Angel Investors


Recent Angel Investors Articles

Selena Gomez Invests in Los Angeles Start-up

Justin Bieber's singer-actress girlfriend became a celebrity investor by putting her stamp of approval on a postcard start-up.  Read more

How To Find Investors 

Choose from a variety of sources to raise the money you need to grow your business. Also, Rent the Runway co-founder Jenny Fleiss explains how you can reach ...  Watch video

Data Bank: How Much Angel Money is There Really?

In uncertain economic times like these, angels tend to guard their cash carefully. How much did they actually invest last year?  Read more

What to Do About a Negative Review

Main Street Hub, a start-up that wants to help you manage your reputation on social media, received $2.6 million in funding.  Read more

How to Blog to Attract Investors

Venture capitalists and angel investors weigh in on what they're looking for in your company blog.  Read more

Meet the College Dropouts

The four young entrepreneurs who dropped out of school to take $100,000 in angel funding from Peter Thiel  Read more

Dos and Don’ts of Raising Money From Angels: The Devil Is in the Details

Honest Tea president, co-founder, and TeaEO Seth Goldman highlights the Honest dos and don'ts of raising money from angel investors.  Read more

Study Finds More Female Angels Equals Bigger Investments

When an angel investor group has more than 10 percent women, the number or size of investments increases, says new research.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: FanGo

FanGo makes a sports app that lets fans order food from the concession stand using their phones. Can it raise $435,000?  Read more

How to Show Market Traction

When pitching your business for funding, a common question that investors will ask is “Have you achieved market traction?” Market traction is ...  Read more

Elevator Pitch: StorageByMail

StorageByMail lets customers ship away their clutter to a storage facility. Can it get $1.3 million from investors?  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Smackages

Smackages gives women free makeup samples online. Can it get $1 million for its own makeover?  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Lifesta

Lifesta lets people resell their unused Groupon coupons. Can it raise $1.5 million?  Read more

Things Are Looking Up

It is a great time to be starting your company. The early stages of any company do not really depend on the economy.  In fact, there are many things ...  Read more

How to Raise Start-up Capital in 2011

It's a brave new world out there for start-ups seeking funding. With banks still hesitant, and VC's being choosy, what's your strategy going to be?  Read more

How to Raise $10 Million in One Day

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Keen Guides

Keen Guides makes iPhone travel apps for the hearing impaired. Can it get $1.2 million to cover more cities?  Read more

Elevator Pitch: ShopKeep

ShopKeep makes point-of-sale software for small businesses. Can it raise $1 million from investors?  Read more

How to Write a Promissory Note

Raising money from family or friends is easy capital. Just be sure to follow basic but important lending guidelines when making a binding agreement to pay it...  Read more

How to Pitch to Angel Investors

You may have sheer minutes to impress private investors, with success or failure hinging on how clearly and confidently you can deliver your presentation.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Shustir

Shustir combines e-commerce with social networking. Can it raise $500,000 from investors?  Read more

The E-mail Heard 'Round Silicon Valley

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

How to Meet Angel Investors

The most effective way to get set up with people who will invest in your fledgling business is to actively and creatively seek them out.  Read more

Etsy’s Angels Cash In

Arts and crafts is apparently very big business, as e-commerce craft site Etsy added not only another round of funding to its coffers, but an ex-Go...  Read more

Congress Considers Federal Tax Credit for Angels

Angel investors would get a 25 percent credit for backing a business that's already qualified for a federal research and development grant program for small ...  Read more

Brock Blake, CEO of Funding Universe 

The CEO of Funding Universe answers questions on raising capital from banks, angel investors, and local venture capital firms.  Watch video

Elevator Pitch: DivotCard

The DivotCard offers customers discounted golf rounds. Can it raise $1 million from investors?  Read more

How Incubators Speed the Start-up Process

Initiatives such as Y Combinator in San Francisco and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado, provide more than just funding.  Read more

A Tax Cut for Angels

How states such as Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota give angel investors (and start-ups) a break.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Closet Couture

Closet Couture wants to be the Facebook (and eBay) of fashionistas. Can it stitch together $1 million?  Read more

Death of the Elevator Pitch

Is the elevator pitch extinct? New York City VC Mark Peter Davis says it is. Writing on the Read more

Hiring Advice from The Onion

How to interview a job applicant. For Steve Hannah, CEO of The Onion, this is what he's trying to get at: "Can you do the job, and would I enjoy wo...  Read more

Reid Hoffman Likes Facebook's Like Button

Reid Hoffman says the social networking site's move to spread across the Web will be good for almost all online start-ups.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Nixle

Nixle helps police send text-message alerts to local residents. Can it raise $7.5 million?  Read more

Steve Jobs Takes on Adobe

Steve Jobs takes aim at Adobe . In a sign that Apple founder Steve Jobs has returned to his familiar role as spokesperson for his company, Jobs has ...  Read more