We launched our angel group final month and held our first AMA. Now we wish to set out somewhat extra about how we see the group working and how one can become involved. In case you’re an energetic angel that hasn’t registered, click on right here.
Our imaginative and prescient for the Playfair Angel Group is to be a spot the place angels can share funding alternatives, be taught from their friends (and us), and spend time attending to know one another at our common social occasions.
You’ll be able to learn extra about our ‘Entry For All Angels’ philosophy right here.
So how precisely is it going to work in follow?
What am I going to get out of it?
How do I contribute?
We’ve tried to reply these high degree questions and people requested at our first AMA beneath. In case you have any others, please contact us: angels@playfair.vc
Entry to curated alternatives
We’ll share direct funding alternatives through electronic mail once in a while that match the factors you submitted when your registered with us.
There might be two sorts of alternative:
Playfair is investing and (co-)main the spherical
We’ll share with the founder a listing of angels which are a match for the spherical primarily based in your earlier expertise, sector experience and areas of curiosity. The founder will overview and, primarily based on their particular person strategy, we’ll then make direct introductions so that you can converse with the founder.
We solely make 6–8 investments per 12 months so you must anticipate a low quantity of nicely focused firms. You’ll be able to learn extra about our strategy right here.
We purpose to order 10% of our allocation for angels in each spherical.
Playfair is just not investing, nevertheless it could possibly be enticing
We’ll share through electronic mail a small numbers of firms annually that we’re not investing in, however however could possibly be enticing for an angel.
There are lots of causes an funding is just not for us (portfolio battle/ overlap, issues about final exit potential, and so forth.), however could possibly be a great match for an angel and different funds. In case you are eager to search out out extra concerning the firm, reply to our electronic mail and we’ll join you with the founder.
In case you haven’t but carried out it, please add your angel expertise to your LinkedIn profile and guarantee it’s up to date. This ensures that after we share your profile with founders they’re seeing the perfect on-line model of you.
If you wish to share alternatives (pitch decks) with us, you are able to do this straight through angels@playfair.vc which is at all times monitored by the group 🙏
Market updates and different instructional occasions
We’ll maintain common AMA classes with the Playfair group (just like the one we held earlier this month) in addition to peer to look classes the place you’ll be able to be taught from different angels within the ecosystem.
That is an space we wish to construct out over the approaching months, so in case you have concepts for occasions that will be helpful for you, please do share.
Invites to our social occasions
Being an angel might be fairly a lonely expertise so we wish to use our social occasions to carry you collectively together with your friends. No agenda. Solely the shortest of welcome feedback. And a relaxed atmosphere open to everyone in our group. The primary one is in Central London on 21 November and we’re trying ahead to seeing lots of you there. Invitations to comply with.
