Startup Funding Espresso – What Are the Odds?
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/02.what_are_the_odds.mp3"][/audio]What Are the Odds? Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Early-stage investments require follow-on funding to reach a substantial size, providing a return to the investors that justifies the risk. Here are the odds that…
Startup Funding Espresso – Evaluating the Team
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/01.evsliating_the_team.mp3"][/audio]Evaluating the Team Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In startup investing, the team is the most important factor pointing to success or failure. Here are some key steps in evaluating the team for your…
How To Close a Soft Commitment
Founders raising funding often ask for general interest first with no commitment. A soft commitment is an interest from an investor just short of a commitment. Investors use this to maintain the dialog with the founder as they learn more about the deal. Some use this as a bargaining chip…
Investor Connect: Digital Twins, AI Guardrails, and the Hidden “Iceberg” Costs of Industrial Deployment
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/2._Hemant_Sheelvent.mp3"][/audio] In this episode of Investor Connect, we welcome Hemanth Sheelvant, who currently works with Bosch Manufacturing Co-Intelligence and previously served as CEO of Bosch Digital Twin Industries. He discusses how digital twins and AI are reshaping industrial operations—and why even well-funded projects still fail. Hemanth explains the “iceberg…
How To Expand Product Sales
Startups raising funding must show a growth story. The best growth story is a revenue curve going up and to the right at a 45-degree angle. For venture, the growth curve must be at least 50% year over year. Here are some key steps to take to expand sales: Increase…
