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Tune into Part II of our exclusive fundfindr.tv interview with prominent Angel Fund manager Basil Peters to uncover key insights on the difference between angel investors and VCs. Basil walks me, Danita Harty, through what both investors want to see and clarifies the confusion between the two groups.

The reality of investing someone else’s money vs. your own means that VCs are looking for lots of control while angels offer a kinder, gentler approach and often at an earlier stage. Find out why the first term sheet you see from a VC is not the deal you will be living by.

Like to get your pitch reviewed by Basil or other expert investors like W Media Ventures Boris Wertz? Simply register and upload it to fundfindr.com and you may be selected for a free but priceless pitch review. A big congratulations to Boris for his great exit in Amazon’s acquisition of Abebooks!

Check out Basil’s first fundfindr.tv interview on Secrets to the Vault here. For other great resources on Angel Investing best practices for entrepreneurs and investors, make sure to check out Basil’s blog, including his latest post on how to structure your start-up the right way - Start-ups - the Essential To-do list.

Look for pitch reviews coming this week of these recent pitches that were pitched in public on fundfindr.com - Volo Innovations, WOMMP, Ideabreaker and Ruboss. Also reviewed on our private VANTEC channel were PeerFX, HulaVision and Letsgofordinner.com. All pitch reviews for the “public” pitches will help qualify competitors for the Expert Pick semi-finalist selections for The Pitchies with over $20,000 in prizes. You can also invite your friends to vote your pitch in to the big November wrap-up competition by sharing your pitch in the People’s Choice competition.

James Dean, CEO of Dpoint Technologies pitching at VANTEC

Vancouver, BC.   August 11, 2008

fundfindr Media, in collaboration with VANTEC, is pleased to announce a ground-breaking and disruptive enhancement to venture dating - the process of start-up development and entrepreneur and investor matchmaking. This progressive approach was embraced by VANTEC and extended the VANTEC pitch event online providing convenience, productivity and valuable exposure. A new standard has been set to extend future start-up, investment and innovation events.

The July session of the VANTEC angel network meetings started like most but there were two key differences. Firstly, there were a record number of presenters - 20 - so the event was held twice over two days. A powerful indicator of the hub of entrepreneurship that Vancouver, or Techcouver has become. Secondly, fundfindr was there to videotape and broadcast the event so that investors could review the pitches at their convenience on a private VANTEC channel at fundfindr.com. Also of note, the VANTEC pitches were full 5 to 10 minute “investor” pitches with Powerpoint so the videos are more comprehensive and insightful than simple 1 minute “elevator” pitches.

Alexandra Skey, CEO of WOMMP

“Over the last year at Investment events we have consistently heard the pain of entrepreneur’s in reaching investors and the pain of investors in finding quality deal flow, stated fundfindr CEO, Bret Conkin. “We applaud the progressive Vancouver investment community where Angels like Mike Volker, Basil Peters and Boris Wertz amongst others are open to new and progressive approaches to enhance productivity in the lengthy courtship that we call venture dating.”

Trying to remember the pitch from mid-day or missed the event? No problem, just tune in and check it out. Plus entrepreneurs like QuickMobile’s Patrick Payne could view their pitch, add relevant pitch and profile info, share it for feedback and refinement and publish it on fundfindr.com for additional investor exposure like Dpoint Technologies and WOMMP did (links above). Patrick alone has had over 665 views of his pitch as a result. Welcome to a more open, productive venture capital platform.

VANTEC has agreed that select investors can receive a link to the Beta of the private VANTEC pitch channel for their review and feedback. If you are an investor that is interested in finding out more, send us an email to investors@fundfindr.com indicating your background (website, experience etc.) and we’ll share the link. If you are an entrepreneur or service provider looking to raise your profile, you can register for a free profile, upload a video pitch or contact us for production services to info@fundfindr.com.

fundfindr Media is a Vancouver-based social media company that matches entrepreneurs with investors and service providers. fundfindr’s online tools and services help ventures get exposure, find funding, make connections and get expert feedback to enhance their results. fundfindr.com is the software and social networking platform and fundfindr.tv is the media and broadcast vehicle.

Vancouver: July 21, 2008

fundfindr Media is very pleased to announce the addition of Boris Wertz, CEO of Nexopia.com and W Media Ventures to the roster of star investors providing pitch review on fundfindr.com. Nexopia.com is a rapidly growing youth-oriented social networking site based in Edmonton. Boris also heads W Media Ventures, a Vancouver-based venture capital firm focusing on Consumer Internet opportunities in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada together with long-term partner Burda Digital Ventures / Acton Capital Partners.

“Together with Basil Peters, Boris will be providing a monthly feature including scoring and comments on hot new pitches by innovative entrepreneurs as part of our Pitchies competition,” commented fundfindr CEO, Bret Conkin. “Basil and Boris direct two of the most prominent early stage investment funds in the Pacific Northwest. We recommend all entrepreneurs submit their pitch to fundfindr.com for the opportunity to be selected to receive this invaluable feedback.”

“We are interested in startup ideas and investment opportunities in the Consumer Internet space,” commented Mr. Wertz. “I am pleased to collaborate with fundfindr to utilize their platform as an effective way to identify hot new ventures and provide some of them with the critical feedback they need to nurture their ventures and increase their prospects for funding.”

Mr. Wertz is an experienced Internet entrepreneur and investor with a broad international background including with AbeBooks. W Media has a dynamic portfolio which currently includes: Suite101.com (Vancouver, BC); Tripsbytips.com (Berlin, Germany), Conducive Corp. (NYC), Techvibes.com (Vancouver, BC), TeamPages (Vancouver, BC) and Indochino (Victoria, BC).

Look for an exclusive interview with Boris coming soon on fundfindr.tv!