Featured Founder
Meet Kathryn Dougherty
Meet Kathryn Dougherty
Meet Kathryn Dougherty
Founder + CEO
She sets the strategy & vision for Spritz & leads investor relations.
How important were the Angel investments to your success?
Critical. Spritz would've never moved further than an idea without venture capital that was willing to support testing our hypothesis.
Meet Kathryn Dougherty
Meet Kathryn Dougherty
What advice would you give business owners that are seeking Angel Investments? Communicate very early on what traction/market sizes/opportunities you are pursuing. Share what the capital is going to be used for, what milestone you're going to hit with it, what question you're trying to answer. Be clear what will also happen after the question gets answered - do you pivot? shut down? expand? Ensure everyone understands that pre-seed angel investments are as high risk/high reward as they come - the odds are likely that the capital will never produce a return, but if it does, it'll be a 100x. The pressure of taking people's money is extremely heavy - don't underestimate the toll it can take on mental/emotional wellbeing.
Spritz Tea
Meet Kathryn Dougherty
Spritz Tea
At what point in your business did you feel your business was ready for Angel investments?
After substantial market research and feeling like that was a valid idea worth pursuing, I sought out angel investments to execute on the strategy to move us towards our next major milestone - testing product/market fit through pilot accounts. This is only possible with working capital for cash flow and investment capital for customer acquisition testing.
Do you think Angels have an important place in the startup ecosystem? Why? Absolutely. Early capital in that doesn't come with lots of complicated power/governance input is necessary to be able to move the company nimbly through the early phase when so many questions have to be answered and you are testing dozens of tactics simultaneously.
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We believe it's important to educate both founders and investors to encourage successful outcomes. We offer online sessions, webinars and workshops for founders. And, we offer opportunities for investors to learn the ins and outs of angel investing, so we can all succeed in partnership.
Have Fun Investing!
Have Fun Investing!
Have Fun Investing!
Accelerating Angels meet both online and in person to provide the best experience for both our founders and investors. Investors enjoy listening to founder pitch presentations with Q&A followup, discussing due diligence, making investment decisions, and networking. We have fun while being serious about our investments.
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Have Fun Investing!
Enjoy The Success!
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