This document provides an overview of Band of Angels, a venture capital organization based in Silicon Valley. It summarizes their investments and activities from 1994 to 2012. Some key details:
- Band of Angels has made over 135 investments totaling $275,000 on average each. Half of their 2011 deals were follow-on financings.
- They have numerous exits, including 9 IPOs and acquisitions by companies like Nvidia and Convergys.
- The organization runs 5 Special Interest Groups led by experts in areas like software, clean tech/energy, life science/biotech, telecom/security, and internet.
- Band of Angels helps connect their members to investment opportunities
4. Selected Exits
2002 2005 2007
IPO 2004 Acquired by Acquired by
Acquired by Nvidia in
2007
1997 1996 2007
IPO 2000 IPO 2000 Acquired by
NASDAQ: CPHD Acquired by Convergys
in 2004
6. Deal Statistics
Average Band Funding 1/3 of deals led
$275,000 by Band
Syndication -> Deal Funding ½ of Band deals in
$1,200,000 2011 were follow-on
financing
8. How to reach us
Warm
introductions
Band
members
Membership
days
9. Five SIGs
SIG Leaders 2012
SOFTWARE CLEAN TECH/ENERGY
Ron Weissman Larry Kelly
•VC, strategy, marketing •CEO, R&D
•Verity, Next •Kelly Systems; HP
Gary Bjorklund
INTERNET •CTO, R&D
Jan Jannink •Optivision, IBM research
•Founder, CEO
•Voicebase, Napster,
IBM research
LIFE SCIENCE/BIOTECH
Paul Quadros
TELECOM/SECURITY •VC, Chairman, CEO
Bob Kyle •Tenex Greenhouse, Coratus
•Founder, CEO Genetics, Genstar
•Multiple start-ups Mike Bates
•CFO
•St. Francis Medical
Technologies, Silicon Genetics