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Overview:
Angel Capital Group is a syndicate of angel groups and funds. The network brings Angel investors and entrepreneurs together in an environment that celebrates innovation, rewards strategic risk-taking, and focuses on performance.
Why do we do this?
We love breathing life into startup companies. They are the ground floor of our economy and the source of innovation in the world today. Without entrepreneurs and investors willing to share risk collaboratively by creating great companies, our way of life would collapse. This is also the best performing asset class in the market year after year after year.
What do we do?
We aggregate exciting dealflow across the nation and over many industries for science and technology enabled startup companies.
We unite great minds and aggregate capital to validate and invest in innovative business models by outstanding entrepreneurs.
We optimize risk and returns by curating companies and proving the scalability of their revenue model.
How do we do it?
Our process is designed to move companies from the point we invest to the point they can grow organically or we can hand them off to friendly investors at the next level.
We meet monthly in cities across the nation to interview and evaluate startup companies.
We focus on deep due diligence to improve our odds of success. Confident, experienced entrepreneurs understand the value this brings to both the company and the investor.
We invest as a syndicate typically at the seed stage, bridge round, or early preferred rounds.
We work with the portfolio company to prove its revenue model.
We make a second larger investment in the winners.
ACG is leading the way
The industry has changed since 2008. Venture capital firms have largely moved out of early stage investing. So, angels and angel groups are filling the gap. We are witnessing the rise of the professional angel group, which in many ways looks and acts like a micro venture capital fund, but made up of individual investors rather than limited partners. Where once the VC’s lead teams of analysts to evaluate companies, now this diligence is shared between the angels. We merged with RAIN Source Capital at the end of 2014 to expand our national reach and our ability to aggregate great minds and capital. We are a national network of experienced angel investors with a model that takes advantage of these changes in the market. Between the two combined networks approximately $48M has been invested in 140 companies creating 4500 jobs and $750M in follow-on capital investments by other funds. |
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History:
“We created a company that generates real economic growth by bringing investors and entrepreneurs together in a mutually beneficial environment.” -Rachael Qualls, Founder
In 2007, when Angel Capital Group was founded, public markets were in free-fall, job creation had stagnated, and America’s status as the premiere innovative economy in the world had been thoroughly undermined. But in our day-to-day meetings and relationships, we saw a powerful undercurrent of entrepreneurial drive. Americans wanted to create, build, and thrive. They just couldn’t find the funding they needed to get their ideas off the ground.
At the same time, we were hearing complaints from seasoned investors who were searching high and low for investment opportunities that fueled innovation and growth, both in local economies and nationally. Founder Rachael Qualls saw an opportunity to create a company that generated real economic growth by bringing investors and entrepreneurs together in a mutually beneficial environment. Angel Capital Group was born.
Our first chapters were in Nashville and Knoxville, TN. A small but committed group of seasoned, successful Angel investors in each location came together once a month to meet new entrepreneurs, discuss exciting opportunities, and collaborate together to gain the benefit of diverse experience. Now, we call this “crowdsourcing” knowledge.
Since our inception we’ve added chapters in Kansas City, MO; Denver, CO; Charleston, SC; South Florida; and others coming online soon. We decided early on that we would source deals from all over and that our members would have the freedom and opportunity to invest in any deal, regardless of geography. We plan to add even more chapters through 2014 to enhance our geographical advantages.
Now, in 2014, we’re ready to further expand our network of committed Angel investors. There are too many opportunities out there to pass up, and as a network of Angels we’re ready to increase our funding power with new locations and new Angel members online. |
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