DISQUS

Why Didn't I Think of That?: Where to find angel funding in Boston

  • a32b · 1 month ago
    Wow, great post. Where was this kind of succinct summary 18 months ago?

    Should be a banner day for the inboxes of the folks you listed above, too :-)
  • robchogo · 1 month ago
    Who knows if they will be happy about it or not :)
  • a32b · 1 month ago
    That's the kind of info good entrepreneurs would track down anyway, so
    I can't imagine you're harming anyone.
  • leehower · 1 month ago
    Good summary, also good overall point about active seed stage investors (either funds managing other people's money or individuals investing their own capital) with interest in consumer stuff.

    Bantam and Lead Dog arguably fit better into the individual bucket, as they're basically the personal investing and advising vehicles of Joe Caruso and John Landry respectively. Both guys are active "professional" investors but perhaps distinct from the funds.
  • robchogo · 1 month ago
    True, but I want to keep them in the "professional" group because my impression is that they spend a lot of time trying to make angel investments. Maybe I'm wrong. I think it's less a distinction of where the $ comes from and more about how much time and effort they are putting into seed stage investing.
  • leehower · 1 month ago
    Fair distinction then. In addition to both the time commitment you note, both Joe and John are very hands-on as "mentors" or "accelerators" or however you want to describe.
  • Kevin Vogelsang · 1 month ago
    Good stuff, Rob. Posts like this and Don Dodge's post on events and people in the Boston community are very helpful. I always learn a thing or two about the Boston ecosystem.
  • robchogo · 1 month ago
    Thanks! Glad to be considered in the same comment as Don Dodge. I think we'll be hearing a lot more from him now that he is no longer at MSFT.
  • tom summit · 1 month ago
    Rob, great list and a valuable resource. They might be one off investments but I believe Jeremy Allaire CEO of Brightcove, Sheila Marcelo CEO of Care.com and Nick Beim of Matrix Partners, all made angel investments in Flipkey.
    http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2008/08/22/flipke...
  • robchogo · 1 month ago
    Tom, that's great to hear. I didn't realize that those folks were involved. What a great set of angel investors! Keep up the good work with Genotrope.