Angel InvestingTuesday, February 13, 2024 The Angel Capital Association is excited to announce our partnership with PixelEdge. With more than 20 years of experience investing in startups among the leadership team at PixelEdge, they understand the challenges facing angels in today's evolving landscape. Pixeledge is a product studio; building digital solutions and ensuring product-market fit. Tags: Thursday, January 25, 2024 For many emerging companies, the next step is an exit through a private acquisition or merger. If the company is not properly prepared, this exit may be difficult or even less likely to occur. Angel investors, as frequent board members, board observers and informal advisors, may be able to encourage their portfolio companies to take steps to encourage a successful exit. Tags: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 In this article, we will look at 6 checkpoints that angel investors, regardledd of experience, can use to evaluate an investment opportunity better. Tags: Angel investing Thursday, January 11, 2024 In this article, we’ll review the key M activity trends from 2023 and examine the economic factors, geopolitical influences, and industry developments that could shape the M landscape in 2024. Tags: Monday, January 08, 2024 K Gates is proud to continue our sponsorship of the ACA, in support and collaboration of its mission to catalyze angel investing resources and drive thought leadership in the early-state capital ecosystem. Tags: Wednesday, January 03, 2024 Angels often make their first real impact post-investment by helping a portfolio company develop a “real” Board, by insisting on documented processes, key metrics and measures and a more rigorous approach to corporate oversight and accountability. In these ways, better governance can lead to better outcomes, particularly during periods of the earliest stages of company growth, where funding is harder to raise. Tags: Monday, December 11, 2023 The future of space exploration is incredibly promising, marked by recent unprecedented advancements and boundless horizons. In the coming years and decades, space expiration analysts anticipate the rapid evolution of space exploration technologies, capabilities and uses. Tags: Wednesday, December 06, 2023 Overland Park, KS (December 6, 2023) – The Angel Capital Association (ACA) has released the Angel Funders Report for 2023. Published annually, the goal of the report is to increase awareness about angel investor activity and build a deeper understanding of the investing environment. The report provides context for seemingly disparate data points, identifies trends and highlights innovative ways that ACA members are working together to fuel the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Tags: Thursday, November 30, 2023 We have all heard the importance of having one or more of our angel investments noted as a “home run” In terms of a return exit. What is a “home run”? Generally speaking we can define a home run for an angel investor as a company having a very successful return multiple at the time of their exit, generally with a return multiple of 10.0x or more. Why is this important? Tags: Thursday, October 19, 2023 On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the rollout of the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology (SBICCT) Initiative, a joint effort between the SBA and the DoD to increase private capital investment in critical technologies vital to U.S. national security interests. Tags: |