ANGEL INVESTING SERIES: Part 1 - Is Angel Investing Right for You?

Does your Startup need seed capital? Are you looking to scale up your business?

Angel Investors are usually the first avenue for Startups, as banks demand security and don’t always recognise the value of an idea or platform. Angels can facilitate new business connections that help start-ups grow and offer insights based on deep knowledge of an industry. They provide support and motivation to founders to persevere when launching and growing a business inevitably becomes very challenging.

This 1hr workshop will cover:

• What is Angel Investment and how to prepare?
• What are the advantages and drawbacks?
• Is your team ready for the growth potential and the challenge?
• Are you comfortable losing some control and answering to investors?
• The timeline and process of the investment journey.

Join us for this FREE highly informative 1 hour webinar, to help you understand if Angel Investment is right for you.

PRESENTERS

Peter Ramsay - Network Manager, Mainland Angel Investors

Peter’s interests lie within startups, having studied the Masters of Entrepreneurship at the University of Otago.

For the past 3 years, Peter has embarked on his own venture, creating a reusable dispensing unit, tailed to the personal drink bottle and beverage industry. After experiencing the difficulties first hand of trying to raise capital in the lower South Island, Peter was drawn to MAI, in an effort to help pave a better path to investment.

Peter is experienced in project management, account management and sales. He is passionate about innovation and excels in the ideation and validation phases of product development.

Wayne Hudson Director, whIPit Limited & Board Trustee for Startup Queenstown Lakes

Wayne is technology lawyer with 35+ years experience as a commercial and corporate lawyer, having been a partner in Bell Gully and Hudson Gavin Martin.

In the last 30 years Wayne has focused on the technology business sector, advising on the commercialisation of technology and intellectual property, the sale and purchase of technology businesses, capital raising, structuring start-up companies and dealing with shareholder issues.