With less than five months to go before a pivotal 2024 election, ACA’s Summit of Angel Investing was a perfect time to delve into the election’s implications on the angel community. During May’s summit, ACA lobbyists Chris McCannell and Blair Hancock provided their expertise on how the election could impact ACA.

Few would dispute that we are in the midst of a cyclical downturn in the early-stage funding cycle. Exit and IPO activity have dropped precipitously, and funding has declined across the board.

The Angel Capital Association (ACA), the world’s leading professional association for angel investors and startup entrepreneurs, is excited to announce a strategic collaboration with Thompson Hine LLP, a national law firm recognized for innovation that boasts one of the fastest-growing New Ventures practices in the country. As a central component of this new partnership, Thompson Hine is providing meaningful educational opportunities to angel investors and angel group leaders to benefit the angel investment community.

At the 2024 Summit of Angel Investing, the Angel Capital Association (ACA) awarded its most prestigious recognition, the Hans Severiens Award, to Sage Growth Capital’s Partner and past member of the Angel Capital Association Board of Directors Dr. Kevin Learned.

The Angel Capital Association formed a task force of established early-stage investors and attorneys who routinely represent both founders and investors in early stage financings. Read more and get the model...

As angels, we want to believe in the adage that “our human capital helps to de-risk our financial capital.” But what does that mean, and is there any factual basis for our faith? At Launchpad we wanted to find out, and we looked to see if we could use our data to do it. To see what our data told us, we looked at 105 portfolio companies that had been with us for at least 18 months from our initial investment, including both active companies and exited portfolio companies. As expected, we did see a lift in returns associated with both doing full diligence and with leading the round and providing the term-sheet.