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"Money is Local, Impact is Global" for Angel Investing

Onevest

By Michael "Luni" Libes In the traditional world of early stage, Angel and VC investing, money is local. Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. Over in the impact investing space, this rule is not true. Read the original post here.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

From Tobacco & manufacturing to entrepreneurship. In doing this work, there has been a significant amount of investment of both funds and time in moving entrepreneurship activities forward. Despite having both those pieces, we were not having the success moving the initiative forward as successfully as we wanted. Challenges.

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Participate in a Special Three-Part Conversation: Beyond the Peak - ACA 2020 Recap, Awards & Community vChats

Angel Capital Association

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm ET - How Can We ALL Continue to Advance the DREAM powered by OzoneX VC - Join leaders, angel investors, VC's, agencies & funders on how we can do better, together, transform communities & empower more minority produced start-ups through entrepreneurship.