Invite New Member

Commitments

Provide Feedback

TBD is a member-run organization and relies on members input for our collective success. Members can share feedback in several ways

1. Email / message any individual operations team member
2. Email operations team: [email protected]
3. Use SuggestionOx: Leave anonymous feedback

TBD Angels Updates

• Member meeting (1/19/2022): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording (Noon)  ||  Meeting Recording (Evening)
• Member meeting (10/27/2021): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording (Noon)  ||  Meeting Recording (Evening)
• Member meeting (7/21/2021): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording (Noon)  ||  Meeting Recording (Evening)
• Member meeting (4/14/2021): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording (Noon)  ||  Meeting Recording (Evening)
• New Members meeting: TBD Angels Overview (3/31/2021): Deck || Meeting Recording (Noon session) || Meeting Recording (Evening session)
• Member meeting (1/13/2020): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording (Noon session)  ||  Meeting Recording (Evening session)
• Member newsletter (10/30/2020): Download
• New Members meeting: TBD Angels Overview (10/15/2020): Meeting Recording
• Member meeting (10/7/2020): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording
• Member newsletter (10/1/2020): Download
• Member newsletter (9/1/2020): Download
• Member meeting (7/15/2020): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording
• Member meeting (4/4/2020): Deck  ||  Meeting Recording

Portal

TBD is a member-run organization and relies on members input for our collective success. Members can share feedback in several ways

1. Join the #tbd-portal-updates Slack channel for the latest updates
2. Submit questions, feedback, comments through the portal (see the widget in the upper right)
3. Directly reach out to Jason: [email protected]

Events

• Guest Speakers: Cecilia Hermawan & Bryce Delgrande from Shoobx provided an detailed education on equity and cap tables to the group to help understand the ways in which investors and founders should think about this important part of the investing/funding process. Review the session recording and the presentation deck. (7/19/2022)
• Guest Speaker: Jeffrey Solomon discusses taxes & angel investing (12/2/2020): Presentation Recording
• Guest Speaker: Nathan Silberman discusses is (and isn't) transforming medical imaging (9/18/2020): Presentation Recording
• Slack 101: Greg Raiz gives helpful tips & tricks aout how to leverage Slack (8/11/2020): Presentation Recording

Recommend a Deal

Most TBD Angels deals are sourced directly by our members or have some level of connection with our members. One value we can all create for each other is in bringing dealflow to the group.

• We do not currently have a specific thesis, but group generally prefers US-based startups in the early-stage (seed/pre-seed) with a technology lean.
• These remain soft criteria because we want to be open to opportunities that might not align exactly with our portfolio but are great founders, ideas, markets, etc.
• If an opportunity might not make sense for you, it might resonate greatly with other members.
• Recommending a deal does not mean you need to lead the deal or even invest in the deal

Know of a great founder, team or opportunity? It only takes 5min to Submit a Deal which will put the opportunity in front of the rest of TBD Angels!

Lead a Deal

Do you want to engage with entrepreneurs and fellow TBD members? Leading a deal involves helping shepherd a deal throughout its lifecycle from initial pitch meeting to the closing

• Deal Lead Playbook: Detailed steps involved with leading a deal through the investment process
• Deal Lead Quick Checklist: Quick set of steps for members experienced in leading deals
• Deal Lead Training, May 21, 2021 (Pitch Video || Deck): The process team provides a full walk through of the deal process with Q&A. Recommended for anyone who has or might want to lead a deal
• #tbd-deal-leads: Ask questions about the deal leading process in this dedicated Slack channel
• Sample diligence questions: This includes some common questions. Feel free to use these as a baseline in your conversations with the founder. Suggest additional questions if you have some!
• Example Deal Memos: Feel free to use any of these past deal memos as a template for the investment brief that you'll share with the membership
• Outside investors: Our deals often include 1 or more investors who are not members of TBD Angels as part of an effort to increase the TBD participation in the deal, to include more value-add investors on the TBD investment, and/or to allow a founder's individual minor investors to be part of our SPV.
  • Deal leads can issue an invitation to the deal in our portal (Send invitations from the tools tab of the deal page)
  • Mill have access to just that deal and will not have visibility to the names of TBD investors, but will be able to review the deal, access deal material, vote, provide feedback and make commitment
  • Must be accredited
  • Can live anywhere in the world
  • All investors on the SPV (TBD members and invitees) share the various SPV costs pro-rata (approx $4000 -- SPV platform fees, blue skies, etc) and up to 5% carry

Refer a Member

Do you know any angel investors passionate about collaborating with startups?

• Criteria for members
• Experience of operators / entrepreneurs / experienced industry professionals
• Help TBD Angels meet one or both of our goals:
• Collaborate within the group to create value through collaboration
• Assist our portfolio companies as they build and scale their companies
• Endeavor to invest in one or more companies each year
• Goal to have at least 100 members by the end of the year
• Accredited Investors
• Expectations of a member
• Contribute and extract learnings with the group through participation
• Informally be an external voice for the group
• Be responsive to other TBD Angels & founders
• Commit to at least one deal at $2,500 per year

1. Discuss TBD Angels with the prospective candidate and get a sense of their goals and objectives behind joining the group
2. Send an email to [email protected] (without the candidate) to describe the candidate and why you think they'd make a great member of our group.
3. Someone on the ops team will ask you for a direct intro to the candidate and schedule a 15-20min conversation with the candidate.

Follow TBD Angels online

• Web site: www.tbdangels.com
• Twitter: @tbdangels
• Facebook: Public page
• LinkedIn:
  • Public page
  • Group page
• Medium: @tbdangels
• Crunchbase: @tbd-angels
• Strava: @tbdangels
• Peleton: #tbdAngels

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