Rockies Venture Club

Upcoming Events

  • RVC May 2026 Investor Forum & Happy Hour

    • Tuesday, May 19, 2026
    • 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Hybrid: In-person @ Foley & Lardner, 1144 15th St Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202 or Virtual via Zoom
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    RVC May 2026 Investor Forum

    Hosted at Foley & Lardner (1144 15th St Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202)

    RVC Investor Forums bring together accredited angel investors interested in fast-growing, early-stage companies in Colorado. These forums serve to pool the wisdom, expertise, and capital of many individual angels. At this forum, investor members will hear pitches, and afterwards the founders are excused and investors discuss the merits and risks of each venture. There is no requirement to invest and each investor has an opportunity to indicate interest in following or leading a specific deal. Both new and experienced investor members are welcome at forums -- this is the best way to learn hands-on about angel investing! 


    Meeting Agenda:

    Welcome and Introductions

    3:00pm to 3:15 pm

    Deal-in-Play Discussion

    3:15pm to 3:30pm

    Company Pitches

    3:30 pm to 5:00pm

    Investor Only Discussion

    5:00 to 6:00pm

    Investor Social

    6:00 to 7:00pm


    Presenting Companies

    TBD

    To attend this event, you must be accredited: Net worth of at least one million US dollars, not including the value of one’s primary residence, or have made at least $200,000 each year for the last two years [or $300,000 if jointly filing] and have the expectation to make the same amount this year. We do not require a minimum investment.
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  • RVC Angel Accelerator Week #5: Financial Proformas & Capital Strategy Workshop

    • Friday, May 29, 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Online - Zoom Virtual Meeting
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    FREE TO RVC ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERS


    Accelerated Course on How to be an Angel Investor: Financial Proformas & Capital Strategy Workshop

    Friday, May 29th, 2026 | 10 am - 12 pm MT

    Virtual via Zoom: Meeting link shared upon registration 

    For both investors and entrepreneurs

    How does someone learn how to be a successful Angel Investor?

    Participate in the RVC Angel Accelerator and learn how to be a smart Angel. New Angels who don’t take this workshop often spend years and $250,000 or more learning how to do Angel investing! Receive a great return on investment, avoid taxation, learn about leading-edge innovation and meet interesting people!

    This Angel Accelerator advances Angel Investors' learning with a combination of hands-on exercises, working with experienced angel investor mentors, and solid content and toolkits that you'll need for successful Angel Investing.

    Topics Covered in this Workshop include:

    Week #5 (Friday, May 29th, 2026) - How to Analyze a Proforma Financial Statement and determine whether it is "believable" or not. Finance Strategy: find out if you're going to get diluted out of a profit, or if future raises will give you a smaller piece of a bigger pie and great returns. (virtual via Zoom)

    RVC's Financial Strategy Class Cluster has everything that investors and startup founders alike need to create and evaluate financial projections (proforma) and to think about capital strategy including the timing and amount of raises, total capital needs, milestones between raises, runway strategy and how to think about dilution in follow-on rounds.

    RVC's course content is based on years of real-life stories and examples. Participants, both angels and entrepreneurs, are encouraged to bring their questions, proformas that they may be working with, and valuation assessments for real-time discussion.

    For your best deal, you should consider ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERSHIP in Rockies Venture Club, Colorado's leading angel network. That gets you a FREE pass to this workshop, as well as the Angel 501, Practicum, and other workshops offered every month.  Active Investor membership also gets you free access to the other 140+ events we do every year including the Angel Capital Summit, Colorado Capital Conference Angel Forums and investor-only events.  

    Active Angel Investor members attend free!

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  • RVC Angel Accelerator Week #6: Valuations Workshop

    • Friday, June 05, 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Online - Zoom Virtual Meeting
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    FREE TO RVC ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERS


    RVC Angel Accelerator Week #6: Valuation Workshop

    Friday, June 5th, 2026 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm MT

    Virtual via Zoom: Meeting link shared upon registration 

    For both investors and entrepreneurs

    How does someone learn how to be a successful Angel Investor?

    Participate in the RVC Angel Accelerator and learn how to be a smart Angel. New Angels who don’t take this workshop often spend years and $250,000 or more learning how to do Angel investing! Receive a great return on investment, avoid taxation, learn about leading-edge innovation and meet interesting people!

    This Angel Accelerator advances Angel Investors' learning with a combination of hands-on exercises, working with experienced angel investor mentors, and solid content and toolkits that you'll need for successful Angel Investing.

    Topics Covered in this Workshop Include:

    Week #6 (June 5th, 2026) This Valuations class is designed for both investors and entrepreneurs to learn valuation side by side.
    • How can you assign value to a company with no income and no assets?
    • Does discounting future value work?
    • What is the role of risk quantification in early stage valuation.
    • Find out how an inflated valuation can deflate a company.
    • Hands-on practice with FIVE different valuation methodologies.
    • How to use valuation models for negotiation.
    • How exit strategies five years in the future can impact your valuation NOW.

    You’ll also learn how to read and analyze cap tables, understand how ownership evolves across funding rounds, and forecast potential returns under different exit scenarios. Using real-world examples, this workshop helps both investors and founders see how deal mechanics play out from first investment to exit.

    Participants will walk away with practical tools and templates for reviewing term sheets and modeling cap table changes, along with insight into how to spot red flags and create win-win deal structures.

     

    For your best deal, you should consider ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERSHIP in Rockies Venture Club, Colorado's leading angel network. That gets you a FREE pass to this workshop, as well as the Angel 501, Practicum, and other workshops offered every month.  Active Investor membership also gets you free access to the other 140+ events we do every year including the Angel Capital Summit, Colorado Capital Conference Angel Forums and investor-only events.  

    Active Angel Investor members attend free!
    Open for both investors and entrepreneurs

    Become a member - Click Here and Save!

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  • RVC Angel Accelerator Week #7: Term Sheets and Cap Tables Workshop

    • Friday, June 12, 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Online via Zoom
    Register

    FREE TO RVC ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERS


    RVC Angel Accelerator Week #7: Term Sheets and Cap Tables Workshop

    Friday, June 12th, 2026 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm MT

    Virtual via Zoom: Meeting link shared upon registration 

    For both investors and entrepreneurs

    How does someone learn how to be a successful Angel Investor?

    Participate in the RVC Angel Accelerator and learn how to be a smart Angel. New Angels who don’t take this workshop often spend years and $250,000 or more learning how to do Angel investing! Receive a great return on investment, avoid taxation, learn about leading-edge innovation and meet interesting people!

    This Angel Accelerator advances Angel Investors' learning with a combination of hands-on exercises, working with experienced angel investor mentors, and solid content and toolkits that you'll need for successful Angel Investing.

    Topics Covered in this Workshop Include:

    Term Sheets & Cap Tables: Gain a deep understanding of how deal terms impact your investment outcomes and ownership over time. This session breaks down the structure and purpose of term sheets, including valuation, liquidation preferences, anti-dilution provisions, and investor rights — so you can negotiate confidently and protect your interests.

    You’ll also learn how to read and analyze cap tables, understand how ownership evolves across funding rounds, and forecast potential returns under different exit scenarios. Using real-world examples, this workshop helps both investors and founders see how deal mechanics play out from first investment to exit.

    Participants will walk away with practical tools and templates for reviewing term sheets and modeling cap table changes, along with insight into how to spot red flags and create win-win deal structures.

     

    For your best deal, you should consider ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERSHIP in Rockies Venture Club, Colorado's leading angel network. That gets you a FREE pass to this workshop, as well as the Angel 501, Practicum, and other workshops offered every month.  Active Investor membership also gets you free access to the other 140+ events we do every year including the Angel Capital Summit, Colorado Capital Conference Angel Forums and investor-only events.  

    Active Angel Investor members attend free!
    Open for both investors and entrepreneurs

    Become a member - Click Here and Save!


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  • RVC Angel Accelerator Week #8: Lead Investor & Board Seats

    • Friday, June 19, 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Online - virtual via Zoom (meeting link shared upon registration)
    Register

    FREE TO RVC ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERS


    RVC Angel Accelerator Week #8: Lead Investor & Board Seats

    Friday, June 19th, 2026 | 10 am - 12 pm MT

    Virtual via Zoom: Meeting link shared upon registration 

    For both investors and entrepreneurs

    How does someone learn how to be a successful Angel Investor?

    Participate in the RVC Angel Accelerator and learn how to be a smart Angel. New Angels who don’t take this workshop often spend years and $250,000 or more learning how to do Angel investing! Receive a great return on investment, avoid taxation, learn about leading-edge innovation and meet interesting people!

    This Angel Accelerator advances Angel Investors' learning with a combination of hands-on exercises, working with experienced angel investor mentors, and solid content and toolkits that you'll need for successful Angel Investing.

    Topics Covered in this Workshop include:

    Week #9 (Friday, June 19th, 2026) - Lead Investors & Board Members: Learn what it means to serve as a Lead Investor and best practices for serving as a board member.

     This is the workshop for investors who are interested in leading an investment deal through an angel syndicate. The lead investor plays an important role in getting the deal done beginning with showing a commitment for the deal and communicating with peer investors to gauge interest and guide them through the deal. The lead works closely with the due diligence team to make sure that all the critical questions are answered and that risk has been mitigated for investors. The lead assists RVC staff in negotiating the deal by preparing the term sheet and ensuring that the terms are acceptable to all investors in the deal. The lead may also play a role in syndicating, not only within RVC, but with outside VC and angel groups. This helps bring out of state money into Colorado, but also helps to fund RVC companies and close out the rounds.

    This workshop walks participants through the deal process and gives tips at each stage to drive engagement, evaluate the deals and, when appropriate, to bring in investors and get the deal done. Workshop participants receive resources to help them through the process as well as answers to the most common questions first time leads have.
     

    For your best deal, you should consider ACTIVE INVESTOR MEMBERSHIP in Rockies Venture Club, Colorado's leading angel network. That gets you a FREE pass to this workshop, as well as the Angel 501, Practicum, and other workshops offered every month.  Active Investor membership also gets you free access to the other 140+ events we do every year including the Angel Capital Summit, Colorado Capital Conference Angel Forums and investor-only events.  

    Active Angel Investor members attend free!

    Become a member - Click Here and Save!

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