AIS ANGEL INSIDER EDITION 3

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Welcome to edition #3 of The AIS Angel Insider, your weekly scoop of inspiration, insights and insider knowledge on all things Angel Investing and Startups.

On this weeks AIS Angel Insider:

📰 Inside Scoop: A female founded and black owned venture capital fund is facing a racial-bias law suite, Last weeks top 10 funding rounds + more

🤓 Read of the week: What are valuations? A simple and mathematical explanation

🧠 Tools: 3 podcasts every angel investor needs to listen to

🔎 What’s happening at AIS: We’ve been nominated for an award

💷 Deal Flow: Curve Club are currently raising

🚀 For the Founders: Apply for the Innovate UK Unlocking Potential Award to receive up to £50,000 in equity free funding for your business

🗓 Dates for your Calendar: Paradigm Talks networking event, Angel speed dating + more

🤑 Discounts Freebies & Rewards: Read till the end

📰 INSIDE SCOOP

A backlash is brewing against DEI in corporate America and a venture-capital fund facing a racial-bias lawsuit is caught in the middle  Read More

Last weeks 10 biggest funding rounds a run down of last week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Read More

Steven Bartlett joins London-based wellness firm Until as marketing co-founder and investor. Read More

A comprehensive list of 2023 Tech layoffs to date from major layoffs at Google, Amazon and Microsoft to small fintech startups and apps. Read More

🤓 READ OF THE WEEK

What are valuations? A simple and mathematical explanation

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🧠 Tools | 3 Podcasts every angel investor needs to listen to

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by some of the greatest founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek and Linkedin's Reid Hoffman.  Listen Here

The European VC Podcast is your go-to podcast for everything European VC. Co-hosted by Andreas Munk Holm and David Cruz e Silva, EUVC features some of the most prominent people from the European VC industry. Every week, you'll get a fresh new perspective from a European VC champion. Listen Here

This week in startups is hosted by Jason Calcanis, where he covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators. Listen Here

🔎 WHAT’S HAPPENING AT AIS 

Enrolment for the September cohort of our live course is open: Our 5 week intensive program is designed to take you from knowing nothing about angel investing to feeling confident and knowledgeable enough to support and invest in the companies you truly believe in, We have a few more spaces left before enrolment closes in the upcoming weeks. Learn More

AIS Monthly Membership: Our monthly membership provides a more flexible and bite sized approach to angel investing that is available on demand and fits around your schedule. Join Here

We’ve been nominated for an award: We are excited to announce that we’ve been nominated for the Investor for Good award at the Foundervine Changemaker Awards. Vote Here

Read about some of the amazing things our students have had to say about Angel Investing School. Read Here

💷 DEAL FLOW 

CURVE CLUB are raising £200K (EIS/SEIS approved)

Curve Club is the ultimate private community for the founder ecosystem to connect, support and inspire one another both online and in real life.

• They have 85 monthly paying members, with a further 30 pre sign-ups (deposit paid).

• They have an MMR (monthly recurring revenue) of £22k after only launching 3 months ago.

Access their pitch deck

Are you a founder looking to raise? submit your pitch deck here

🚀 FOR THE FOUNDERS

Apply for the Innovate UK Unlocking Potential Award to receive up to £50,000 in equity free funding for your business

This opportunity is designed to harness the power of diversity, whilst developing and delivering the talent and skills the UK needs.

There are two levels of support: Begin and Build, which have been designed to cover different stages of a business journey. Do you have ideas that need help to make happen? Do you know people who need support or funding to get their innovative business off the ground? If you do, get involved today. Applications close on September 6th. Learn More

🗓 DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Paradigm Talks Investor & Entrepreneur Networking Event: They are holding a networking event for entrepreneurs, private investors and corporate finance professionals. Startup companies pitch for investment and this is followed by networking over drinks. The pitches typically cover a wide range of industries including fashion, fintech and VR. Their events are always attended by leading investors from companies such as Startup Funding Club, Seedrs, CrowdCube, KPMG Enterprise and Syndicate Room. August 29th 6pm-9pm Get Your Tickets

Founder & Angel Speed Dating: A speed dating event to connect underrepresented founders with top angel investors to provide insights, connections, and even funds September 6th 9am-11am Free Tickets

Getting Capital Raise Ready: Are you planning to raise capital for your startup? In this free seminar, you'll learn about the fundamentals of capital raising from startup accounting, legal and investment experts. September 14th 6:30pm-9pm Free Tickets

⚡️ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Bloom

Join Ruth Penfold-Brown every week as she meets with phenomenal women in leadership and shares tools, tips and frameworks to support you in building a career beyond your wildest dreams. Listen Here

🤑 DISCOUNTS, FREEBIES & REWARDS 

1 year free membership for HERmesa Angel Syndicate

The HERmesa angel syndicate gives women a seat at the table to invest in extraordinary women (co)founded startups. Email [email protected] and mention you are part of the AIS community to unlock the discount.