The annual Summit conference of the
Angel Capital Association (ACA) kicks off on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego and runs through Friday, May 9.
The conference, to be attended by members of angel groups throughout the U.S. and Canada, provides a valuable opportunity for successful entrepreneurs to learn more about how they can invest their capital and their skills in small businesses in their communities. Among the programs will be interactive sessions focused on increasing investor skill and investor returns, supporting portfolio companies, negotiating deals, and co-investing with other angel groups.
(Angels function much like venture capitalists--searching for promising companies and business ideas, reviewing proposals from entrepreneurs, and providing capital along with management expertise for small businesses. The companies in which angels are involved usually are smaller than those which attract venture capital investors. And angel ?clients? are not ordinarily destined to be sold via public offerings the goal of most venture capital clients.)
Tech Coast Angels, a San Diego-based member of the ACA, is host of this year's summit and is sponsoring a program on investing in medical devices and life science companies. Special sessions will be conducted to explore the need to recruit more women angels and improve ties with university-connected angel groups.
The summit is open to members only and not available to business people seeking support of angel organizations. However, entrepreneurs who want to explore the financial and non-financial resources offered by the many U.S. and Canada-based angel groups associated with ACA, are encouraged to visit the organization's website
www.angelcapitalassociation.org
The ACA has conducted member summits since 2002, and was formally incorporated as a non-profit membership organization in 2005.
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