An Angel Investor Retrospective

An Angel Investor Retrospective: My Brief History with the Sand Hill Angels

05/2015 Hall acquired by Atlasian


02/2015 Mentor for the UCB Center for Entrepreneurship Delta Prize


01/2015 Founder at Batchery.io

12/2014 Lead Investor on Series Seed and Convertible Note Holder on CrowdMics.com

12/2014 Venture Advisor, I-Gate, http://www.igateihub.org/about/

12/2014 Venture Madness, Festival Judge and Sponsor, http://www.venturemadness.com/

11/2014 UC Berkeley LAUNCH Festival Judge: http://launch.berkeley.edu/

11/2014 Carnegie Mellon West, Pitch Panelist, Integrated Innovation Institute, http://www.cmu.edu/integrated-innovation/

11/2014 Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mentor/Panelist, Angel and Venture Capital Financing for Entrepreneurs and Investors, http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?q=FINANCE%2B385&academicYear=20142015

10/2014 Born2Global, The Future of Korea, Korean Start-up Demo Day Silicon Valley, Speaker/Panelist, http://www.venturesquare.net/557111 & http://www.born2global.com/attatch_images/20141111/20141111141857.jpg

10/2014 Startup Weekend Tri-Valley Announces David Koehn as Keynote Speaker: http://goo.gl/PQTxtJ

10/2014 Open up to Advisor Role for select start-ups: rooT, Imperative, Lucolo, VenYoo, ErrandRunner, MoodMe

09/2014 Phoenix Funding Post Event with Panelist David Koehn, Investor Round Table: http://www.growsouthwest.com/phoenix-fundingpost-event-preview-with-panelist-david-koehn/

08/2014 Angel Didactic 1: Starting Up in Angel Investing: http://vimeo.com/103479873

08/2014 Angel Didactic 2: One Approach to the Process of Angel Investing: http://vimeo.com/103479872

08/2014 Angel Didactic 3: Defining and Investment Thesis: http://vimeo.com/103761905

08/2014 Angel Didactic 4: Bring the Deal into Sand Hill Angels: http://vimeo.com/103761907

08/2014Angel Didactic 5: Understanding The Sand Hill Angels Screening Process: http://vimeo.com/103761906

08/2014 Angel Didactic 6: Deal Preparation for the Sand Hill Angels Dinner Meeting: http://vimeo.com/103856797

08/2014 Angel Didactic 7: The Investment Pitch and Closing the Deal: http://vimeo.com/103856798

08/2014 Angel Didactic 8: Closing the Deal Q&A: http://vimeo.com/103856799

05/2014 Clean Power Finance Announces Commitment From Credit Suisse To Fund Residential Solar Systems; Brings Total Project Financing Investments Raised by CPF to More than One Billion Dollars: http://www.cleanpowerfinance.com/about-us/media-center/press-release/clean-power-finance-announces-commitment-credit-suisse-fund-residential-solar-systems/

05/2014 Tepper School Alumni Entrepreneurship Demo Day and Reception:

https://alumni2.tepper.cmu.edu/alumniweb/alumnichapters/archives.asp?prefix=SF#1932

05/2014 NoWait Raises 10 Million in a Series B: http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/05/20/nowait-raises-10-million-to-help-diners-skip-the-line/ &

04/2014 F50 Angel Investing Forum April 2014: http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/175726642/

02/2014, With Tim Draper at Silicon Valley VC, Angel and Crowdfunding Conference, www.TheSohoLoft.com,

http://timesrealtynews.com/news/tim-draper-speaks-at-the-silicon-valley-vc-angel-crowdfunding-conference/

2013; 2014 Plug-N-Play Summer Expo VIP Judge

11/2013 Perkville Funded by Sand Hill Angels In Bridge to Series A &; Raises Seed Round from Leading Angel Investors:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10369005.htm & http://blog.perkville.com/post/41892064923/perkville-raises-seed-round-from-leading-angel

& http://www.cbinsights.com/company/perkville-funding

10/2013 Gobstopper (Now Curriculet) Raises $1.8M Seed Round

http://www.finsmes.com/2013/10/gobstopper-raises-1-8m-seed-funding.html

& http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gobstopper-raises-18m-seed-round-2013-10-08 & http://finance.yahoo.com/news/gobstopper-raises-1-8m-seed-110000910.html

& http://relayventures.com/news/gobstopper-raises-1-8-million/

08/2013 Angel Didactic 1: Sourcing and Vetting: http://vimeo.com/69960884

08/2013 Angel Didactic 2: Grooming the Deal to get through Pre-Screen:  http://vimeo.com/69960885

08/2013 Angel Didactic 3: Preparation for Surviving the Screening Meeting: http://vimeo.com/69963134

08/2013 Angel Didactic 4: Pitching the Membership at the Investor Dinner Meeting: http://vimeo.com/69960889

08/2013: Angel Didactic 5: Making the Capital Call and Closing the Deal: http://vimeo.com/69960890

07/2013: Hall Raises 5.5 Million Series A: https://hall.com/blog/hall-raises-5-5m-series-a

07/2013: Flywheel Raises 13.8 Million Dollar Series B: http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00020130731e97vayzn8

06/2013 Data Scientist As A Service? Spinnakr Raises ~$1 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, 500 Startups and Sand Hill Angels For Smarter Web Analytics: 
* http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/data-scientist-as-a-service-spinnakr-raises-1-million-from-andreessen-horowitz-500-startups-others-for-smarter-web-analytics/

* http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/spinnakr-releases-idiot-proof-analytics-engine-so-anyone-can-grasp-big-data/

* http://startupbeatdotcom.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/spinnakr-has-attracted-big-name-investors-with-its-real-time-predictive-web-analytics-platform-id3319/ 
* http://www.thefunded.com/funds/item/8867?page=35

* http://www.pointninecap.com/spinnakr-debuts-its-web-analytics-platform-and-raises-south-of-1m-from-500-startups-a16z-others

* http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2013/06/19/goodbye-static-web-d-c-startup-looks-to-customize-the-internet/

* http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-it/the-download-spinnakr-aims-to-make-sense-of-big-data-for-web-sites/2013/06/07/67d05728-cecc-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html

* http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2013/06/dingman-angels-comscore-cofounder.html

* http://shades.spinnakr.com/users/21

05/2013  UpOut Graduates from Tandem and Raises $850,000 Seed Funding from Silicon Valley angels led by Sand Hill Angels: 
* http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/05/22/CG18745 
* https://www.pehub.com/2013/05/upout-raises-850000-seed-funding-sand-hill-angels-others/ 
* http://vator.tv/news/2013-05-22-event-marketplace-upout-raises-850k-seed-round

03/2013 GSV In Front of the Crowd: http://www.ktvu.com/events/events/conferences/gsv-in-front-of-the-crowd/eqM8y/

01/2013 Sand Hill Angels invested $2.7M with 15 new companies in 2012: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/01/31/sand-hill-angels-invested-27m-with.html

2012 Marketplace Tech on NPR: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/angels-silicon-valley & http://www.marketplace.org/node/56162/player/storyplayer

12/2012: Sand Hill Angels Announces Record 2012 Results, 2013 Focus on Syndication, Portfolio Company Support http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sand-hill-angels-announces-record-130000368.html

10/2012: Start-ups, Mobile and the Cloud: http://cloudconexpoconference2012.sched.org/speaker/davidkoehn#.VDR5uUpX-uY

08/2012: NoWait Raises 2 Million in a Series A: 
* http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/07/nowait-lets-you-join-restaurant-wait-lists-from-your-phone/

* http://vator.tv/news/2012-08-28-nowait-snaps-up-2m-for-restaurant-mobile-upgrades

* http://allthingsd.com/20120828/nowait-lines-up-2-million-in-funding-for-the-restaurant-seating-app/

* http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/28/death-to-the-restaurant-buzzer-nowait-raises-2-million-for-ios-app-waitlisting-system/

* http://startupbeat.com/2012/10/03/qa-with-nowait-co-founder-id2999/

* http://www.killerstartups.com/rising-startup-stars/nowait-ipad-app-for-restaurants/

05/2012 - CINA Entrepreneur Thought Leader Mentor - 05-29-12: 
* https://www.flickr.com/photos/15706607@N08/7421290774/

* https://www.flickr.com/photos/15706607@N08/7421382954

* http://cinaevents.blogspot.com/2012/05/cina-entrepreneur-thought-leader-mentor.html

* http://vickisyoung.blogspot.com/2012/05/another-great-thought-leader-david.html

2012, 2013, 2014: "Angel Elevator Pitch": VC Taskforce: http://vctaskforce.com/

09/2011 Google Invests $75 Million in Home Solar Venture (Clean Power Finance backed by Sand Hill Angels) http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204831304576596833595375002

08/2010 Startup Weekend San Francisco #SWSF Keynote with Myself and Eric Ries:

http://greatamericanstartup.blogspot.com/2010/08/10-myths-10-minutes-10-tweets-for.html