TechAngels investors earmarked an aggregate EUR 3 million for investments in the first half of 2021, with Q2 funding doubling versus the first three months. The association grew 25% in the first six months…
31.3% of the start-ups attending pitches in the first 11 months of 2020 have caught the eye of TechAngels investors. Of the 230 start-ups participating in the pitches hosted by TechAngels, 10% succeeded in…
One third of the European start-ups are facing risks from the economic impact of the pandemic, according to a survey by europeanstartups.co (a monitoring platform supported by the European Commission and initiated by dealroom.co and sifted.com).
TechAngels, the open group of private investors involved in supporting tech startups, attended 60 presentation and pitch sessions in the first nine months of this year, three times more year-over-year and five times more than in the 2013-2018 period.
Pitch season is always on at TechAngels, we meet over 70 startups per year and we are screening other 200. Every team we meet is unique but there are also some common traits, especially in business organization and management. We asked our angel investors, who have unique experiences and act as individuals when taking investment decisions, to share one piece of advice they see as being constantly needed, as response to the recurrent problems founders may encounter or as a reflection of their own struggles as entrepreneurs, mentors, business professionals. Thus resulted The Good Advice Booklet which in the end looks like a crash course in management.
As Malin Stefanescu, TechAngels President put it: “Learning from your mistakes is great, learning from other’s mistakes is definitely cheaper.”
