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Offices: Kansas City, Missouri
The Angel Capital Association is a peer organization of angel investing
groups in North America. The professional association focuses on networking
and sharing of best practices among these angel organizations. ACA was founded
by angel groups throughout the US and Canada to help maximize the performance
of groups of angel investors.
Offices: Washington, DC
AIMSE is a professional organization dedicated to serving the needs of investment
management sales and marketing professionals. Founded in 1977, AIMSE seeks
to further the professional development of its members and promote the growth
of the industry as a whole. From a total of 125 members in 1977, AIMSE today
has more than 1,400 members worldwide, each with access to a wide array
of AIMSE services.
Offices: Sydney, Australia
The Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited was
established in 1992 as a forum for industry participants to meet, to pursue
topics of common interest, to promote the local industry and to encourage
investment in growing business enterprises. AVCAL's mission is to create
a world-best environment in Australia for private equity, venture capital
and entrepreneurship.-Beyster-
Offices: San Diego, California
The Beyster Institute's mission is to advance
the use of entrepreneurship and employee ownership to build stronger, higher
performing enterprises nationally and internationally. Launched in 2002
by the Foundation for Enterprise Development, the Institute is now part
of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego, serving as its key center
for entrepreneurial thought and activity. It is the only such university-based
center to integrate both employee ownership and entrepreneurship.
Offices: London, England
BVCA has around 165 members. This represents the vast majority of UK based
private equity and venture capital firms. Those 165 firms are invested in
over 11,000 companies, who between them employ nearly 3 million people.
That is equivalent to some 18% of the private sector workforce. Their industry
invests in every sector of the economy across all regions of the country.
The UK accounts for some 40% of the whole of the European market and on
the world stage they are second only in size to the United States.-Canadian-
Offices: Toronto, Ontario
CVCA, formerly the ACVCC, was founded in July 1974 to represent the interests
of its members by: promoting the development and advancement of Canadian
business enterprises through the use of venture capital; & promoting and
fostering professional development, communication, and association among
all corporations, companies, partnerships, syndicates and persons engaged
in venture capital investments in Canada.
Offices: Santa Barbara, California
CCVE is the largest organization of its kind on California's Central Coast,
a technology corridor encompassing the counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, Ventura and northern Los Angeles. The forum showcases the region's
leading entrepreneurs and emerging-growth companies to the nation's venture
capitalists and angel investors.
Offices: Amherst, Massachusetts
The CAIA Association was established with the belief that a strong foundation
of knowledge specific to alternative investments is essential for all AI
professionals. Other programs do not address all of the unique attributes
associated with alternative assets, but focus primarily on traditional investments.
Earning the CAIA designation demonstrates an individual's commitment to
the profession and comprehension of its unique fundamentals.
Offices: Fairfield, Connecticut
The Connecticut Venture Group (CVG) is a voluntary professional organization
that is committed to connecting leading Venture Investment Professionals
with high-growth emerging companies. Their mission is to assist the development
of these high growth enterprises through the promotion of capital formation
in Connecticut. CVG was founded in 1974 by some of this country's pioneer
venture capitalists for the purpose of creating a forum for business-venturing
opportunities and soon became a significant catalyst for funding Connecticut-based
entrepreneurial companies as well as generally promoting venturing activity
in the State.-Early-
Offices: Redwood City, California
ESVCA is a community of more than 150 early stage venture capitalists who
gather together to share common challenges, practices and information on
their ever-evolving business environment. Founded over 10 years ago, ESVCA
has been unique from its inception. While the venture community had plenty
of CEO Forums and conferences, none existed for early stage venture capitalists.
The original idea of ESVCA was to create an exclusive atmosphere where managing
partners of early stage VC's could exchange candid observations and information
on the most sensitive topics facing the industry.
Offices: Brussels, Belgium
EVCA represents the European private equity and venture capital industry
since 1983 and promoting private equity investment to Investors, Policy
Makers, Entrepreneurs and Industry. EVCA continuously monitors and seeks
to influence the impact of public policy on the European private equity
and venture capital industry by working actively with the European Commission,
the European Parliament, and related European Institutions to promote EVCA's
priorities for public policy.-Financial-
Offices: Florham Park, New Jersey
FEI speaks on behalf of the profession to legislative and regulatory bodies
in Washington, DC, and other corridors of power. FEI provides a corporate
perspective to Congress and policymaking bodies such as the SEC, the FASB
and the IASB. They monitor a range of public policy issues affecting financial
executives. FEI's advocacy for the profession has been characterized by
the significant impact the association had on Congressional legislation
in 2002 to address corporate accounting reform. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 incorporated several provisions of FEI's 12-point Observations and
Recommendations on improving financial management, financial reporting and
corporate governance.
Offices: Tampa, Florida
The Florida Venture Forum is Florida's oldest, largest and most prestigious
statewide support group for venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. As an
entrepreneurial networking group, the Florida Venture Forum educates entrepreneurs
and assists them in identifying sources of venture capital. Created in 1984
by a group of high-level business leaders and academicians, the goal of
the Florida Venture Forum is to help ensure the success of Florida-based
entrepreneurial ventures by offering expert counsel and educational advice.
Throughout the year, the Florida Venture Forum provides programs on a statewide
basis.
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