Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

The National Science Foundation Awarded a major grant to connect early stage capital to DeepTech innovations. This project is designed to better educate the early stage investor community on the benefits of Deep Tech investments with the intention of increasing the amount of private capital available for deployment in the Deep Tech sector.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For Immediate Release 2023 Angel Funders Report Released Overland Park, KS (December 6, 2023) – The Angel Capital Association (ACA) has released the Angel Funders Report for 2023. The AFR continues to be the definitive source of angel investing in North America.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 29, 2020

By: Emily Angold, ACA Marketing Manager The Angel Capital Association was honored to have Martha Miller of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) participate in ACA 2020 – The Summit of Angel Investing.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We consider other capital sources such as credit cards, friends/family capital and angel investors to generally be our competition, although we believe the structure of our terms makes more sense for all parties involved. What percentage of those who actually receive capital? See other alternative VC approaches here.]

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 10, 2020

There is less money in the angel capital world today than there was a month ago. For the early stage CEO this means don’t run out of capital before your story is so compelling that you can ask for more and realistically expect to get it. Against that backdrop, take a look at how much capital you have in your bank account.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By definition, these unconscious blobs of information bypass our biases, our rational filters and our attention span, even in a condition of cognitive overload where the majority of bits get blocked by our innate defense systems. Apple has successfully cultivated a passionate community of users who identify strongly with the brand.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 5, 2021

By: Amy Duncan, Fund Manager - San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) III The number of accredited angel investors in the U.S. Based on the definition of an accredited angel of a net worth of $1 million or more, the potential number of angel investors could be up to four million.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA has continued its efforts to push legislation to help the entire Angel community. ACA continues to foster good lines of communication with the SEC and good relationships at the SBA. House and Senate staff turned to ACA to understand the impact of changing the definition on the angel community.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In our second edition of the Public Policy Quarterly newsletter, we discuss some of the most important updates on ACA’s main policy interests, including QSBS, investor accreditation, Section 1202, the accredited investor definition, thresholds and workforce development reforms. The target date for proposed legislation is April 2024.

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