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Startup Capital: Feast or Famine?

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According to the Center for Venture Research, The Angel Investor Market in 2010 was about $20 billion and funded about 60,000 companies, with about one-third of that capital committed to seed/startup stage companies. Total angel funding in 2010 was up somewhat, but has ranged from $15 to $20 billion for several years.

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Angels Confront the Apocalypse: How Angels Reacted to the Great Market Inversion of 2022

Angel Capital Association

The great bull market of 2010 – 2021, fueled by cheap capital, caused a nearly unprecedented rise in the valuations of speculative assets, from real estate to angel and venture equity. Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions.

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Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile Are Changing the Face of Angel Investing

Angel Capital Association

Ham and Christopher met in the busy Boston angel investing community where they both started and operated angel networks. As friends, they quickly sensed the potential for partnership, and in 2010 joined forces and merged their groups to build what is now a nationally-recognized angel network, Launchpad Venture Group.

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Valuation Workshop – The Art of Negotiation Between Investors and Founders

Angel Capital Association

In 2003 he was engaged in the formation and startup of the Angel Capital Association (ACA). Bill was awarded ACA’s prestigious 2009 Hans Severiens Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Angel Investing. In November 2010, Bill was named an Arch Angel of New Zealand for “remarkable contributions to angel investing.”

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Everything An Angel Investor Should Know About The Corporate Transparency Act

Angel Capital Association

by Joe Wallin , leader of the Angel Capital Association Legal Advisory Council and Pricipal at the law firm of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. Big Picture The CTA is intended to assist law enforcement in combatting money laundering, tax fraud, financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity through anonymous shell and front companies.

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Beware the Tax Consequences of the Convertible Note

Angel Capital Association

Convertible notes are a popular instrument for raising early-stage capital. For a comprehensive discussion of convertible notes, see Angel Capital Association’s former Chair Emeritus John Huston’s excellent paper on this subject: here. About Loon Creek Capital Group, LLC - specializes in streamlined group investing services.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

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This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. million) and the 2010 survey (average = $1.7 million).

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