Start Your Journey
Are you a startup company with a connection to Mississippi State University? Apply today for funding with the Bulldog Angel Network.
To date, the Bulldog Angel Network has raised over $10 million for companies and founders just like you to help take your ideas to the next level.
To be eligible, your company must be founded (co-founders are eligible) by or majority owned by a Mississippi State University student, faculty, or alumni.
FAQs
What is an angel investor?
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An angel is a high net-worth individual who invests his or her own money in start-up companies in exchange for an equity share of the businesses. The Angel Capital Association recommends that entrepreneurs work with investors who are accredited investors (who meet requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission) and who can add value to the company via high quality mentoring and advice in some cases. Other important things to know about angels include:
Many angels are former entrepreneurs themselves.
They make investments in order to gain a return on their money, to participate in the entrepreneurial process, and often to give back to their communities by catalyzing economic growth.
Angels make a return on their investment when the entrepreneur successfully grows the business and exits it, generally through a sale or merger.
The Center for Venture Research estimates that U.S. angel investors invested $24.6 billion in about 71,000 small businesses in 2015. Many of the investments were in start-up or very early-stage companies.
What is an angel network?
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An angel network is a group of angel investors. The network exists to bring deals and investment opportunities to the angels, and connects those angels with startups to provide them with funding.
What is the typical deal size?
Why do angels invest in companies?
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Angels invest to provide a return on investment. Here is a study by the Angel Capital Association on what returns angels have seen and what factors contributed to those returns. ACA Angel Returns Analysis
In addition to the pursuit of return on investment, other benefits include being able to mentor a company in a field where the angel has experience and providing a benefit to the community (in our case Mississippi State students, professors or alumni) to allow companies to startup and flourish.
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Deal sizes will typically be $100K - $200K. Deals as small as $50K will be allowed so that student seed stage companies can get funding. These deals are invested in by Bulldog Angel Network members by investing $2,500, $5,000, $10,000 per member to make up the total. This allows members to diversify their angel investments among many deals which has been shown to be the key to success in angel investing.