About the Angel Capital Summit

This is a statewide event in which the RVC has invited groups from all over the state to participate. Angel groups, investor groups, meet-up groups, SBDC organizations, incubators, and higher business schools. The event itself will be a culmination of selecting the best investment opportunities in a variety of industries from around the state. Your networking and potential investment opportunities are practically limitless.

The quality of the deal flow will be high. Again this year this event will be powered by the Business Catapult. Entrepreneurs and investor alike will benefit from the rich set of tools available to review their plans and goals as well as to benchmark themselves against other successful companies. Improved scoring criteria and an enhanced on-line collaboration review and dashboard system help to efficiently and quickly complete the deal review process. In addition, for the finalist selection process, the RVC will have the help of over 60 experts from around the globe to help zero in on opportunities strengths and weaknesses.

During the screening process, investors will be able to review and screen deals on-line as well as to review deals from other investor groups from around the state. In addition you will get a chance to meet other investors on-line, and perhaps share other deals with them.

Certainly! And for several reasons.

First, each of the entrepreneurs who present not only will have passed our screening process, but will have received expert coaching to fundamentally improve their business model. You'll see some of the best investor presentations at this conference, and that alone will help you become accustomed to early stage investing.

Second, we will be working actively to connect new investors with experienced early stage investors. These experienced "angels" can help you improve your skills at finding and screening deals.

So, you're an entrepreneur and unless you just closed a round of financing and are taking three days off of fundraising you probably should attend for two good reasons:

• Unparalleled networking opportunities – there will be hundreds of attendees other entrepreneurs, and most importantly investors of all types: Angels, VC’s, PrivateEquity& Investment bankers. So come and mingle, pass out some business cards and schedule some coffee follow-ups.
• See top-quality investor presentations. All the presenting companies will have been coached to improve not only their presentation, but the fundamentals of their underlying business concept. So you'll see a higher quality presentation across the board. This means you'll have a better idea of what to do when it's your turn to seek investment capital - and you'll learn a wealth of valuable techniques to use in your own investor presentations.

Want to know what a top-quality investor presentation looks like? You'll find them here. All the presenting companies will have been intensively coached to improve not only their presentation, but the fundamentals of their underlying business concept. So you'll see a higher quality presentation across the board.

First, the during the process of submitting to present you have an opportunity to use a variety of tools to improve your plan and your pitch. A benchmark survey to compare your business objectively against other successful businesses. An entrepreneurs checklist and investment summary scorecard to see if you are missing any of the key elements of your plan. Finally feedback from the online collaborations of early deal screeners to improve your plan whether you are selected. As a presenter, you'll reach a broad audience of potential investors.

If selected to present you will benefit from the coaching process. This process focuses on identifying key risk and return factors that investor look for and answering those questions during the pitch. Each presenting company is put through a structured process that starts with a standards-based assessment of strengths and weaknesses, and follows up with one-on-one coaching with industry experts to address the weaknesses. The presentation itself is honed through a collaborative "pitch practice", where companies do a dry run to each other. Few companies go through this process without making significant, positive changes in their business plans. The result: better presentations, based on better business concepts.

The Angel Capital Summit is different in several important ways:

1. Better quality business summaries: The entrepreneurs have access to a variety of tool as well as receive online collaborative feedback for early round screeeners to improve their plan.
2. A collaborative selection process: Each of our investor partners will pre-screen candidate companies. The Final Screen comes from a group of experts in deal review and the underlying technologies from across the country and some from around the globe. This results in a broader selection of companies from a wider range of industries.
3. An intensive coaching process: This process focuses on identifying key risk and return factors that investor look for and answering those questions during the pitch. Each presenting company is put through a structured process that starts with a standards-based assessment of strengths and weaknesses, and follows up with one-on-one coaching with industry experts to address the weaknesses. The presentation itself is honed through a collaborative "pitch practice", where companies do a dry run to each other. Few companies go through this process without making significant, positive changes in their business plans. The result: better presentations, based on better business concepts.
4. An emphasis on helping the right entrepreneurs and the right investors find each other: Many early-stage investors prefer to play an active role in their investments. With a standards-based process, it's easier for investors to find companies that are closely aligned with their interests.