Angel Capital Association

MARCH 2, 2022

By Eli Velasquez, Investors of Color Network According to ACA’s Angel Funders Report, an annual data initiative that studies investments from leading angel investors across the United States, representation from females and Black led businesses has grown significantly in the last few years.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

The convergence of technology, talent and funding now makes the vision of one-hour hypersonic global transport within reach—so say the co-founders of Venus Aerospace and its most recent funder Airbus Ventures. They assembled a team of top industry talent to develop and build cost-effective one-hour global transport.

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

As a racial justice funder, we also know that shifting power and building equity, mutual accountability, and authentic, trusting relationships are vital to our grantmaking. In late 2020, the CEP asked approximately 300 Surdna and Andrus Family Fund grantee organizations to participate in an independent, confidential survey.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Today’s announcement comes after a messy 2020 for Holberton, and not only because the pandemic put a stop to in-person learning. Indeed, it doubled the number of schools in its system from nine to 18 in 2020. But on December 17, 2020, Holberton voluntarily surrendered its operating license in California.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

With the support of Oikocredit alongside our first-round funders, our distribution, logistics and financing services will continue not only in Ghana but also in Ivory Coast where we’ve recently begun the process of expanding our team,” said Attah in a statement.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2024

In the 2021 survey when asked to compare themselves to the previous twelve months people were obviously comparing themselves to 2020, the year in which almost everyone experienced lockdowns due to the COVID pandemic. Figure 1: How Have Your Portfolio Companies Changed in the Past 12 Months?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Today, Monkey has 55 large companies on its platform, many of whom signed on in 2020, leading the startup to see its trading volume surge from about $187 million to $1.5 billion over the course of the year.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures. However, it wasn’t easy in the beginning, according to Shoihet.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

The newly married couple moved to New York City from Egypt and signed an apartment lease in early March 2020 — just as the COVID-19 pandemic spread widely in the region. Outside NEA, other investors in the seed round included Reach Capital, Funders Club, Liquid2, Share Capital, SOMA Capital, Scribble VC and Hack VC.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 20, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 20, 2020: The Presbyterian Health Foundation has awarded nearly $4.6 A major funder of research programs at the Oklahoma Health Center, PHF has awarded more than $25 million to support biomedical research in Oklahoma since 2014. Contact: April Stuart. 405) 319-8260. astuart@phfokc.com. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. Investors and venture capital firms should prioritize funding startups founded by diverse funders, while also encouraging majority founders to diversify their teams in order to get better returns on investment.

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Start date: November 30, 2020. The position will also support the preparation of outgoing reports for various audiences including local project funders and key stakeholders, individual Entrepreneur Support Organizations, and public presentation of key indicators in data dashboards. STATUS [FT/PT]: Full-Time Temporary.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

and abroad between February and September 2020. I’d like to understand how to build effective multi-year plans that inspire and engage both funders of my own organization (and/or myself!) Expanding understanding and deepening genuine co-creation with policy-makers, academia & research, and funders (foundations & investors).

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

and abroad between February and September 2020. We work closely with angel investors, venture capitalists, technology transfer offices, federal and philanthropic funders, and other entrepreneurship support program providers. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. Lack of awareness: Eco… what?

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

It is a description for a new entrepreneurial support pilot program launching in Franklin County, OH in January of 2020. The results of this community-informed process were two pilot programs that will launch in the spring of 2020. . No, this isn’t a description of a new reality TV show! Side Hustles and Innovation Sprints.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

With a case management-based integrated platform, SureImpact’s SaaS platform allows both the organization and its funders to clearly understand key impact metrics and ROI — in real time and with less demand on nonprofits. ” The company says it developed the product with 10 paid beta customers, paying $15,000 annually.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). 2020 was the match to ignite this dry hillside. Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. and Canada.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is a description for a new entrepreneurial support pilot program launching in Franklin County, OH in January of 2020. The results of this community-informed process were two pilot programs that will launch in the spring of 2020. No, this isn’t a description of a new reality TV show! SIDE HUSTLES AND INNOVATION SPRINTS.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. Investors and venture capital firms should prioritize funding startups founded by diverse funders, while also encouraging majority founders to diversify their teams in order to get better returns on investment.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

So we have trimmed a lot down, and have only done 3 things in 2020 as opposed to 20 events in 2019. “We have truly struggled with this, many people are on Zoom (or similar platform) for work and family so going to another event/meetup on these platforms after hours/before hours/weekends isn’t easy. 8 and above.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

I believe we will see the strongest seed-stage companies from 2017-2020 becoming established companies within our tech scene to match the influx of FDI companies from further afield. INI is a big support and funder. Aurient Investments – Angel investment group with a diverse investment portfolio. What’s their focus?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You might think that a startup whose primary customers are tourism bureaus would have had a pretty rough 2020, but CEO Monir Parikh said Bandwango ‘s customer base more than doubled in the past year, growing from 75 to 200.

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Surdna Foundation

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2020, the Surdna Foundation’s Inclusive Economies and Learning Grants Operations teams, alongside a dedicated group of grantee partners, completed phase one of a two-part pilot program to co-create a set of metrics and indicators to measure progress toward collective goals.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

Existing backers such as Nextview Ventures and Florida Funders also put money in the round, in addition to a number of insurance and logistics groups such as Flexport. That was in early 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “At No longer would they need to deal with insurance teams. Image Credits: Lula.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Funder Category. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

However, a write-up about Florida Funders’ backing of Stylust in 2020 noted relationships with top-tier retailers like Neiman Marcus, Walmart, Sephora and Allbirds. An earlier version of the Stylust website listed clients including Laughing Glass Cocktails , Desolas Mezcal , Pinhook Bourbon , Marsh House Rum and Neft Vodkas.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Angel Funders Report 2020 is the only source of verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups. The Angel Funders Report 2020 also includes initial perspectives regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the investing ecosystem. Access the full report here!

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. Follow me on Twitter @nmasc_ for updates throughout the week. All (aren’t) Raise(d). 85% of venture funding goes to all-male teams. 64% of VC firms still don’t have a single female partner.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Specifically, we need to be tracking as metrics: (i) the number of first institutional round venture deals, (ii) the demographics of the founders of those companies and (iii) the composition of the funders on an annual cohort basis. for women founders and the overall first-financing market, respectively, for 2015-2020.². compared to 1.4x

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

cannabis survey from 2020. Funds need funders too, however, and the lack of traditional LPs willing to write checks for this industry can be problematic even though investments are trending upward. Following the 2020 U.S. Yet, now is a very apt time to take another look at the cannabis opportunity in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

million in pre-Series A funding led by Nordic Eye Venture Capital, with participation from Tradeworks VC, Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns and Blume Funders Fund. Freight rates have been hitting record numbers for four straight quarters,” with rates up 500% since the beginning of 2020. The startup announced today it has raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Chattanooga, TN-based Capacity Capital was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the southeastern U.S. Jonathan Bragdon , its CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50,000-$300,000 in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2x revenues in 12-24 months.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Algorithm-based investing is getting more attention, with Rocketship VC flexing a data-driven investment strategy , ClearCo writing checks based on startup spend and Hum Capital using artificial intelligence to connect businesses to the available funders on the platform.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

I asked them to treat me like a funder. I’m about to participate in the Startup Champion Network’s Ecosystem Health Challenge from April through June 2020. Recently, I worked with a community that was struggling to explain what they thought success looked like in ten years to their funding organizations.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

million in Q4 2020, again via Yahoo Finance, putting the company on an annualized run rate of 109x. And then we reexamined eight 2020 offerings that you will recall so we could run the same exercise. The company is now worth $8.22 billion, despite only posting Q3 revenues of $17.8 For a business running with net margins of -173.6%

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