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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;">Empire Angels Young Founders Series</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #ff6600; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><STRONG>Investor Relations 101</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; color: #696969;">Raising money is a total grind, we know. A zillion coffee meetings, a million emails, a thousand pitches and there's no guarantee anyone will write a check. If you do successfully close a round, you're then responsible for managing the myriad of relationships with friends, family, angels and VCs for the life of your company.<BR><BR>It's exhausting just to think about!<BR><BR>Hear from three of our portfolio companies who have successfully raised from a variety of high profile investors about their fundraising strategies, the ups and downs of closing the deal and their unique approaches to post-close relationship management.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><BR STYLE="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; font-size: medium;"><STRONG>Featured Panenlists</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #666666;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: small;">Allyson Downey, Co-Founder and CEO, <A HREF="http://www.weespring.com" REL="nofollow">weeSpring</A></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #666666;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; font-size: small;"><EM><SPAN STYLE="color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">A social shopping platform for new + expecting parents that includes their friends' recommendations and advice</SPAN></EM></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #666666;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: small;"><BR>Nicholas Thorne, Co-Founder and CEO,<A HREF="http://www.basno.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-CKE-SAVED-HREF="http://www.basno.com" REL="nofollow">Basno</A></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #666666;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;"><EM><SPAN STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">A place where people collect and create verifiable, digital badges</SPAN></EM></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #666666;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: small;"><BR>Suzanne Xie, Founder and CEO,<A HREF="http://www.hullabalu.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-CKE-SAVED-HREF="http://www.hullabalu.com" REL="nofollow">Hullabalu</A></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #666666;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;"><EM><SPAN STYLE="color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #666666;">A</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> children's media company that develops interactive storytelling apps for mobile devices</SPAN></EM></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; color: #666666;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><BR></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><A HREF="http://www.wework.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; font-size: 12px;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #ff8c00;"><IMG SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/76164951/weworklogo28329-1.jpg" ALT="" WIDTH="250" HEIGHT="90"></SPAN></SPAN></A></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; font-size: 12px;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #ff8c00;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; color: #808080;"><EM><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;">WeWork is the platform for creators. We transform buildings into beautiful, collaborative workspaces and provide infrastructure, services, events and technology so our members can focus on doing what they love. We currently have over 20 locations in seven cities with over 14,000 members. To learn more about WeWork, send an email to</SPAN><A STYLE="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" HREF="mailto:joinus@wwork.com" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: #808080;">joinus@wwork.com</SPAN></A><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;">and let them know you were referred by Empire Angels.</SPAN></EM></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG>Media Partners</STRONG></SPAN><BR><A HREF="http://www.alleywatch.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-CKE-SAVED-HREF="http://www.alleywatch.com" REL="nofollow"><IMG STYLE="width: 350px; height: 89px;" SRC="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/67109310e5d333006100de872/images/alleywatch_big1.png" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="38" DATA-CKE-SAVED-SRC="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/67109310e5d333006100de872/images/alleywatch_big1.png"></A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; color: #808080;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;">The Young Founders Series</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;">seeks to provide education and training to young and first time entrepreneurs in the New York area. Starting a company is hard work, and founders with a strong vision but limited operating</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;">experience encounter unique challenges. How can I be an effective 20 or 30-something executive? Should I hire this person or that one? What does branding even mean? How do I build a company culture? How do I convince</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;">people twice my age to invest in my company? Through a curated series of evening workshops, panels and discussion events, the Young Founder Series aims to empower Millennial entrepreneurs with the key skills required to</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;">compete and succeed.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; color: #808080;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica;"><STRONG>Empire Angels</STRONG> is a member-led, New York based angel group of young professionals investing in early stage technology ventures with a focus on supporting young entrepreneurs.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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