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How did she do it? A Q&A with Rita Hansen, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Onboard Dynamics

Angel Capital Association

Each year, the Luis Villalobos Award recognizes outstanding ingenuity, creativity and innovation among startups backed by Angel Capital Association members. We look forward to supporting Onboard Dynamics’ ongoing efforts to lower fuel costs and carbon emissions. “In In September 2014, we received a $3.6M

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A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

QUT has been a supporter of Startup Catalyst for four years. We could see that there was value in supporting students across the university to participate in this event. As we went through the list of QUT-supported mission alumni, Rowena told me about the coding classes. What support do you need? Where are they now?

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‘High conviction, low volume’: Playfair launches $70M pre-seed fund for European startups

TechCrunch

Then going really deep to support the thesis.” to have the SEIS and EIS schemes (tax-efficient schemes for investors) because they brought in a ton of angel capital, and then also capital from funds that take advantage of the tax breaks — there’s basically just more money around.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession. ACA is also lobbying in support of the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act of 2023.