Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

Chiara Renella-Brooks, ACA Partnership Director Incredible Companies Built by Women Highlighted During the Innovation Funders Showcase Deeper Dive This year’s ninth Annual ACA Summit Innovation Funders Showcase opened ACA Summit week with many exciting new twists!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We can’t wait to host out-of-this-world experts , innovative agencies and the bold, boundary-breaking startups focused on building a future in space. Ready to place your early stage startup in orbit with industry movers and shakers — and pitch your startup to attendees during the event? Buy a Space Startup Exhibitor Pass.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. Previously funded or incubated companies will be added to the network automatically, in case any of you are reading this.).

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. However, for some startups, it’s a essential inflow of capital just to set base for something big that can disrupt the industry. Incubators. But not all ideas convert into real businesses.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. Of all the pitches you get, what percentage are DeFi protocols or projects?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The pitch that Heyday makes is that it has built technology that evaluates this sea of merchants to identify the most interesting of them all. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. Rymarz said that for every 100 merchants it looks at, it might consider buying just one.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Check out some of the Ann Arbor companies with the biggest growth, best funding and most innovative products to watch into 2022. EverActive has won multiple awards, including a recent 2021 IDEA Innovation Award. They have been recognized for this innovation in FreightDocs, FreightWaves, and Venture Michigan. DocNetwork.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs. The startup world asks founders to disrupt their industries with data. Ellen Bateman. Eric Parker. Heather Metcalf. Beth McKeon.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

How best would an adversary attack innovation in robotics? Why bother with a cyberattack when a few well-placed uppercased words from apparently reputable sources can wound thousands of our most innovative companies? Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. That’s doubly the case with adoption.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

This pitch throw-down is all about startups determined to power a more equitable, inclusive and healthy world, and we need more of that visionary thinking put into action. You know they’ll bring the heat and present a finely tuned pitch. Join us and thousands of people around the world for this free, virtual pitch competition.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Innovative private companies are creating net-zero solutions, from renewable energy storage to bio-functional proteins to alternative food supplies. EVERY aims to disrupt the $200B egg market by producing egg protein for cooking without chickens. Animal agriculture emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants.

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