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The Angel's Angle With Ed Alfke
Founding
member and director of Canada's National Angel Organization Ed Alfke has
invested in 16 deals over more than 25 years. Using a young company called
Signalink, he is testing out his idea of syndication -- if angels can speak
the same language, they can fly farther and faster.
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Dear
Ronald,
I love to hear about the latest and
greatest emerging technologies, and Seed
Forum International in New York City last week was full of 'em --
using your tongue to move the cursor around your computer screen?
Detecting skin cancer "in a matter of minutes?" The 35-some
investors were certainly intrigued.
The seven presenting entrepreneurs remained true to their ten minutes in
the spotlight (unlike those presenting at the Yale Club the same day
during the Starlight
Capital and MJSegalAssociates Private Equity XVII: National Venture
Forum). But some made the typical blunders: "We don't have any competition,"
and "This is a huge market" echoed throughout the Marco Polo
Room at the Waldorf Astoria.
For angels who've been there and done that, such statements automatically
eliminate an entrepreneur from the competition, no matter how spiffy the
technology is.
So, entrepreneurs -- practice your pitches at the Thanksgiving dinner
table among your friends, family and fools before getting in front of
discerning angels!
Sincerely,
Kemila Velan
Editor
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Cambridge Devices Raises $2.5M
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Cambridge Devices, a medical device
company that develops real-time pathology solutions, today announced it
has completed a $2.5M round of seed funding from Kodiak Venture
Partners.
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