Comments from Entrepreneurs
Many thanks for your interest in Apeliotus and the time you spent with me over the last couple of days. The entire Investors’ Circle process from the application through the post-presentation breakfast has been a first class experience, and I look forward to continuing my interactions with your colleagues and you.
John G. Edwards, APELIOTUS VISION SCIENCE
The Investors' Circle conference was a rare pleasure. As you may know, I have been on the angel funding circuit since mid-August. I have pitched to eleven angel groups…The Investors' Circle impact investing conference stands above and apart from the rest.
- The IC screening and selection process was the most thorough and rigorous by far.
- The conference itself was the best-organized and well-staged early stage investment event I have ever attended.
- The sponsors Blank Rome thoughtfully invested time and resources to deliver tangible value to the entrepreneurs.
Heartfelt thanks for all you did.
Barry S. Seifer FRSA, Chief Executive Officer, HEARING HEALTH SCIENCE, INC.
Investors' Circle is a dream come true for entrepreneurs--a community sourcing smart, values-based capital. Best part? They're patient and helpful even when dealing with crazy entrepreneurs pulled in 20 directions. A truly remarkable organization.
Amanda Steinberg, Founder, DAILY WORTH
“I have participated in venture funding conference for over 20 years as both an entrepreneur and a funder and judge, in industries ranging from biotech, software and social ventures. Now back as an entrepreneur as Farmland LP, the process Investors’ Circle runs is by far the most rigorous, organized and supportive of any I have participated in. I am equally impressed with the quality of the investors and the due diligence process. Although our diligence process took a while due to health issues with our diligence lead, the end result is a 12 page, high quality due diligence report that is independent, fair, and insightful, and importantly did result in investors making informed investments into Farmland LP. Raising and investing mission-aligned capital requires more work and due diligence than traditional investments, and Investors’ Circle delivers a top quality conference for both presenting companies and investors. Since traditional conferences are unlikely to fully integrate impact investing into their formats, my hope and trust is in Investors’ Circle to expand their reach and take market share. The world is a better place thanks to Investors' Circle. Long may it thrive.”
Best regards, Craig Wichner, Managing Director, FARMLAND LP
An excellent conference and an exciting opportunity for Jack & Jake’s. My company would not have had the chance for this type of exposure without Investors’ Circle! Thank you!
John Burns, Founder, JACK & JAKE’S
This is tremendous value you provide – thank you kindly for the constructive feedback - we can't imagine how you provide such targeted data to so many ventures you work with. For a start up – this is invaluable insight into how we are being viewed by investors and look forward to using this to hone our messaging and documents.
Thank you kindly, Konrad App, STIMA
First of all thank you for all of your support as well as your staff. I wanted to let you know that the event was one of the best I have attended. Your staff was superb - very friendly and helpful. Also enjoyed all of the other participants.
Regards, Ron Pettengill, CEO, EPIPHANY SOLAR WATER SYSTEMS
Investors' Circle addresses a tremendous need in our economic system, and no one else is addressing this need so directly and so well. Our company received needed investment capital through IC some years ago when we were at a key juncture in our company’s growth. Since then I have continued to observe IC in action. I have been continually impressed by how well IC designs and executes its conferences, venture fairs, written communications, and other elements of its unique and marvelous work.
Steven Piersanti, President, BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS
"First let me say how impressed we are with how you run your process – very supportive and informative. We really appreciate reading the great and honest feedback you sent. We will be incorporating responses to the issues mentioned in your email into our investor deck.""I am SO impressed with the extraordinary lengths you went to in reviewing our Executive Summary and application. The comments below are so relevant and detailed that they will prove to be extremely useful in finalizing our business plan. I can't thank you enough for this, Nick."
"I got selected to present by another angel group that users angelsoft too and the feedback from you Iwill use to craft a better pitch as I get up in front of them and NAIL IT!"
"This is more than I expected and I am very thankful. No argument from me, just thanks."
"We really appreciate your help through the process and felt it was a very worthwhile event for us. It was a very well organized."
"It was a wonderful event…the best angel event I have ever participated in either as a CEO or an investor."
"I wanted to let you know that the event was one of the best I have attended. Your staff was superb - very friendly and helpful. Also enjoyed all of the other participants."
"On behalf of the team, we greatly appreciate your insight. It is so important to have outside eyes give feedback on concepts that we can further develop (especially if they are not clear) and enhance our current plan. We will use this feedback as we move forward in the process and begin talking with potential investors."
"Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts—it will be very helpful in articulating our mission in future. I really appreciate your help and efforts in social venture."
