Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-wealthy and the Need for Reform * WATCH THE HEARING NOW, BEGINNING AT MIN 10 * Early this morning, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled “Sophistication or Discrimination?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer Looking back over the past few years of uncertainty and effort, The Angel Capital Association has made it through stronger than ever because of the work of our dedicated members, volunteers and professional staff. In 2023, The Summit of Angel Investing is moving west to Vegas!

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Angel Capital Association is moving into a confident, secure future, because of the successes we’ve had and the way we’ve navigated the last two years. ACA’s angel groups made more investments in more companies despite the pandemic –continuing to risk personal capital to jumpstart businesses and ignite economies.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 30, 2023

by Joe Wallin , leader of the Angel Capital Association Legal Advisory Council and Pricipal at the law firm of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. Big Picture The CTA is intended to assist law enforcement in combatting money laundering, tax fraud, financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity through anonymous shell and front companies.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

By: Elaine Bolle, RTP Capital Associates Rob Neville is a serial entrepreneur, and his story is a powerful testimonial about the importance of angel funding. Rob’s personal philosophy and growth strategy involves leveraging the expertise, relationships, and capital of angels around the world.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 8, 2024

There is a lot of new information coming at you when you start a business,” Kirthika Parmeswaran, CEO of Vital Start Health, recently told me. We make sure founders understand the strategy and legal foundation that underpins their company. Once they graduate from the program, we enjoy working with them through all stages of growth and exit.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 10, 2020

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer The Angel Capital Association and the broader angel investor community were represented during the recent committee meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission to discuss vital issues that impact capital funding. Gender has a major effect on access to start-up capital.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Angel investors are individuals with an earned income that exceeds $200,000 or who have a net worth of more than $1 million. They are found across all industries and are useful for entrepreneurs who are beyond the seed stages of financing but are not yet ready to seek out venture capital. Look at your networks.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

According to the Angel Capital Association (ACA), there has been a big increase in women who are members just in the last few years. Female membership in ACA was at about 11% in 2016, and now five years later, the membership in ACA is closer to 25%, according to Sarah Dickey, membership director for the Angel Capital Association.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

This week, Onboard Dynamics was awarded the prestigious Luis Villalobos Award for Technology, which recognizes the most ingenious and innovative idea recently financed by members of the Angel Capital Association (ACA.) convertible note of private capital and had started on a Series A raise prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 29, 2020

Recognize there is more than one type of capital. A common complaint in startup communities and entrepreneurial ecosystems is that there isn’t enough capital. This typically means financial investment, and specifically, venture or angel capital. Support people and networks over buildings and institutions.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

When I started my angel investing over a decade ago, there was no such thing as a site to handle the surprisingly-challenging process of keeping track of all the information regarding all the companies with which I was working. But I digress [harumph]. So I had to create one! shameless plug alert.but you asked!].

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

distributes this power across its network of users. builds upon the principles of the semantic web, linking decentralized data to create more meaningful and valuable connections between information on the web. Investors seeking to capitalize on the convergence of AI and Web3 might ask, “How can we potentially benefit from this fusion?”

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Small Business Administration and the Department of Defense announced a major policy initiative aimed to incentive private capital investment in U.S. Sawyer , Partner, Foley Hoag. Key Takeaways: On September 29, 2023, the U.S. small businesses developing critical technologies. As part of the initiative, the U.S. national security interests.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

By: Emily Angold, ACA Marketing Manager As an entrepreneur and seasoned angel investor, Bill Payne understands the critical importance of education to make well-informed decisions that determine the success or failure of a startup. In 2003 he was engaged in the formation and startup of the Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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propel(x)

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

There are several reasons angel investors may consider adding deep technology to their investment portfolio. In an effort to better inform your investment decision making, we’ve compiled a list of resources you can use before you commit. Be sure to check out their guide to different approaches to angel investing.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

When I started my angel investing over a decade ago, there was no such thing as a site to handle the surprisingly-challenging process of keeping track of all the information regarding all the companies with which I was working. But I digress [harumph]. So I had to create one! shameless plug alert.but you asked!].

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

This is Part II of a two-part series on Revenue-Financed Capital (RFC) for angels. In Part I addressed the question of when RFC might be appropriate to meet some of the capital needs of angel portfolio companies. This post discusses why RFC may be appropriate for angel portfolios.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The significant change enhances the availability of capital for Louisiana-based companies. The updated information was published in the Louisiana Register, the State’s formal rules promulgation process. This made it harder for companies to raise capital through convertible debt. This approach proved to be very successful.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

Eva Doss, President and CEO at The Launch Place, elaborated, “We had multiple organizations in the region that were providing specific services to entrepreneurs and small businesses: business counseling, seminars, workshops, investment capital, pitch competitions, networking events, etc. Eva talks about the early days.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 5, 2021

Investors start by simply reviewing at least 100 pitch decks and submission packages in Gust, an online platform that securely stores company information. Host Events to Foster Networking One advantage to joining an angel group is drawing on the knowledge and expertise of others. in over 50 deals. in over 50 deals.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 13, 2020

Jean-Noel Poirier , CEVG partner and Executive Managing Director, sat down with ACA to share even more about this new partnership and how interested angels can get involved: Jean-Noel, thank you very much for taking the time to provide ACA members with more information about this new effort between CVEG and E8 Angels.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 23, 2020

The five steps are: Gather – capture all the information investors might want to learn. 1 - Gather Start by pulling together all the information that your deck will probably require. Moat, defensible IP, network effects, etc. I have a blog on the nine things angel investors look for in startup fundraising pitches.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

How many angel groups are there? Email readers, continue here… ] The Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the USA. The advantage to getting the attention of a super angel is that most operate informally and make quick decisions with little due diligence.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments. Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the country. The advantage to getting the attention of a super angel is that most operate informally and make quick decisions with little due diligence.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

It’s just bagged $1M in seed funding led by Angels Capital, a European VC fund owned by Juan Roig (aka Spain’s richest grocer and second wealthiest billionaire), and Miami-based The Venture City. And Villalba Segarra notes that it has a number of data center companies, such as OVH, are connected to its network.).

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