MIDLAND – The BlueWater Angels is sponsoring and hosting a half-day program in conjunction with the Angel Capital Association focused on learning about valuation and portfolio strategy Feb. 19 at Saginaw Valley State University. Tickets cost $75.
�??By bringing together experienced and relatively new investors, along with entrepreneurs seeking private funding and professionals involved in supporting entrepreneurs, we expect to foster a higher level of understanding among all attendees,” said Brent Case, BlueWater Angels and MidMichigan Innovation Center executive director.
Robert Okabe from the Angel Capital Association and the RPX Group in Chicago will return to mid-Michigan to moderate the half-day session. Okabe came to Midland back in October 2007 to educate more than 60 community stakeholders on how and why the region should launch an angel investment group, and was back again in September 2008 where he led a sell-out crowd in a two-part workshop on understanding due diligence and term sheets.
Okabe will share his perspective on how angel investors can benefit from the relatively recent collapse of traditional capital markets. The valuations of start-up companies have shifted significantly so that savvy investors are now able to secure more equity due to the perception that capital is very difficult to secure in this economic environment. More equity in young companies increases the probability of higher returns for investors when a company is bought out, or possibly goes public.
Case expects about 25 of the BlueWater Angels members to attend the session, along with members of other angel investor groups and entrepreneurs from around the state. Registration is $75 for the half-day, including the complimentary cocktail networking reception.
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