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October's Foundation Volunteer of the Month: Steve Baggott

Angel Capital Association

Steve Baggott is a member and Board Director of Queen City Angels (QCA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. Steve joined QCA in 2015, where he chairs QCA’s marketing committee and co-leads the group’s “Ascent” membership program. Steve Baggott has been a member of Queen City Angels for the past eight years.

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A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

Tex Andersen (2015) became CTO of Talentvine , a Brisbane tech startup that makes outsourced recruitment affordable, transparent and simple. Matthew Brown (2015) left a role at one of the big 4 consulting firms to join Maxwell Plus , a medical tech startup rethinking the way we detect and diagnose disease (and are doing pretty well ).

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6 Tips for Entrepreneurs to Successfully Pitch to Women Angel Investors

StartupNation

According to the Angel Capital Association (ACA), there has been a big increase in women who are members just in the last few years. Female membership in ACA was at about 11% in 2016, and now five years later, the membership in ACA is closer to 25%, according to Sarah Dickey, membership director for the Angel Capital Association.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Though TLP is headquartered in Danville, Virginia we have been involved with multiple statewide and national entities (Angel Capital Association, State Science and Technology Institute, Kauffman Foundation, etc.) A small planning grant from DRF in 2015 brought many service providers together. Eva talks about the early days.

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ACA Proudly Welcomes Dr. Charu Ramanathan as Keynote at the ACA Summit of Angel Investing

Angel Capital Association

Originating from her doctoral research at Case Western Reserve University, she guided CardioInsight through successive growth stages culminating in its acquisition by Medtronic in 2015.

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Behind the Scenes: Building an Angel Experience You Will Never Forget

Angel Capital Association

Angela sits on the boards of the Angel Capital Association, Crowd Supply and TIE Oregon. Prior, he was the Associate Vice Chancellor at Texas Tech University where he co-founded the Lubbock Angel Network, a group that has invested over $4M and seen four exits since its founding in 2015.