While we wish we could let you in to take a look around, we need to keep the community restricted to SEC accredited investors. What we can do is give you a peek behind the scenes of what Open Deals looks like to those investors.

Deal Directory The Deal Directory is where investors can browse through submitted deals by criteria such as location, rating, number of views, and industry. Your company will be shown in this directory.

Summary Information In the Deal Directory each company is shown with a summary.

Information that will be displayed about your company includes:

  • Company name
  • Whether or not a video is included
  • A one-line pitch
  • Industry
  • The “thumbs up/thumbs down” rating investors have given the deal (entrepreneurs can see ratings in their Application Manager)
  • The number of views the deal has received (entrepreneurs can view this number in the Application Manager)
  • The number times the deal has been referred by an investor to their group for further review (entrepreneurs can view this number in the Application Manager)
  • The number of comments made on the deal (entrepreneurs can view comments in the Application Manager)

A Deal Each deal is displayed in a standard format that Angels are familiar with from their personal Angelsoft accounts.

  • The answers to Angelsoft application questions are listed in the main section. Company vitals such as management and financial information are listed in the sidebar on the right.
  • The video is available to watch as investors read through an application.
  • Documents are available for download. A PDF of the entrepreneur’s application is automatically generated for the investor to print out (entrepreneurs can also download this PDF by clicking on “preview” in the Application Manager).
  • Investors may leave feedback with a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” rating.
  • Investors may leave comments in the “deal discussion” section at the bottom. Entrepreneurs can respond to comments in their Application Manager which will be posted here.

When An Investor Is Interested If an investor is interested in a deal, they may click “refer this deal to my group” for further review and the entrepreneur will be notified.

Jason D. Schwartz :: Jul.15.2008
Entrepreneur, FAQ