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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.

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Congratulations to Nikki Layton of Volo Innovations who will be spending a luxury week-end in Whistler for winning The Pitchies WarmUp exclusively for New Ventures BC competitors! Nikki was judged by the fundfindr team as having the best overall pitch page including her elevator pitch video, pitch page information and profile. Comments included: “A very direct pitch that immediately hones in on the pain the product solves and the scale of the opportunity.” Full marks for having a complete profile (the executive summary) and for the passion and clear industry knowledge captured in the pitch.

Congratulations to 3 other pitchers who came very close to winning!

Cynthia Roney of Pneuvation. Kudos for Cynthia included “ Wow, compelling from start to finish. Great use of pitch page to convey story. Much better than others at establishing market opportunity.”

Aaron Hilton of Cellmaps. Props for Aaron included “Good use of editing software to provide graphics into elevator pitch. Great use of pitch page. A compelling story that would attract investors.”

James Sherrett of Adhack. Finally, James pitch was highly regarded including “A relaxed pitch with just the right amount of information to make me want to read more. The profile page is well filled out with enough information to draw me to their website.”

For their efforts, the 3 honorable mentions will all receive a $250 fundfindr Premium Services credit.

Thanks to the other entrants and look for this week’s announcement of the launch of The Pitchies competition with over $25,000 in prizes. So practice your pitch, publish it for free at www.fundfindr.com, share it, embed it, get support, feedback and investor exposure!