Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Announces May 2015 Meeting Schedule

Meetings Beginning Soon in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Pittsburgh

May 12, 2015 – Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic, the industry leader in angel investment, has announced its upcoming meeting schedule for members that will take place during May, 2015. These meetings allow members of each local chapter to talk about topics ranging to opportunities for investment, the culture of entrepreneurs in today’s modern environment and more. They also represent excellent networking opportunities for everyone involved.

Angel investment in general is a topic of discussion in many areas around the country. According to the 2014 Halo Report, both the mean and the media angel round sizes have increased exponentially in the last several years. The median round size in particular grew from $0.3 million dollars in 2010 to $0.8 million dollars in 2014. The mean round size grew from $0.56 million dollars to $1.64 million dollars during the same period of time.

The Halo Report also indicated that rounds are trending upwards when angel groups co-invest with non-angels, too. In this particular scenario, the median round size grew from $1.4 million dollars in 2010 to an incredible $2.0 million dollars by 2014. The mean round size grew from $2.76 million dollars to $3.59 million dollars during the same period of time. Both the mean and the median have experienced higher than average growth during the last several years alone.

Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic President Howard Lubert indicated that these trends aren’t going away anytime soon. “Examples like these show that this may be the best time for businesses of any type to raise money in recent years.”

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic New York Chapter Forum Meeting will take place on May 26 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM at Loeb & Loeb, which is located at 345 Park Avenue at 51st Street.

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Philadelphia Chapter Forum Meeting will take place on May 27 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at BakerHostetler on the 12th floor of the Cira Center at 2929 Arch Street. Note that this meeting typically is held on the fourth Wednesday of every month.

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Washington, DC Metro Area Chapter Forum Meeting will take place on May 28 from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM at the offices of Cohn Reznick, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD. Note that this is a change from the regular DC Chapter meeting location for May.

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Pittsburgh Chapter Forum Meeting will be held on May 29 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Schnader Harrison on the 27th floor of Fifth Avenue Place in Pittsburgh.

To find out additional information about the Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic May 2015 meeting schedule, or to learn more about the opportunities presented by angel investing in general, please visit the organization’s official website at www.KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com.

About Keiretsu Forum

Keiretsu Forum is the world’s largest angel investor network with more than 1400 accredited investor members throughout 35 chapters on three continents who have invested more than $538m since its inception in September, 2000. Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (www.KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com) consists of four chapters that function as a single entity – New York, Philadelphia, DC, & Pittsburgh. Keiretsu is a Japanese term for a group of organizations with interlocking business relationships, and Keiretsu Forum is a group of accredited investors with interlocking investment interests. Each chapter or region meets monthly to present rigorously screened candidates for investments. Keiretsu Forum’s mission is “Great Association with Quality Deal Flow.”

The Mid-Atlantic Region presents approximately five deals a month, 60 a year, to its members and accredited investor guests. Slightly more than 10 percent get funded, which is higher than the industry average. Approximately 36 funding applications are submitted each month to the K4-MA DealRoom website, www.K4-DealRoom.com and vetted by industry specialists. Of the 36 funding applications submitted, about 10 are then vetted by members at monthly screening meetings. There, they participate in a highly structured presentation-and-feedback-learning session. Three to four of the screened companies are then invited to present at subsequent monthly Forum meetings. Entrepreneurs invited to move forward to the Forum meetings must participate in mandatory professional coaching sessions to optimize the delivery of their presentations and also agree to participate in the road show to all four cities in the region, with exposure to approximately 100 investors. Subsequently, all 1400+ members post information about their companies on the organization’s online global deal room for reference. For global information visit: www.KeiretsuForum.com.

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