Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 23, 2023

January 20, 2023 - ACA Leadership met with Commissioner Hester Peirce of the SEC to talk about the accredited investor definition, QSBS, and what success looks like in a thriving startup ecosystem. Joining the ACA Chair and CEO were past and present leadership of RTP Capital Associates, The Launch Place and First Flight Venture Center.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 28, 2023

Additionally, new analysis from the Progressive Policy Institute found the iOS app economy now supports more than 4.8 Author: John Harbison , Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and ACA Board Member. And beyond Apple’s $385 billion in annual revenue, the Apple App Store ecosystem facilitated $1.1 million jobs across the U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

This complexity means RFC investments are probably best made by angels who can support some professional staff to maintain the records. This means a diligence strategy focused on the downside rather than the upside, which is different from traditional angel investing. million in 20 deals as of June 2023.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

Venture funding fled to safety, often to less capital-intensive stages, deals less sensitive to quarterly fluctuations, notably to early stage and away from Series B and later deals supporting existing companies. In another reversal from 2021, capital demand was 1.5x Angels funded first time CEOs at a record 73% of deals.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 22, 2023

The Search: Finding Your Angel Collaboration Platform The Angel Capital Association, in concert with Jeffrey Lang of the Desert Angels and ACA’s proud partner Dealum , has published this informative interview on one of 2023’s most important topics in the angel investment space: angel group collaboration.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. On the one hand, there will be more investors to write follow-on checks for our deals; on the other hand, top-tier VCs are launching $400M – $500M seed funds accompanied by larger value-added portfolio support staff, providing more deal competition.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA has continued its efforts to push legislation to help the entire Angel community. 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.

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