The Leading Angel Investment Group Funded 27 Deals During Its Breakout Year
PHILADELPHIA – April 6, 2016 – Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (K4-MA), the East Coast Region of the world’s largest angel investment network, recently announced that its K4-MA angel investor members injected approximately $6,644,184 into 27 separate deals during 2015. This contributed to making 2015 the single biggest investment year in Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic history and represented funding traction into 60% of the year’s presenting companies.
The volume of investments from 2015 goes a long way toward painting a positive picture for angel investing across the United States, which is particularly interesting considering that certain leaders in the tech industry have predicted that there are more than a few signs for concern just over the horizon. Keiretsu Forum Global reported total investments of $71 million in 134 companies in 2015.
Out of the 27 different companies that Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic invested in during 2015, 15 of them were located on the East Coast. Seven of those investment deals were made in a joint effort with the Pacific North West region.
Overall, the investment range of deals across the industry were incredibly strong in 2015. There were five total deals of values greater than $400,000, while three were within the $250,000 to $400,000 range. Ten of the deals fell within the $100,000 to $250,000 range, while an additional three came in between $50,000 and $99,000. Six of the deals were smaller than $50,000 in size.
When you break things down by industry, the findings are even more interesting. 13% of the money raised went to those in the Consumer/Retail industry in four separate deals. 35% stayed within the Technology sector across 10 deals. 40% of the money went to Lifescience in 11 separate deals, while 3% went to Real Estate and an additional 3% when to Financing with two deals and one deal, respectively.
Companies in the Consumer/Retail sector received approximately $862,500, while companies in Real Estate received $220,000. Companies in the technology sector received $2,320,182, while those in Lifescience received $2,666,502. Companies in Financing received $225,000.
This undeniably positive news comes in stark contrast to predictions that have recently been offered by other venture capitalists throughout the reason, particularly with regards to the technology sector. At the 2015 GeekWire Summit, a wide range of different tech leaders and other industry professionals offered their opinions on the state of the industry. They indicated that there were more than a few signs that a tech bubble was developing that was about to burst.
Given all of the positive developments with Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic during 2015, it’s difficult not to get excited about the way that funds are developing across 2016 and beyond.
About Keiretsu Forum
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 1500 accredited investor members throughout 39 chapters on three continents. Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (http://www.KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com) consists of four chapters that function as a single entity – Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Pittsburgh and New York. 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 four deals a month, 50 a year, to its members and accredited investor guests. Slightly more than 20 percent get funded, which is 10x 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. About 10 are then vetted by members at monthly screening meetings where 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, information about their companies is posted on the organization’s online global deal room for reference by all 1500+ members. For global information visit: http://www.KeiretsuForum.com.
