South Coast Angel Fund is pleased to announce that it has joined the national Angel Capital Association in an effort to further enhance its ability to make better informed, sophisticated investments in local entrepreneurial start-up companies. South Coast is the only angel group in Louisiana listed as a member.

Angel investors have supported entrepreneurs for decades. The economic conditions of the past few years, however, have highlighted that being a good investor and supporter of new companies requires attention, discipline and continuous improvement. Angel groups have been growing as a way to institutionalize these processes – and the Angel Capital Association takes that a step further by sharing the best practices for considering and making investments, linking the expertise of different groups across the country, providing new tools for portfolio management and mentoring promising entrepreneurs.

The Angel Capital Association is the trade association of angel investment groups in North America. Founded by angel investment groups in the United States and Canada to help maximize the success of group based angel investors, ACA accomplishes its mission by providing professional development, best practices, networking and collaboration opportunities for angel investors who belong to member angel groups.  More than 165 angel groups are members of ACA, and those groups represent about 7,000 accredited angel investors.  More information is available at www.angelcapitalassociation.org.