Startup Resources

This information may serve as a starting point for entrepreneurs who are seeking information and resources for their early-stage company.

Preparation Pointers

It is our experience that companies who approach investors can help themselves by ensuring that their proposals are clearly written and thoughtfully constructed. Be sure that you've considered the following when presenting your business plan:

• Company background
• Management team
• Marketing plan
• Pricing and revenue model
• Competition
• Funding requirements
• Valuation

When presenting your company to the AoA, please refer to our presentation guidelines as a starting point. This format covers all the relevant information our members expect to see in a 10-minute presentation.

Additionally, when negotiating investment terms, you may find it helpful to refer to our basic term sheet (Word document). Please note - this is only a starting point, not a substitute for qualified legal advice and counsel.

Alliance of Angels Partners

• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP: www.klgates.com
• Armfield, Harrison & Thomas: www.ahtins.com
• Silicon Valley Bank: www.svb.com
• Text100: www.text100.com
• Washington Partners: www.wapartners.com

Northwest Angel Networks

• Alliance of Angels: www.allianceofangels.com
• Puget Sound Venture Club: www.pugetsoundvc.com
• Seraph Capital Forum: www.seraphcapital.com
• Portland Angel Network: www.oef.org/Programs/Portland_Angel_Network
• Vantec Angels: www.vef.org/angels

Other Angel Networks

• Band of Angels: www.bandangels.com
• Bay Angels: www.bayangels.com
• Colorado Capital Alliance: www.angelcapital.org
• Garage.com www.garage.com
• SBA ACE-Net: acenet.csusb.edu
• Technology Capital Network: www.tcnmit.org
• The Capital Network: www.thecapitalnetwork.com
• VCapital Funding Sources: www.vcapital.com

Startup Resources

• Ace-Net: acenet.csusb.edu
• EntreWorld: www.entreworld.com
• Forum for Women Entrepreneurs: www.fwe.org
• Kauffman Foundation: www.emkf.org
• MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest: www.mitwa.org
• Northwest Entrepreneur Network: www.nwen.org
• NVST.com: www.nvst.com
• Oregon Entreprenuer Network / Portland Angel Network www.oef.org
• PNNL: www.pnl.gov
• SeattleNetwork.com: www.seattlenetwork.com
• SIRTI / Technet: www.sirti.org
• Seattle Chamber of Commerce: www.seattlechamber.com
• Seattle Chamber - Small Biz: www.seattlechamber.com
• Small Business Administration: www.sba.gov
• Technology Alliance: www.technology-alliance.com
• UW Business School: depts.washington.edu/bschool
• Venture Lab: www.vlabwa.org
• Washington Software Alliance: www.wsa1.org

Northwest Venture Capital Sources

Alexander Hutton Capital LLC: www.alexanderhutton.com
Allison Johson Ventuer Partners: www.ajvpartners.com
Akers Capital www.akerscapital.com
Arch Venture Partners: www.archventure.com
Benaroya Capital: www.benaroya.com
Broadmark Capital Corp: www.broadmark.com
Cascadia Capital: www.cascadiacapital.com
Cedar Grove Investments: www.cedargroveinv.com
Coldstream Merchant Funds: www.coldstream.com
Columbia Basin Ventures LLC

• Digital Partners: www.digitalpartnersvc.com
• eFund (World Communications Ventures): www.efundllc.com
• Encompass Ventures, Inc.: www.encompassventures.com
• FBR CoMotion Venture Capital: www.comotionvc.com
• Firstcorp Ventures: www.firstcorp.com
• Fluke Venture Partners: www.flukeventures.com
• Frazier & Co.: www.frazierco.com
• Greenstone Venture Partners: www.greenstonevc.com
• Guide Ventures: www.guideventures.com
• Highway 23 Ventures: www.highway12ventures.com
• Ignition Corp: www.ignitioncorp.com
• Incepta LLC: www.inceptallc.com
• Integra Venture:s http://www.integraventures.net/
• Intel Capital: www.intel.com/capital/
• Internet Capital Group: www.internetcapital.com
• Kellett Investments: http://www.kellettinv.com/
• Kinzer Capital
• Madrona Investment Group: www.madronagroup.com
• Materia Ventures
• Maveron: www.maveron.com
• Norwest Venture Capital: www.norwestvc.com
• Northwest Venture Associates: www.nwva.com
• OVP Venture Partners: www.ovp.com
• Pacific Century Group: www.pcentury.com
• Pacific Horizon Ventures: www.pacifichorizon.com
• Pacific Northwest Partners: www.pnwp.com
• Phoenix Partners: www.phoenixvc.com
• Polaris Venture Partners: www.polarisventures.com
• Prism Fund: www.prismfund.com/
• Raptor Ventures
• SeaPoint Ventures: www.seapointventures.com
• Second Avenue Partners: www.secondave.com
• Social Venture Partners: www.svpseattle.org
• South Fork: www.southforkintl.com
• Staenberg Venture Partners: www.staenberg.com
• The Falconer Companies
• The Phoenix Partners: www.phoenixvc.com
• Timberline Venture Partners: www.timberlinevc.com
• Tredegar Investments: www.tredegarinvestments.com
• U.S. Venture Partners: www.usvp.com
• Vault Capital: www.vaultcapital.com
• Velocity Capital: www.velocitycap.com
• Voyager Capital: www.voyagercap.com
• Vulcan Ventures: www.paulallen.com
• WRF Capital: www.wrfseattle.org
• Walden VC: www.waldenvc.com
• Washington Mutual Strategic Cap Fund
• XML Fund: www.xmlfund.com

Industry Articles and Surveys

• Angel Survey June 2001 (by Power and Hills)
• PricewaterCoopers / Venture Economics /NVCA  Money Tree Survey - Q4 2001 (PDF doc)

Industry News

• Business 2.0: www.business2.com
• CIO: www.cio.com
• CNET: news.cnet.com
• Computer World: www.computerworld.com
• E-Commerce Times: www.ecommercetimes.com
• Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com
• Forbes: www.forbes.com
• IDG Net: www.idgnet.com
• Individual Investor: www.individualinvestor.com
• Industry Standard: www.thestandard.com
• InfoWorld: www.infoworld.com
• Internet Telephony: www.internettelephony.com
• IPO: www.ipo.com
• Network World: www.networkworld.com
• Red Herring: www.redherring.com
• Seattle Business Journal: www.bizjournals.com/seattle
• Seattle Post Intelligencer: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/
• Technologic Partners: www.tpsite.com
• Upside: www.upsidetoday.com
• Venture Economics: www.ventureeconomics.com
• Venture Wire www.venturewire.com
• Wired: www.wired.com
• Wire-Less: www.wire-less-inc.com
• ZD Net: www.zdnet.com