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2021 Luis Villalobos Winners Are Changing the Innovation Landscape

Angel Capital Association

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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MedRhythms Uses the Universal Language of Music to Bring Hope, Healing to Mobility Impaired Patients

Angel Capital Association

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.” Acceptance from the FDA on a pivotal trial design for stroke victims and launch of that trial at the top three rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S.

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Kevin Learned: Entrepreneur, Teacher, Angel

Angel Capital Association

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. We raised angel capital,” Learned said. “I I didn’t know the word for it.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

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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How Angel Investors Can Get 100% Capital Gains Exclusion Under Section 1202

Angel Capital Association

Banking, insurance, financing, leasing, investing, or similar businesses. Hospitality (hotels, motels, restaurants, or similar businesses). Founding Partner Robert Weber is a member of Minnesota-based Gopher Angels, PropTech Angel Group, and the Angel Capital Association.

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Public Policy Quarterly Newsletter Issue 2

Angel Capital Association

Companies in the technology, retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors are eligible as QSBs, but those in hospitality, personal services, the financial sector, farming and mining are not eligible. Section 1202 allows capital gains from QSBSs to be excluded from federal taxes.