Angel collusion
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Praise the Super Angels for Taking Risks Few Others Will: Tech News «
Michael Arrington’s fiery post on TechCrunch about possible collusion among the so-called Super Angels adds plenty of fodder to an already raging debate about these investors: their near-deified status among entrepreneurs, their increasingly large stakes in startups, and calls to examine whether they are really VCs donning Super Angels’ wings. As a VC, my reaction may come as a surprise to some. For starters, there is no sense of Schadenfreude here; I really, really hope that Super Angels are not colluding against startups.
Can we trust Michael Arrington? (AngelGate) « Derek Andersen
Like everyone else I’ve been reading and watching Mike’s latest ‘AngelGate’ story unfold for the last few days.
So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar…
Yesterday I was tipped off about a “secret meeting” between a group of “Super Angels” being held at Bin 38, a restaurant and bar in San Francisco.
A VC: Collusion
Mike Arrington posted about a secret meeting of angels and super angels in San Francisco the other night.
How AngelGate Affects You...Yes, You
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AngelGate Goes Nuclear, Startups Get the Fallout: Tech News «
Just when you thought the AngelGate fuss — which Mike Arrington of TechCrunch touched off earlier this week with a blog post exposing a meeting of “super-angels” — couldn’t get any more emotionally fraught, legendary Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway upped the ante late Thursday with an email to some of the investors who were at the meeting, calling their discussions “despicable and embarrassing for the tech community.”
Hooray For Mike Arrington
If you haven't already, go read Mike Arrington's story about how he barged into a secret meeting of Silicon Valley's super-angels and discovered that the angels were discussing how to screw traditional venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, the latter by pushing down the prices of early-stage deals.
Fabrice Grinda: Musings of an Entrepreneur » Angelgate is overblown!
I like a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy and some of the Hitler Angelgate parodies are really funny, but the alleged attempted collusion is a nonissue if only because even if the super angels tried to collude they would be bound to fail.
Fire in The Valley, Fire in My Belly... and Yes, Mike, I Have Stopped Beating My Wife. - Master of 500 Hats
So i've been debating whether to write this post all day.Now and then a polarizing topic will make its way through the venture capital industry and several prominent investor/bloggers will chime in with their collective opinions in quick succession. Tuesday night TechCrunch's Michael Arrington dropped a bomb on the industry, accusing Silicon Valley's top angel investors of a collusion and price-fixing conspiracy.
Silicon Valley Angels Refute Arrington's Claims of Collusion
Finger-Pointing, Emails, Deleted Tweets, Rage. AngelGate Is Far From Over
MG Siegler is a general partner at CrunchFund and a columnist for TechCrunch, where he has been writing since 2009.Showdown! Angels, Arrington to Go Mano a Mano | Epicenter | Wired.com
Silicon Valley’s fault lines rumbled this week under accusations from TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington that powerful angel investors were colluding to rip off startups.Last night, TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington reported that on Monday night, a group of high-profile Silicon Valley angels met at a San Francisco restaurant, where, Arrington said he later learned, “collusion” and “price fixing” were on the menu.