American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

December 08, 2023 10:35 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN DIEGO—San Diego Angel Conference at the University of San Diego (SDAC) activates angel investors and connects them with early-stage companies seeking seed funding. By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

This event, heralded as the industry’s flagship, convenes a diverse community of new and experienced angel investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurial minds to explore critical topics and trends in angel investing. Here are a few benefits that can be experienced by attending this dynamic event.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

K&L Gates is proud to continue its sponsorship of the ACA, in support and collaboration of its mission to catalyze angel investing resources and drive thought leadership in the early-stage capital ecosystem.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is the time of year when we reach out to our angel community seeking nominations for both the Angel Capital Association’s FY 2025 Board of Directors and committee volunteers to help ACA continue to grow and support our work on angel investing.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This is the time of year when ACA reaches out to our angel community seeking nominations for both the Angel Capital Association’s FY 2025 Board of Directors and committee volunteers to help ACA continue to grow and support our work on angel investing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Eden shares how entrepreneurs can use AI apps such as ChatGPT to support decision-making while still exercising innate expertise and judgment. 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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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Neil's philosophy is simple: it's not just about providing guidance; it's about investing in success. As such, Neil provides both guidance and counsel as well as direct support to startups and entrepreneurs, knowing this combination is a more natural and dynamic approach to empowering the entrepreneurial community.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

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. She describes herself as “a complete novice” in angel investing, and so far, she’s loving the experience. “

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Named after our lead donors and unparalleled education supporters, the Ann and Bill Payne ACA Angel University is growing rapidly and seeks to support investors and entrepreneurs. Sonu will be perfect for this role and we are thrilled to have him support the education efforts here at the ACA.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Versatile VC is hosting a one-hour interactive webinar on Thursday, September 28, at noon EST. We’ll discuss Versatile VC ‘s strategy, how we see the market, and some of the opportunities we think are exciting. Our team has a history of investing in diverse and underrepresented founders.

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Jason Calacanis

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Best, Jason PS - We often share these investment opportunities with our angel investing club, which you can join at thesyndicate.com Thanks for reading The Jason Calacanis Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NJ Entrepreneur Support Program provides guarantees to support investments into Garden State companies TRENTON, N.J. The NJ Entrepreneur Support Program provides investors with a one-year guarantee of up to 80 percent on a convertible note or bridge loan to a qualifying company.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

He bootstrapped the company before getting angel investment. It also grew 10x to support 10,000 restaurants. We have the unique opportunity in Latin America to become a one-stop shop because this is an area that is still very underserved,” Ferraro said. “We We want to actually capture that opportunity.”.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

Her research uncovered many reasons for the shortage of women in entrepreneurial finance, especially among angel investors: Many women are not aware of angel investing, and they are not asked to invest. They do not know other angel investors and are not part of investor networks.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 9, 2023

A self-described operator turned investor, Karen began angel investing 3 years ago and, ever since then, has dedicated much of her time to uncovering opportunities in unlikely places. Shortly after, I started making small angel investments — that was 3 years ago.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Moreover, participants gain access to global partnership opportunities, creating a dynamic ecosystem for positive change. Another remarkable recipient, Donkey Move, focuses on providing inclusive transportation services to support Taiwan’s rapidly growing elderly population.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Triet’s journey in the world of investing began as a self-taught retail trader, a path he pursued to support his college education. Triet has a wealth of experience in portfolio support, angel investing, venture scout networks, advising emerging funds and startups, and has also been a founder himself.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 11, 2022

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer May 10, 2022 – Seeking to strengthen connection, advocacy and understanding as well as advise those in the SEC and FinHub community, CEO Pat Gouhin was thrilled to represent angel investors and the angel ecosystem at FinHub’s Peer-to-Peer meet-up on capital formation. “It

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 31, 2022

To serve the growth of different industry sectors in the Bradford community, the Bright Bradford Fund consists of two distinct investment opportunities — the Bright Bradford Innovation Fund (BBIF) and the Bright Bradford Development Fund (BBDF). Applications are now being accepted for equity investments up to $100,000.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Eden shares how entrepreneurs can use AI apps such as ChatGPT to support decision-making while still exercising innate expertise and judgment. 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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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We need angels. Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. Angels empower growth and solutions, right here, right now – we can exponentially grow economies at a local and regional level. More than ever, we need innovation. We need ingenuity.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Creating opportunities for women and minorities to grow. At any given time, we would juggle five jobs between us to support the family. Over the past 15 years, I have invested in more than 35 companies with diverse and underserved founders. As a child, I had to share a one-bedroom apartment with my brothers and my parents.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s important for investors outside of Latin America to get involved in fundraising at earlier stages, when founders need extra support from everyone around. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors.

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

I began studying angel investing returns about 10 years ago as a result of a problem I couldn’t resolve: The investing world seemed certain that angel investors were rubes. Conventional wisdom dictated that they made reckless investments in very early-stage ventures mostly doomed to fail. So which is it?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. long-term support at the earliest stages). Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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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. If we get the money, how will we use it?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Specifically, he has long credited one of his early investors, Mark Kvamme of Drive Capital, for helping identify a big opportunity amid of sea of smaller opportunities. But even with Kvamme’s support, Olive’s success hardly happened overnight. Lane, who was once a U.S.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

An entrepreneur needs a network of supportive people and resources to maximize his or her chances of success, because there will always be fires to put out. An interconnected startup community is one that shares common values and whose interests support the entrepreneurs, their ventures, and the startup community as a whole.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Olubusi, who had built and exited a couple of startups over the years, also dabbled with angel investing for some time. It was there he met more founders like him who were angel investors with impressive portfolios. As some of these companies exited, their founders invested in MAGIC and came on board as Fund 2 partners. .

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

Fresh for 2021, the Innovation Funders Showcase Company Flipbook provided a sneak peek of all the companies presenting, along with critical information such as market strategy, opportunities and more. I hope more startups can learn from the best minds at the NIH and can showcase their company’s work to supportive investors.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The programming team for ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing is full of experienced, respected angel investors and ecosystem providers, and they are hard at work creating a virtual experience that will change the way you think about angel investing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

All that was needed was more capital to support it.”. ” Meanwhile, the area has long had a strong base of angel investors funding companies at the very early stage. Brett Hurt is an example of a successful founder who continues to help the city’s startup scene flourish by also acting as an active angel investor.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Campuswire courses kick off with an angel investing class taught by Charles Hudson, the founder and general partner of Precursor Ventures. BookClub connects readers to the authors they are reading, giving bookworms an opportunity to ask about cliffhangers and character development. The first rule of BookClub?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The two founders, who nearly completed each other’s sentences during their interview with TechCrunch, want to reframe tech’s messaging around marketing — both by investing in companies that need support and by on-ramping a network of marketing professionals into the angel investing world.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 2022, he ran for State Representative of the 27th Middlesex District in Massachusetts on a pragmatic platform of diversity, inclusion and the promotion of economic opportunity. How did you break into tech investing? What is it that excites you about investing? Investing for me is akin to diving into an ocean of possibilities.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. How African startups raised investments in 2020.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

Photo Credit: Fortune Adding to the lack of female representation in the industry, research also shows that only 8% of the investment professionals at the top 25 VC firms are women. While much remains unsure, I’m certain of one thing: I have to step aside and pay attention to the women who are navigating the complex world of investing.

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