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New Name, Expanded Mission: What Founders Need To Know About The New Gulf South Angels

New Name, Expanded Mission: What Founders Need To Know About The New Gulf South Angels

The Southeast has a new regionally-focused angel investment network. Last week the NO/LA Angel Network (NO/LAAN) rebranded as the Gulf South Angels (GSA) and announced its geographic expansion across the Gulf South. The New Orleans-based angel investment group will now look at deals from eastern Texas

Temperature Check: Angel Investing In 2023

Temperature Check: Angel Investing In 2023

It was a rough year for a lot of established startups. Nearly 20% of all startups raised money at a lower valuation than they had in previous rounds. In 2021, that number was 5%. Those so-called ‘down rounds’ sent shock waves through the tech ecosystem, while many startups layoff

Interested In Angel Investing? Atlanta-based Knightley Wants To Make The Process Easier

Interested In Angel Investing? Atlanta-based Knightley Wants To Make The Process Easier

As a startup founder and previous due diligence analyst, Graham Gintz has experienced fundraising pain points from both sides of the table. “Most of the time, it's because people start pitching investors too early. Maybe they don't have the right narrative or they don't

Atlanta's Overline Oversubscribes First Fund To Boost Local Seed-Stage Startups

Atlanta's Overline Oversubscribes First Fund To Boost Local Seed-Stage Startups

Despite the headlines around unicorns and larger funding rounds, Atlanta venture capital leaders Michael Cohn and Sean O’Brien still recognized a problem for local seed-stage companies. Namely, that it is still hard to raise the first few rounds of institutional capital within the region. “For founders who raised

How a new group of investors could shape the future of Southeast startups

How a new group of investors could shape the future of Southeast startups

If you’ve ever thought about dipping your toes into tech investing, now just might be your moment. For the first time in nearly 35 years, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has modified the definition of an accredited investor. This “modernization,” as the SEC calls it, could inject new

Sig Mosley Shares The 6 Principles New Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed

Sig Mosley Shares The 6 Principles New Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed

Every entrepreneur needs a strong support system if they are going to bring their vision to fruition. While I didn’t start out as an investor — my beginnings were much more entrepreneurial — I’ve had the privilege to serve in that support capacity since 1990. As an angel investor, I’

Successful Women Entrepreneurs Launch Female-Focused Angel Network xElle Ventures

Successful Women Entrepreneurs Launch Female-Focused Angel Network xElle Ventures

North Carolina's first female-focused angel investment group officially launched this week. xElle Ventures is a for-women, by-women angel investor network that already counts over 10 women entrepreneurs and executives as backers. Entrepreneur and investor Robbie Hardy is serving as chairman of xElle Ventures. Nearly two