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

Startup Catalyst

Graham Fellows went on the Startup Community Leaders Mission which featured Boulder, Denver, and San Francisco. He took pictures of every community space he went into. Graham (in the Code Network shirt) and the Community Leaders 2018 mission crew visit 500 Startups. We’re talking about a new Foundry* space here at QUT.

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At Last – An Asset Class Achieving High Ownership at Low Cost

Angel Capital Association

With great innovation comes big change, or even better, disruption, to systems that have been in place for years. Studios are causing this precise disruption to the traditional ways of building companies and how to invest in them. This unprecedented growth provides a wealth of new opportunity for the investment community.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

The Angel Capital Association is moving into a confident, secure future, because of the successes we’ve had and the way we’ve navigated the last two years. Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of angel investor community.

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

Angel Capital Association

With war, inflation, supply chain disruption, epidemics and the end of nearly free capital, the twelve-year party ended in 2022. Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions. Did we invest in less speculative vertical markets?

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A Future Worth Creating: Fiscal Year Recap and Vision for Tomorrow

Angel Capital Association

The future of our economies and our communities is at stake. We are grappling with healthcare challenges, irreversibly disrupted industries, millions of underemployed workers, and devastating racial and gender inequities. ACA represents more than 250 angel groups and 14,000 angel investors. We need ingenuity.

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Why I Angel Invest

Angel Capital Association

I’m active in the MN tech and start-up community as a mentor, advisor, and angel investor. I serve as a formal advisor to a small number of companies that have potential to disrupt their industries. As an angel investor, I focus mostly on seed-stage Enterprise SaaS, Consumer Internet, and Marketplace companies.

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The Evolving Landscape of Angel Investing and Why Now is the Time for Black Investors to Get in the Game

Angel Capital Association

As an important source of financing for startups and small businesses, it's critical for current and emerging angel investors to understand the shifts occurring in the industry. Here are some of the most notable dynamics impacting angel capital today.