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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. 2021 was a year filled with more opportunities for angels to interact and learn.

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2021 Marketing Trends to Grow Your Business

StartupNation

To help simplify your efforts, we’ve put together a list of the top 2021 marketing trends to help grow your small business. And, in 2021, knowing how to strategically optimize your own PPC helps to generate new leads in an era where digital is key. Invest in local marketing. Upgrade your marketing with small business financing.

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Are SAFE’s Truly Everywhere? The Role of SAFEs in Angel-Stage Deals

Angel Capital Association

The Post-Money SAFE, by design, made it easier for SAFEs to be used in larger financing rounds and has largely replaced the original SAFE. So, are SAFEs truly dominating early-stage investing? To answer this question, let’s first identify the stage at which angels most commonly invest. Such is the common perception.

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Here’s Why Alternative Lending Can Take Your Business to the Next Level

StartupNation

Alternative lending or financing is essentially any type of financing that doesn’t come through the traditional banking system. The lenders or funders are typically web-based private companies that offer a line of credit like a bank, or they provide a more traditional loan. Types of alternative lending and financing.

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Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier

TechCrunch

The startup, which was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2021 program, announced today that it has raised $2.5 Great Question launched in February 2021, and its clients include Linktree , Honeybook , O’Reilly Media and MainStreet. million in seed funding.

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Current State of Angels and Boards of Directors

Angel Capital Association

Angels often make their first real impact post-investment by helping a portfolio company develop a “real” Board, by insisting on documented processes, key metrics and measures and a more rigorous approach to corporate oversight and accountability. The median number of Director seats held by angel groups for their 2022 investments was 4.5,

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Celebrating 2022 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

Investments made by individual angels and angel groups continued to “fuel the tank” for entrepreneurs and kept investment pipelines flowing for venture capitalists. ACA’s angel groups made more investments in more companies despite the pandemic –continuing to risk personal capital to jumpstart businesses and ignite economies.