Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

Additionally, the ACA’s Angel University pre-summit seminars offer deep dives into crucial topics like angel exit strategies and startup board management.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. After my board meeting I had to do an interview with a CFO candidate that one of my portfolio companies asked me to speak with.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In 2021, ACA launched its first formal DEI Task Force, made up of a diverse group of ACA members, board leaders, and ecosystem champions. Hosted by Marcia Dawood, current chair of the board, the podcast explores how people are changing the world by creating and investing in innovation.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

This capital flow is highlighted in the 2022 Angel Funders Report and results from a variety of factors including a more integrated strategy highlighting the value proposition to ACA members and a new emphasis on programming for entrepreneurs. The Angel Funders Report is based on direct investment data solicited from all ACA member groups.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There are a lot of tools that can help, but each has limitations: The Business Model Canvas identifies the big picture hypotheses of your venture… but struggles to help you ID what is needed to get all your key stakeholders on board. As you validate hypothesis, you mark them, highlighting what work is done and what is yet-to-be done.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In addition to financial support Third Rock will also serve as a leading voice on the Project Onramp National Advisory Board. Other early funders include Google Ventures and JLABS. Program staff works closely with Student Support Partners to identify students having the necessary skills and interest.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

Since 2000, Shipley has led the Queen City Angels group (based in Cincinnati, OH), served as a board member for the ACA including a term as Chairman of the Board and worked tirelessly for the founding of the Angel Investor Foundation and chaired its capital campaign.

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

As a racial justice funder, we also know that shifting power and building equity, mutual accountability, and authentic, trusting relationships are vital to our grantmaking. We are also proactively sharing our data with Candid and signing on to data-sharing initiatives, such as the Climate Funders Justice Pledge. Shifting power.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 22, 2023

FPV Ventures was the lead funder with participation from existing investors Human Capital Ventures based in the United Kingdom, and like early-stage venture firm Autotech Ventures has offices in California. As part of the deal, lead investor Wesley Chan will join the board.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Launched the new Boards in Action course, available in March as part of the AU winter term. In May, ACA Board Chair Marcia Dawood was named to the Small Businesses Capital Formation Advisory Committee. Without our members, none of our accomplishments would have been possible and our hope for the future would be unfounded.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2023

FIGURE 2, drawn from the ACA’s Angel Funders’ Report database, examines the funding rounds in which angel groups participated between 2019 (the year after the Post-Money SAFE was introduced) and 2021. This has recently and amply been demonstrated by the reappearance of Boards and serious governance as critical deal terms.

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Surdna Foundation

DECEMBER 11, 2020

So how did a white-led family board make the decision to focus on racial equity? It took the board and staff a year to settle on language that captured our ethos and aspirations: fostering sustainable communities in the United States guided by principles of social justice. and basic community infrastructure (fire engines!).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

This year, our incoming board chair launched a brand-new angel investing podcast called Angels Live – giving us a great platform for bringing our community together with powerful interviews and discussions about the future of angel investing.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

Moderated by Juliana Garaizar, ACA Board Member, International Committee Co-Chair, Greentown Labs. Short Term Vision as Current Chair , Tony Shipley, ACA Board Chair, Queen City Angels. Moderated by Lorine Pendleton, ACA Board Member, TIGER 21 NY Chair. Speakers include: Mark Francis, Canadian Securities Exchange.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2024

The Angel Capital Association is now collecting angel group investments for the 2023 period and the results and analysis of the data will be published in our upcoming ACA Angel Funders Report, the definitive source of angel investing trends in North America.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Over the two days of the workshop, nine projects were identified to move the EBLP forward from the following prompts: Regarding the Field: Imagine the field of entrepreneurship ecosystem building takes center stage; it is consistently adopted among practitioners, funders, policy makers, and others – locally, regionally, and nationally.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. This post sets out how I believe founders (and investors) should think about independent board members having worked with many of them for the past 20 years. The board is where large equity investors get their representation.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Outside-the-box measurement and practical metrics are, in fact, needed across the board to better inform our work and support our communities, especially those that have historically been left behind: . I’d like to understand how to build effective multi-year plans that inspire and engage both funders of my own organization (and/or myself!)

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 26, 2020

Over half the deals and total investments reported in the Angel Capital Association’s most recent Angel Funders Report were made in pre-seed and seed rounds. We will require a seat on the company’s board, sometimes two. They tend to invest very early in a startup’s life, even pre-revenue.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

To propel the right solutions forward, brave impact funders – private and/or public – are needed; those who are willing to take risks, who make capital affordable and who bring patient but catalytic capital in support of systemic change.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

We knew that when her fellowship ended, we needed to bring someone on board who was solely focused on this work. We are also grateful for the flexibility from our funder in terms of adjusting to change in strategy to address challenges related to COVID-19,” Eva adds. Not all service providers will be on board with the initiatives.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

Funder Category. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Board seat, typically retained until company exit. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. Equity Ownership.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

Funder Category. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Board seat, typically retained until company exit. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. Equity Ownership.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Lore has taken on the roles of co-founder, chairman of the board and investor in Wizard, a B2B startup in the “conversational commerce” space which believes the future of mobile commerce will take place over text. Marc Lore, who earlier this year stepped down from his role as Walmart’s head of U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions. Did we flee to safer deals and entrepreneurs with successful track records? Did we invest in less speculative vertical markets? And did we see lower returns in 2022?

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

with relevant expertise, joined the board of directors. The Angel Funders Report 2020 is the only source of verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups. The Angel Funders Report 2020 also includes initial perspectives regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the investing ecosystem.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

It also provides us a “big board” capability where we can get an overview of a meeting. Below is a screenshot of an AngelSurvey big board from one of our recent meetings. We keep this information internal, but we do report the raw statistics to the ACA which publishes an Angel Funders Report – you can find the 2021 Report here.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

With a company that had shut down and an innovator ready to take them on board nearly every employee joined. I’ve known Jamie for years — he’s one of Los Angeles’ true innovators — so when we first heard he was starting Ring (then DoorBot) we were immediately interest and have been huge supporters (and funders) since his earliest days.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Thomvest Ventures, Funders Club, MetaProp and Second Century Ventures also participated in the financing. Battery Ventures’ Michael Brown, who has taken a seat on Obie’s board, agrees the embedded nature of the startup’s offering gives them a competitive advantage. million in a Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 17, 2022

Functions and Responsibilities Strategic Leadership Overseeing the design, delivery, and oversight of equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem engagements, including holding all department team members accountable for designated deliverables; Equipping communities to grow more equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems, prioritizing community-informed programmatic (..)

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

With the conclusion of Series A2, the company has also announced that John Suh, the former CEO and Executive Chairman of LegalZoom (NASDAQ: LZ) and a current venture partner at Spring Ventures, is joining Law&Good’s board of directors as part of this transaction.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Venture Partners may also consult with companies directly or serve on boards, in which case we’ll expedite their being compensated directly by the relevant company. How to find a job as a VC scout. Calm Company. “We’re

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Forward Cities

JUNE 17, 2022

Qualifications.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I would say the biggest challenge I faced was getting a lead investor on board, especially because insurtech wasn’t seen as exciting as it is now. I believe that having more female investors, more female IC members, board members will eventually lead to more investments in female-led businesses. Jihan Abass, CEO, Lami.

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