Aztec Venture Network Angel Investor Network
Angel investing has long been an important source of financial support and mentoring for new and growing businesses bridging the gap between individual (friends and family) and institutional venture capital rounds of financing. Over the past several years, Aztec Venture Network and this sector of the private capital market has been formalizing in response to both growing demands and complexity.
Aztec Venture Network - Aztec Venture Network (AVN) is a San Diego-based seed capital and mentoring resource available to qualified early-stage companies in need of financing and business coaching expertise in order to advance their business plan. The network is made up of thirty executives, professionals and successful entrepreneurs who invest as a group.
AVN takes its role as an 'angel' capital resource to selected companies well beyond providing early investment support. Many times, these companies are equally (if not more) in need of mentoring assistance in order to complete their business plan. AVN provides those companies it chooses to work with access to the professional experience of its members in all areas of business including manufacturing, executive management, operations, engineering, finance, marketing, product development and strategic planning.
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San Diego CA
CA Angel Networks are as unique as the private investors that make them up. Aztec Venture Network is a group of accredited investors (sophisticated investors) who get together to review companies for potential investment. The investments can be made by accredited individuals belonging to the CA network or by the network itself as a limited partnership.
Some angel networks charge a fee to the entrepreneur for the business plan to be reviewed, or for an in-person presentation to be made to the "angels" group and other angel networks don't.
Learn about as many angel networks / groups in your area as possible.
Like Aztec Venture Network, the number of organized angel groups / networks has grown in response to several factors:
- A widening “capital gap” between individual and institutional venture capital investors that has created a need and an opportunity for pooled investments
- A large increase in the number of self-made, high net worth individuals who want to be more involved in their alternative asset management.
As a result, angel investment screening by Aztec Venture Network, is consistent when compared to other angel investment groups. Specific organizational and legal structures, however, remain varied. Most groups, including Aztec Venture Network (San Diego CA) develop their own organizational structures and processes independently. For entrepreneurs and other CA angel investors, the net results of this change are mostly positive. Although the models of business angel groups continue to evolve, these groups are generally better financed than ad hoc groups of individual / private investors in San Diego CA.
Aztec Venture Network (Angel Investment Network) provides an extended network that benefits both funded companies and private co-investors / other angels by providing greater due diligence, operational support and domain expertise. Business angel groups, such as Aztec Venture Network and other groups (CA) can also provide a key source of qualified deal flow for venture firms - CA - as well as provide intermediate capital for companies with financing requirement levels between individual / private investors and institutional venture capital.
