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EO Members Share Takeaways from 2023 WEF in Davos

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Pajani Singah’s company, Amazonia Impact Ventures , was named Top Innovation Winner of the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge for protecting the Amazon rainforest and improving the lives of its people through an innovative finance company that works directly with indigenous communities in the rainforests.

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At Last – An Asset Class Achieving High Ownership at Low Cost

Angel Capital Association

This unprecedented growth provides a wealth of new opportunity for the investment community. With their unique model, studios create the opportunity to achieve high ownership at a low cost ( see Exhibit A in the white paper ), thus mitigating the risk for loss and creating a great opportunity for gains.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

You can impress accelerators by creating a pitch deck and a company video less than two minutes long that shows your founder and the product, and engaging with the fintech community to spread the news. The other alternative to accelerators is government funds, but they have had little success investing in startups for myriad reasons.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of angel investor community. ACA’s Four Pillars: Bringing ACA’s Mission to Life Community Networking The heartbeat of our community networking pillar is our diversity, equity, and inclusion effort.

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

Angel Capital Association

Under Learned’s leadership, the ACA has also strengthened other innovative initiatives, including the white paper and publication series and a broadened webinar program. And Angels are the first provider of that capital. While still a Partner at Sage Growth Capital, Learned is leaning into, as he says, “scratching new itches.”

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. CrunchBase (free).

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Ripe For Disruption: The Asset Management Business

David Teten VC

This is inconsistent with the fact that women control $14 trillion in assets today, projected to reach $22 trillion by 2020, according to a Family Wealth Advisors Council white paper. . Second, Versatile is launching Founders’ Next Move , an invite-only, no-cost community for founders researching their next move.