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Angel Capital Association Awards Prestigious Hans Severiens Award to Sage Growth Capital’s Dr. Kevin Learned

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The Hans Severiens Award recognizes personal impact on the advancement of angel investing globally and highlights the special relationship that angels and entrepreneurs build to innovate, create jobs, and drive the economy. Over a lifetime of work, Learned has been an entrepreneur, Angel investor, academic and accountant.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

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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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Standing Room Only: Why RFC is So Hot Right Now Part II

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This is Part II of a two-part series on Revenue-Financed Capital (RFC) for angels. In Part I addressed the question of when RFC might be appropriate to meet some of the capital needs of angel portfolio companies. This post discusses why RFC may be appropriate for angel portfolios. million in 20 deals as of June 2023.