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nivi

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About nivi

I do AngelList and Venture Hacks http://angel.co http://venturehacks.com http://twitter.com/venturehacks

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    Last time we got this comment, we checked the #'s and leads put in 16% of the investment on average. Compare that to 1-5% for a typical VC fund. Partners in a VC fund also take out…

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    The fund invests in a subset of syndicated deals. About half of them historically. The investment team consists of experienced investors including Naval (my co-founder). Details he…

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    Comment #12509622

    The real story is 46% unrealized returns on 2013 syndicate investments. Which is in the upper top quartile of VC. And A-List, a premium recruiting product for busy companies. That …

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    Comment #5305653

    Yes, thanks and fixed. :-)

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    Comment #5228929

    We call them “1-man startups” internally. Hence the title. =) Actual 1-person startups are an interesting topic too, for a future post.

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    Comment #5135485

    Hey, this is Nivi from AngelList. Please let me know if you have any questions. And please keep the comments coming. We are iterating on it right now.

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    Comment #4945563

    The small investors are grouped together into a fund. So the startup only sees one new entry on the cap table. The overhead is the same as adding a single large investor to the rou…

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    Comment #4945222

    Here's the AngelList take on why you want to avoid general solicitation and non-accredited investors https://angel.co/help/regulations#gs

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    Comment #4481093

    Nivi from AngelList here. Please me know if you have any questions.

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    Comment #3520995

    Yep, it is startups with 10+ intros only. We get about 100 startup profiles a day.

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    Comment #3216906

    We built references to help solve this problem. You can get references from anyone and their followers will be notified. You should only ask for references from people you already …

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    Comment #3216878

    AngelList used to be like that but things have changed. =) Most of the updates that investors receive are determined by who is involved in your company (advisors, investors, refere…

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    Comment #3076851

    Totally agreed. And I didn't thank you for writing the post. So, thank you. =)

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    Comment #3076697

    Hey, this is Nivi from AngelList. I am very happy for Stormpulse and I'm glad to answer any of your questions here. A couple things: 1. We're getting out of the "gatekeeper" busine…

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    Comment #2870006

    We went through the terms and deleted the following: DELETED: "We also have the right to invest in any business on the same terms as are offered to Investors, or on better terms if…