ASSET CLASSES
How to define a portfolio strategy and investment criteria.
DEAL NEGOTIATING
How to valuate pre-revenue startups and negotiate an investment deal.
INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS
How to draft a term sheet and select the right investment terms.
EARLY STAGE DUE DILIGENCE
Perform Due Diligence and assess the risk of the investment opportunity.
SCREEN AND EVALUTE STARTUPS
How to assess a pitch deck and “pick a winner”.
BOOK-BUILDING
How to bring other investors into the deal and complete a round.
Investing in early-stage startups is exciting, but different from traditional investments.
Learn how to navigate through pitfalls and mitigate risks that can affect your investment deals. For six evening workshops you get to work shoulder to shoulder with likeminded investors startup investment challenges.
Develop your tool box of best practice knowledge on the mechanics and processes of investing in startups and become part of a local and nordic network of angel investors.
SESSION FORMAT
PRESENTATIONS FROM LEADING EXPERTS
Be inspired and learn from industry experts
WORKSHOPS WITH UNIQUE TOOLS
Work with tools, and investment frameworks and network among peers.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Discuss today's topics with facilitators and peers. Bring in startups you are currently looking at to the discussion.
PREPARATION
Find your investment criteria.
All startups (15).
SELECTION
Screen and evaluate all cases.
All startups (15).
DEAL CREATION
Work with your favorite startup in investor groups. Only selected startups (4-6).
FUNDRAISING
Create a fundraising strategy and get the opportunity to invest. Only selected startups with term sheet (2-5).
Angel Challenge is an exciting program to get in touch with the fast-growing startup community and is characteristic in that it focuses on both the investors and startups.
JOHAN ODVAR ODDFJELL
Director at Planet 9 Venture
Every session includes topic-related presentations by investor experts, valuable workshops, and roundtable discussions.
The program consists of 6-afternoon sessions, and in addition, participants are invited to monthly deal-flow days where two are physical meetings in the city of Oslo.
1
21.03.23 - Online - afternoon
#1 - FUNDAMENTALS
Understanding the landscape and how investors think
2
23.03.23 - Online - afternoon
#2 EVALUATION
Developing your investor checklist
3
28.03.23 - Online - afternoon
#3 DUE DILIGENCE
Identifying risk vs reward gaps
4
30.03.23 - Online - afternoon
#4 VALUATIONS & INVESTMENT TOOLS
Understand how valuations work, and when to challenge them
5
11.04.23 - Online - afternoon
#5 DEAL MAKING
Managing the investment decisions
6
13.04.23 - Online - afternoon
#6 CLOSING THE ROUND
Increasing the success and decreasing the potential backfires
Three months of investor community included in program fee (NOK 6.500 or €650/year)
Join the startup investing masterclass program like 600 Nordic startup investors before you and enter the most active investor community in Norway
The Startup Norway Investor Community runs monthly deal flow days to showcase the best deals each month.
MARCH 2nd | DEAL FLOW DAY
Physical seed stage deal flow day in Oslo
APRIL 12th | DEAL FLOW DAY
Online pre-seed stage deal flow day
MAY 24th | DEAL FLOW DAY
Online seed stage deal flow day
JUNE 8TH | DEAL FLOW DAY
Physical pre-seed stage deal flow day in Oslo
Please note: It is not obligatory to invest during the program but you will get many opportunities to do so.
Warning: Startup investing can be highly addictive.
Please Note: all investor participants confirm to be financially capable to invest at least the minimum investment amount NOK 50.000 and have the intention to do so, but it is not obligated to invest unless it is of mutual interest between investors and startups at the end of the program.
