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Current State of Angels and Boards of Directors

Angel Capital Association

In 2022, the typical angel group reporting AFR data had Directors for approximately 20% of the companies it funded. Overall, 40% of financing rounds had an angel representative of some sort (Director or Observer) at the close of the round and 70% of angel groups had at least one Board or Observer seat among their portfolios of 2022 deals.

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Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy

TechCrunch

Can’t we all just get along? YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.”

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