How to Raise Angel Capital via Ron Conway

If you are looking for capital and are an early stage company (which I know many of you are) it doesn’t get much better than Ron Conway.  Conway was an early stage investor in companies like Google, Ask Jeeves, and Paypal and is known for the number of investments he has made in start-ups.  He has backed companies like Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Zoomr, PBWiki, and many, many more.  Needless to say he is a heavy hitter in the angel community as well as the Web 2.0 community, having made more investments in Web 2.0 start-ups than any other investor (somewhere in the 500 neighborhood).  You can read more about him across the web, including criticism that he has come under.  Early this summer, June to be exact, TechCrunch reported that Conway will be focusing his investments over the next 18 months in 40-50 start-ups who are exploiting Real-time data.  He believes it is “the next billion dollar market opportunity.”

He will be speaking on raising angel capital on October 13th at the Gunderson Dettmer office in Silicon Valley in an intimate setting limited to just 40 attendees.  There is a $25 honorarium to attend that will go to the Peapod Foundation.  The Peapod Foundation was started by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas to support social issue for children around the world. You can read more about it on Peapod’s website.

Attending this event is a great opportunity to not only network, but to get in front of one of the most powerful angel investors in the industry. And guess what…we were able to get 5 slots reserved specifically for Black Web 2.0 readers! You’ll still have to pay the $25 honorarium but it is a small price to pay for what could be a game changing opportunity. If you aren’t located on the Westcoast it is still well worth the flight and opportunity.  Hint, hint…I hear Southwest has a sick Web Special going on right now $99 LGA to SFO for October 13th .  The first 5 comments (via actually commenting on BW2.0 not tweets, lol) are the lucky few who get put on the attendee list.  Have at it!