Portfolio.com posted an article on-line yesterday talking about how the credit crisis has positively affected angel investing across the U.S.  Angelsoft customer Eric Rosenfeld of the Oregon Angel Fund in particular mentions how his fund is still able to raise money and promote entrepreneurs. 

Also mentioned in the article is Angelsoft customer New Vantage Group, led by John May, the current chairman of the Angel Capital Association.  He mentions that despite the credit crunch, deal size has remained the same or become larger. 

It is interesting for us to note that both entrepreneurs listed in the article who were successful in raising money, TalkShoe and Acuity Mobile, did so through the Angelsoft platform.

Read the entire article here:  http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/06/15/Angel-Investors-Ignore-Credit-Crunch

Mark I LaRosa :: Jun.17.2008 :: Angel Investor, Angelsoft Company, Entrepreneur :: Comments

When angel groups can share and work together on investment opportunities, angel groups and entrepreneurs typically both win.  Entrepreneurs have the ability to get more funding since there are more available investors.  Angel groups have the ability to spread their risk, and get access to more experts.  The Wisconsin Angel Network recognizes this and has a state-wide initiative bringing together all the angel groups in the state and surrounding states to help get the best funding for their entrepreneurs.  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently had a front-page article on the Wisconsin Angel Network's initiative which is a great read.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=759445

Angelsoft is proud to be the back-end powering the Wisconsin Angel Network and soon be the back-end powering all of the angel groups in the Wisconsin Angel Network.

Mark I LaRosa :: Jun.16.2008 :: Angel Group Manager, Angel Investor, Angelsoft 2.0, Angelsoft Company :: Comments

We congratulate Stephanie Hanbury-Brown for winning the 2008 Hans Severiens Award at the ACA Summit in San Diego.  Stephanie is the founder of GoldenSeeds, which invests in women-led and women-run organizations.  This award is quite prestigeous in the angel investment community and Stephanie is truly worthy of the award in how she has not only promoted and advanced angel investing for women, but the angel investing community as a whole.

Stephanie had the following comments on her experience with Angelsoft:

Mark I LaRosa :: May.16.2008 :: Angel Group Manager, Angel Investor, Angelsoft 2.0, Angelsoft Company, Endorsements :: Comments

By popular demand, Angelsoft held its first User Group meeting on May 7th as part of the Angel Capital Association annual conference in San Diego.

There were over 50 people at the standing-room only event, with groups coming from as far as Central America, Maine, Canada, and New Zealand.

The feedback had been that our users really wanted to hear from other users, so we let them do the talking. Our CEO, David S Rose, kicked off the user group meeting with an introduction and very energetic presentation of the Angelsoft vision. After that the users took over.

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Evan Bartlett :: May.15.2008 :: Angel Group Manager, Angel Investor, Angelsoft Company, Events :: Comments

Angelsoft has been selected as an Official Honoree for the Financial Services category in the 12th Annual Webby Awards.

The Official Honoree distinction is awarded to work that scores in the top 15% of all work entered into the Webby Awards. With nearly 10,000 entries received from all 50 states and over 60 countries, this is an outstanding accomplishment for the company.

Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet and represents the "best of the Web." Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

We'd like to thank the Academy... 

Matt Rosen :: Apr.15.2008 :: Angelsoft Company, Endorsements :: Comments

Mark LaRosa, Ryan Pipkin, and Matt Rosen represented Angelsoft at the ACA Southeast Angels Conference last week in Greensboro, NC.  The event was organized and hosted by Troy Knauss and the Piedmont Angel Network.  There were over 60 investors representing 25 groups in attendance. 

Attendees heard presentations from 11 companies that were selected by a committee of regional GM's prior to the conference.  In addition, Ryan gave a presentation on using Angelsoft to facilitate deal syndication. 

Angelsoft sponsored a dinner on Thursday that was just delicious, the weather was perfect, and UNC made The Final Four...

The only thing anyone was left asking was...when could we do it again?  

Matt Rosen :: Apr.01.2008 :: Angel Group Manager, Angel Investor, Angelsoft Company, Entrepreneur, Syndication :: Comments

Angelsoft, the premier deal flow management software for angel investment groups worldwide, has just named Mark I LaRosa as its VP of Sales. LaRosa will lead the business development and sales team globally.

LaRosa brings over 10 years of sales experience and has succesfully grown a start-up. In the early 90's, LaRosa began his career as an entrepreneur and raised angel and VC funding for Dynamic Mobile Data (www.dmdsys.com), a mobile vehicle location and dispatch application provider. LaRosa has a Bachelor of Science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and serves on its Board of Trustees.

Welcome Mark!

Evan Bartlett :: Nov.06.2007 :: Angelsoft Company :: Comments