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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. The summit offers an unparalleled opportunity for learning, networking, and investment discovery, specifically tailored to empower the black entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

I asked about support roles in general in the wider startup ecosystem. If you want a good, strong, functioning, entrepreneurial ecosystem, you’ve got to have multiple players who have different roles within that ecosystem. Rowena sees the university as a whole as being a support system for student entrepreneurs.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

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. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies.