As large VC firms cut back, a hungry bunch of seed-stage investors are helping entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. Earlier this year, as the stock market plunged, most bankers and other financiers hoarded capital and throttled back on new deals. But not Josh Kopelman. Even in the bleakest months, the co-founder of the ...

In October, as startup Jaxtr hit up venture capital firms for its first round of funding, it landed an unusual arrangement. Instead of taking a few million in cash from a firm that would hope to one day book a fat return, Jaxtr took a loan, just $1.5 million, from no less than four VC ...

I call these entities ‘Super Angels.’ As Kim Rachmeler said during CI Foo camp back in February, “The network knows what the nodes know not.’ Translation: by leveraging networks, you can learn stuff that you yourself cannot through an insular, go-it-alone approach. Now any VC will tell you “Oh yeah, I speak to firm X, ...