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Should every startup get funded?

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Getting key strategy advice early on, or getting introduced to a new market can make or break a company in ways that no amount of angel capital can help. Engineers don’t usually spend a ton of time predicting future business viability—they just want to work on interesting technology problems.

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Angel Capital Association and Linqto Partner on Linqto Learning: Educational Opportunities for Investors

Angel Capital Association

The ins and outs of Equity Compensation May 11 th , 2023 Speakers: Joe Wallin , Partner, Angel Capital Association Registration link: [link]. Below is a list of upcoming Linqto Learns for your consideration and registration. Registration link: [link]. Dissecting The AI Players May 25th, 2023 Registration link: [link].

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Embracing the Tipping Point: The Evolution of Angel Syndication

Paul G. Silva

For years, the process of raising funds from multiple angel investor groups—known as “syndication”—has been mired in friction. The visionary minds at the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the global beacon for angel investors, have spent over a decade sculpting best practices. We are in the early chapters of this story.

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The Angel Capital Association Appoints a New Dean of Faculty for the Ann and Bill Payne ACA Angel University Program

Angel Capital Association

For Immediate Release Overland Park, KS (February 27, 2023) The Angel Capital Association is delighted to announce that Sonu Mirchandani , Faculty and Entrepreneur Program Director for the College of Business and Technology at East Tennessee State University, has been appointed Dean of Faculty for the Ann and Bill Payne ACA Angel University.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

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Just because Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, and NY Angels turned you down doesn’t mean “there’s no money in NYC and investors are stupid.” People told me that it was unfair or too easy for me to raise angel capital because I was already tapped into a network of investors.

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What happens when you take 12 investors to Silicon Valley?

Startup Catalyst

The third day started with a session from DLA Piper on legals in the US, followed by a meeting with VC firm Accel, then a private chat with famous angel investors Jason Calacanis and Jay Adelson, before a combined networking event with the River City Labs Accelerator and muru-d Melbourne teams who were in town on their own mission.

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Onboard Dynamics Is Leading the Transition to Next Generation Transportation Fuels, Reducing Emissions, and Driving Down Energy Costs

Angel Capital Association

The CNG technology concept needed to be fully developed and commercialized to build out the necessary storage and refueling infrastructure to make it widely accessible to consumers. The company was nominated by Golden Seeds, an angel funding group that met Onboard Dynamics at the annual ACA Summit in 2018.