Jul 27, 2021

Angel Investor - What not to do with your first investment - Issue #54

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Angel Investor

The state of the art on startup investing.

Hi, and I hope you’re doing well!

Here are some news articles and tweets I have been reading the last week. I hope you find some relevant stories! If not, send me your links and ideas.

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Serial angel investor explains what not to do with your first investment

THERE are plenty of different methods and strategies to look at with one’s first investment, but Group MD of Capital Business Media warns people should ‘know your exit’.

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Why Tampa-based Venture Capital Fund Florida Funders is investing in these Miami startups

Florida Funders, a venture capital fund with an angel investor network that’s recognized as the top VC in the Southeast region by Pitchbook, has invested in eMerge Americas, Miami’s longest continuously running tech conference, and fintech company Marco Financial.

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One of Nigeria’s high-profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack, PiggyVest and TeamApt. Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital, a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with […]

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Deal of the week; Velocity

Velocity Indoor Cycling App

Vision Quest Velocity LLC, an early-stage virtual cycling start-up, announced it had raised $3.4 million in seed round funding. The investment round was led by strategic financial partners. The launch of Velocity is being led by former professional cyclist Robbie Ventura.

“Velocity caters to avid cyclists and triathletes who want individualized, optimized training on their own bikes with a smart trainer,” said Ventura.

Read more about the deal here.

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A list of 100+ active female angel investors in Europe

For the first time ever, Sifted has compiled a comprehensive list of active female angel investors in Europe.

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Planning 100 Mn Investment In Gaming

In conversation with BW Businessworld, Das shares more about his new venture The Collective Ace, its expansion and investment plans in gaming companies, and his thoughts on the growing Indian gaming landscape, , Parth Das, The Collective Ace, Deca Games, angel investor, Gaming Investments

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Zomato shares soar in red-hot start for first Indian unicorn to go public

India’s first billion-dollar tech startup to go public got off to a flying start on Friday.

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This week's tweets

Alex Lieberman ☕️

@businessbarista

Every single American will be an angel investor 10 years from now.

4:17 AM - 22 Jul 2021

Brandon (wallstreetpaper.eth)

@wallstreetpaper

Make sure to check out the new angel investor podcast series from @HarlemCapital.

On todays episode we have @BigMekaStyle talking about his journey from angel to full-time VC! https://t.co/8jCClYTdsP

5:54 AM - 19 Jul 2021

Angel Investor News

@entrahouse

Estonia-based PayQin nabs €300K to grow its e-wallet service for the underbanked in West Africa https://t.co/9GzSOYnWdl #angelinvestor #startup #venturecapital #money #estonia https://t.co/6483zR5QQ0

10:30 PM - 26 Jul 2021

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