2 posts and columns on angel round

Twitter App Investors Still Writing Checks: StockTwits Raises a Round

in Media on May 18, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Nope, Twitter still hasn’t trotted out a business model yet, and that may or may not be a problem for potential acquirers like Google or Microsoft. But it’s a nonissue for a growing number of start-ups hoping to succeed simply by positioning themselves in Twitter’s general vicinity. Today’s example: StockTwits, a day-trader-meets-Twitter site that just raised $800,000 from venture capital firm True Ventures.
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Another Twitter App Funded: TweetDeck Raises an Angel Round. Next Up: A Business Plan

in Media on January 16, 2009 at 4:54 am PT

Yes, you can still get someone to invest in a Web start-up with zero revenue. It helps if you can insert the word “Twitter” into your pitch, though. Meet TweetDeck, a one-man outfit that makes free software that organizes your Twitter stream.