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[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/01.how_to_qualify_sn_investor_for_your_startup.mp3"][/audio]How To Qualify an Investor for Your Startup Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Founders searching for investors need to qualify the investors for their deal. Here are key questions to ask an investor before…

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Jake Ryan, Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Tradecraft Capital, a digital asset management firm focused on cryptocurrency, blockchain, and emerging technologies. Jake shares how he moved from software engineering and artificial intelligence into digital assets after early angel investing in a…

Climate Tech is an up-and-coming investment opportunity. Here are the sectors, benefits, and risks. The key sectors include the following:  Renewable energy such as solar, wind, and geothermal. Carbon capture for capturing, storing, and utilizing carbon emissions. Sustainable transport such as electric vehicles. Smart agriculture such as vertical farming. The…

Artificial intelligence companies bring new challenges to the diligence process. Here are the key steps to diligence an AI startup: Does the AI startup have a clearly defined market that needs the product? How competitive is the startup over other providers? How well does the product fit the customer's needs?…

Investing in startups requires due diligence. In addition to financial diligence, an investor should consider technical due diligence. Here are the key areas to review for technical due diligence: Scientific risk. This is the risk in deep tech startups that comes from basic science. Look for startups that have de-risked…