How Investors Should Approach Startup Valuations With Philip Wilkinson, Angel Investor

Philip Wilkinson is a Serial Web Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and explorer of new, world-changing ideas. Philip’s entrepreneurial career began when he was 21 years old by building the UK's first ever price comparison site, Shopgenie. After securing £150k ShopGenie merged with the French company Kelkoo in 2000. Kelkoo was sold to Yahoo in 2004 for $540m. Since then Philip has co-founded a venture business that invested in and grew businesses such as BroadbandGenie (broadband and mobile comparison site), Crowdstorm (long tail price comparison), and Kopi (coffee subscription club). If that wasn’t enough Phil was also a co-founder and product director of a high end group buying site called Keynoir.com which secured funding from Index Ventures back in 2010. Keynoir eventually sold to Time Out. Phil’s investment portfolio includes the likes of InstaCart, Thread, Uncover and many more which can be found at www.philipwilkinson.co In Today’s Incredible Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Philip got into Angel Investing? 2.) What stage does Philip like to go in and what role does Philip take with his investments? 3.) What level of return does Philip look for when entering an investment? 4.) How does Philip handle deal flow and ensure he receives quality deal flow? 5.) Does Philip like investing with co-investors, if so what characteristics does he look for in his co-investors? 6.) What metrics does Philip look at when potentially investing in a startup? 7.)Are valuations much higher for accelerator alumni from prestigious organisations, such as, Techstars or YC? 8.)How does Philip determine the valuation of startups? Items Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Philip’s Fave Angel Investing Resource: Jason Calacanis: This Week In Startups (http://thisweekinstartups.com) Phil’s Most Recent Investment: Uncover (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/uncover-londons-best-restaurants./id920033081?mt=8) As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here: www.syndicateroom.com