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Angel Investor Portfolio Insight

Angel Investor Portfolio Insight from The Startup Garage

Angel investors typically invest in seed or early stage startups that are seeking between $150,000 to $1M.  Often, a group of six to twenty angels will pool their funds to make such an investment.  The average check written by angels is ~$30,000.  They are typically accredited investors that are investing with the intention of engaging […]

The Triple Bottom Line Goal of Sustainable Business

The Triple Bottom Line Goal of Sustainable Business from The Startup Garage

Earlier, we wrote a blog post on California passing legislation creating new business structures for social enterprise. In this post, we’ll discuss what exactly the triple bottom line approach to sustainable business (social enterprise) really is. Triple bottom line refers to the 3 “P’s” – Profit, People, Planet.  It is a term often connected to […]

The 5 Best Cities to Start a Business

The 5 Best Cities to Start a Business from The Startup Garage

As an aspiring entrepreneur, you will want to launch your startup in a fertile environment with ample funding and quality of life (for good employees and good prospects likely seek out this characteristic in determining where they will put down their roots). To gauge the health of small-business lending in each city, NerdWallet analyzed business loans made […]

The “Series A Crunch” Myth

The “Series A Crunch” Myth from The Startup Garage

Despite the concerns about a crunch, the reality is that the level of Series A activity is holding steady. At the same time, the number of seed deals have exploded. As a result, the Series A Crunch is nothing more than excessive demand for a limited supply of Series A financing. While the number of […]

Budding Developer Tools Industry Attracting Big Investments

Budding Developer Tools Industry Attracting Big Investments from The Startup Garage

Online and mobile developers use a number of tools to collaborate on, facilitate and track their projects from bug tracking and API management to code sharing networks and mobile back-end services. Investors are beginning to take notice of the relatively young market categorized as developer tools, or any program or application that helps developers devise, […]

California Passes Legislation Creating New Structures for Social Enterprise

California Passes Legislation Creating New Structures for Social Enterprise from The Startup Garage

With limited legal designation for social enterprises, social entrepreneurs are forced to struggle with which legal form to choose for their ventures.  Traditional legal entities are not well-suited to blend the social and profit-making purposes of a social enterprise.  Management of for-profit companies are liable to shareholders for failure to maximize profit.  On the other […]

Cross-Border M&A: Focus on Tech Companies

Cross-Border M&A: Focus on Tech Companies from The Startup Garage

In today’s increasingly globalized society, so too are M&As occurring cross borders.    The top acquirers of U.S. tech companies span Europe, Asia and Canada.  Over 2200 private tech companies were acquired across the glove in 2012. Top Acquirers A deeper dive into cross-border M&A activity of US technology firms in 2012 shows Canada and the UK […]

3 Games To Help You Generate Business Ideas

3 Games To Help You Generate Business Ideas from The Startup Garage

Generating a business idea takes creativity.  Fortunately, we can exercise our creativity like a muscle.  And it can even be fun.  Try these three games to inspire new ideas.  Who knows, it might lead to the next million-dollar startup! 1. Mix and Match What two products could be brought together for the first time to […]

Investor Outlook: Real Estate Portfolio H1 2013

Investor Outlook: Real Estate Portfolio H1 2013 from The Startup Garage

There are strong signs that investor confidence in private real estate funds is returning, with 49% of investors having made new commitments in 2012, and 53% planning to make new commitments to the asset class in 2013. The improvement in the performance of private real estate has encouraged some institutions to return to the asset class, while […]

Private Equity Spotlight – Early 2013

Private Equity Spotlight - Early 2013 from The Startup Garage

The private equity institutional investor universe is made up of a diverse range of investor types, each with different allocations and expectations of the asset class. Encouragingly for private equity fund managers looking to source fresh capital in the year ahead, there is a wealth of different investors actively searching for new fund investments over the next 12 months. Types […]