Who is an angel investor and where do you find him?
If you are starting a business that has the parameters of a startup it is not possible to go around needing a financial investment and involving good people to succeed. Angel investors - also known as Business Angels help startups from their beginning. They generally don‘t only provide you with the financial means but also with their knowledge and network. See more.
Who is a business angel
A business angel is commonly a businessman, former entrepreneur, or high-level manager. These people don’t only want to earn money but primarily want to support innovation and pass on their knowledge. They normally focus on startups in their earlier phases when they are not profitable yet and need mentors that will help them with strategic and business challenges.
Where can you find one?
Angel investors are normally part of networks, where they get leads on high-quality startups, gain credibility, support, and are part of a community. Every network has distinguishing features.
For example, our Depo Angel Network searches for exciting ventures all over Europe and manually analyses them to choose the ones with the highest potential. We organize pitch events, where startups have the opportunity to present themselves mainly in front of Czech investors and sometimes US-based investors. Our network organization also provides legal support and financial advisory for startups as well as for investors.
When is it a good time to look for an angel investor?
The Depo Angel Network, which belongs to the Czech investment platform DEPO Ventures, focuses on startups from their seed stage up until pre-series-A. Our analysts mainly evaluate every startup's uniqueness, feasibility, business model, and team. With this, the analyst assess if they will get be accepted into the network to substantially increase the chances of gaining investment.
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Depo Ventures is an investment group manages an angel fund, angel network and provides capital advisory services. Our team is helping European investors identify promising startups, find co-investors and mitigate the investment risk.