Can Your Investor Be Trusted? Expert Tips On Vetting Startup Investors [Video]

There’s very little info out there on how to do due diligence on prospective investors. How do you be smart about picking the right investors for you? Can you and should your investor be trusted?

Raising investment is a long-term relationship. If you’re lucky, a big exit will take 5 to 10 or more years.

So whenever you can, spend a little bit of time vetting startup investors for your business and ensure you want to be in a working relationship with them.

Here are some ways you could do this:

00:00 Intro
01:17 Past Investments. Are there conflicts?
02:03 Management Team. What’s their expertise?
03:02 Portfolio Fails. Call these founders.
03:50 Values Match. All talk but no action?
05:06 Responsiveness. Important for fast-moving startups.

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DISCLAIMER: The information in this video should be considered general in nature. It should not be considered tax, financial, investment, legal or any kind of professional advice.