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As originally asked by William (Bill) Hulbig.

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Steve Wood
A generalist with strategic & intellectual flexibility, strong business/analytical skills, extensive C level experience.
Once you are past the “friends & family” stage you get to the warm friends and acquaintances who are usually willing to listen and not anonymous. Now I’m on my C round and am dealing with serious angels or flirting with a need for VC’s. I find this level much harder to find because they are VERY private. I guess I wouldn’t want to be hit with every deal too. Just a couple million to go!

John Strobel
Global Strategy Development and Execution (Medical Device and Industrial)
Thanks Bill and good points as I almost missed this thread. Generally when dealing with proprietary info an NDA is in order so the last thing I’d want to do is notify potential competitors by calling attention to the deal until the investment is secure. In terms of anonymous introductions I guess everyone has different reasons – investors come in all types.

William (Bill) Hulbig
50+ Years; Serial Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO and Former Super Angel Creating Quality Deal Flow
Folks, here’s a great thread from this Discussion running on an angel group.

Robert Henslee • @Bill – EXTREME IMPORTANT – I once was introduced to an Angel who stroked a check for our project the same day we met. Talking about miracles – His ONLY real requirement – Keep our mouth shut.

William (Bill) Hulbig • Robert, curious, what was his background?

Robert Henslee • He was a true Angel in the insurance industry – “Sold insurance to teachers” – Founder of the insurance company. The start-up was [http://www.educationworld.com/|leo://plh/http%3A*3*3www%2Eeducationworld%2Ecom*3/20Nd?_t=tracking_disc] check was for $250,000 written minutes after pitched on the spot. He was a referral by an unknown board member. Changed my life and to this day I’ll never forget the experience. Bill this was an Anonymous Introduction – Like I said his only requirement – Remaining Anonymous.and keeping the funding event confidential. At the time I was an 21 year old software engineer working for a group of men who had just an “idea”. Then I truly understood the term “Angel”

William (Bill) Hulbig • I knew it Robert! Had to be a CEO, anonymity counts before and after the deal when it comes to CEOs and super-angels. Too bad no one else is reading this. Almost nobody get’s it.

Joerg Schulze-Clewing
Electronics Design Consultant
Bill, I really cannot confirm that. Some that I know or have dealt with are right here on LinkedIn. With full names, pictures and all, just like you and me.

I do get some spam via LinkedIn but it is not nearly enough to warrant evasive measures or nifty filtering, like I had to on Usenet for a while.

William (Bill) Hulbig
50+ Years; Serial Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO and Former Super Angel Creating Quality Deal Flow
Joerg, I agree, but this the internet and few real investors will publish themselves, at least not on LinkedIn with all the spammers and scammers. VCs and other big players are here, but remain invisible.

Joerg Schulze-Clewing
Electronics Design Consultant
Bill, I’ve dealt with many VCs over the years, some in med tech. Nothing was ever anonymous.

William (Bill) Hulbig
50+ Years; Serial Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO and Former Super Angel Creating Quality Deal Flow
Todd, I’ve sent off emails to my VC contact and referred two potential clients – best of luck.

Christina Zhao
President at Pharmed LLC
I have to say this topic is fresh to me, but it is interesting. Any business can only start when enough trust is stocked. On this point, an introduction is not only a simple introduction but also an initial process of gaining trust and interesting. When an anonymous introduction is concerned, both investors and entrepreneurs will firstly build up a doubt wall before considering the content and intention of the introduction. But an introduction from a well-know person can efficiently surpass this wall. So the higher level the talking project is, the less anonymous introduction is recommend, I think.

William (Bill) Hulbig
50+ Years; Serial Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO and Former Super Angel Creating Quality Deal Flow
Todd, investors will not list anywhere unless their invisible or anonymous. Investors deal matching.

Todd Staples, MBA
Account Representative, GYN at Medtronic
Introductions that aren’t personal and include just a few details as to why one is taking the time to introduce don’t generally go very far in my experience. If I don’t think a connection will give me a very warm intro then I won’t ask for one. And I’m not sure that investors NEED intros when looking for investment opportunities, though entrepreneurs sure do.

Joe Hage
🔥 Find me at MedicalDevicesGroup.net 🔥
Define “anonymous introduction.”

If I could say “Bill Hulbig told me to call,” that would be valuable, yes.