Startup Resources

This information may serve as a starting point for entrepreneurs who are seeking information and resources for their early-stage company.

Preparation Pointers

It is our experience that companies who approach investors can help themselves by ensuring that their proposals are clearly written and thoughtfully constructed. Be sure that you've considered the following when presenting your business plan:

Company background
Management team
Marketing plan
Pricing and revenue model
Competition
Funding requirements
Valuation

When presenting your company to the AoA, please refer to our presentation guidelines as a starting point. This format covers all the relevant information our members expect to see in a 10-minute presentation.

Additionally, when negotiating investment terms, you may find it helpful to refer to our basic term sheet (Word document). Please note - this is only a starting point, not a substitute for qualified legal advice and counsel.

Alliance of Angels Partners

K&L Gates LLP: www.klgates.com
AH&T Insurance: www.ahtins.com
Clark Nuber: www.clarknuber.com
Silicon Valley Bank: www.svb.com
Text100: www.text100.com
Washington Partners: www.wapartners.com

Northwest Angel Networks

Alliance of Angels: www.allianceofangels.com
Puget Sound Venture Club: www.pugetsoundvc.com
Seraph Capital Forum: www.seraphcapital.com
Tacoma Angel Network: www.tacomaangelnetwork.com
Bellingham Angel Group: www.bellinghamangels.com/
Portland Angel Network: www.oef.org/Programs/Portland_Angel_Network
Vantec Angels: www.vef.org/angels

Other Angel Networks

Band of Angels: www.bandangels.com
Bay Angels: www.bayangels.com
Colorado Capital Alliance: www.angelcapital.org
Garage.com www.garage.com
SBA ACE-Net: acenet.csusb.edu
Technology Capital Network: www.tcnmit.org
The Capital Network: www.thecapitalnetwork.com
VCapital Funding Sources: www.vcapital.com

Startup Resources

Ace-Net: acenet.csusb.edu
EntreWorld: www.entreworld.com
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs: www.fwe.org
Kauffman Foundation: www.emkf.org
MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest: www.mitwa.org
Northwest Entrepreneur Network: www.nwen.org
NVST.com: www.nvst.com
Oregon Entreprenuer Network / Portland Angel Network www.oef.org
PNNL: www.pnl.gov
SeattleNetwork.com: www.seattlenetwork.com
SIRTI / Technet: www.sirti.org

Seattle Chamber of Commerce: www.seattlechamber.com

Seattle Chamber - Small Biz: www.seattlechamber.com

Small Business Administration: www.sba.gov

Technology Alliance: www.technology-alliance.com

UW Business School: depts.washington.edu/bschool

Venture Lab: www.vlabwa.org

Washington Software Alliance: www.wsa1.org

Northwest Venture Capital Sources

Alexander Hutton Capital LLC: www.alexanderhutton.com
Algard Ventures: www.algardventures.com
Allison Johson Ventuer Partners: www.ajvpartners.com
Akers Capital www.akerscapital.com
Arch Venture Partners: www.archventure.com
Benaroya Capital: www.benaroya.com
Broadmark Capital Corp: www.broadmark.com
Cascadia Capital: www.cascadiacapital.com
Cedar Grove Investments: www.cedargroveinv.com
Coldstream Merchant Funds: www.coldstream.com
Digital Partners: www.digitalpartnersvc.com
eFund (World Communications Ventures): www.efundllc.com
Encompass Ventures, Inc.: www.encompassventures.com
FBR CoMotion Venture Capital: www.comotionvc.com
Firstcorp Ventures: www.firstcorp.com
Fluke Venture Partners: www.flukeventures.com
Frazier & Co.: www.frazierco.com
Greenstone Venture Partners: www.greenstonevc.com
Guide Ventures: www.guideventures.com
Highway 23 Ventures: www.highway12ventures.com
Ignition Corp: www.ignitioncorp.com
Incepta LLC: www.inceptallc.com
Integra Venture:s http://www.integraventures.net/
Intel Capital: www.intel.com/capital/
Internet Capital Group: www.internetcapital.com
Kellett Investments: http://www.kellettinv.com/
Madrona Investment Group: www.madronagroup.com
Maveron: www.maveron.com
Norwest Venture Capital: www.norwestvc.com
Northwest Venture Associates: www.nwva.com
OVP Venture Partners: www.ovp.com
Pacific Century Group: www.pcentury.com
Pacific Horizon Ventures: www.pacifichorizon.com
Pacific Northwest Partners: www.pnwp.com
Phoenix Partners: www.phoenixvc.com
Polaris Venture Partners: www.polarisventures.com
Prism Fund: www.prismfund.com/
SeaPoint Ventures: www.seapointventures.com
Second Avenue Partners: www.secondave.com
Social Venture Partners: www.svpseattle.org
South Fork: www.southforkintl.com
Staenberg Venture Partners: www.staenberg.com
The Phoenix Partners: www.phoenixvc.com
Timberline Venture Partners: www.timberlinevc.com
Tredegar Investments: www.tredegarinvestments.com
U.S. Venture Partners: www.usvp.com
Vault Capital: www.vaultcapital.com
Velocity Capital: www.velocitycap.com
Voyager Capital: www.voyagercap.com
Vulcan Ventures: www.paulallen.com
WRF Capital: www.wrfseattle.org
Walden VC: www.waldenvc.com
XML Fund: www.xmlfund.com

Industry Articles and Surveys

Industry News

Business 2.0: www.business2.com
CIO: www.cio.com
CNET: news.cnet.com
Computer World: www.computerworld.com
E-Commerce Times: www.ecommercetimes.com
Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com
Forbes: www.forbes.com
IDG Net: www.idgnet.com
Individual Investor: www.individualinvestor.com
Industry Standard: www.thestandard.com
InfoWorld: www.infoworld.com
Internet Telephony: www.internettelephony.com
IPO: www.ipo.com
Network World: www.networkworld.com
Red Herring: www.redherring.com
Seattle Business Journal: www.bizjournals.com/seattle
Seattle Post Intelligencer: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/
Technologic Partners: www.tpsite.com
Upside: www.upsidetoday.com
Venture Economics: www.ventureeconomics.com
Venture Wire www.venturewire.com
Wired: www.wired.com
Wire-Less: www.wire-less-inc.com
ZD Net: www.zdnet.com

Legal Disclaimer

The Alliance of Angels (AoA) provides a forum for the matching of entrepreneurs of early stage technology companies with investors who are committed to funding high-risk opportunities. AoA does not evaluate or endorse any of these investment opportunities and makes no recommendations regarding the appropriateness of particular investment opportunities for any investor. AoA makes no independent investigations to verify the factual information submitted to potential investors and AoA makes no representations or warranties with respect to the information provided by applicant entrepreneurs. As a result, potential investors must conduct their own investigation of the merits and risks of each investment opportunity, and negotiate the terms of their investment. All investors are strongly encouraged to seek legal and other professional counsel prior to making such investments.

Membership in the AoA does not constitute an offer by AoA to sell or the solicitation by AoA of an offer to buy any investment interest in the business ventures of applicant entrepreneurs. Any sale or purchase of an investment interest shall be a private transaction between the entrepreneur and the investor members without any participation by or remuneration to AoA. AoA has no financial interest in any firm posted on the AoA web site or presented to the membership. AoA meetings do not constitute an offer by AoA to sell or solicitation by AoA of an offer to buy any securities of any presenter company. AoA does not function as a broker-dealer or investment advisor and is not registered as such with any federal or state securities regulator.

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