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  Katie Rae ‏@ktrae Amazing piece. If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO | Reid Hoffman - ... http://tmi.me/HLOgV 

 cmirabile Launchpad 2012 Year In Review http://scratchpaperblog.com/2013/01/launchpad-2012-year-in-review/ … via @cmirabil

  Joe Wallin ‏@joewallin Should Startups Announce Their Funding? (via @hackernodeapp) http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2013/01/26/should-startups-announce-their-funding/ …

  john frankel ‏@john_frankelA Closer Look At The Quality Of Angel Returns Data http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/26/a-closer-look-at-the-quality-of-angel-returns-data/ … via @techcrunch by @dteten 

  MassChallenge ‏@MassChallengeStudent #entrepreneurs join us for a night of panels, Q&A, networking @MassChallenge 1/30 http://bit.ly/14hXPtR  

  Marc Sedam ‏@UNHinnovationHow Lean Startup went from idiotic to overhyped http://zite.to/XFHsRi  as an avowed #leanstartup guy, I found this cool. Trust your gut works

   Kevin Steger ‏@StartupReportSome Venture Capitalists Aren't Worth Taking Money From - Techvibes (blog) http://bit.ly/Y5TC8a 

   Jeff Bussgang ‏@bussgangFun to see all the renewed energy around e-commerce in Boston. Next week's MITX event promises to be an excellent one…http://lnkd.in/wBtV_R  

  Kyle Alspach ‏@KyleAlspachCambridge Innovation Center (@cicnow) picks Kendall Square building for expansion, adding 52K square feet http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/01/cambridge-innovation-center-expansion.html 

• Jean Hammond ‏@jeanhammondexcited to see #EdGrowth Summit in NYC and next week http://learnlaunch.org  conference to add educators to the conversation 
• Wade Roush ‏@wroush
• A new funding source for women-led startups: Astia Angel, announced today by SF- and NY-based @AstiaGlobal http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2013/01/22/astia-forms-new-angel-group-to-invest-in-women-led-tech-companies/ … 
• Matthew Benson ‏@matt_benson
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• Angel Capital Assn ‏@ACAAngelCapital
• The Year of the Angel Investors: ACA member @Techcoastangels plans to increase investments by 50 percent http://bit.ly/V78SAR 
•   Dharmesh Shah ‏@dharmesh
• Does It Pay to Become an Entrepreneur? - Forbes http://dharme.sh/VfmPR6 
•   Scott Kirsner ‏@ScottKirsner
• Today's Globe column: Restaurants are a tough sell for tech start-ups:http://b.globe.com/XNneal  via @BostonGlobe
•   MassChallenge ‏@MassChallenge
• Who applies to MC? #Infographics on applicant stats by @analoguestudio & 2013 tips on the blog http://tinyurl.com/ae9sfsb 
•   Don Dodge ‏@DonDodge
• @Bill_Gross If you can't convince anyone else to join you in your startup, you don't have a company or a vision. Co-founders = validation
• John Landry ‏@leaddog99
• Excellent review of FB's Graph Search feature coming to a device near you... It's a BFD!! @Xconomy http://www.xconomy.com/national/2013/01/18/facebook-used-to-be-fun-graph-search-makes-it-useful/?single_page=true … 
• cmirabile ‏@cmirabile
• Crowdfunding Efforts Draw Suspicion http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323783704578247380848394600.html?mod=djemTEW_h …

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Commmon Angels Invests at Record-Tying Pace

Still 15 days  ‘till Christmas and, with 21 investments,  the Common Angels have already tied their record for total investments in a year.  Eight of these are new companies, tying the Common Angels recent high for new investments set in 2010, and almost reaching their high water mark of  9 new investments set in 2000 during the very early years of  the group. 

“We are very proud of the entrepreneurs we get to work with and what they are accomplishing,” says Common Angels Managing Director James Geshwiler.

Along with these totals, the Common Angels also announced their participation in five recent financings involving variegated venture capital firms and angels.

TrueLens  provides the first customer record for CRM and digital marketers.   The $1.2 million funding round was led by Google Ventures, with funding from Charles River Ventures, Common Angels, 500 Startups, and Boston Seed, and from angel investors, including HubSpot CTO Dharmesh Shah, Tremor SVP Waikit Lau, InfoChimps co-founder Nick Ducoff, and John Simon, former board member at BzzAgent and m-Qube.

Boston-area open-source sync and share startup ownCloud Inc. has closed a $2.5 million financing, its second seed round of venture capital. Common Angels and 13 unnamed investors were led by General Catalyst Partners of Cambridge.

Doctrackr , a TechStars company, helps individuals and businesses keep their documents under control, know wherever they're stored,  and whomever they're shared with. DocTrackr is backed by Polaris Venture Partners and Atlas Venture, Common Angels and Alive Ideas. Now it's an international company - docTrackr has offices in Boston, Paris and Bucharest.

TechStars Boston 2011 grad Promoboxx, a startup offering a brand-to-retailer marketing platform, has raised an additional investment of $1.375 million to close its Series Seed round of financing. The company’s investors include Launch Capital, Boston Seed, SK Ventures, Common Angels, Stage 1 Ventures, and over 30 angels. In December of last year, Promoboxx raised $565,000 from SK Ventures, Brand Ventures, Launch Capital, and various angels. Angel investors in Promoboxx include Jean Hammond, Walt Winshall, Michael Mark, Mike Dornbrook, Rich Greenfield, Adam Berrey, Dave Balter, David Kaufmann, and many others

HapYak , the social video commentary platform, announced that $850,000 in seed funding has been secured to expand and build upon its platform. This round of funding was led by Kepha Partners with participation and coordination from CommonAngels of Boston and angel investor, Tom Burgess, former CEO of Third Screen Media

For reference, the Common Angels have one exit this year, Vela Systems.

Our congratulations, Common Angels!

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