Tag: Online Equity Platforms

In a quickly-growing industry, investors are faced with multiple choices when deciding to try a startup investing platform. It can be exciting and daunting as the platforms themselves differ greatly in their business model, deal types, and possible outcomes. Yesterday, Angel Capital Association hosted a 60-minute webinar exploring investor experiences on multiple online equity platforms, including voices from OurCrowd. Over the course of the webinar, Rany Raviv, VP Business Development and M&A Iberdrola Renewables, and Sarit Rozycki, President at SLR Associates, both highly experienced angel investors who have invested through different platforms (including OurCrowd), discuss how they evaluate platforms, including differences in experience, term sheets and, of course, deal flow. They are joined by Jonathan Medved, CEO of OurCrowd, and Shai Magzimof, CEO & Co-Founder of NextPeer, who received equity funding through the OurCrowd platform. The webinar was moderated by Bill Carleton, Attorney with McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren and a key member of the ACA public policy advisory committee. Here are some of the webinar highlights: How did you get involved in equity crowdfunding? Sarit: “The reason I started going to equity crowdfunding is I [was...