The Problem With Angel Investing

Tech In Boston Podcast #27: Interview with Maia Heymann, Senior Managing Director, Common Angels Ventures.

Maia Heymann is the Senior Managing Director of Common Angels Ventures in Cambridge, MA.

She’s worked with startups in both Boston and Palo Alto during her 20+ year career as an an angel investor, VC and a tech banker, with investments in over 40 tech companies both personally as an angel and professionally.

But she says there’s a problem with the angel investing (hint: it has to do with what the term “angel” implies).

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In this episode, Maia talks about:

• Her 20+ years as an investor in both public and private companies
• Why she’s never liked the term “angel” investor
• Returns focused investing
• Her hits and misses
• What founders should look for in an investor
• Why fundraising should be a buying process
• The importance of alignment and fit between investors and founders on things like capital strategy and exit strategy
• Her thoughts on Boston and why we need to stop with the comparisons to Silicon Valley
• What we can do to keep more talent in Boston