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Transcript of "Angel Investing 101" John May
“Angel Investing 101”
John May
Darden Progressive Incubator
July 11, 2005
John May
Co-founder, New Vantage Group, Vienna, VA
Co-Manager, The Dinner Clubs (3), Active Angel Investors, and affiliated angel venture groups (2)
Advisor, Calvert Ventures, Solstice Capital, Women’s Growth Capital Fund & Conservation International’s Verde Ventures
Batten Fellow and Director, Northern Virginia Initiative, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
Co-Author, Every Business Needs an Angel (Crown Business: 2001)
Co-Editor, State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing (Darden Business Publishing: 2003)
Participant in international forums and lectures – Paris, Tokyo, Bangkok, Malta, Copenhagen, Mexico City, Helsinki, Santiago
The World of Angel Investing
Part mentoring
Part venture capital
Part psychic reward
Part adventure
But first, VC’s: Seeding or Fertilizing?
• Early-stage VC is broke
• Indigestion in the food chain
• Looking back instead of looking forward
The Field
Small private businesses in the US
Emerging growth opportunities for investors
High-tech start-ups
Job and innovative generation
“Mentor” capital
The Pain: A Chronic Problem
Becoming a successful big company takes a lot of hard work
Tapped out after FFF and own money
Capital gap is $250,000-$2.0M range
Pre-bankable companies need support of all kinds
Is Institutional Venture Capital the Answer?
Uniquely American, only 50-year old experience
Managed for OPM – now $260B-plus cottage industry
Dominated by pension funds and $150M-+ pools and funds
Heavily high-tech and No. California and Massachusetts (55% of deals)
Doesn’t play at the seed-stage easily, very selective - less than 5% of venture capital into seed
Venture Capital Disbursements to Portfolio Companies
2,750$18.9 B2003
2,600$21.2 B2002
3,767$40.0 B2001
5,458$103.5B2000
3,956$59.4B1999
3,155$22.0B1998
2,696$17.2B1997
# of CompaniesAnnualYear
2,876$20.9B2004
…And It’s Gotten Worse
Amount of Venture Capital Invested by Stage in the US (in millions)
Stage 2002 2003 2004Seed/Start-up
304 1.4% 385 2.0% 346 1.5%
Early-stage 4,076 19.2% 3,378 17.8% 3,885 16.9%
Expansion 13,301 62.7% 10,304 54.4% 9,511 41.5%
Later 3,543 16.7% 4,879 25.8% 9,198 40.1%
TOTAL 21,224
100.0%
18,946
100.0%
22,940
100.0%
Sources: National Venture Capital Association Yearbook 2003 & Money Tree 2004 US Report
But Healthcare % is Increasing
First quarter ’05 biotech and medical devices 2nd and 3rd largest VC investments
’04 biotech totaled $3.8 billion
’04 medical devices totaled $1.8 billion
Total is over $5.6 billion in 578 companies (largest in four years)
How Individuals Have Played Throughout History
Wealthy families
Broadway angels
Professor Bill Wetzel and high-tech angels
90’s boom and growth of wealth and VC’s
HNW Individuals and the Alternative Asset Class
Why should any investor participate in alternate assets?
Real estate, timber, oil, gas, private equity are core alternative assets
Allocation of 5-10% is appropriate as control more investible wealth
Use alternate assets to increase total return – offsets high risk inherent in inefficient markets
VC as part of mix may be appropriate
A National Status Report 1994-2004
Number of millionaires grew to over four million
Angels number around 250,000 – GEM says over one million informal investors in U.S. alone
Structured angel groups grew from 10/15 in ’94 to 175+ in 2004
Center for Venture Research at UNH reports 48,000 transactions by angels in 2004
Seed and Early-Stage Investing by Type of Investor (2004)
# of Transactions
$100 B
(GEM Report)
$18.7 B
(Sohl)
$20.9B
(NVCA) $384 M
Investment $
Type of Investors
48,000
1, 000,000 2,876 193
Individuals Angels Institutional VC
“Real” VC Seed Invest
Potential Angels in the U.S.
4,200,000
GEM ReportInformalInvestors Members
of ACA
Professor Jeff Sohl’s
Active Angels (est.)
U.S. Millionaires
1,000,000
225,000
5,000
GEM Report
The GEM Report found more than 50% invest in relatives’ businesses
Investor’s Relationship to Investee
Close Family 41.8%
Other Relative 10.5%
Work Colleague 6.1%
Friend/Neighbor 28.5%
Stranger 9.4%
Other 3.6%
So What Is An Angel, Really?
Our definition is –
Accredited individual
$20,000 or more per deal
Has lost money in venture in past!
Patient capital - mentor
Angels vs. VC’s
“Warm” money
Customized term sheets
Blend of psychic and financial reward
Due diligence still important
Pitching up the person as well as the pocketbook
Many Variations of Non-VC Group Investing
Ad hoc, one-time partnerships
Angel networks
Pledge funds
Angel Limited Partnerships
Member-led and manager-led LLC’s
Other (be creative)
Angel Groups in Our Region
Private Investors Network Women's Angel Network
Capital Investors Group Maryland Angel Council
The Dinner Club CEO Club
eMedia Club Active Angel Investors
Washington Dinner Club Ad-hoc groups everywhere
Capital Access Network
Full Member
Provisional Member
Angel Capital Association Members by Region
Are All Angels Alike?
Over-47 year old white male, $125K/year, cashed- out entrepreneur is historic prototype
Marriage partner
Networker
Executive recruiter
Therapist
Strategic Partner
General utility player
Fundraiser
The Future: Issues and Innovations
HNW individuals will want more involvement in their wealth management
Entrepreneurs will continue to become investors – will become mentors
Structured angel groups will provide risk minimization
US will continue to be high tech, entrepreneurship leader
Web-Based Resources
Angel Capital Association (for North America)
(www.angelcapitalassociation.org)
National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
(www.nasvf.org)
European Angel Network (Europe)
(www.eban.org)
National Venture Capital Association
(www.nvca.org)
Community Development Venture Capital Association
(www.cdvca.org)
Kauffman Foundation
(www.emkf.org)
Books/Studies
Benjamin, Gerald A. and Margulis, Joel B., Angel Investing - How to Find and Invest in Private Equity, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Benjamin, Gerald A. and Margulis, Joel B., The Angel Investor's Handbook: How to Profit from Early-Stage Investing, New York: Bloomberg, 2001.
Gompers, Paul and Lerner, Josh, The Venture Capital Cycle, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1999.
Hill, Brian E. and Power, Dee, Attracting Capital From Angels: How Their Money and Their Experience Can Help You Build a Successful Company, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Keeley, Robert H., Cooper, Jeffrey M. and Bloomer, Gary D., Business Angels: A Guide to Private Investing, available from the Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, 1998.
Books/Studies (cont’d.)
May, John and O'Halloran, Elizabeth F., State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing, Charlottesville, VA: Darden Business Publishing, University of Virginia, 2003.
Osnabrugge, Mark Van and Robinson, Robert J., Angel Investing: Matching Start-up Funds with Start-up Companies - The Guide for Entrepreneurs, Individual Investors, and Venture Capitalists, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
Simmons, Cal and May, John, Every Business Needs an Angel: Getting the Money You Need to Make Your Company Grow, Washington DC: Crown Business, 2001.
Williams, Kelly, Working with Angel Investors for Community Development, New York: Community Development Venture Capital Alliance, 2003.
Be half full, be patient, collaborate, and remember,
“Every Business Needs an Angel”