What Angel Investors Look for in Fundable Companies, NZ and AUS
1. What Angel Investors LookWhat!Angel!Investors!Look!
For in Fundable CompaniesFor!in!Fundable!Companies
Bill!Payne
BNZ!University!of!Auckland!Business!School!
Entrepreneur!in!Residence
6. F i d d F il IFriends!and!Family!Investors
P d fi i• Pre"seed!financing
– To!develop!product
– To!find!customers
• Unsophisticated• Unsophisticated
– Equity?!!Debt?!!Gift?
i i h b f i– Limit!the!number!of!investors
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7. Wh A Th A l ?Who!Are!These!Angels?
! Wealthy!individuals!– “accredited!investors”y
! “Been!there!and!done!that”!entrepreneurs
! “Mad!money”
! Generally!$25K"$250K!per!deal!per!angel
! Several!angel!investments
! Range!of!involvements
! Lead!investor!– Chairman!of!the!Board
I t / d i! Investor/advisor
! Passive!investor
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8. V t C it li tVenture!Capitalists
! General!partners
! Salaried!managers
! Minimal!investment,!huge!upside
! Limited!partners
! Corporations,!pension!funds,!
wealthy!individuals
! Totally!passive!involvement
! 800!venture!capital!funds!#
! Size: $5 million to >$10 billionSize:!!$5!million!to!>$10!billion
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9. N di l A t (NDA )Nondisclosure!Agreements!(NDAs)
• Most angels and VCs will not sign• Most!angels!and!VCs!will!not!sign
– See!too!many!deals
I t it i k t ti i b i– Integrity!is!key!to!continuing!business
– Not!motivated!to!steal!technology
• May!sign!NDA…
– During!due!diligence,!not!earlier
– Covering!a!very!narrow!set!of!issues
• Business Plan " no proprietary informationBusiness!Plan! no!proprietary!information
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11. A l R ti S tAngel!Rating!System
0"30%Management team 0"30%
0"25%
Management!team
Size!of!opportunity
0"15%
0"10%
Product!&!technology
Sales!channels
0"10%
0 5%
Competitive!advantage
Si f thi d 0!" 5%
0!" 5%
Size!of!this!round
Need!for!more!funding
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12. F d bl M TFundable!Management!Teams
• CEO
– CEO!experience
– Coachable (very important)Coachable!(very!important)
– Vertical!experience
Leadership– Leadership
• Team
– Balance!and!complete
– Experience working togetherExperience!working!together
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13. Si f th O t itSize!!of!the!Opportunity
l bl• Scalable!
– $20!million!(min.)!in!revenues!in!5!years
$– (VCs!look!for!>$100!million)
• High!gross!marginsg g g
• Large!niche!market
U f i i i d• Unfair!competitive!advantage
• Ready!for!customers
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14. C titi Ad t (IP)Competitive!Advantage!(IP)
• Patents
– Important, but difficult to defendImportant,!but!difficult!to!defend
• Trademarks/copyrights
T d S t• Trade!Secrets
• Very!important!at!exit
15. D l Fl St ti tiDeal!Flow!Statistics
• Prescreening
• Screening
! 1!in!4!to!Screening
! 1 in 3 to DDScreening
• Due!Diligence
! 1!in!3!to!DD
! 1!in!3!to!Inv.!Meeting
• Investment ! 1!in!2!raise!money
!• OVERALL ! 1!in!72!who!apply!receive!
investment
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