Are you looking for an angel investment for your startup or small business? The Go BIG Network can connect you with thousands of investors who are actively looking to make an angel investment.

Before your get started, though, let us explain a little bit about what the angel community looks for in a startup company or small business.

Find Angel Investment Opportunities

Imagine for a moment that you are on the other side of the table - you actually are the angel investor looking to put seed capital into a startup company. You're constantly on the hunt for investment opportunities that you believe will be a good fit for you.

The problem is that it's very hard to find the startup companies and entrepreneurs who actually have angel investment opportunities. There are so many companies and the world is such a big place that a business angel can actually get lost just trying to find the right funding opportunity.

That's where the Go BIG Network comes in. Go BIG is a marketplace for startup companies to publicly post their angel investment opportunities to a large audience of investors looking to put investment capital to work. Go BIG attracts individual investors, angel investors, and of course venture capital firms, all of whom are actively looking to participate in angel investments (yes, VC's do angel deals, too!).

You are the company that is on the other side of that search. By creating a member profile on Go BIG (it's fast and free) you are basically hanging your shingle out for investors to review. You can also begin searching to find investors on the site as well.

Contact Angel Investors

Once you have located an angel investor on the site you should then spend some time trying to research as much of their background as possible. Many angels will present other deals that they have done in the past as well as offer information about what types of investments they like to do (by region, industry, etc.).

You may decide to contact these angel investors directly, which is fine, as long as you are specific about your request. It's not a good idea to simply e-mail an investor and tell them your are looking for money, expecting them to do the follow-up. You need to create a quick, compelling case for your investment opportunity and request a response.

Notice we said "quick and compelling" not "long and drawn out"! Investors are busy people and if you expect them to provide angel funding for your startup company than you need to create a quick and compelling case for why they should care. Think of your e-mail like your elevator pitch - the handful of sentences that quickly explains your business.

Finding the right angel will take some time, so the key is to just be patient while you are beginning your search. Making the right match at such an early stage in your development is crucial to your long term success. We believe that the most successful startups are those that have the patience and the fortitude to hold out for the long haul, and so do most investors!