Angel investors on Twitter and Facebook

#1

Post by jasonmcalacanis » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 6:50 PM UTC

We just made this list of every angel investor we could find AND their investments twitter accounts.

there is no better way to court an angel investor then stalking them on twitter :-) let me know if we missed any and we will add.

Angel investors on Twitter and Facebook
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#2

Post by staunch » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 7:14 PM UTC

Awesome list. Bookmarked. It must have taken some work to put this together. Thanks.

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#3

Post by paulmwatson1 » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

Good lord, not a single one in the Republic of Ireland, the future Silicon Valley of Europe or so say our "smart economy" pushing government. Hopefully we can rectify that in 2011.

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#4

Post by phlux » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 7:34 PM UTC

Interesting that Abrams invested in Lotus Vodka...

Did they make it through their FDA struggle? The FDA was shutting them down due to the caffeine they had in the drink, even though a vodka redbull had N times the caffeine that Lotus had.

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Post by zackattack » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 8:14 PM UTC

this would be way better as a twitter list, so you could watch the stream and reach out to people who seem smart/interesting/"resonate with you"

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#6

Post by joshu » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 8:15 PM UTC

Not sure why the twitter account of a startup is better that it's URL.

Kinda sad that the only two startups I am listed for are things I founded, and didn't invest in.

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Post by spullara » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 8:21 PM UTC

joshu wrote: post #6

Not sure why the twitter account of a startup is better that it's URL. Kinda sad that the only two startups I am listed for are things I founded, and didn't invest in.

It only has my most recent investment. Probably should be a wiki.

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Post by benologist » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 8:27 PM UTC

Listing the twitter accounts instead of websites suck ... twitter is where you go to communicate not see what they do.

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#9

Post by adrianwaj » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 8:48 PM UTC

The biggest issue I've found with angels and especially super angels is that their fingers are in so many pies, that very often they're already fingering the same (or a very similar) type of pie that you're offering. You'd want to know exactly what they have a stake in before making an approach, yet often that information is hard to find (or purposely concealed.)

Overlapping feature sets. Conflicts of interest. Picking the winners. Contrived rejections. Leaks. Angelgates. Portfolio loading. Brain picking.

Buyer beware in my view.

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Post by gyardley » Sun, Jan 23, 2011, 8:59 PM UTC

adrianwaj wrote: post #9

The biggest issue I've found with angels and especially super angels is that their fingers are in so many pies, that very often they're already fingering the same (or a very similar) type of pie that you're offering. You'd want to know exactly what they have a stake in before making an approach, yet often that information is hard to find (or purposely concealed.) Overlapping feature sets. Conflicts of interest. Picki…

In my experience, investors are pretty up-front about potential conflicts, and anything you'd possibly share with them isn't going to hurt your business. If you want to raise money, paranoia about angels isn't the way to go about it.