Tag Archives: Startups
New investment: Clovr Media
We recently closed a $1.5M investment in Clovr Media. I’m super excited about this investment – huge opportunity, stellar team, and great partners. Based in Boston, Clovr Media is building a valuable platform for financial institutions, retailers, brands, and consumers. … Continue reading
A chat with Andy Payne
I recently caught up with Andy Payne to chat about what we are seeing in the internet startup world around Boston. Andy has been around the Boston scene for a long time – being one of the co-founders of Open … Continue reading
Boston startup ecosystem – busy first week in June
Its been a great, if not extremely busy first week of June. The Angel Boot Camp was a success by all accounts and CommonAngels was delighted to be a sponsor. Congratulations to Jon Pierce for all his hard work organizing … Continue reading
THE BOSTON ANGEL MARKET
I was recently asked by a couple of early stage entrepreneurs to talk about angel investing in Boston. The angel market around town has always been fairly active and cuts across many sectors, e.g. software, hardware, networking, internet, life sciences, … Continue reading
Raising money from angels
I recently gave a presentation to the 128 Innovation Capital Group on raising money from angel investors. A copy of the slides is below and the video can be found here. My key messages: • Most of the angel market … Continue reading
Creating an Early Stage Series A Pitch
(note – this is an update from a post I did back in August 2007) I see hundreds of early stage pitches every year. While some are very good, many could be improved with better structure and content. Series A … Continue reading
Startups: From a creative idea to “something”
The Life Cycle of the Entrepreneur in Today’s Economy. This is the title of a four part series currently being run by the law firm Foley Lardner and wealth management firm BNY Mellon. I had the honor of being on … Continue reading