[liberationtech] investing in liberation tech

[Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes]

Ok, I read this post this morning, and I decided to let it "go." But the
sun has set over this North Texas Wasteland, a "safe haven" for the type of
"angels" this post mentions, and, with the onset darkness, Mr Hyde wakes up!

There are no "angels" in that post! Why would anyone call "angel" someone
expecting an obscenely high "return on investment?" True Angels don't
expect "return on investment" at all!

So please stop talking about "angel investors," unless you think the
"hundred million dollar exit, minimum" expectation of Mephistophelian
people are "angelical!"

The fact is that profit and "common good" are most times divergent
endeavours and, if they intersect, they'd be tangent, secant, perhaps even
with more intersections, but - their Sims, goals, objectives are radically
different!
 On Nov 10, 2014 9:49 AM, "J.M. Porup" <jm at porup.com> wrote:

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> Is it possible to make money investing in privacy- or security-focused
> startups?
>
> I am putting together an angel fund (in Chile, but keep reading). I am
> not an investor myself, but I'm in a position to evaluate and propose
> startups to our participating angels.
>
> I'd really like to see an investment or two in liberation tech.
>
> After watching the flame war over Espionage (*not* rehashing that
> debate, please don't shoot), it occurred to me that the primary
> business model for successful innovation in this field is foundation
> money, not end users.
>
> But angel investors want to see a hundred million dollar exit, minimum.
>
> Anyone working on anything juicy in this space that would scale
> globally and make money too? Or am I looking for something that
> doesn't exist?
>
> Jens
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> J.M. Porup, CDWDS (Chief Dude Who Does Stuff)
> LatAm Startups Angel Funds
> www.LatAmStartups.biz
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