Kaushal is founder and CEO of Scaale Group and Managing Partner of Cross Border Angels. A true serial entrepreneur and investor. Over the last three decades, Kaushal has founded over 20 ventures across the USA, Europe and Asia with 3 successful exits and an IPO in 1987. Kaushal was born and raised in India, where he studied Electrical Engineering and Management. After that he moved to the UK, Germany and today he lives in the USA where he has been a resident for the last 25 years. San Francisco is the place he calls home, although he travels 2 weeks every month to visit the Scaale teams around the world.

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KAUSHAL CHOKSHI
CROSS BORDER ANGELS
WHAT MAKES AN
ANGEL INVESTOR TICK

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My%Background%
• !!!Serial!entrepreneur!and!investor!
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• !!!Founded!over!20!companies!and!3!successful!exits!
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• !!!Global!playground!–!5!world!trips!a!year!
• !!!Connec@ng!dots!!
• !!!Triple!boBom!line!
• !!!Passionate!and!opinionated!about!everything!!!!

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Scaale%Group%
• Venture!resource!group!dedicated!to!help!companies!to!grow!through!capital,!sales!
and!talent.!!
• Capital!I!advisory,!series!A!and!strategic!fund!raise,!Cross!Border!Angels,!exit/
M&A!
• Talent!I!anywhere!in!the!world!
• Sales!I!establish!global!sales!in!the!U.S.,!India,!China!and!a!few!European!countries!
• !!17!offices!in!8!countries!
• !!300+!employees!
• !!200+!clients!

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Cross%Border%Angels%
• Investment!network!with!150+!investors!from!5!countries.!
• Objec@ve:!cross!border!investment.!!New!phenomenon.!!Smart!capital!
• !Our!members:!angels,!funds,!family!offices,!corporate!ventures!and!strategic!
investors!
• Deal!flow:!series!A+,!revenues!or!trac@on,!global!play,!local!investor!
• !Tech!Scou@ng!division!
• !GIIP!(Global!Investor!Informa@on!Point)!

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Cross%Border%Angels%
• Investments!done!by!CBA:!!
USA,!UK,!Singapore,!Hungary!!

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Simple%EquaFon%of%Angel%Investment%%
Team! Product! Market! Timing!

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Team%
• !!!Domain!experts!
• !!!Global!mindset!
• !!!Non!linear!thinking!
• !!!Flexible!
• !!!Innova@on!24!x!7!x!365!
• !!!Likable!

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Product%
• !!!Improves!an!exis@ng!!solu@on!
• !!!Differen@ator!
• !!!High!tech!but!easy!to!explain!
• !!!Scalable!
• !!!Investable!vs!profitable!
• !!!Cool!

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Market%
• !!!Easy!to!test!in!beta!market!
• !!!Global!market!
• !!!Emerging!market!play!
• !!!Licensing!play!
• !!!IP!preferable!but!prefer!brand!or!market!penetra@on!!

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Timing%
• !!!Market!condi@ons!
• !!!Economic!reali@es!!
• !!!Cost!of!market!entry!
• !!!Sustainability!in!case!things!change!

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Criteria%for%CBA%
• !!!Local!trac@on!
• !!!Local!investors!
• !!!Preferably!global!play!
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• !!!From!$500,000!to!$2!million!
• !!!Will!co!invest!lower!amount!through!SPV!
• !!!Apply!online!www.crossborderangels.com!

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“Get%outside%your%comfort%zone%because%whole%%
world%is%your%backyard”%
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