See Also : Angel Investing

  • Angel Capital Education Foundation 

    The Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF), founded by the Kauffman Foundation, is a charitable organization devoted to education of angel investors and to collecting and disseminating data and information on angel investors and angel investing groups.

  • Angel Capital Education Foundation Becomes Independent Organization 

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF) jointly announced today that ACEF will become an independent, charitable education and research organization focused on the growing field of angel investing.

  • Angel Groups Growing, Says Angel Capital Education Foundation Analysis 

    Individual angel investors continued to form organized investor groups with the number of angel groups increasing by nearly 60 percent in the past three years, from an estimated 150 in 2002 to 250 last year, according to an analysis by the Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF) and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

  • Angel Investing in Need of a Woman’s Perspective 

    Differences in gender perspectives can be valuable when it comes to evaluating the products, markets, and management teams of new companies, according to a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation report on women angel investing.

  • Angel Investing Needs More Than Just a Few Good Women 

    Despite increased financial power and wealth, high net worth women represent a largely untapped source of capital for start-up entrepreneurs, according to a new report released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

  • Angel Investors in Groups Achieve Investment Returns In Line with Other Types of Equity Deals 

    The largest study on the financial returns of angel investors in North America, released in a new report today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Angel Capital Education Foundation, shows that angel investors participating in organized angel groups achieved an average 27 percent internal rate of return on their investments.

  • Entrepreneur Guru Brad Feld Illustrates How to Build a Startup Community in New Kauffman Sketchbook Video 

    Founder-turned-venture capitalist Brad Feld boils down 20 years of experience working with entrepreneurs and building a vibrant startup ecosystem into four essentials that will work anywhere in the world in his new book, "Startup Communities."


  • Finding Business Idols 

    While some pundits may be declaring the demise of the early stage VCs, some VCs and
    angel investors are already displaying interest in a new form of contest-based
    accelerator model of picking and grooming the next wave of potentially high growth
    start-ups.

  • Kauffman Foundation Highlights Entrepreneurial 'Accelerators' as Uncovering Next Innovative Business ‘Idols’ 

    Just as the "American Idol" television series is stirring up the music business, a group of entrepreneurs is quietly adopting a similar format to change the face of the venture capital and angel investing industry, according to an analysis on venture financing by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

  • NGA Issue Brief Highlights State Strategies for Supporting Entrepreneurship 

    The National Governors Association (NGA) has released an Issue Brief that explores the benefits of early-stage investments by "angels"?wealthy individuals or groups of individuals that provide entrepreneurs with capital, connections and guidance.

  • Proposed Bill's Provisions Introduce Road Blocks for Angel Investors 

    Just say no to Section 926 of the comprehensive financial reform bill outlined by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Senator Dodd, says Kauffman Foundation Vice President Robert Litan.

  • Returns of Angel Investors in Groups 

    Returns of Angel Investors in GroupsThe largest study on the financial returns of angel investors in North America, released in a new report today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Angel Capital Education Foundation, shows that angel investors participating in organized angel groups achieved an average 27 percent internal rate of return on their investments.

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