StartupNation

AUGUST 11, 2021

We’ve made it clear here on the Business Beat just how important angel funding is to any startup ecosystem. You see, no matter how good your startup concept is, many of these startups just can’t get off the ground without acquiring outside funding – obtaining a bank loan to finance your startup?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

London and Berlin usually top the lists of European startup hubs, but Central and Eastern European countries like the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia and Poland have claimed a growing portion of the startup pie in the past few years. We are excited by environmental and sustainability sector, which we invest in.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The busy year started off when leadership met with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to discuss the accredited investor definition, QSBS and how to build a more successful startup ecosystem. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies. Another main policy priority is to push for QSBS-Sec.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. 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.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

We do this by organizing panels on emerging topics in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with academic, business and startup leaders. We support and foster the creation of solutions, teams, and environments that are striving towards sustainable change. 5 years of impact. Impact makers and innovative humans always come first.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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