Archive: Pre-IPO Profits Alerts

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A Unique Startup Investment Opportunity

By Vin Narayanan on January 12, 2021

As many of you know, the Early Investing team joined forces with KingCrowd last year. KingsCrowd is a startup whose goal is to provide all investors with institutional grade ratings and analytics for the startup space. In essence, it wants to become the Morningstar or Moody’s for the startup space. KingsCrowd has started by rating all Regulation CF (crowdfunding) deals. From there, KingsCrowd is moving into Regulation…
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How To Invest in Complex Concepts

By Adam Sharp on October 20, 2020

I sometimes get invited to participate in deals in areas I don’t understand well — like biotechnology. In almost all these cases, the science is over my head. So I generally don’t invest in startups that are in complex areas (for me). However, there are certain investors who I respect…
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Investing in Indian Startups

By Adam Sharp on October 13, 2020

India has a very intriguing startup scene (and overall economy) — lots of innovation, high economic growth, a good and improving education and good demographics. It can be hard to find good investment opportunities unless you live in India. But those opportunities do exist. And I believe they’re worth the…
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The Importance of Co-Investors

By Adam Sharp on July 21, 2020

As online angel investors, there’s an easy metric we can use when judging possible investments. If we pay attention to who else is investing in a startup’s round (also known as co-investors), we can learn a lot about the quality of the deal.  For example, if…
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Over recent months, AngelList has made some major updates to their investor dashboard (if you haven’t been given access to the new dashboard yet, they should be rolling it out to you soon). To access the dashboard, log into Angel.co and…
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Today in America, accredited investors still have a major advantage over non-accredited investors (approximately 92% of America).  We can invest in all private startup and company deals, including those on sites like AngelList. These Regulation D deals have no limit on the amount of money the…
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AngelList Access Funds Show Promise

By Adam Sharp on June 30, 2020

Let’s talk about AngelList Access funds. These funds allow you to make a single investment and get exposure to the hundreds of top startup deals that take place on AngelList. I wrote about them back in January. Now,…
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Traditionally, startup investors (VCs and angels) tended to do deals in person. It’s a slow and inefficient method. But it’s the way things have always been done. During this crisis, everyone has been forced to operate remotely. But from what I’m reading…
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Startup Investing in a Recession

By Adam Sharp on June 16, 2020

The U.S. stock markets are nearing all-time highs. But all is not well with the economy. A huge portion of small businesses are struggling to pay bills. Big corporations are faring better, but they have their own issues that need to be addressed — too much…
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Avoid High-Priced Startup Deals

By Adam Sharp on June 9, 2020

In the last week, I’ve been invited to invest in two hot deals on AngelList. Both companies are doing well because of changes caused by COVID-19. One is in telehealth. The other is in food delivery. But when I checked the valuation on these…
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How to Naturally Diversify Your Portfolio

By Adam Sharp on June 2, 2020

When it comes to startup investing, I am “industry agnostic.” In other words, I never invest in a deal just because it’s in a certain sector. Instead, I evaluate every deal individually. I look at the fundamentals, model, team and growth rate. This approach has naturally…
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How to Cope With a Lack of Startup Updates

By Adam Sharp on May 26, 2020

I was very excited when I first began online angel investing in 2014. I loved the concept. So I invested in 15 deals within just a few months on AngelList and FundersClub. I thought they were high quality picks. And I eagerly waited to see how they would do. But…
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Raise Your Personal Investment Bar

By Adam Sharp on May 19, 2020

As I mentioned last week, there’s been a significant decrease in the number of startup deals coming across my desk lately. On the bright side, though, the quality of deals on accredited sites like AngelList is much higher (on average) than I’ve ever seen. This is a common trend during…