About the ACA
Get the Insider Perspective
ACA is a professional society of accredited angel investors who make up the world’s most prolific early-stage investment class. The association is the largest professional development organization for angel investors in the world deploying more than $650 million in early stage capital each year. ACA provides an insider perspective that can help you make smart investment decisions.
ACA by the Numbers:
- 15,000+ member accredited angel investors
- 250 angel groups, accredited platforms and family offices
- 30,000+ entrepreneurial companies in ACA member investment portfolios
Angels: Be Part of a Community of "Preferred Providers" of Capital
Three ways ACA helps smart, professional angels make more high quality investments:
- Knowledge sharing, best practices and insights from top angels to ensure smarter investment decisions.
- Connections to vetted angels to support your deal flow and syndication processes.
- Representation to public policy makers to safeguard angel investor rights.
How to Use ACA
- Find angels: Angel groups and accredited platforms
- Learn about angel investing: Knowledge Center and ACA Events
- Stay on top of public policies affecting American angel investing
- Join ACA: build your angel insider network to improve investing returns
Angels and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Angels and entrepreneurs need each other. Although ACA is not a source of capital itself, it is the source for critical information and data that aligns the needs of angels, entrepreneurs, and the startup support community.
Startups and the American Economy
- Prolific: Angel investors support up to 90% of outside equity raised by startups (after friends and family)
- Jobs: over a 25-year period, firms younger than five years accounted for all of the net new jobs in the U.S.
- Economic growth: research shows that the largest growth comes from high-growth, innovative startups, the kind angels fund
Entrepreneurs Count on Angels
- Business mentoring, monitoring and guidance
- Critical connections for customers, additional funders and acquirers
- Beyond funding, exit experience and strategies
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