Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel investment dollar-cost averaging - The vintage year matters, and Amy's comments got me thinking about how traditional finance concepts like DCA can be applied effectively in the angel investing world.Curation creates commitment - Amy's insight that showing fewer, highly-vetted deals can increase member engagement challenges a common assumption I see in the angel space that more deal flow equals more value.The fou...
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Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel investment dollar-cost averaging - The vintage year matters, and Amy's comments got me thinking about how traditional finance concepts like DCA can be applied effectively in the angel investing world.Curation creates commitment - Amy's insight that showing fewer, highly-vetted deals can increase member engagement challenges a common assumption I see in the angel space that more deal flow equals more value.The fou...
Episode 45: Breaking Down the 2025 Angel Funders Report | ACA Board Member John Harbison on Valuation Compression, Board Seat Decline, and Follow-On Performance
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3 months ago
Episode 45: Breaking Down the 2025 Angel Funders Report | ACA Board Member John Harbison on Valuation Compression, Board Seat Decline, and Follow-On Performance
Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel board representation dropped from 34% to 26% - Despite consistently seeing better returns WITH board representation, fewer angel groups are securing board seats. Early-stage valuation compression - The gap between median pre-seed ($10M) and Series B ($19M) valuations has shrunk by 3x over the last few years. Hybrid angel group models write bigger checks - Groups combining both “pure networks” a...
The Diligent Observer Podcast
Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel investment dollar-cost averaging - The vintage year matters, and Amy's comments got me thinking about how traditional finance concepts like DCA can be applied effectively in the angel investing world.Curation creates commitment - Amy's insight that showing fewer, highly-vetted deals can increase member engagement challenges a common assumption I see in the angel space that more deal flow equals more value.The fou...
