Neil Patel here. Earlier this week, I filled you in on what’s new with the three active deals listed on the Network. But today, I want to focus in on a deal many of you invested in last month: CHRGR.
CHRGR is a startup revolutionizing the way that brands get their products in front of consumers. This up-and-coming business provides branded portable batteries, free of charge, to customers in need at music festivals, bars, and other venues across the country.
CHRGR’s raise closed when it hit its maximum fundraising goal on July 25th. Since then, CHRGR did what it does best – provide sponsored batteries to thousands of people – at several large events, including the Outside Lands music festival last weekend, which was CHRGR’s most successful festival activation ever.
Founder and CEO John Mullin reports that CHRGR’s new software platform connected them with thousands of festival attendees this year, allowing CHRGR to pull in significantly more revenue than they did last year.
This month, CHRGR executed projects with clients including Nike, Horizon Bank, Audi, and many others. Mullin and his team will also be working with the New Chip Seed Accelerator Program, a 12-week curriculum that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Behind the scenes, CHRGR continues to prototype new devices for faster and more efficient charging.
Now, I know that many of you were disappointed to see that CHRGR’s raise filled up so quickly. I’ve seen plenty of comments on the Deal Forum asking if and when Mullin and his team will start accepting new investors.
All I can say is that you’ll want to keep an eye on your inbox later this month – the CHRGR team is working on something I think you’ll be really excited about.
Until next time,
Neil Patel
CHRGR is a startup revolutionizing the way that brands get their products in front of consumers. This up-and-coming business provides branded portable batteries, free of charge, to customers in need at music festivals, bars, and other venues across the country.
CHRGR’s raise closed when it hit its maximum fundraising goal on July 25th. Since then, CHRGR did what it does best – provide sponsored batteries to thousands of people – at several large events, including the Outside Lands music festival last weekend, which was CHRGR’s most successful festival activation ever.
Founder and CEO John Mullin reports that CHRGR’s new software platform connected them with thousands of festival attendees this year, allowing CHRGR to pull in significantly more revenue than they did last year.
This month, CHRGR executed projects with clients including Nike, Horizon Bank, Audi, and many others. Mullin and his team will also be working with the New Chip Seed Accelerator Program, a 12-week curriculum that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Behind the scenes, CHRGR continues to prototype new devices for faster and more efficient charging.
Now, I know that many of you were disappointed to see that CHRGR’s raise filled up so quickly. I’ve seen plenty of comments on the Deal Forum asking if and when Mullin and his team will start accepting new investors.
All I can say is that you’ll want to keep an eye on your inbox later this month – the CHRGR team is working on something I think you’ll be really excited about.
Until next time,
Neil Patel
Hi Neal !! looking forward to learn and to serve others too !! thank you i know they will be other Companies so no Rush and ready to Work
Neil, thanks for info on CHRGR (on waitlist). Can you share more about the new Chip Seed Accelerator Program for entrepreneurs? Sounds interesting…
Cheri can you please tell me how to get on the CHRGR waitlist?
Can I ask about a company I’ve seen and would like to know if it’s a start up ?
Thank you for this update, great news.
I am passing on CHRGR.
Why is that? I am thinking about joining the wait list.
Me too, this would only really work for cell phones and even then alot of phones the battery is built in and not removable
I was on the wait list,does this mean the list is over with?
Hello Neil,
I joined last night and I am so excited!! Thank you for entering my life
on a small tablet. This is meant to happen and the journey HAS BEGUN.
I have lots to learn. See you soon..
Rebecca
Looking forward to the opportunity to invest in chrgr…
Looking forward to it.
Neal just some info to pass along. We currently work our own business and participate in a lot of large craft shows and fairs. For example the Big E in Springfield, Mass every year in late Sept and Oct bring in over a million people. This could be another avenue for vendors and customers for the CHRGR to gain some more momentum.
As a crafter that enjoys attending craft shows and fairs, I think this is a capital idea, because there are many exhibition booths of well known companies there that also are promoting their products for the home market, Like candle companies and home decor companies, food preparation products companies, who would love get their company info in the hands of their potential customers, with a product like Chrgr. Also, this made me think of any number of large local expo shows in the metro areas. Auto shows, Home Shows, Trade Shows ect.
Now this sounds real good
Hi Neal,I just want to thank you for your great job. I am in CHRGR waitlist
How do you join a wait list?
Neil,
Thank you for so what you are doing by providing us the opportunity to get in on ground floor investments. I am taking advantage of the deals you have presented. The energy and excitement from everyone is amazing. I am also telling my friends about this. Keep the information flowing. This feels like actually being a Shark!
I looking forward to this ride. My first question, unless you sign up as a VIP or Elite, we won’t have access to all investments?
It seems there are opportunities that are only available for the VIP and Elite memberships. I think one can determine if A&E of value to them, and if it is, then planning to upgrade to the other memberships would be something to shoot for.
hi, on CHRGR waitlist….please update on accepting more investors .
thanks!
How long did this take to happen
I have invested in Chrgr and would like to know if a new round of funding starts up can I invest more in the new round.
Where do I go to invest?
Republic.co
I would imagine you could since you already invested. I invested in Mealthy, and even when the opportunity closed for everyone else, the investors still could invest some more, from what I saw.
Can anyone answer how we actually invest? I clicked on “interested” but now what????
Go to the webpage of the company making the offer for investments ie Republic or other, sign up with them and find the place where the firm you want to invest in is listed and follow instructions,
Awesome! Looking forward to the next round!
So excited about CHRGR news, just missed out on investing with them & I made a little $$$ on an option on SSSS so I think this may be the perfect place to put it. BTW thanks for that suggestion Neil
MrsT2011, Why are you not sharing that investment….
I am excited to start my investing there, I haven’t yet. What I would like to know is, how much does it cost to open an account? For example e-trade requires 500.00 placed in an opening account.
Some are as small as $100, Each investment will tell you the min and max amount,
Henry.. Thank you!
My understanding is you are provided a contact # or web sight straight to CO. and fill out form, these investments are way before IPO or after. They may or not get on exchange or get acquired but either way profits stand to be great
Thanks for the heads up Neil. I am on waitlist. looking forward to any other companies you recommend to invest in.
What happens with those that invested in the previous round?
Awesome
Where do we see these replies to these questions??
When I save my comment it comes up saying “Comment awaiting moderation”
Is this sending my message to you?
Reply can be made by other members Comment awaiting moderation is done after comment is made and if appropriate later one will get an email to say comment accepted.
Thanks for the update!
Hi Neil. Thanks for the update, I am on the waiting list with. Just waiting to see if CHRGR
will be accepting new investors. I never know which of these companies is going to give me the break
I am looking for.
I just tried to invest in CHRGR and funding was met. I am on a waiting list for my investment. Just joined your VIP
and investing in 2 companies; 1) CHRGR & 2) Jetson AI
Looking towards a great year.. RJ
I’m on CHRGR’s waiting list also. Hope the good news later this month will be that they open up the waiting list and allow us to invest into it. I missed that round. Seemed like it closed right after I joined the network. Looking forward to find out what the CHRGR team is working on.
I would like to hear anyone’s input about ClickFlow. Pro/Cons
Hello everyone,
Just to let you know, I don’t know if everyone has gone through the videos.
But you also need to join and sign up on these entities.
Republic:
Microventures:
Start Engines
WeFunder
Good Luck,
Chance
Thanks for the heads up
I am new here and trying to figure out how this all works
Chance.. Thank you for the list. One observation I have made, is that we need to read what the crowd funding companies have to say for themselves, meaning what they do to protect would be Angel investors. I belong to 3 of the crowd funding sites you mention, and I found Republic to be one that makes me the most comfortable as a beginning Angel unvestor. Now I have noticed that Neil has picked two investment opportunities from Republic. He has picked some that are also at some of the other sites mentioned, however he also knows what to look for. Over at Wefunder, there is a questionable investment opportunity that’s active right now. It’s looks great and seems to be a no brainer choice for small Angel investors to choose, but I noticed that Neil hasn’t chosen it for A&E even though another opportunity over there he has chosen to feature as one of his deal flows. I sure don’t want to get taken by those who would prey on unsuspecting trusting People just trying to build something for themselves. The only weapons I have is being willing to belong to reputable sites like A&E as well as investigate these opportunities by reading what’s available on these companies, including the C form that is available for each of these investment opportunities. All we can do, is do our due diligence, so we can have a positive experience as much as possible with Angel investing.
Excellent information. Thank you
What do we do with those C forms?
Thanks Chance. I just joined 8/29/19. Really excited about this opportunity.
Hi Neal, This is the first time I have ever try investing in a program that wants to help investors and startup founders, succeed. I like to learn new things and this is definitely new and adventurous for me. I am definitely looking forward to what CHRGR team has in mind so hopefully I will get the opportunity to jump on this. It is nice to know that there are other angels that are new to this as well. Hopefully, we can all make it happen. Also I found your videos and feedbacks educational and eye opening. Thank you.
I was activated as an investor today with CHRGR. Can not wait for their growth…
I have already invested in Chrger, is there benefit to investing again or wait to see what other deals come up in the near future.
Remember we are all investing in Neil Patel, his connections in A & I with people who come up with ideas and want to raise funds for their dreams come true. This is where Neil is important to us. He knows the people their technical talent and their management skills to make it a success, only time will tell. Just like Kingmakers, D-Soni, Kylon, and the rest will have to duplicate their first success and that is the only resource we have to depend and make a decision. Be ready to lose, walk away if that is what one has to do.
Help, I’m a new member and trying to figure out the various services. How do I get on the CHRGR waitlist? I’m interested in anything that has to do with innovations and advancements dealing with all kinds of batteries. Thank you.
CHRGR is offered by Republic
Gramps..What you need to do is go to Chrgr investment opportunity page and join the wait list ☺
Neil, I couldn’t agree with you more about your comments that CHRGR should be focusing more on the battery technology itself. This whole battery storage category is a big problem since it is clear that batteries will be the next big thing in the next decade. It is not about generating power, but SAVING it. Because we are generating waste where recycling isn’t readily available, incurring huge production (and waste) problems with larger batteries and the culture today has bought into the message, we absolutely need more and more efficient batteries without depleting our natural resources. PLEASE FIND US ANOTHER COMPANY LIKE THIS ONE. Thank you. I’m new, so forgive me for rambling….
You bring up an interesting idea. That is recycling places where we can take all of our used up batteries to get rid of them. I know that around our house we have lots of batteries that need to go. I want to haul our used batteries to a recognizable readily available place to do this, instead of getting online or getting out a telephone book to search out some obscure place that will take then.
Exciting stuff! Hi Neal I am happy to have joined this network.I cannot wait to start seeing rewards
I really enjoyed Sayed’s Video and his business model about have an eco-system and within have software which allow to optimize whatever the customer wants, hence hundreds or more optimizers with different nature to assist the customer. Now the question is can you say that Click flow and Direct Tech are such optimizers. Is the market for eco-system limited in number Microsoft, Sayed whoever. Hence these optimizers need eco-system to be successful. So the next question is does the optimizer company sell out to Microsoft, Sayed etc or have access to the eco-system via fee or other form of compensation. At my age of 75 I am trying to comprehend your lingo and hope am not an embarrassment. Thanks.
HI MR PATEL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN CHRGR WILL STAR SO I CAN BUY SAME STACKS , I DON’T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE BUT I ASK MY LORD TO HELP ME SO I CAN GO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND HAVE SAME MONEY TO HELP OTHERS AND MY EXPENSES DURING TRAVEL, I AM 63 YEARS OLD I DON’T KNOW IF I WILL LEARN BUT IF YOU GUIDE ME I THINK I WILL DO GREAT WITH YOU SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN INTO THIS BUSINESS FOR LONG TIME, HOPE TO TALK TO YOU SOON, I SPEAK SPANISH TO, NEED TO KNOW WHO THIS WORK AND SEE IF I AM ABLE TO DO IT OPE I INVEST MY ONLY MONEY I HAVE ON THIS MOMENT.. BE BLESS MR PATEL.
So excited what CHRGR is doing. This is a winner. How does this work if you invested $100 in the previous rnd and want to invest in the next rnd? How do you know if your on the waiting list. Do you have to be on the waiting list to invest in the next rnd? Hope someone can help me. Never done this before. Thanks and good luck to everyone.
Great news. I too was very disappointed to see CHRGR was closed when I met upon Angels and Entrepreneurs accidentally online and joined. I could only say, better luck next time Isoline.
Can we still get on the waiting list for CHRGR?
Yes, I just signed up on the waiting list tonight.
Please tell me how you did that! Thanks
Thanks Neil, I am so excited to be included as an angel investor. Thanks for making that possible! I’m looking forward to the future startups. I’ve also heard of a small company that makes memory chips for AI. Supposed to be a really big deal. I don’t know if there’s anything to that story. The people talking about won’t give away that info. I’m so glad you are running things. It’s nice to have someone I can trust and someone who has had so much experience in these matters.
Very interested and plan on investing in CHRGR. I believe that this is a big opportunity, as Neil said it is a problem that needs a solution. And they just might have the answer.
Excellent! Looking forward to the possibility of joining in on this venture.
Hello Neil and friends, I have very little business vocabulary and language. So I’ve been hitting bootcamp, and I’m sure I’ll revisit. I too liked CHRGR. I came in late to Angels and Entrepreneurs, so didn’t have time to really give it much thought or research.
CHRGR looks like they are having huge interest. I may not be getting the hype though. Bringing a portable battery is not that expensive. In fact I carry one around all the time because of this new world we live in where cellphones are so important in our lives. A phone just came out that you can place it on top of another to share its battery life, I thought that was interesting. May still be profitable but I don’t understand the big problem it solves?
Hello Neil I just invested in CHRGR it looks like a good one but I could not seem to get my question out on the CHRGR website discussion board. Maybe you can answer. We have seen a few reports about skimmers in gas pumps, and cash machines and now recently plugging in a phone at a power station in the airport can compromise ones data (apparently). I am NOT a techy person but can these communal shared batteries be hacked somehow? Are they secure?
neil how do i place my investment in in these two start ups? i want to subscribe HOWARDL SHAW
When I invest in a certain start up X number of dollars how do I know what my return will be and how often will I get a return and or profit on my investment how exactly does that work
Neil, Steve here I have invested in to 6 companies now. Following your advice of investing into different markets. have just invested into charger on the second round. As i’m a disabled man living on disability not much to invest been doing the 100 on all of them, hoping that this will be enough to help in my retirement!!! Do you have any thoughts or advise on forward progression?
Hey Steve, I am disabled as well and just joined yesterday. I plan to do the same as you. Put $100 in different companies. Keep going.
Hello Steve on in the same boat. Maybe we can network if I figure out how to hook up with you and Friends. 🐞
Hey Neil, I just joined yesterday and I am watching all the videos. I am ready and excited to learn about Angel Investing. I’ve always liked the idea of being a part of a company from its inception that may change the way people live their normal lives. Kickstarter did this but you could only help them raise money. You didn’t necessarily own a part of the company so that you could get a return if they succeeded. Angel investing seems to have that difference. Are the companies listed here investments of yours as well or just companies you researched and see potential?
Thanks.