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Angel Investment Update: Startup Financing Trends & Strategies
Thanks to an accelerating economic recovery & a stock market that is setting new highs on a regular basis, it is clearly an opportune time for the many startups that are looking to close a round of angel financing. Indeed, many companies are reporting that between favorable valuations & accelerated timelines for closing deals, the current prospects for angel financing are particularly strong. Please join us for a webinar featuring a panel of active angel investors & successful serial entrepreneurs. Together they will address the following topics:
The current market for angel financing & the outlook for the coming months
Strategies for identifying, connecting with & pitching to angels in a virtual environment
Guidance for startups to maximize their chances of raising angel funding
Event Agenda:
11:30 am - 12:00 pm - Open Networking (on Airmeet)
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Angel Investing Panel Conversation
1:00 - 1:30 pm - Networking (on Airmeet)
Host:
Paul Ellis, Managing Partner, Paul Ellis Law Group
Panelists:
Joy Marcus, Co-Founder, Brilliant Friends
Joy Marcus is an astute catalyst for trend-setting business ideas & investments & female founders. From venture capital & board leadership to nurturing entrepreneurs as a full-time Princeton faculty member & investor, Joy is committed to connecting the minds & deals that create positive change. She co-founded Brilliant Friends, a C-Suite womens investing group focused on seed & Early-A investments in companies founded by women. A thread that runs through everything she does is proving that true diversity yields better economic outcomes.
Joy brings two decades of notable experience as a digital media trailblazer to her current board & investment roles. Shes on the boards of Perion, Anyclip, & Qwire & has previously served on & advised a number of startups, associations, & nonprofit boards. While a Venture Partner at Gotham Ventures, Joy led their investment in DailyWorth, a digital media company targeting professional women that exited to a prominent female-led media company. She joined JVP s emerging New York office to focus on media & tech deal flow. Prior to JVP, Joy steered Cond Nasts newly formed Digital Video division to triple-digit year over year growth. She was on the management teams that took BarnesandNoble.com public & that led French video site Dailymotion in its sale to Orange for $200M. She started her career at MTV Networks, where she helped launch MTV in international markets.
At Princeton, Joy has gained a following for her Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship course, pragmatic style, & direct knowledge of both the media & venture ecosystems. As a first-generation college graduate with the belief that education should be a great equalizer, Joy advocates for more diverse representation in curriculum, internships, & department leadership.
Brad Schrader, President, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York
Brad Schrader has led multiple B2B startups & turnarounds. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Sun Chemical & previously led EasyLink (Nasdaq: EASY). From start as an engineer, he has helped grow diverse businesses from fiber optics to airbags to specialty chemicals to eCommerce with BCG, Corning, TRW, Honeywell among others. He is an active venture adviser.
EVENT URL: https://www.airmeet.com/e/7744aed0-af4b-11eb-b7e2-198374ff8e84
Watching on YouTube Live
If you do not want to participate in the Airmeet event, you can also watch the livestream at https://www.nytech.org/nyta_forum_angel_update_2021.
For full event description & panelists' bios reference https://www.nytech.org/nyta_forum_angel_update_2021.
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