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The Tech Coast Angels Vern Yates has been an active angel investor, consultant, advisor and mentor to start up companies since his retirement in 1996. He also was a founder of a 160 person angel investment group in San Diego that has made over $12 million . . . |
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Yates was in on the ground floor with three members of the local Band of Angels' spectacular first venture, some early backing of a private Internet network firm known as Sandpiper Networks. Last October, San Francisco-based Digital Island acquired Sandpiper, providing investors with their so-called "home run." Two other companies . . |
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Vern Yates: The
Father of Angel Investing in San Diego Vern Yates can claim a lion's share of credit for organizing San Diego's private investors, a community which has had a substantial, positive impact on entrepreneurs, start-ups and arguably the success of the region. The culmination of Mr. Yates' efforts was the founding of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels (SD TCA) in the year 2000 . . . http://www.connect.org/newsletter/issue_article_details.cfm?issue=121&artID=490 |
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