UCAN Director Elected to National Advisory Board
May 22, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – May 22, 2013 – The Upstate Carolina Angel Network, LLC (UCAN), a group of local investors who support startup and early stage, high-growth businesses in the Southeast, announced today that the organization’s director, Matt Dunbar, has been elected to a three year term on the thirteen member Board of Directors for the Angel Capital Association.
The Angel Capital Association (ACA) is the North American trade association of angel groups and private investors that invest in high growth, early-stage ventures. The Angel Capital Association provides professional development for angel groups, family offices and individual investors and delivers services and benefits to support the success of the portfolio companies of ACA members. The association also serves as the promotional voice for the North American angel community and the public policy voice for the USA professional angel community.
ACA membership includes more than 185 angel groups and twenty affiliate organizations from across North America. Angel Capital Association member angel groups represent 8,500 accredited investors, are funding approximately 800 new companies each year and manage an ongoing portfolio of more than 5,000 companies across North America.
More information is available at www.angelcapitalassociation.org.