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Angel Capital Association (ACA)
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. |
Association of Investment Management Sales
Executives (AIMSE)
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. |
Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital
Association Limited (AVCAL)
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. |
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Beyster Institute
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. |
British Venture Capital Association (BVCA)
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. |
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Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA)
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. |
Central Coast Venture Forum (CCVF)
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. |
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst
Association (CAIA)
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. |
Connecticut Venture Group (CVG)
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. |
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Early Stage Venture Capital Alliance (ESVCA)
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. |
European Venture Capital Association (EVCA)
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. |
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Financial Executives International (FEI)
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. |
Florida Venture Forum
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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