Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D.,

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Register Hailing from Singapore, Jeshua Soh is a young and dynamic angel investor who has woven a narrative that curves through unconventional education, accidental entrepreneurship, and a globetrotting escapade to over 55 countries across five continents.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Kara Penn is the mother of four daughters and owner of Mission Spark, a management and strategy consulting company. And now, thanks to Hustle Fund, she is also an angel investor. Hustle Fund is coming out of stealth today with Angel Squad , a new initiative aimed at making angel investing more accessible to more people.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops. In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them.

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Gust

DECEMBER 28, 2011

In the “good old days,” angels invested in seed-stage startups and teed up promising companies for subsequent venture capital financing. If the company was successful, this quickly led to an IPO – a very happy ending for the entrepreneur, the angels, and the venture capitalists. My, my…how the world has changed.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs: if you’re looking seriously at angel investment, and you have the kind of product-market fit and management experience investors will like, you need to take a good look at convertible notes. Do yourself and the investors you want to talk to a favor: take a few minutes and do some homework on this issue.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

These incoming investors must bring more than money to ensure that entrepreneurship continues to grow in a healthy manner, rather than set it off balance. Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors.

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Silicon Valley is a very special place – the nucleus of high-growth, high technology entrepreneurship in the US, indeed, in the world. The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Gonzalez-Cadenas is a seasoned entrepreneur and operator, but has also become a prolific angel investor in the U.K. and Europe over the last three years, making more than 50 angel investments in total. ” TechCrunch: Let me start by asking, why do you want to become a VC?

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Gust

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard for market demand , then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need. Investors characterize this approach as a “solution looking for a problem.” These don’t get funded.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2023

Donghwan talks about aspirations, obstacles and the future of the entrepreneurship journey with AsiaTechDesk.com. However, I didn’t let go of my interest in entrepreneurship and decided to double major in venture management. WeBudding has a two-pronged strategy for reaching overseas users.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Million in Startup Funding Tal Moore (EO Los Angeles) is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Popsmith. While I didn’t need to raise seed money, it was a smart way to mitigate risk, and mostly I just wanted to share the joy of entrepreneurship with the people who have supported me all these years.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 12, 2019

Needless to say, if this is your only strategy or hope for funding your new business you’re probably not ready for entrepreneurship anyway! If your startup is accepted into one of these programmes you will effectively be benefiting from Government funding.

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2011

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Your best strategy is to bring your own term sheet to the negotiation as a starting point.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Although that component of the España Nación Emprendedora strategy is, inevitably, going to be a slower burn, hence the decade-long lens. In the near term, the startup law will be one of the first major deliverables of the strategy. So we are not expecting big amendments to the law — because we also have a majority to pass the law.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 7, 2023

Through his various ventures, including CXOHQ, Venturitas Venture Advisory, and Occam Strategy Group he has imparted growth strategies and fundraising insights to over 200 established and burgeoning ventures across dozens of industries worldwide. What is it that excites you about investing? This was very insightful.

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Gust

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Define a focused strategy. If your strategy has more than ten elements, it’s not focused. The vision may be yours alone, but the communication has to include your team, potential investors, and customers. For most people the communication is the hard part – written, verbal, over and over again. Not everything can be a priority.

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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. I don’t care that much about the specifics of the exit strategy, because things change too fast and exits are 3-5 years in the future. What I say here is my opinion and mine alone.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Your third-most important story, if you’re pitching to angel investors, is how you’re going to make them some money if they write you a check. Pitch tip: spend a few bucks and go get Nancy Duarte’s Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences and read what she says about telling stories to business audiences.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 21, 2020

He is also co-Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group , a Boston-based venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. Christopher has been a columnist on entrepreneurship for Inc. Launchpad is top-three ranked group in the U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Bagchi Law is committed to providing legal counsel while actively investing in the success and growth of our local entrepreneurs, contributing to the region's dynamic landscape," said Neil. In the realm of angel investing, syndication is emerging as a powerful strategy, reshaping the traditional localized landscape.

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Gust

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Undercutting competitors in price is always a good strategy, but free implies no real value. Free is a good short-term Internet strategy, if you have $50 million to spend on viral marketing to get your page-views up to the million per month needed for significant advertising revenue.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 16, 2023

” LIMBER will use the $513,000 in funding for clinical trials, pilots, FDA registration, and its go-to-market strategy. About San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) SDAC, one of the largest angel investment conferences in the country, activates angel investors and engages promising early-stage companies that drive the innovation ecosystem.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

That’s “angel” as in angel investing, where people invest money early in a new company’s career to help it get off the ground. Learned started his career in entrepreneurship and small businesses, attending prestigious East Coast schools. in entrepreneurship at Texas Tech. Basically, I bore easily,” he said.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

According to estimates from PitchBook, venture capital and angel investment activity has declined since 2021, with a 40 percent reduction in the amount of companies receiving investment and a 50 percent decrease in investment funding.

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Gust

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We now know that this ‘build it and they will come” is a prayer rather than a business strategy. In reality, a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Gust

JANUARY 5, 2012

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, section 12(g), generally limits a privately held company to fewer than 500 shareholders. The assumption has been that companies with 500 investors are quasi-public anyway, and for disclosure and other reasons should be forced to go public when the shareholder number approaches this limit.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

A while back, I published an article on “ Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art ,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. Due diligence should always be a two-way street.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Listen my children and you shall hear. Of IPO dreams once held so dear. Our forefathers’ jackpot, guaranteed to arrive. Hardly a founder now alive. Can remember that famous yesteryear. So begins, of course, one of the most famous poems of the entire startup canon.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

In one of your Substack posts, you said that “marketing strategy needs to be a healthy mix of testing new things, scaling what works, and optimizing what’s already working. And then we do angel investing. Setting goals is critical here.” We actually treat a lot of what we’re doing like you would at a SaaS company.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Long-term angel investing: Understanding capital requirements and how to find quality investments. But there’s a reason successful angel investors are few and far between: returns may take several years to materialize, and not all companies you want to invest in will want your money.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Since investing in startup companies is very risky, the only winning investor strategy is to pick well and invest in many companies. A portfolio of 25 investments in startup companies is considered prudent diversification, providing a reasonable chance of excellent portfolio yields.

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Gust

DECEMBER 23, 2011

A gigantic percentage of startup literature concerns how to raise capital. But before you start on that PowerPoint, let’s ask this: do you really have to? Or is it still possible to bootstrap and build a company organically? Strategically, the advantage outside capital provides is obvious: you can go faster.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. Many generalist online communities also have verticals focused on entrepreneurship, e.g., LunchClub or Meetup. Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. See Angel Investing 101. I suggest you have 6 main options: . Full-time Initiatives.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As for Barrica, she now sits on both sides of the table – in addition to being an entrepreneur, she is angel investing and raising a fund. To understand how early-stage sex tech startups can address this challenge, we also spoke to founder Lora DiCarlo and investor Carli Sapir, founding partner at Amboy Street Ventures.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 8, 2025

Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). The “First Date” Approach to Angel Investing About ten years ago, I witnessed how complexity was strangling angel investment syndication in New England. When I spoke with angel investors, I discovered they weren’t even looking at most of this information !

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