Ep 207 Angel Investing in Silicon Valley with Drue Freeman

Ep 207 Angel Investing in Silicon Valley with Drue Freeman

Drue Freeman is an Independent Board Director at Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and is currently serving on the Board of Directors at Sand Hill Angels.

The former CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth, Silicon Valley (ACGSV) and a 30-year semiconductor veteran, Drue advises and consults for early-stage startups, multi-billion dollar corporations, and for financial institutions studying the implications of technological disruptions on the automotive industry. Drue is on the Advisory Boards of several public and private companies as well as Silicon Catalyst. His Venture Capital and Angel Investments focus primarily on the automotive sector.

Previously, Drue served as Sr Vice President Global Automotive Sales & Marketing at NXP (2009 - 2015), gaining significant automotive semiconductor TAM share. In his career with NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors), Drue spent 3 years in Shanghai establishing a #1 position in the China automotive market while launching and serving as Board Member for the first Chinese automotive semiconductor company, Datang-NXP Semiconductors. Prior to China, he worked 7 years at NXP’s Automotive HQ in Germany, including 4 years as VP of Automotive Quality. He has also been based in Tokyo, with Philips and VLSI Technology and held positions in key account management, applications engineering, and development engineering for various companies in California.

We talk about

Who are the most active angel groups in Silicon Valley?

What types of due diligence does one do on a company before investing?

What role do syndicate members play after making an investment?

What are the negatives or benefits of investing as an individual or a syndicate?

How does one find boards to be on?

What technologies do you see really helping in West Africa?

And much more

Connect with Drue

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drue-freeman-b67a12/

drue@betterbigpicture.com

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