ALLEN ANGEL CAPITAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (AACE)

The Allen Angel Capital Education Program is a student group of mid-Missouri investors. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, students enable entrepreneurs to grow through careful analysis of business plans. Students invest in high-growth start-up companies by cultivating deal flow, performing pre-screening duties, completing due diligence, and structuring investment contracts. After an equity position is taken, the program will monitor portfolio holdings and harvest investments. The Alle... n ACE Fund leverages significant resources to teach students about angel investing including strategic partnerships with other entrepreneurship organizations at Mizzou and membership in Centennial Investors. In 2010, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation awarded the program a portion of the Kauffman Commercialization Leaders Grant to invest in student-managed start-up companies. Shelter Insurance also awarded a generous grant for professional development, sending students to Baird Capital Investments in Chicago, the CEO Conference in Fort Worth and to a Private Equity Summit in Salt Lake City. The Allen ACE Fund is made possible through the generosity of donors who believe that through investment, students gain knowledge as much as they give in dollars.More