates, the matchmaking service will bring together budding entrepreneurs and angel investors quickly and efficiently.
he angel investor actually functions in a manner similar to a venture capitalist. One of the main differences is that angel funders are as interested in things like leveraging their abilities and promoting entrepreneurship as they are in making a profit. Some angel investors will want to play an active role in your business while others will be silent investors. If an angel investor wants to participate, it gives you excellent access to knowledge and experience that can increase your chances for success.
Preparation is Important
When you decide that angel investing presents the best startup funding opportunity, it’s important to be well prepared. Your business idea must be well thought out and your business plan needs to be thorough. Don’t be deceived by the fact these investors are called “angels”. They are solid, experienced, knowledgeable investors who will ask tough questions and expect well prepared answers. You will need to be prepared to discuss your idea, marketing strategies, location, website development, customers, staff and expenses.
Get helpful info about startup business funding and angel investors at http://www.funded.com.
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 12, 2011
On February 3, 2011, 30+ of the leading Venture Capital and Angel Investor Groups in the New York area will present at FundingPosts (http://www.FundingPost.com) NYC Venture Capital Showcase sponsored by Credit Suisse. While most venture events allow start-ups only to listen to a panel discussion or to pitch to investors, this event is a “Reverse Venture Fair.” This format allows Entrepreneurs to meet the Venture Capitalists and Angels in an informal cocktail party setting where the investors are the ones providing information about their companies. As an additional benefit, the investors will receive summaries of every company in attendance. Registration information is online at: http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=179&refer=PR
During the evening cocktail party, VC Funds and Angel Groups will be exhibiting their firms. Each Fund will have their own table set up for the sole purpose of meeting great new companies seeking capital. Exhibiting firms include:
ARC Angel Fund, i-Hatch Ventures, Security Growth Partners, Trident Capital, Jumpstart NJ Angel Network, Launch Capital, ff Asset Management, NYC Seed, Tri-State Private, Investors Network, Genacast Ventures, Osage Partners, Golden Seeds, Greenhill SAVP, Originate Ventures, Vital Financial, Connecticut Innovations, Long Island Angel Network, Angel Investor Forum, Clove Hitch Partners, Kestrel Asset Management, NYC Investment Fund, StarVest Partners, Innovation Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, Liquidity Works, Vencon Management, Zelkova Ventures, Radius Ventures, Edison Venture Fund
“We are thrilled to see such an amazing response from the Venture Community,” said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. “Due to the Huge demand from last year, we’ve made some great updates and are looking forward to the best Venture Showcase yet.”
Register here for more details: http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=179&refer=PR
ABOUT FUNDINGPOST:
With over 9,500 CEOs and 650 Venture Capital Funds attending events in 20 cities nationwide; a Printed Dealflow Magazine; and a deal-exchange website with over 7,700 VC & Angel Investor members & over 133,000 companies, that has, on average, made an introduction of an Investor to an Entrepreneur every business day since its inception; FundingPost believes that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible – both online and offline. FundingPost has been responsible for Millions and Millions of dollars in Venture Capital Raised!
FundingPost has had the opportunity to work with thousands of Angel and Venture Capital Investors over the past 10 years representing over $ 106.8 Billion.
Contact:
Heather Coull
FundingPost.com
800-461-5509
press(at)fundingpost(dot)com
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