Feb 10, 2021

Angel Investor - Deal of the week; David Energy - Issue #49

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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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Dotcom Bubble Survivor Astia Is Back With A New $100 Million Fund For Backing Women Startup Founders

Investing non-profit Astia has signed on Mastercard as an anchor investor for its as-yet unfinished new $100 million fund backing women entrepreneurs.

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Techstars Los Angeles Accelerator Appoints Matt Kozlov as Techstars LA Managing Director

Longstanding Techstars leader Matt Kozlov assumes new role in LA’s thriving startup and tech community

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Arlan Hamilton is building a new kind of VC - The Verge

Nilay Patel talks with Arlan Hamilton about her VC fund, Backstage Capital, which invests in “underestimated founders.” They discuss the importance of representation in tech and business, how the VC world works, and why Arlan is hopeful about the future at Backstage.

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Deal of the week; David Energy

New York’s David Energy has raised $4.1 million to ‘build the Standard Oil of renewable energy’

“We intend to build the Standard Oil of renewable energy,” said James McGinniss, the co-founder and chief executive of David Energy, in a statement announcing the company’s new $19 million seed round of debt and equity funding. McGinniss’ company is aiming to boost renewable energy adoption and slash energy usage in the built environment by […]

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Surging investor interest in agriculture, fintech and medical startups, finds Angel Investment Network report | Bdaily

Bdaily UK | Business News

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Meet the entrepreneurs bringing bitcoin to institutions – TechCrunch

There’s a popular misconception that the cryptocurrency industry is a realm of rogue tech-bro cowboys. But the reality is many of the most ambitious entrepreneurs in fintech are betting big on institutional bitcoin adoption. Such is the case with Lebanese-American venture capitalist Soona Amhaz of Volt Capital, whom Forbes recently listed as one of the […]

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Council Post: How To Find An Investor: Seven Tips For Startups

Private investors are one of the best things that can happen to your startup.

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This week's tweets

Berg Moe

@berg_moe

How angel, venture capital and private equity investors reacted to Budget 2021. This and more angel investor relevant news at https://t.co/BYwY6teHfH #angelinvestor #venturecapital #money https://t.co/Q6AlKUA1RD

7:55 AM - 3 Feb 2021

Eric

@ericbahn

How did I become an Angel investor?

Well, first I cut out the Starbucks and avocado toast...

4:43 AM - 3 Feb 2021

jason@calacanis.com

@Jason

Robinhood is the Amazon, Google, Uber, FB of this cycle.

✅ Innovative product
✅ Insane growth
✅ Amazing team
☑️ Growing pains (we will get through this team!)

Go @RobinhoodApp go! https://t.co/di0olnCcfj

9:19 PM - 6 Feb 2021

Milestone; Gründerklubben - The Norwegian Entrepreneurs Club reaches 30 000 members

Gründerklubben gained 229 new members last week and rounded 30,000 members.

As the founder of this initiative, this was of course a proud moment.

Gründerklubben is a support forum for entrepreneurs - by entrepreneurs, but also open to others who work for Norway to become the world’s most innovative country and for new industries and jobs to be created.

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