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ACA Visits DC to Advocate for 1202, Accredited Investor Definition

Angel Capital Association

In addition to Section 1202, the group also urged legislators to protect financial thresholds in the current definition while also opening up measures of sophistication with additional entryways. During the three-day visit, the team advocated on behalf of angels and educated representatives from both sides of the aisle.

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The Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: Resources and Information

Angel Capital Association

While a run on a bank by current depositors can clearly accelerate negative trends we must also be mindful of the responsible support of the startup ecosystem that can and should come from venture capitalists, angels and other stakeholders. Roughly $151 billion of those deposits were uninsured.”

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ACA Public Policy: a Visit with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce

Angel Capital Association

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. Commissioner Peirce was in Research Triangle Park, NC and took time out of her busy schedule for a two-hour meeting with our team.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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

Startup Catalyst

We can send students on study tours and international mobility and things like that but [Startup Catalyst] had a whole different intent. We’ve definitely got some success stories. Roles within the ecosystem. I asked about support roles in general in the wider startup ecosystem. Where are they now?

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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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Public Policy Quarterly Newsletter Issue 2

Angel Capital Association

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.