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Angel Capital Association’s Annual Summit is a Goldmine for Black Investors, Founders, and High Growth Startups Raising Capital

Angel Capital Association

The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups. Access to Investment and Operational Best Practices ACA provides its members with access to investment and angel group operational best practices.

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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. In the latter case, returns improved by 20%. with an average of 5.7 Director seats.

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ACA Calls on Members to Nominate, Apply for the FY25 Board of Directors

Angel Capital Association

This is the time of year when we reach out to our angel community seeking nominations for both the Angel Capital Association’s FY 2025 Board of Directors and committee volunteers to help ACA continue to grow and support our work on angel investing.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Information Regarding Angel Investing (Episode 284)

StartupNation

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff speaks with Marsha Dawood, chair of the Angel Capital Association Board of Directors, regarding the advantages of angel funding to finance and launch a business. Marsha, we believe at the Business Beat that angel funding is the most important type of funding for the earliest stages.

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ACA-Supported Startup Act to be Reintroduced to Congress this Week

Angel Capital Association

SECTION 1 Incorporates entrepreneur support as one of the functions of state workforce boards SECTION 2 Explicitly makes entrepreneurial skills programs eligible to receive funds SECTION 3 Provides specific options to include entrepreneurship within career services offerings SECTION4 Establishes parameters for multistate DOL research study to inform (..)

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ACA Releases 2023 Angel Funders Report

Angel Capital Association

For Immediate Release 2023 Angel Funders Report Released Overland Park, KS (December 6, 2023) – The Angel Capital Association (ACA) has released the Angel Funders Report for 2023. The Angel Funders Report is based on direct investment data solicited from ACA member groups. Read more online.

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ACA Announces the Opening of Governance Nominations for FY25

Angel Capital Association

This is the time of year when ACA reaches out to our angel community seeking nominations for both the Angel Capital Association’s FY 2025 Board of Directors and committee volunteers to help ACA continue to grow and support our work on angel investing.