Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2024

This historical or look back perspective is based on a survey conducted by the Angel Capital Association in Q1 and Q2 of 2021 compared to the same survey conduct two years later in 2023. As a result, we are able to understand and contrast the sentiments of angel groups in 2023 compared to 2021.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 27, 2024

Exit and IPO activity have dropped precipitously, and funding has declined across the board. In that year 18% of valuations of TCA funded companies were in the $1-3 million range, but by 2023 this dropped to only 3%. Also in 2016, valuations in the $3-6 million range comprised 42% of funding, yet by 2023 that has dropped to 10%.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

While early-stage venture started 2022 at a level commensurate with 2021, by Q4’22 dollars invested in early-stage deals ($10.7B) had fallen by 55% from Q1 ($23.8B) ( Pitchbook ) and declined further in 2023. In another reversal from 2021, capital demand was 1.5x Late-stage funding showed even sharper declines.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

By Tony Shipley, Seed the Future Campaign Chair, and Katelynne Staehnke, Director of Development, on behalf of the Angel Investor Foundation. We sincerely appreciate the many contributions our Angel Capital Association (ACA) members, Angel Groups and other donors have made and continue to make to the Seed the Future (STF) Campaign.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer Looking back over the past few years of uncertainty and effort, The Angel Capital Association has made it through stronger than ever because of the work of our dedicated members, volunteers and professional staff. In 2023, The Summit of Angel Investing is moving west to Vegas!

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 3, 2024

The pathway we found was to focus on board service. Board service is not the only way angels add human capital to a startup, but it is one of the more consistent and important ways. Not only was board service a critical conduit for human capital, we had some data we could analyze. Well, it turns out we did.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

February 8, 2023 - Sophistication or Discrimination? How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-wealthy and the Need for Reform * WATCH THE HEARING NOW, BEGINNING AT MIN 10 * Early this morning, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled “Sophistication or Discrimination?

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Author: John Harbison , Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and ACA Board Member. To understand this, Tech Coast Angels recently conducted a confidential survey of our 385 members, and 107 members responded – a healthy response rate. The SEC’s Accredited Investor Definition has been in place since 1982. million in funding.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. Many of these companies have delayed raising capital in 2022 hoping for a market recovery in 2023. Capital market attorneys report that the IPO window remains closed for the most popular startup sectors. Law360, January 2, 2023).

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 28, 2023

1 Per Apple Press release May 31, 2023 Key Takeaway: Beyond their contributions to societal improvements through innovation, the investments we are making today in early-stage companies will drive both near-term and long-term growth in employment, profits, and stock market gains for our economy, and tax revenue for the Government.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 3, 2024

Author: John Harbison , Chairman Emeritus of TCA Venture Group (formerly Tech Coast Angels), ACA Board Member. But the importance of patents goes beyond the likelihood of an exit. While it is certainly possible to achieve an attractive exit without patents, the odds of doing so are less.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 23, 2023

January 20, 2023 - ACA Leadership met with Commissioner Hester Peirce of the SEC to talk about the accredited investor definition, QSBS, and what success looks like in a thriving startup ecosystem.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For Tech Coast Angels, 32% of the companies and 68% of the outcomes failed to return the capital invested: FIGURE 1: TCA Outcomes from 526 Portfolio Companies Source: June 2023 Survey of Tech Coast Angel members But of those failures, less than half a percent were due to fraud.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 17, 2024

Venture Capital (VC) funding has declined across the board due to macroeconomic factors, with 2023 marking the lowest level of venture investment activity since 2019. The landscape of early-stage startup investment has undergone significant transformation in recent years.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

John Harbison , Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and ACA Board Member. While other asset classes offer lower returns, the dispersion around those returns is far lower – so it is wise to keep early-stage as only a small portion on one’s investable assets. 10-20% is often cited as a good rule of thumb.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

About Sage Growth Capital Sage Growth Capital is a venture capital firm that provides revenue-financed capital exclusively. million in 20 deals as of June 2023. We launched our first fund in Q4 2019 and have invested $5.6 This is a place where those interested in RFC can exchange information.

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