Bi-State Investment Group 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, Bi-State Investment Group and this sector of the private capital market has been formalizing in response to both growing demands and complexity.
Bi-State Investment Group - Welcome to the Bi-State Investment Group (BIG). We encourage investors and entrepreneurs to join us in building start-up companies in the Kansas City area.
The mission of BIG is as follows:
To utilize the knowledge, experience, and financial resources of our members to invest in early stage business enterprises resulting in an enjoyable and enriching experience. Our involvement will be a valuable resource and positive contributor to the success of the enterprises and the community as a whole.
Contact:
Lenexa KS
KS Angel Networks are as unique as the private investors that make them up. Bi-State Investment Group 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 KS 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 Bi-State Investment Group, 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
- The legal and economic complexity of these investments.
As a result, angel investment screening by Bi-State Investment Group, is consistent when compared to other angel investment groups. Specific organizational and legal structures, however, remain varied. Most groups, including Bi-State Investment Group (Lenexa KS) develop their own organizational structures and processes independently. For entrepreneurs and other KS 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 Lenexa KS.
Bi-State Investment Group (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 Bi-State Investment Group and other groups (KS) can also provide a key source of qualified deal flow for venture firms - KS - as well as provide intermediate capital for companies with financing requirement levels between individual / private investors and institutional venture capital.
