Seed Funds vs Angel Investors

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Why do angel investors and seed funds pick one company versus another? You know, as you've studied this, and the reason people want to come to accelerate is always, i want raise money. I think that's pretty universal. Why is it that people pick company a over company b, in your estimation? What wat are the reasons that investors and angels, and it might be different for each of them, seed funds versus angels, make that decision? Ye, i mean, let's set aside the fomo and the excitement, you know, where everybody piling into am the hot deal, and pretend that doesn't exist. Aright? Obviously it does....

0:43 Jason intros TechStars CEO David Brown
4:47 TechStars leading the virtual accelerator trend
10:21 Will TechStars go with a hybrid model going forward and what key points should remote accelerators focus on?
15:27 How did TechStars settle on the number of 10 companies per cohort?
17:28 What has TechStars seen across their portfolio since COVID started?
21:21 Sustained changes vs. temporary changes due to COVID, will COVID lead to more entrepreneurs?
31:58 How to explain edge-case funding scenarios to founders who have real businesses that are having troubling raising capital, taking a long-term view on accelerator engagement, why B2B is easier than B2C
36:22 Why angels invest in one company over the other? Do metrics matter as much as personal relationships? What are ideal founder characteristics that David looks for?
40:25 How TechStars selects mentors by surveying their mentees, comparison against Y Combinator
51:45 Opportunity for going global, David's relationship with Co-Founder David Cohen
1:00:30 Would TechStars ever go public?