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Angel investors on Twitter and Facebook

We just made this list of every angel investor we could find AND their investments twitter accounts. there is no better way to court an angel investor then stalking them on twitter :-) let me know if we missed any and we will add.

staunch 16y ago
Awesome list. Bookmarked. It must have taken some work to put this together. Thanks.
paulmwatson1 16y ago
Good lord, not a single one in the Republic of Ireland, the future Silicon Valley of Europe or so say our "smart economy" pushing government. Hopefully we can rectify that in 2011.
- patrickk 16y ago
  There's actually quite a bit of funding available for Irish startups, if you dig behind the gloomy newspaper headlines. Here's a few examples: http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19654-top-start-up-investments-of/ http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19654-top-start-up... http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19645-endeavour-2011-open-to/ http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19645-endeavour-20... => our own YC clone run by Jerry Kennelly of Stockbyte, with pitches to top investors in Dublin, London and Silicon Valley. http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19067-silicon-valley-mentorship/ http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19067-silicon-vall... What we need is to collectively get off our asses, stop blaming the government for everything, encourage successful entrepreneurs to run seed programs, and to make serious incentives to capture ambitious smart graduates from India, China and the like. Abtran, a startup company a few years ago in Cork, now employs over 1000 people for example. Granted, it's only a call centre, but it shows what can be done.
phlux 16y ago
Interesting that Abrams invested in Lotus Vodka... Did they make it through their FDA struggle? The FDA was shutting them down due to the caffeine they had in the drink, even though a vodka redbull had N times the caffeine that Lotus had.
- aditya 16y ago
  They shut down, here's the story from the founder: http://www.quora.com/Is-Lotus-Vodka-going-out-of-business http://www.quora.com/Is-Lotus-Vodka-going-out-of-business
zackattack 16y ago
this would be way better as a twitter list, so you could watch the stream and reach out to people who seem smart/interesting/"resonate with you"
- GBond 16y ago
  http://venturemaven.com/ http://venturemaven.com/ does this although it includes VCs too
joshu 16y ago
Not sure why the twitter account of a startup is better that it's URL. Kinda sad that the only two startups I am listed for are things I founded, and didn't invest in.
- spullara 16y ago
  It only has my most recent investment. Probably should be a wiki.
- jdp23 16y ago
  For me Twitter is usually much better for an initial contact. So it's an incredibly valuable resource.
- jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
  odd... please email details and we will update. jason@launch.is best jcal
benologist 16y ago
Listing the twitter accounts instead of websites suck ... twitter is where you go to communicate not see what they do.
adrianwaj 16y ago
The biggest issue I've found with angels and especially super angels is that their fingers are in so many pies, that very often they're already fingering the same (or a very similar) type of pie that you're offering. You'd want to know exactly what they have a stake in before making an approach, yet often that information is hard to find (or purposely concealed.) Overlapping feature sets. Conflicts of interest. Picking the winners. Contrived rejections. Leaks. Angelgates. Portfolio loading. Brain picking. Buyer beware in my view.
- gyardley 16y ago
  In my experience, investors are pretty up-front about potential conflicts, and anything you'd possibly share with them isn't going to hurt your business. If you want to raise money, paranoia about angels isn't the way to go about it.
  - adrianwaj 16y ago
    Why take (waste) your time talking to an investor if they've already invested in something the same or very similar? Open question: which investors have websites, as linked from their twitter accounts, that display all their investments? Does Y Combinator?
    - gyardley 16y ago
      Because often small investors aren't involved in the day-to-day of their portfolio, don't have information rights, and can invest without any real conflict? Hell, the firm who put $6MM into our Series B is also the lead investor in our biggest competitor. That's a legitimate conflict. Worrying about an angel bringing $50K to the table is a waste of time - if it's really an issue, they'll be the ones to raise it.
- jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
  I'v stopped people mid-pitch due to the fact that they are building something exactly like Blippy, Gowalla, Signpost, Chartbeat and Thumbtack (to name a few). They always appreciate it, and in fact I've some say "I know, but can i pitch you anyway just to get feedback?" In those case I say "sure, but please don't tell me anything that's not obvious or public, because although I would never share what you tell me with an existing investment, I wouldn't want to have that appearance out there."
brianbreslin 16y ago
Blech only one in Florida? That can't be right. If it is it's highly discouraging
- jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
  this is a 1.0 list with 300+ angels... we hope folks will give us additions. however, keep in mind that 90% of businesses in Florida are scams (really, look it up).
  - quellhorst 16y ago
    Look it up where? I can't find anything that mentions this.
  - jenvargas 16y ago
    NOT TRUE. (Spam)
  - brianbreslin 16y ago
    I am curious if you have any supporting evidence to this? I'm not refuting it (though it seems absurd, but I assumed your statement was a sarcastic generslization) as I didnt bother to research this.

staunch 16y ago

Awesome list. Bookmarked. It must have taken some work to put this together. Thanks.

paulmwatson1 16y ago

Good lord, not a single one in the Republic of Ireland, the future Silicon Valley of Europe or so say our "smart economy" pushing government. Hopefully we can rectify that in 2011.

patrickk 16y ago
There's actually quite a bit of funding available for Irish startups, if you dig behind the gloomy newspaper headlines. Here's a few examples: http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19654-top-start-up-investments-of/ http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19654-top-start-up... http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19645-endeavour-2011-open-to/ http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19645-endeavour-20... => our own YC clone run by Jerry Kennelly of Stockbyte, with pitches to top investors in Dublin, London and Silicon Valley. http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19067-silicon-valley-mentorship/ http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19067-silicon-vall... What we need is to collectively get off our asses, stop blaming the government for everything, encourage successful entrepreneurs to run seed programs, and to make serious incentives to capture ambitious smart graduates from India, China and the like. Abtran, a startup company a few years ago in Cork, now employs over 1000 people for example. Granted, it's only a call centre, but it shows what can be done.

phlux 16y ago

Interesting that Abrams invested in Lotus Vodka... Did they make it through their FDA struggle? The FDA was shutting them down due to the caffeine they had in the drink, even though a vodka redbull had N times the caffeine that Lotus had.

aditya 16y ago
They shut down, here's the story from the founder: http://www.quora.com/Is-Lotus-Vodka-going-out-of-business http://www.quora.com/Is-Lotus-Vodka-going-out-of-business

zackattack 16y ago

this would be way better as a twitter list, so you could watch the stream and reach out to people who seem smart/interesting/"resonate with you"

GBond 16y ago
http://venturemaven.com/ http://venturemaven.com/ does this although it includes VCs too

joshu 16y ago

Not sure why the twitter account of a startup is better that it's URL. Kinda sad that the only two startups I am listed for are things I founded, and didn't invest in.

spullara 16y ago
It only has my most recent investment. Probably should be a wiki.
jdp23 16y ago
For me Twitter is usually much better for an initial contact. So it's an incredibly valuable resource.
jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
odd... please email details and we will update. jason@launch.is best jcal

benologist 16y ago

Listing the twitter accounts instead of websites suck ... twitter is where you go to communicate not see what they do.

adrianwaj 16y ago

The biggest issue I've found with angels and especially super angels is that their fingers are in so many pies, that very often they're already fingering the same (or a very similar) type of pie that you're offering. You'd want to know exactly what they have a stake in before making an approach, yet often that information is hard to find (or purposely concealed.) Overlapping feature sets. Conflicts of interest. Picking the winners. Contrived rejections. Leaks. Angelgates. Portfolio loading. Brain picking. Buyer beware in my view.

gyardley 16y ago
In my experience, investors are pretty up-front about potential conflicts, and anything you'd possibly share with them isn't going to hurt your business. If you want to raise money, paranoia about angels isn't the way to go about it.
- adrianwaj 16y ago
  Why take (waste) your time talking to an investor if they've already invested in something the same or very similar? Open question: which investors have websites, as linked from their twitter accounts, that display all their investments? Does Y Combinator?
  - gyardley 16y ago
    Because often small investors aren't involved in the day-to-day of their portfolio, don't have information rights, and can invest without any real conflict? Hell, the firm who put $6MM into our Series B is also the lead investor in our biggest competitor. That's a legitimate conflict. Worrying about an angel bringing $50K to the table is a waste of time - if it's really an issue, they'll be the ones to raise it.
jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
I'v stopped people mid-pitch due to the fact that they are building something exactly like Blippy, Gowalla, Signpost, Chartbeat and Thumbtack (to name a few). They always appreciate it, and in fact I've some say "I know, but can i pitch you anyway just to get feedback?" In those case I say "sure, but please don't tell me anything that's not obvious or public, because although I would never share what you tell me with an existing investment, I wouldn't want to have that appearance out there."

brianbreslin 16y ago

Blech only one in Florida? That can't be right. If it is it's highly discouraging

jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
this is a 1.0 list with 300+ angels... we hope folks will give us additions. however, keep in mind that 90% of businesses in Florida are scams (really, look it up).
- quellhorst 16y ago
  Look it up where? I can't find anything that mentions this.
- jenvargas 16y ago
  NOT TRUE. (Spam)
- brianbreslin 16y ago
  I am curious if you have any supporting evidence to this? I'm not refuting it (though it seems absurd, but I assumed your statement was a sarcastic generslization) as I didnt bother to research this.