Angel Insights Blog

By: Marianne Hudson, ACA Executive Director

2018 was a stellar year for many of our member groups, individual angels and platforms with fantastic exits, investments and significant milestones.  This calls for celebration!  National publications and media outlets also saluted these accomplishments and delivered well deserved coverage.  Several ACA members wrote great articles too.  ACA applauds the hard work of all our members and we wish you endless success in 2019.  Here are some terrific articles about and by ACA members in the last year: 

Exits

• Astia Angels achieves fourth exit in twelve months
• Sofia Fund Achieves Successful Exit
• Cincinnati-based Ahalogy to be acquired in deal that could benefit local investors (North Coast Angel Fund)
• Astia Angels achieves fourth exit in twelve months
• Tamiami Angel Fund wins big for investors
• Sofia Fund Achieves Third Successful Exit from Original Portfolio: Rebiotix Announces Its Acquisition
• Fundedbyic Otosense Scales Impact With Recent Exit (Investors' Circle)
• Announcing Portfolia's First Exit: OtoSense
• Madison Startup Fishidy Gets Acquired by Raymarine (Hyde Park Angels)

Awards and Achievements

• 757 Angels is making a positive impact on the area's ecosystem
• Randy Thompson named 2018 angel of the year by NACO, BDC
• Jean Hammond, Boston's "Indispensable Angel"
• Alliance of Angels still helping entrepreneurs take flight, 20 years after initial spark from Tom Alberg, Bill Gates Sr. and Tom Cable
• Northern Ontario Angels Gives Local Entrepreneurs Opportunity

Investments

• LandscapeHub raises $4.4M seed round to make cities more beautiful (Hyde Park Angels)
• Angels Tell the Truth: What Makes a New Company Fundable (Sofia Fund)
• Rockies Venture Club Starts 2018 with 6 Deal Closures
• Angel Capital Association Members fund nine Midwest startups
• Vector speeds toward orbital launch capability with $70M in new funding (Desert Angels Portfolio Company)
• Mid Atlantic Bio Angels Invests in Salarius Pharmaceuticals

Investing Trends

• How More Women Are Stepping Up To Fund Women Entrepreneurs In 2018 (Golden Seeds, Plum Alley, Hera Angels, The Jump Fund, Pipeline Angels, Next Wave, Portfolia, Belle Capital)
• 'If you're running on rocket fuel, you can't afford to dilly-dally' - Super angel Christopher Mirabile believes in importance of mentoring start-ups
• Why the Rise in Female Angel Investors Is Good News for Women-Led Startups (Loretta McCarthy and Golden Seeds)
• #TimesUpforVCs: Pipeline Angels challenges inequity in venture capital funding
• Despite global outlook African startup investors can get high returns (Craig Mullett)

How to Make Angel Investments

• How angel investors earn their wings (Spokane Angel Alliance)
• You, Too, Can Invest Like Melinda Gates (Portfolia, Trish Costello and Faz Bashi)
• How can angel investors support animal health innovation? (iiM, Mid-America Angels, Centennial Investors)
• This angel network wants to mobilize 100,000 women investors (Trish Costello and Lorine Pendleton)
• How Individuals Can Invest in Tech Startups (Propel(x) and AngelList)

Authored by Members

• Hacking Your Board - Fixing Interpersonal Problems With the Nuclear Approach (Christopher Mirabile, Seraf Investor)
• Best Practices in Forming Investment Syndicates I (Loon Creek)
• What is the 'great entrepreneurial lie?' That it's all about the money (Charlie Brock, Launch Tennessee)
• The angel investor playbook: the 6 top questions we hear from new investors (Rob Delman, Golden Seeds)
• Startups and angels: Along the way to success (Tim Keane, Golden Angels Investors)
• Catherine Friend White & Ben Littauer, “Ask an Angel II” (Ben Littauer, Boston Harbor Angels)
• 5 startup trends that shaped the Midwest in 2018 (Pete Wilkins, Hyde Park Angels)
• Will economic recession impact digital health startups? (Anne DeGheest, HealthTech Capital)
• How Much Due Diligence Does An Angel Really Need To Do? (Paul Silva, River Valley Investors)