Global Investor Register

Global Investor Register is a curated listing of Angel Networks, Funds, VCs and Corporate VCs from around the world.

The register includes investor organizations from Providence, RI to Austin, TX to Orlando, FL and parts in between. It is an evergreen listing we are maintaining for entrepreneurs seeking information on investor organizations. This listing, which includes an overview of the investor shared by its’ management, includes links to these FundingSage interviews with the investor organization’s home page. All listing are in alphabetical order, with new additions updated on a continuing basis.

Angels of Southwest Louisiana

Startup Investor Spotlight: Angels of Southwest Louisiana

Location:Lake Charles, Louisiana

Managing Director: Ron McGinley

Overview: The Angels of Southwest Louisiana is a Non-Profit Corporation involved in Entrepreneurship educational development and economic diversity within Southwest Louisiana. We are dedicated to fostering Entrepreneurship and encouraging Innovation to provide quality early stage investment opportunities for our Network of Accredited Investors.

Startup Investor Spotlight: Boise Angel Alliance

Location: Boise, Idaho

President: Mark Roberts

Overview: The Boise Angel Alliance (BAA) acts as the parent oversight body for providing education to angel investors and for creation of new member-managed angel funds. Each fund includes investors who purchase units of $50,000, with cash contributions occurring in five separate trances as the fund approves investments. The investors serve on three committees: Screening, Portfolio, and Co-Investment as well as participate in Due Diligence committees for potential new investments.

Startup Investor Spotlight: EVC Ventures

Location: Chicago, US and Gurgaon, India

Executive Leader, Managing Partner: Anjli Jain

Overview: EVC Ventures focuses on early-stage companies addressing significant challenges in the ecosystem. In addition to investing capital, they also help startups identify new opportunities to expand and go global in preparation for the next phase of growth.

Startup Investor Spotlight: Nexea Angels

Location: Malaysia / Southeast Asia

Operations Manager: Ben Lim

Overview: Nexea Angels focus on value building through mentors who have contributed immense amounts of knowledge, experience and networking opportunities to Startups. We handpick our mentors/investors so only the proven business owners are allowed to guide our Startups.

Startup Investor Spotlight: Nexus

Location: Florida

Operations Manager: Eric X. Ramos

Overview: NEXUS is a nonprofit membership organization that connects individual investors with funding opportunities for early-stage high-growth companies. To put it simply, we are the eHarmony for matching entrepreneurs with individual accredited investors, funds and family offices.

Startup Investor Spotlight: North Bay Angels

Location:Healdsburg, CA

Board of Directors Member: Michele Chaboudy

Overview: We invest as individuals rather than using a fund. Many angel groups use the same method of investment. However, we do have a network, started by North Bay Angels, called InSync, that includes 12+ regional angel groups covering Northern California and Silicon Valley. We have a separate Gust and Proseeder platform for those startups that are in this network. A startup must apply through one of the individual groups before it can be included in InSync. A startup can be presented to the network if one of the lead investors from a member angel group places it on the Gust or Proseeder platform.

Startup Investor Spotlight: RevUp by Betaspring

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Managing Director: Melissa Withers

Overview: Rather than take equity, RevUp uses a revenue-based model where companies return investment as a percentage of revenue over time. So we win when our companies win. We invest on a rolling basis and in multiple cities at the same time and in both B2B and B2C companies.

Startup Investor Spotlight: Southwest Angel Network

Location: Austin, TX

Executive Director: Bob Bridge

Overview: The Southwest Angel Network focuses on supporting early-stage companies which are addressing significant challenges facing society. The network has two important goals, making the world a better place and making a return for our investors.

Startup Investor Spotlight: The Angel Roundtable

Location: Tri-Cities, TN/VA

Managing Director: Tony Lettich

Overview: ART is an angel network made up of approximately two and one half dozen members. We filter, screen, review and complete due diligence on opportunities as a group. Hence, we share the efforts related to identifying and vetting opportunities. Once vetted, investment decisions are made on an individual basis by each member based on their interest and personal conclusions related to the opportunity. Interested members then invest as a group through an LLC investment Vehicle.

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LLC

Limited Liability Company

B2C

Business to Consumer.

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B2B

Business to Business.

Screening

A process utilized by individual investors, angel groups and VC funds to determine their interest in investment opportunities. The screening may be informal or formal in nature and typically includes an assessment of the opportunity against the investors previously determined criteria for investment.⁶

Put

A contractual term/condition which provides the investor the option to compel the company to purchase their shares.⁶

Board of Directors

A group of people elected by the company's shareholders (often to the terms of the negotiated Shareholders Agreement) that makes decisions on major company issues, including hiring/firing the Chief Executive Officer.⁷

Angel Group

An organization composed of accredited investors which serves as a platform for them to coordinate investments in seed and early stage startup companies. The group members typically work together consolidating their resources, expertise and capital through informal networks or formal funds.⁶

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Portfolio

A strategic collection of startup companies invested in by an angel, angel group or Venture Capital Fund.⁶

Funding

This term is used synonymously with the words “financing” and “capital.” It refers to the amount of money that is needed for a business endeavor. For example, a new business owner may seek a certain amount of funding for their startup company. This “raised” capital can be used to launch their endeavor as well as to sustain their company until monetary profit can be generated.⁴

Startup

A startup is a new business venture / enterprise in its initial or early stages of development. These stages include the concept, seed, early, growth and mezzanine stages.⁶

Equity

Ownership in the capital of a Company. In corporations, it is called “stock”; in limited partnerships or LLCs, it is called “interests” or “units.”³
This designation is given to a stockholder’s ownership in a company. The amount of ownership is obtained when an individual or corporation purchases one or more shares of stock (equity shares). The more equity purchased, the greater the ownership.⁴

Early Stage

The key characteristic is market development. The business is focused on sales and marketing and proving business viability.²
A state of a company that typically has completed its seed stage and has a founding or core senior management team, has proven its concept or completed its beta test, has minimal revenues, and no positive earnings or cash flows.³
This term generally refers to a young enterprise that is three years old or younger. During this phase, a company is still in its novel stages of development. They could be in the process of experimenting with new products or services that they intend to market in the near future and/or may have viable products that are already available to the public.⁴

Director

Person elected by shareholders to serve on the board of directors. The directors appoint the president, vice president and all other operating officers, and decide when dividends should be paid (among other matters).³

Due Diligence

A process undertaken by potential investors — individuals or institutions — to analyze and assess the desirability, value, and potential of an investment opportunity.³
This is the process whereby individuals or groups of people conduct independent investigations regarding a particular matter. In the business world, investors conduct timely due diligence when inquiring about prospective investment endeavors. This may entail a background search of the company’s founders, review of the entrepreneur’s credit scores, and routine follow-up with references and associates, etc. New business owners, on the other hand, are encouraged to also conduct due diligence when finding a potential investor. Through due diligence, both the investor and entrepreneur has the opportunity to diligently analyze and assess each other for the potential of an investment opportunity and partnership.⁴
Due diligence is the process of investigation and evaluation, performed by investors, into the details of a potential investment, such as an examination of operations and management and the verification of material facts.⁵

Corporation

A legal entity structure for businesses enterprises which are typically chartered by a state or the federal government, under which ownership is held by shareholders.⁶

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Co-investment

The syndication of a private equity financing round or an investment by an individual (usually general partners) alongside a private equity fund in a financing round.³

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Capital

Financial capital is a term that can refer to the money exchanged between entrepreneurs and investors during a business deal. Entrepreneurs need to raise capital for their startups while investors can provide them with the needed capital (or funding). Financial capital usually comes with interest, and new business owners can use their financial capital in purchasing real capital (or machinery or equipment) for their new business.⁴

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