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Angel Investment Update: Startup Financing Trends and Strategies

Thanks to an accelerating economic recovery and a stock market that is setting new highs on a regular basis, it is clearly an opportune time for the many startups that are looking to close a round of angel financing. Indeed, many companies are reporting that between favorable valuations and accelerated timelines for closing deals, the current prospects for angel financing are particularly strong. Please join us for a webinar featuring a panel of active angel investors and successful serial entrepreneurs. Together they will address the following topics:

• The current market for angel financing and the outlook for the coming months
• Strategies for identifying, connecting with and pitching to angels in a virtual environment
• Guidance for startups to maximize their chances of raising angel funding

Event Agenda:
11:30 am - 12:00 pm - Open Networking (on Airmeet)
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Angel Investing Panel Conversation
1:00 - 1:30 pm - Networking (on Airmeet)

Host:
Paul Ellis, Managing Partner, Paul Ellis Law Group LLC

Panelists:
Joy Marcus, Co-Founder, Brilliant Friends
Joy Marcus is an astute catalyst for trend-setting business ideas and investments and female founders. From venture capital and board leadership to nurturing entrepreneurs as a full-time Princeton faculty member and investor, Joy is committed to connecting the minds and deals that create positive change. She co-founded Brilliant Friends, a C-Suite women’s investing group focused on seed and Early-A investments in companies founded by women. A thread that runs through everything she does is proving that true diversity yields better economic outcomes.

Brad Schrader, President, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York

Brad Schrader has led multiple B2B startups and turnarounds. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Sun Chemical and previously led EasyLink (Nasdaq: EASY). From start as an engineer, he has helped grow diverse businesses from fiber optics to airbags to specialty chemicals to eCommerce with BCG, Corning, TRW, Honeywell among others. He is an active venture adviser.

Mark Schneider, Chairman, New York Angels
Mark H. Schneider has been an angel investor since 1999, and currently serves as a Board member of both NY Angels and Angel Investor Forum in Connecticut. His investments span a wide range of interests including health information systems, new media, infrastructure software, web-enabled business services, greentech and industrial products. Mark serves on the board of Innroad, Inc., a SAAS (Software as a Service) company for hotel management (www.innroad.com). Mark holds a Master’s degree from the MIT/Sloan School of Management (1978) as well as a Master’s degree in Engineering from MIT (1977) and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University (1976).

EVENT URL: https://www.airmeet.com/e/7744aed0-af4b-11eb-b7e2-198374ff8e84

Watching on YouTube Live
If you do not want to participate in the Airmeet event, you can also watch the livestream at https://www.nytech.org/nyta_forum_angel_update_2021.

For full event description and panelists' bios reference https://www.nytech.org/nyta_forum_angel_update_2021.
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