I currently have 1 product on the market nationwide (The Collegiate Beer Pong Constitution, http://beerpongconstitution.com/ ). We have 2 products scheduled for release in September and 3 others are in the works. Where can I find a partner to pick up to increase our funding for our other products? Where can I find an angel investor? If anyone is interested I have a business plan packet and product packets ready and waiting to go out! Someone help me!

probably not here. you're going to do some knocking on doors and some phone calls I suspect. best of luck.

I need to find an angel investor who is willing to invest between 200K and 500K.

I would try to find a local investor. I've started 3 companies and you do not want capital venture firms giving you money. Find a local businessman or company to invest. 200-500k is a very small investment. Just make sure you have an attorney look over the documents before signing anything if you find an investor. If I didn't have a law degree, I wouldn't have noticed many of the stipulations. You can get screwed pretty easily and end up only owning 30-40% of the company you worked so hard to start.

This is a clip from the FundingPost Sedona, AZ early-stage VC & Angel Investor event, where the Investors describe their Ideal Company.

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I create unique, intricate beautiful jewel crafts, my strength lies on my infinite ideas and my ability to design and sell it, but i need an angel investor to run it smoothly cause i dont have a capital. I don't want to work in the corporate world, I prefer to be an enterpreneur coz I believe my talent could go a long way. Any suggestions?

Angel investors could mean your family, friends or acquiantances. Check if anyone in your immediate circle would want to invest in your business.

I am not too sure if your business is the type that will attract the big angel investors. Business 2.0 http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/28/magazines/business2/angelinvestor/index.htm has a very good article on angel investors, what they typically look for, what kind of investments they support, etc. But you can always try.

Be sure to have a strong business plan and describe what makes your business idea stand apart. You may want to go and pitch your ideas where investors gather. Here are some places where angel investors come and those looking for funding can come and pitch their business plans.

Angel Capital Association http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org
Angel's Forum http://www.angelsforum.com
Band of Angels http://www.bandangels.com
Common Angels http://www.commonangels.com
Keiretsu Forum http://www.k4forum.com
Launchpad Venture Group http://www.launchpadventuregroup.com
New World Angels http://www.newworldangels.com
New York Angels http://www.newyorkangels.com
Prairie Angels http://www.prairieangels.org (charges $125 to submit idea)
Robin Hood Ventures http://www.robinhoodventures.com (charges $250)

Check with the Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia http://www.bansea.org/bansea/index.htm which is a group of angel investors in SE Asia including Singapore.

In most cases, what motivates a angel investor to invest? A higher percentage of return a bank could give? If they can get 15% back on money over 3 years, is that the incentive? or does an angel investor want a small percentage of the company too?

Generally, angel investors will make an investment into the equity of the company which, by definition, means that they take a proportion of the company. Angels, in most cases, do not make a debt investment into a venture.

An angel will give the company a "pre-money valuation". They'll then invest money. The "post-money valuation"=pre-money + money invested. The proportion of the company owned by the angel is equal to the money invested divided by the post money valuation.

eg: pre-money valuation of $1M
Money invested $2.
Post money valuation=2M+1M=3M
Proportion of company= 2/3=66%

This means that the angel will be entitled to 66% of the proceeds upon the sale of hte business.

Generally, an angel investor hopes to make about 20% to 30% from their portfolio. However, as these investments are very risky (which is why the financing comes from an angel as opposed to the bank which is much cheaper), and most of the individual investments will lose all their money, the return expected from individual investments is much higher. The 20% to 30% will be an average of high successes and dismal failures.

I want to contact a "Angel Investor" or a "Venture Capitalist" in Chennai. Can someone Help?

Venture Capital funding is costly and may result in you losing part of the rights to your company, your idea or your product.

Before you consider this type of investor, you may want to establish your business plan, speak with local banks, visit your Small Business Administration Office (if you have one) and then and only then if you determine VC is the way to go should you begin researching firms.

Be sure you are aware of all of the 'perks' that they are requesting from you before accepting financing.

There are some great write-ups about venture capital at http://www.fingad.com - take some time to review them!

I have a national children's television show with about 3 million viewers. Parents are asking for DVDs now, and we have a strong distributor. I need to move the studio to a better tax state with a larger talent pool than where we are now, and I need a small capital investment to resume production to meet consumer DVD demand. Most VCs and VC firms I've encountered so far prefer investing in real estate companies over entertainment media companies - even though entertainment consistently outperforms real estate in bear markets. We are entering a bear period. Do any of you know anyplace I can find an entertainment-savvy angel investor before February, who might be interested in seeding $250,000 to $500,000 in a successful TV start-up?

Check out the following sites:

Angel Capital Association http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org
Angel's Forum http://www.angelsforum.com
Band of Angels http://www.bandangels.com
Common Angels http://www.commonangels.com
Keiretsu Forum http://www.k4forum.com
Launchpad Venture Group http://www.launchpadventuregroup.com
New World Angels http://www.newworldangels.com
New York Angels http://www.newyorkangels.com
vFinance Directory of Angel Investors: http://www.vfinance.com

Some angel investors provide indication of what industries or businesses they are interested in. Just make sure you've got a stellar business plan that addresses the concerns of these angel investors

Kyte.TV Puts Live Mobile Phone Video in Social Network Setting — Legendary Angel Investor Ron Conway is Bullish on Kyte and Booming Video Sector

I caught up with legendary angel investor Ron Conway in Hollywood last week. Ron was an earlier investor in some of the Valley's most successful companies, including Google.

Ron is very enthusiastic about the opportunties for investment in a whole crop of new online video ventures including kyte.tv. He is an investor in kyte.tv along with Atomico (co-founded by Niklas Zennstrom), Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Draper Richards.

Ron talks about kyte.tv as we are joined by founder Daniel Graf.

Kyte was profiled recently in The New York Times. Here's a related story from the BBC.

Below, Daniel provides a little demo. Very cool, indeed.

See this video on Beet.TV:
http://www.beet.tv/2007/05/kyte_puts_live_.html

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