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Ask HN: Other angel investors besides YC?
My friend and I are bootstrapping a web/mobile app startup, but Y Combinator isn't a good fit for us (we both have wives, and can't easily pick up and move to the Valley). Are there are any similar angel investors you can recommend?
- minalecs 18y agotechstars, dreamit ventures, capital factory -- same idea techstars is in colorado, dreamit in philadelphia.
- lukifer 18y agoThose look promising, especially techstars (we're in CO). Thanks for the info.
- vaksel 18y agoYou need to clarify...do you mean angel investors or incubators like YC. Because it doesn't sound like an incubator would work for you.
- lukifer 18y agoEither/or. Ideally, we'd like to go without investment (our only expenses are living costs), but we're looking at all the options.
- mrtron 18y agoPerhaps not the response you are looking for, but if you get into YC you are only required to be in the Valley for 3 months. Is that an issue for many people, especially married individuals? Every incubator I have heard of requires your physical presence. A short period of time like that seems to be an easy thing to sell to your significant other.
- lukifer 18y agoOur spouses are both very supportive; the issue is the simple practicality of picking up and moving to a new city. We're not kids just out of college who can pile into a cheap apartment and live on ramen; moving costs alone would probably eat up half our stipend.
- Major_Grooves 18y agoYes you can! I have a well paid job in the UK and I am applying for YC et al. I would jump at the chance to go on any of these opportunities... and I would embrace the ramen! You're not moving permanently. Get a flight to SF, and live in the cheap appartment. You're not moving all your furniture. You just have to be able to cover 3 months of rent/mortgage at your home and hope the OH can do without you for a short while.
- tptacek 18y agoCan you code? You might be surprised what your consulting bill rate is. F' funding.
- lukifer 18y agoNo, we both code. :)