Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. For brand new angels, ACA launched the first-ever New Angel Cohort.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Glambook reckons that market is ripe for some tech-forward disruption, not dissimilar from renting a chair in someone’s car (Uber) a desk in someone’s office (WeWork) or a room with a view in someone’s house (Airbnb). A group of business angels invested in the round. The company raised $2.5

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 14, 2023

More than ever, angel investors play an important role in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges, and they level the playing field in ways that support socioeconomic situations and diversity. For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. Investors invest together.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

A glaring example in our investment portfolio is database software company MongoDB. Another vertical SaaS example is Squire, a company my partner Jesse Middleton angel invested in as part of a pre-seed round before he joined Flybridge. Peter Drucker’s mantra — innovate or die — has finally come to pass.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. With great innovation comes big change, or even better, disruption, to systems that have been in place for years. With numbers like they are reporting, it’s easy to understand why.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We are grappling with healthcare challenges, irreversibly disrupted industries, millions of underemployed workers, and devastating racial and gender inequities. Our investor community drives holistic wealth creation, leveraging dollars invested with the significant time and expertise that we commit to our budding ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ricardo Sangion previously launched operations for Facebook and Pinterest in Latin America, before joining operator-led global investors TheVentureCity as partner for first-ticket investments in the region. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America. investors remain shy.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. With a little patience, forethought, and strategy, you can avoid angel burnout. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. 3) Start with funds.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment. More posts by this contributor. 4 key strategies for succeeding at international expansion.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Since this is my inaugural post here, I decided it would fit the occasion to list the five things I value most in an startup investment proposal. And I don’t want to invest in teams that are surprised at the question or don’t know what it means. I’m not likely to invest in something I know little about when it’s also far away.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Industries are ripe for disruption. Here’s What to Know about Angel Investors and 3 Tips to Win Them Over appeared first on StartupNation. Has there been a better time to start your own business? Tech companies… The post Need Funding?

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

A dedicated pre-event Summit kick-off gave each company more time to present with additional opportunities for Summit attendees to connect with companies during ACA 2021 – The Summit of Angel Investing. All three of these companies are made up of female founders who are disrupting their respective spaces.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Decipad , a no-code startup that’s aiming to disrupt spreadsheets with accessible tools that empower people to play around with numbers, has nabbed $5 million in seed funding. Put simply, it’s building an interactive notebook to help non-technical people do data modelling.

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Gust

MAY 29, 2012

It’s the end of May as I write this so I’ve just finished my annual April-May business plan marathon reading more than 100 business plans for my angel investment group and four different business plan contests. Even the most amazing disruptive game-changing plans have competition. Don’t push adjectives.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 7, 2021

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. Genomenon is such a company.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

One lesson — which was especially true at Amex — is to always be prepared for shifting markets that may disrupt your business. I started angel investing and it gave me exposure to a fantastic and wide variety of founders and innovative ideas. On the other side, what are startups doing better now than ever before?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2009

And I’ll bet that the leadership he displayed helped his angel decide he had the character worth backing. Some readers of this blog also pointed out that “pivoting&# can be disruptive on the employees of an organization. So can all of the constant hiring & firing – the natural churn of an early-stage business.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Invested Interests. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. All of which brings me back to the question in the title: who makes the money on investing in future convenience? . Invested Interests. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book.

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Gust

DECEMBER 5, 2011

These are usually called ‘disruptive’ technologies. Disruptive technologies and grand new solutions can ultimately change the world, and create a large opportunity, but they are not exciting to early-stage investors for the following reasons: Fundamental changes take a long time to happen.

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Gust

DECEMBER 19, 2011

One of the most important questions you will be asked by potential investors is how your solution beats the competition’s, not just today, but over the three to five year life of their investment. Our product is truly disruptive technology.” The concept is called “sustainable competitive advantage.”

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Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Perhaps the most misunderstood topic in the world of startup investing is the question of who the competition is and isn’t. And angels get this wrong just as often as entrepreneurs do. Of course, we’re all familiar with the inevitable pitch slide on the topic, which features some sort of grid or circle image with – how fortunate! –

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. Disruption of Education. We spoke about the disruption of VC through crowd funding. If you have some time I highly recommend watching it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Walter Thompson Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+ @yourprotagonist Just starting out angel investing? “There simply aren’t enough entrepreneurs providing adequately ESG-aligned investing opportunities,” according to T. Avoid these 7 mistakes. Investors want best-of-the-best ESG data. Here’s how to give it to them.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

With war, inflation, supply chain disruption, epidemics and the end of nearly free capital, the twelve-year party ended in 2022. The sharp reversal in 2022 from bubble to sober economics is well illustrated by Pitchbook’s index(1) of how founder or investor friendly the investing climate is. Did angels pull back from investing?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. They haven’t launched their next gen product – watch this space.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Instead, as TC+ editor Alex Wilhelm reported , UBS “invested $69.7 The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.” billion was scrapped. million in the company at a valuation that Wealthfront described as $1.4

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

Businessguy Bob On the other hand, having a 35 year veteran of the management consultant consulting industry doesn't mean automatic business success when your industry is being highly disrupted by technology this person doesn't even use. By the way, do you know who (surprisingly) *doesn't* fit into this catagory? Ashton Kutcher.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam. That was very, very disruptive from a value prop standpoint, but actually more importantly, it was disruptive from a go-to-market standpoint. Sarah Wang: Absolutely.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Venture capital is just equity--and it's equity that isn't widely available to everyone and it gets invested in by a wide variety of investor types with different strategies. Is there anything similar about two kids raising a 500k angel round with a prototype as compared to AirBNB getting its next $200 million growth round?

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Major capital market disruptions often bring a “VC Reset,” as venture firms rethink fundamentals, often pressured to do so by limited partners. A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage. From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Polo: We consider that the draft for the startup ecosystem law that was approved on December 10 actually represents a revolution — for the attraction of investment and the attraction of talent. And it’s going to really become a great tool for the attraction of investment and talent.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 22, 2023

Angel investing has undergone significant changes in recent years. 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.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. But how do you do that? .

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

If you want outside capital, VCs will chase after you to invest. . At my prior firm, ff Venture Capital, we invested in a company co-founded by Nate Jenkins , who had a successful exit, but not quite enough to buy a private plane. Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. I suggest you have 6 main options: .

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best business models ever is creating a marketplace between investors and investment opportunities. I’ve been meeting lately with more and more family offices interested in investing directly into companies, in lieu of via funds. Investors there are outsourcing the decision-making about individual investments to the GPs.).

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

Joe Reilly , CEO of Circulus Group and a longtime contributor to Family Wealth Report , interviewed me to share views on disruption in asset management, my research into the field, and where the industry needs to be headed. I knew that executing this research, and then publishing it, would attract pertinent investment opportunities. .

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With less than two months remaining in 2021, Congress is again facing a number of deadlines that will impact the angel investing community. Changes to 1202 will make early-stage investing less attractive to investors, and will ultimately affect entrepreneurs and job creation.

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