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Angel Fest 2024 Recap-Deal-onomics

Mickayla Rosard

22 October 2024

Welcome to our second-to-last Angel Fest recap for 2024! In this informative panel, lawyers Chris Carlisle and Luke Greiner cover the financial side of angel investing. 

 

Types of Venture Deals

Convertible notes? SAFEs? Priced equity? In this clip, the panelists cover what common finance terms mean and how investors could think about them.

Valuation Caps, How to Get Your Share

Valuation caps are an important part of many deals. Watch below to hear how an angel could go about negotiating a fair cap that compensates them for the risk of investing early.

Other Key Terminology

Angel agreements can be complicated and intimidating for those new to the early stage investing space. In this clip you can unpack common industry jargon with these professionals. 

Board Seats?

What does it mean to hold a board seat? Can you still have influence over the company without one? This question is top of mind for many investors.

Valuations 101

Valuations are at the heart of every deal. In this informative portion, the panelists cover how valuations are reached. Do numbers or founders play a bigger role? The answer may surprise you.

What Makes a Great Angel

Are you cut out to be an angel? All founder-angel relationships will look a little different, but in this section of the panel, the lawyers discuss what dynamics work and what each party should look for.

 

Now that you’ve learned the basics of angel investing deal structures, you’re ready to take the next step in your journey to funding the future!

Mickayla Rosard

Mickayla Rosard has bolstered the entrepreneurship ecosystem through access to capital. Throughout her career she has procured $138 million of investment into the upper Midwest. Mickayla's focus at Groove Capital is investor relations and growing the angel network. Mickayla also is a Fellow at Forge North, leading a statewide project to engage more angel investors, especially women and minorities. Mickayla first cut her teeth in venture in 2009 at Dakota Venture Group. She holds FINRA series 63 and 82 securities licenses.

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