Angel academy
About the Curriculum

Angel Academy is designed to give you a clear, structured, and practical understanding of how to succeed in early-stage investing. Our curriculum covers the full investment journey from understanding the fundamentals of angel investing and evaluating startup opportunities, to navigating deal structures, financial terms, and planning your long-term portfolio strategy.


During each lecture you will have real-life examples from Georgian and global startup ecosystems, which will helping you build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make smart, impactful investments.

Curriculum Highlights
Angel Investing Essentials
Georgian Startup Ecosystem
Overview of key players, sectors,
initiatives, and investment trends in Georgia.
Angel Investing VS. Other Fundings
Key differences between angel investing and VC or crowdfunding investments in approach, risk, involvement, and outcomes.
Deal Flow Process, Risks & Rewards
Explore how deals are sourced, evaluated, and managed from screening to exit.
Startup Funding Stages & Real Georgian Cases
From pre-seed to IPO: where angel investors play a critical role.
Role of Angels Beyond Investments
How angels contribute mentorship, networks, and strategic guidance.
What Investors Look For & Founders' Perspective
Assessing Startups
What makes a startup investable: team, market, product, and growth potential.
Understanding Founders' Motivation
Why people start companies and how to recognise driven founders.
Real-Life Stories from Successful Founders
Insights from founders who have successfully raised capital and scaled.
Investor-Startup Relationships
How trust, alignment, and communication shape successful investments.
Product-Market Fit & Scalability & Market Size
Identify startups solving real problems with clear paths to growth with measurable opportunity sizes.
Due Diligence & Risk Management
Legal & Compliance Review
Cap tables, IP rights, liabilities, regulatory risks.
Financial Health
Burn rate, revenue models, outstanding debt, warning signs.
Product & Technology Assessment
Analyze innovation, scalability, and product-market fit.
Team & Product Risks
Common mistakes to avoid: weak teams, underdeveloped products, unclear markets.
Due Diligence Checklist
A step-by-step guide for a structured and thorough review process.
Valuation & Metrics & Financial Terms
Valuation Methods
Tools for early-stage startup valuation and analysis after every investment round.
Key Financial Metrics
Burn rate, CAC/LTV, churn, margins - what does really matter to investors?
Exit Strategy & ROI Potential
Potential exit options, ROI projections, and industry comparisons.
Ownership & Dilution
How equity changes through rounds and how to protect your stake.
Structuring Deals & Modern Investment Tools
Equity, Convertible Notes, SAFE, KISS
Understand the tools you’ll use to invest in early-stage companies.
Axel’s Typical Deal Structures
How Axel balances flexibility for startups with protections for investors.
Dilution Calculation After Each Round
Understand whether your ownership percentage decreases or not when startups raise new round.
Tax & Legal Considerations
How different structures impact your rights, returns, and liabilities.
Portfolio Strategy, Exits & Post-Investment Support
Diversification Strategies
Balance across industries, geographies, and funding stages.
Exit Strategies (M&A, IPO, Secondary Sales)
Understand how and when investors typically realize returns.
Supporting Startups After Investment & ''Smart Money''
Maximise success through mentorship, connections, and follow-on funding.
Refinancing & Follow-on Rounds
How to support growth and protect your position through future rounds.
Meet Some of Our Speakers
Participants will get the chance to hear insightful discussions and real-life cases from speakers with experience in hundreds of successful deals and investments, including:
  • Robin Butler
    Partner at Sturgeon Capital
    Due Diligence & Risk Management

  • Nina Dremelj
    President of Business Angels Slovenia
    Diversification Strategy & Due Diligence Checklist


  • George Shamugia
    Founder at HY10
    Product & Tech Assessment, Team & Product Risk, Founders' Motivation
  • Iro Tsagareishvili
    Director at Axel
    Ecosystem Overview, Deal flow Process, Funding Stages, Axel Typical Deal Structure
  • Giorgi Chikviladze
    Early-Stage Financing Specialist
    Equity & Convertible Notes, Dilution Calculations, Key Financial Metrics, Exit Strategies
  • Nicolas Rouhana
    Board of Director Member at Investors of the Mediterranean
    Supporting Startups Case by Case


  • Ketevan Khuntsaria

    Investment Board Member at Axel

    Assessing Startups, Investor-Startup Relationship, Product Market Fit & Market Size

  • George Simongulashvili
    Partner at GEC Business Growth Services
    Angel Investing vs. Other Funds, Role of Angel Investing, Ownership & Dilution, Supporting Startups Case by Case
  • Levan Kiladze

    Founder of Lemondo

    Founders' Motivation


  • Giorgi Samkharadze

    Angel Investor at Axel

    Tax & Legal Considerations



  • Davit Tsitskishvili
    Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Mentor
    Supporting Startups Case by Case


  • Irakli Chikava
    Co-Founder at TelAgri
    Founders' Motivation



The list of speakers is being updated, and the full list will be published soon.
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