Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For those who may be unfamiliar, the term “startup studio” can be used interchangeably with “venture studios,” “venture builders,” or “company builders.” With great innovation comes big change, or even better, disruption, to systems that have been in place for years. For today, we’ll refer to them simply as “studios.”

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 7, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The prestigious Luis Villalobos Award, recognizing the most ingenious and innovative ideas recently financed by members of the Angel Capital Association, was recently awarded to two ACA member-funded companies disrupting their fields.

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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. 2021 was a year filled with more opportunities for angels to interact and learn. For brand new angels, ACA launched the first-ever New Angel Cohort.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Young company awarded prestigious Luis Villalobos Award, Life Sciences category, from Angel Capital Association “Where words fail, music speaks.” The company is now advancing its hardware and software solution through the FDA approval process. “As

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We are grappling with healthcare challenges, irreversibly disrupted industries, millions of underemployed workers, and devastating racial and gender inequities. Angels empower growth and solutions, right here, right now – we can exponentially grow economies at a local and regional level. More than ever, we need innovation.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 10, 2020

There is less money in the angel capital world today than there was a month ago. Venture funds that are in the later stages of their deployment phase will be concentrating even more on companies who can exit fast since their horizon for returns is more limited. Chances are there will be even less in a month.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

The great bull market of 2010 – 2021, fueled by cheap capital, caused a nearly unprecedented rise in the valuations of speculative assets, from real estate to angel and venture equity. With war, inflation, supply chain disruption, epidemics and the end of nearly free capital, the twelve-year party ended in 2022.

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