“I just want to know how will you get 1 paying customer. 1” – Timmins is brilliant. #how2angel #sxsw — Or-Tal Kiriati (@lemino) March 8, 2013 It’s all about you. The strength of a founder is the deciding factor for angel investor Rick Timmins. He has two other questions for entrepreneurs looking for an investment, […]
The number of angel investors in the U.S. has jumped 60 percent since 2002, and the number of dollars they’ve invested in companies has gone up even faster. Not to mention that a few new angel groups have sprouted just within the last year to invest especially in life science companies. Given all of […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
There’s a new early stage angel fund in town, and it’s on the hunt for creative, out-of-the box ideas for improving the delivery of healthcare using fewer resources. The Alliance Healthcare Fund focuses on helping early stage business-to-business healthcare companies bring to market ideas that improve acute care, reduce spending and challenge the status quo. […]
Two angel groups in flyover country have been keeping up with firms on the West Coast over the last 12 months, at least in terms of investing in healthcare startups. The Halo Report included BlueTree Allied Angels and Ohio TechAngels in their list of most active companies in the health space. Both groups participated in […]
In the world of startups, few separate topics of discussion have recently been hotter than angel investing and crowdfunding. But what about considering where crowdfunding and angel investing intersect? Can these two forms of startup fundraising co-exist peacefully or might crowdfunding pose a threat to angel investors? In short, it’s too early to say, but […]
Queen City Angels’ Chairman Tony Shipley testified before a House subcommittee last week on the value angel investing brings to the U.S. economy. Shipley represented the Angel Capital Association in making his statement to the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, according to a statement from Cincinnati-based Queen […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Early stage life science companies looking to fill a funding gap now have another avenue: a hospital. Rex Healthcare is creating a $10 million fund to invest in healthcare innovations and technologies. This new fund, called Rex Health Ventures, puts the Raleigh, North Carolina hospital among the few hospitals that have created venture capital fund. […]
As nanotechnology finds new uses ranging from engineering to medicine, a growing number of early stage companies are forming to bring new nanotech innovation into those markets. But nanotech companies are clamoring for financing at a time when investor purse strings remain tight. Some investors are showing interest in nanotechnology investments, but that interest doesn’t […]
Queen City Angels, a frequent investor in early stage healthcare startups, is hoping to raise a $6 million fund, its fourth. The Cincinnati-area angel group is hoping to obtain half of that amount through the state of Ohio’s Third Frontier technology support program, operations manager Jim Cunningham said. The roughly 50-member QCA has invested about […]
In a functioning emerging med tech family, there is a healthy level of tension among the various stakeholders, each with a unique perspective on how best to grow the value of the company (and thus their stake in it). Sometimes, though, the incentives and motivations are in such opposition that value or even whole companies can be destroyed, or worse just limp along zombie-like in defiance of all logic.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Many states have jumped on the concept of tax credits for angel investors as a way to funnel cash to startup businesses, revive moribund economies and put people back to work. Ohio, for example, in 1996 implemented a program in which angel investors who put money in approved companies are eligible for a tax credit […]
A new report shows that healthcare companies received a greater percentage (37 percent) of angel investment dollars than startups from any other industry in 2011.
There’s a new angel investment fund in North Carolina’s Research Triangle with capital to feed early stage life science and technology companies. Triangle Angel Partners, or TAP, has formed with participation from more than 40 investors in the Triangle and raised $2.3 million, WRALTechWire reports. Financial backers include Rich Lee, the former CEO of data […]
Current medical news from today, including funding for early-stage biotech companies drops, healthcare and the State of the Union address, and mobile health revenue jumps.
Let’s face some cold, hard facts. Banks still aren’t lending much money, and venture capital cash, while spread more liberally in 2011 than in previous years, is still largely hard to come by. The proof, as they say, is in the data: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reports that business lending is down for five […]