This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

The other day, Ron Conway said at an event that “ he hopes that any entrepreneur that has “the guts” to start a company gets funded.” First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. Step one: Ask for money.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 31, 2023

This is Part I of a two-part series on Revenue-Financed Capital (RFC) for angels. Part II will address the question of whether angels should include RFC in their investment portfolio. ACA member Sage Growth Capital hosted a meet-up of attendees who were interested in RFC at the recent ACA Summit in Las Vegas.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2023

We have years of real data to call upon: data that impacts both investors and entrepreneurs. Harvard University recently published a study that shows three of every four venture-backed firms fail. Entrepreneurs will always start new enterprises. Angel investors will always finance many of them. Data does not lie.

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Paul G. Silva

JULY 11, 2018

Marianne Hudson, executive director of the Angel Capital Association (the trade association for angel investors in the US) wrote an article on this topic. One of the biggest debates in the angel industry is how much due diligence investors should do before they invest. Do they feel good about forming a relationship?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

That’s why Oklahoma’s unique, pre-seed capital fund, Technology Business Finance Program (TBFP), is so critical to Oklahoma’s innovation economy. TBFP deploys state funding to provide equity-free capital for startups at such an early stage that there are virtually no other sources of capital available.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

The conference also includes multiple networking opportunities each day for you to meet and engage with these influential leaders, so be sure to register and mark your calendar for the angel event of the year. ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing: Say Hello to Your Programming Team. He received his Ph.D.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. It is suggested that companies cannot find the cash necessary to start new and exciting ventures.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

What gets frustrating is that I tend to hear the same arguments over and over again from new entrepreneurs, and many of them are just completely unfunded. Unfortunately, they tend to resonate really well with frustrated entrepreneurs and a lot of dust gets kicked up over them. You know what—it’s supposed to work like that!

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We need angels. Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. Angels empower growth and solutions, right here, right now – we can exponentially grow economies at a local and regional level. and locally on key issues that impact angel investors.

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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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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations. Q: What’s your background?

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments. How many angel groups are there? Individual super angel investors. Venture farms. Then there is venture capital.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Editor’s Note – This story originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review by Sharon Fisher and reposted with permission by the Angel Capital Association. To many Idaho companies, Kevin Learned isn’t just an icon, he’s ang angel. Many of the students I had at Venture I’m still close to.” Later, he went on to earn a Ph.D.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

By: Russ Krajec, CEO of BlueIron Due diligence is essential for any business deal, and IP due diligence is shockingly left out of the equation for most angel investors and venture capital investors. Angel groups tend to over-value IP, as if there is some magic in having a patent. The angel investor is helpless.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

We’ve spoken of financing a young company through friends and family, known as “inside angels.” First, angel investment groups come in all sizes from a few organized angels to large groups of three hundred or more. Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments. Raising money'

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 16, 2024

If the entrepreneur has not taken the time to create the models, how do investors know they have considered the costs of their strategy, their ability to reach revenue goals, or when they will require additional cash infusions? If they require additional capital, is the next investment in a reasonable timeframe after the investment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

At the end of last week, venture-backed robo-adviser Wealthfront snuck in an announcement that the deal in which it was to be acquired by Swiss banking giant UBS for $1.4 The company is mostly bootstrapped, having raised about $2 million from family offices, angels, Capital Factory and its own management team. “We

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This transformation has already led to an increased number of startup failures, a growing venture capital reset2 and 210,000 tech sector layoffs since the start of 2022. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset? For the near future, investors in venture funds will likely see fewer and less valuable exits.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

These public comments could be very important because the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance is considering recommending that the SEC propose amendments to Regulation D , including updates to the accredited investor definition, and to Form D, that would improve protections for investors. In particular, it helps venture-backed startups.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For Angel Capital Association members, the provision in Build Back Better that we are focused on is a potential “pay-for” that would limit the use of the 100% capital gains exclusion on qualified small business stocks (Section 1202) for people who have an adjusted gross income over $400,000. Timeline for Senate Action.

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