Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 10, 2020

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer The Angel Capital Association and the broader angel investor community were represented during the recent committee meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission to discuss vital issues that impact capital funding. Gender has a major effect on access to start-up capital.

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

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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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Dror was the co-founding chair of the PLI VC Law program and hosted their first blockchain legal program. He is a frequent speaker and writer on blockchain legal topics.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This in turn would be devastating to capital access for companies in those parts of the country and reverse much progress that has been made in recent decades to foster innovation and early-stage companies in the underserved heartland.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Instead of betting on overvalued IPOs, longer exit times, more private equity and VC money going into startups, or being patient to “wait it out,” smart investors are turning to the secondary market. These assets are often owned by employees who were issued equity, VC funds that invested when a company was private, shareholder stakes, etc.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Total angel funding in 2010 was up somewhat, but has ranged from $15 to $20 billion for several years. The fraction of angel capital committed to follow-on and later stage investing has increased over the past five years. It appears to me that there are about 100 Super Angels in the US.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

At the moment, use of Gust is available only to members of organized angel groups and networks, to VC funds (including many of the so-called ‘super angels’), and to accredited investors who have been specifically invited on to the platform by one of the 150,000 startups that use Gust to manage their investor relations.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2019

Some businesses just can’t fit within the angel capital or friends and family model for raising funds. Sooner or later you may need to seek venture capital and accommodate the needs of the venture community in negotiating the terms of an investment. What VC’s can and cannot do.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. In terms of who is here and what does get funded, the average entrepreneur spends way too much time doing after investors that have a shingle on their door that says angel investor or VC.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 23, 2020

Dror was the co-founding chair of the PLI VC Law program and hosted their first blockchain legal program. He is a frequent speaker and writer on blockchain legal topics.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

There is an enormous amount of angel capital available, while at the same time there is a small amount of Series A and a large and concentrated amount of late stage capital. I met with a major institutional limited partner the other day--the kind of money that funds VC's.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2012

Some businesses just can’t fit within the angel capital or friends and family model for raising funds. Sooner or later these businesses will have to seek venture capital and accommodate the needs of the venture community in negotiating the terms of an investment.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

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.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

Our Leadership Team started noticing something interesting around 2010: many of our customers were VC-backed startups. It made sense because a common playbook for consumer-facing startups was to build the product, prove PMF, raise capital from investors, and then deploy some/much/most of that capital in paid media to grow quickly.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In most states, managers to venture capital funds are exempt from registration if they only advise “venture capital funds,” as defined by the SEC (the “ VC Exemption ”). An investment adviser that relies on the VC Exemption or the AUM Exemption is an “ Exempt Reporting Adviser.”

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions. The decline in angel funding was similar to the decline in venture funding. While corporate venture invested 50% less than in 2022 and VCs invested overall 31% less, angels invested 27% less.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 13, 2020

Its flexible, investor-centric platform supports different types of investors and asset classes, including direct angel for-profit investing, pooled investing in expertly managed VC funds such as the E8 Fund and via syndication.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 21, 2020

Dror was the co-founding chair of the PLI VC Law program and hosted their first blockchain legal program. He is a frequent speaker and writer on blockchain legal topics.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 11, 2020

Dror was the co-founding chair of the PLI VC Law program and hosted their first blockchain legal program. He is a frequent speaker and writer on blockchain legal topics.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset? Smaller VC fundraises? VC resets are often short-lived.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Dror was the co-founding chair of the PLI VC Law program and hosted their first blockchain legal program. He is a frequent speaker and writer on blockchain legal topics.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments. How many angel groups are there? Email readers, continue here… ] The Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the USA. Then there is venture capital.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The company is mostly bootstrapped, having raised about $2 million from family offices, angels, Capital Factory and its own management team. “We Recipients included the following fintech startups: CashEx, a currency exchange platform that leverages AI to help U.S. We can do very well by doing good,” Latham said. Fundings and M&A.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

But how does this compare to other asset classes for comparable periods of time?

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 14, 2020

Dror was the co-founding chair of the PLI VC Law program and hosted their first blockchain legal program. He is a frequent speaker and writer on blockchain legal topics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

And this is something that London-based generalist VC firm Playfair Capital knows all about, given its focus on backing super young startups that have yet to make much of a ripple in their respective industries. “We’re actually really fortunate in the U.K. I actually think inflation has played a part too. .

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 22, 2023

As an important source of financing for startups and small businesses, it's critical for current and emerging angel investors to understand the shifts occurring in the industry. Here are some of the most notable dynamics impacting angel capital today. However, they require angels to adapt and leverage technology more fully.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

It’s just bagged $1M in seed funding led by Angels Capital, a European VC fund owned by Juan Roig (aka Spain’s richest grocer and second wealthiest billionaire), and Miami-based The Venture City. “It will be a pretty big Series A.

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