Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

By: Dror Futter, Legal and Business Adviser to Startups, Venture Capital Firms and Technology Companies. Based on recent data provided by the National Venture Capital Association in partnership with Aumni, the market for venture capital deal terms seem to be that kind of store. Covid, What Covid?

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

By Tony Shipley, Seed the Future Campaign Chair, and Katelynne Staehnke, Director of Development, on behalf of the Angel Investor Foundation. We sincerely appreciate the many contributions our Angel Capital Association (ACA) members, Angel Groups and other donors have made and continue to make to the Seed the Future (STF) Campaign.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Mack Kolarich is the VP of analytics at Assure and has extensive expertise in private capital and startup investing. Not all angel investors, and not all angel groups, are created equal. Angels are increasingly everywhere. After all, there are plenty of easier and more liquid ways to deploy capital than into startups.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 23, 2023

For Immediate Release (1/23/2023) The Angel Capital Association (ACA), the world’s leading professional association for angel investors and startup entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with Series Code, a leading technology support company for startup entrepreneurs.

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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? 2022), available at FY22 OASB Annual Report (sec.gov) 4 Id.

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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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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

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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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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Startup Catalyst

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The third day started with a session from DLA Piper on legals in the US, followed by a meeting with VC firm Accel, then a private chat with famous angel investors Jason Calacanis and Jay Adelson, before a combined networking event with the River City Labs Accelerator and muru-d Melbourne teams who were in town on their own mission.

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Gust

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The most comprehensive and best known is the Power of Angel Investing seminar series developed by the Angel Resource Institute (formerly known as the Angel Capital Education Foundation, and prior to that part of the Angel Capital Association).

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 24, 2018

If you’re going that route—here are a couple of things I would suggest: Have at least six months of personal expenses in the bank —and that’s only if you know you can at least get some angel capital based around your connections to investors, friends, family, etc. Be deliberate in terms of what you want to get out of investors.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 6, 2021

Ham and Christopher met in the busy Boston angel investing community where they both started and operated angel networks. As friends, they quickly sensed the potential for partnership, and in 2010 joined forces and merged their groups to build what is now a nationally-recognized angel network, Launchpad Venture Group.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 21, 2020

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to represent the Angel Capital Association and the voice of all early stage investors as part of the vital work of the Investor Advisory Committee. Christopher Mirabile, Launchpad Venture Group and ACA Chair Emeritus, was among the new members. “I

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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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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

The Board of Directors focuses on supporting the success of angel investors through industry voice, professional development and public policy advocacy while maintaining the mission and values of the Angel Capital Association. In addition to joining ACA’s Board of Directors, Clay is a board member of University Circle Inc.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

Each year, the Luis Villalobos Award recognizes outstanding ingenuity, creativity and innovation among startups backed by Angel Capital Association members. RH: It is a challenge to find capital for a hardware energy. In regard to raising money, be sure to leverage your network. The network is awesome.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

ACA has attracted some of the world’s most successful angels and ecosystem thought leaders to its volunteer ranks – and many of those bright minds are on the programming team for ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing. ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing: Say Hello to Your Programming Team. He received his Ph.D.

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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

MARCH 25, 2024

Charu Ramanathan as a keynote speaker to the Summit of Angel Investing in Columbus, OH. Dr. Ramanathan is the Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Black Star Fund , an early-stage venture capital fund. Ramanathan holds the role of co-founder and Chairman of the Board at Lokyata Inc.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 8, 2024

The ACA and angel investing community are thrilled to welcome Kwame Anku as a keynote speaker to the Summit of Angel Investing in Columbus, OH. Kwame is the Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Black Star Fund , an early-stage venture capital fund.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The Angel Capital Association’s top priority is to service our members by providing resources to help with making smart investments and improving returns. ACA is defined by its four pillars of knowledge and service: Community Networking, Data Analytics and Insights, Education and Smart Practices, and Public Policy.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. As the Global Startup Studio Network (GSSN) researched last year, the early signs of studio data are just the beginning for the growing expectations. With an old industry comes outdated practices.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. New York Private Equity Network. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. Draper Venture Network. NVCA Venture Capital University.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2022

Connections - Access a vast network of investors, industry pioneers and technology partners, as well as networking and industry events. In all, Fox Rothschild’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice includes more than 100 attorneys with real-world knowledge of the industries driving today’s innovation economy.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We will grow the angel investor community by expanding our strategic work in four key areas: Community Networking. Community Networking Why it matters: Powerful and diverse networks of angels facilitate efficient, profitable, and equitable investments. Data Analytics & Insights. Education & Smart Practices.

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

By definition Angel Investors are individual investors. This is something that we have experience at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors. Just 2% of startup financing actually comes from venture capital firms.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Angel communities are collective investing networks that operate direct investments, syndicates and Angel Funds. The ACA supports and champions these angel communities while Carta provides the infrastructure to help support investors and founders with fundraising.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 29, 2020

By: Emily Angold, ACA Marketing Manager The Angel Capital Association was honored to have Martha Miller of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) participate in ACA 2020 – The Summit of Angel Investing. We want to stay in touch!

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

BIGBAN is a private nonprofit angel investor network based in Valencia, and incubators and accelerator programs continue to proliferate, supported by corporates and local government initiatives such as Startup Valencia. Most investors are business angels and early-stage investors. Draper B1, Angels Capital, Zriser, and Keith VC.

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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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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. SBA and DoD have indicated that experienced venture capital, family office, venture debt and growth equity investors would be ideal profiles for the SBICCT Initiative.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

At the moment, use of Gust is available only to members of organized angel groups and networks, to VC funds (including many of the so-called ‘super angels’), and to accredited investors who have been specifically invited on to the platform by one of the 150,000 startups that use Gust to manage their investor relations.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Monte Carlo studies of the Tech Coast Angels portfolio done by John Harbison have also confirmed this figure of 22 to 24 investments in a portfolio necessary to achieve a 2.5x Now let’s look at the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) portfolio. Author: Rick Timmins , Central Texas Angel Network and ACA Board Member.

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