Category Archives: angel investing

Betting on the success of a start-up

Full-time entrepreneur, part time angels investment instigator and one of our partners at MSU, Austin Hill, likes to ask an entrepreneur looking for finance:

“What’s the bet i’m making with this investment ?”

It’s a great question … but what a lot of first time entrepreneurs don’t appreciate is that the answer to the question depends on [...]

Nouveau fonds pour le démarrage d’entreprises en technologie

Le fonds bénéficiera de l’appui d’une vingtaine d’anges financiers et d’entrepreneurs montréalais qui ont réussi dans le domaine.
MONTREAL, Québec, 10 mars 2008 – Montreal Start Up, un spécialiste du capital de démarrage, dont la mission est d’appuyer les entrepreneurs montréalais qui bâtissent les succès de demain, a aujourd’hui annoncé le lancement d’un premier fonds de [...]

New seed capital fund for Montreal’s technology entrepreneurs

Fund aims to capitalize on the committed support of twenty of Montreal’s most successful entrepreneur and angel investors.
MONTREAL, Quebec, March 10, 2008 - Montreal Start Up, a venture investor dedicated to supporting Montreal based entrepreneurs in their quest to create and build successful companies, today announced the closing of its $3 million venture capital fund, [...]

Founder get Founder campaign launch !

Investissement Quebec is piling a lot of money into promoting the benefits of succession planning recently and whilst not directly relevant to our area of interest (start-up’s) there is a mutually important economic message:
Get the money into the hands of the next generation of guardians in a timely, smooth manner !
I mentioned in a previous [...]

The long or short of pitching angel investors

Standout Jobs, Cozimo and Xtranormal have recently been pitching their businesses at DEMO. These pitches were all well received by the audience - and one of the key reasons for that is that they were prepared specifically  for that audience. In other words, to deliver a good pitch it is essential to understand the motivation [...]