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Pitching For Investment Masterclass December 6th 2011 Part 4: Angel Investment John Waddell (Archangels)
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John Waddell
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FIOS Genomics Ltd Xi Engineering Consultants
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Vital Statistics Year founded: 1992 Number of angels: 100+ Invested by us: £62m Total w/others: £130m New deals 2010: 5 Follow-ons 2010: 9 Companies seeded: 76 Active: 26 Failed/Moribund: 37 Flotations: 3 Profitable Sales: 8 (10 trade sales in total) Companies that have paid dividends: 3
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Historical Trends Emerging Almost 1:1 track record for active/exited/dividend paying (52%) versus failed/moribund (48%) Analysis based on number of companies
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Current Portfolio Av investment age: 4.8 yrs Av investment: £1m New deals per year: 3 Av number of rounds: 4 Av number of angels: 19 5 profitable companies 83% product focused 17% service focused
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Current Portfolio CompanyYearsArchangelTotal Touch8£3.4m£5.4m CXR10£3.1m£4.6m VeriSIM5£1.0m£3.5m Arrayjet7£2.1m£3.4m Reactec7£1.3m£2.3m Vitrology4£1.2m£2.3m Lux Innovate8£1.7m£2.3m MGB Biopharma 1£0.6m£1.8m Indigo7£1.6m£1.8m Flexitricity6£1.4m£1.6m Bloxx7£0.9m£1.6m Ateeda3£0.7m£1.3m Scalar7£0.7m£1.1m TOTAL-£19.7m£33.0m Companies with more than £1m total investment
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Process PLAN ITERATION/ DUE DILIGENCE CORE INVOLVEMENT BOARD APPROVAL PRESENTATION BOOK BUILD/ SYNDICATION FOLLOW ONS
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Culture PROCESS NOT PROFIT UPSIDE IN THE UPSIDE FUNCTION OF SYNDICATE (NOT VICE VERSA) NOT PUBLIC – NOTHING TO FLOAT DON’T COMPETE
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What does “Investor Readiness” mean? Good deals get backing Good plans sell deals Team – Product – Market Hard work – Think it through Clarity of likely returns Realistic defendable assumptions
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Investor Returns so Investors Return Dividends Trade Sale Flotation PE Sale Who said exit?
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Joined up Government support Co-Investment Funds/ Groups Supportive, talented community People want to make things happen Not a fund but....
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enquiries@archangelsonline.com http://www.archangelsonline.com
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