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SEC Framework Amended to Promote Capital Formation and Expand Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer The Angel Capital Association’s continued advocacy toward harmonizing and simplifying the existing framework to improve capital raising pathways and expand investment opportunities has yielded successful results for U.S.

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5 Tips on Angel Investing from Veterans in this Space

Angel Capital Association

Look for a group that connects angel investors with promising early-stage companies and that provides the education and information for both groups to lead to a healthy pipeline of deal flow. There are angel networks and funds everywhere these days. The Angel Capital Association keeps a list and has some great resources.

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The Exempt Offering Ecosystem: What the SEC Changed

Angel Capital Association

What often makes the framework challenging for companies seeking to fundraise is that each of the exemptions has its unique combination of conditions. Although the exemptions remain complex, the changes provide incremental improvement to the existing framework. Almost all of the new rules should become effective early next year.

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

Angel Capital Association

Studios do this by using repeatable frameworks (imagine a factory) to test these ideas and back them with funding and resources in order to launch and grow powerful, scalable startups. With great innovation comes big change, or even better, disruption, to systems that have been in place for years.

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The Startup Community Way: Five Lessons for U.S. Policymakers

Ian Hathaway

A common complaint in startup communities and entrepreneurial ecosystems is that there isn’t enough capital. This typically means financial investment, and specifically, venture or angel capital. Frameworks are helpful and principles apply broadly, but what ultimately works in each place and time will vary.

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Everything An Angel Investor Should Know About The Corporate Transparency Act

Angel Capital Association

by Joe Wallin , leader of the Angel Capital Association Legal Advisory Council and Pricipal at the law firm of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. Big Picture The CTA is intended to assist law enforcement in combatting money laundering, tax fraud, financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity through anonymous shell and front companies.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Seeks Input from ACA Members

Angel Capital Association

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.