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Angel Capital Association vs Business Roundtable
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Verified September 2026
Professional association
Verified September 2026 Angel Capital Association
Individual accredited angel investors, organised angel groups, angel funds, family offices investing in private companies, equity crowdfunding platforms, and ecosystem…
Professional association
Business Roundtable
Sitting chief executives of large US-headquartered public and private companies
What the records say
- Role or title: Angel Capital Association: No published role or title; Business Roundtable: Chief executive officer of a leading US company.
- Accredited-investor status: Angel Capital Association: Individual membership is aimed at accredited angel investors; online equity marketplace platform members must be comprised of accredited investors; Business Roundtable: No published accredited-investor status.
- Geographic restriction: Angel Capital Association: No published geographic restriction; Business Roundtable: Company must be US-based.
- Annual dues: Angel Capital Association: $310 a year; Business Roundtable: Not publicly disclosed. Business Roundtable publishes no dues schedule. Its IRS Form 990 for the 2023 tax year reports about $63.4 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $64.5 million, which is consistent with dues funding but does not establish a per-member figure..
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| Angel Capital Association | Business Roundtable | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Professional association | Professional association |
| Founded | 2004 (Formed out of four Angel Organization Summits convened by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2002 and 2003. One business directory gives 2005; 2004 is the date recorded on Wikipedia and in ACA's own account of its origins.) | 1972 ("Since 1972, Business Roundtable has served as the voice of America's leading CEOs in Washington." The first chair, W.B. Murphy of Campbell Soup, took office in October 1972.) |
| Headquarters | Overland Park, United States | Washington, United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States, with some international members; ACA also serves as the US representative to the World Business Angels Association | United States; members lead US-based companies operating across every sector of the economy |
| Members | 15,000as of September 2026 | 200as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | ACA has no chapters. Its 250+ member angel groups and platforms are independent organisations that join as institutional members. | Not publicly disclosed; Business Roundtable has no chapters and operates from a single Washington office |
| Primary audience | Individual accredited angel investors, organised angel groups, angel funds, family offices investing in private companies, equity crowdfunding platforms, and ecosystem organisations such as accelerators and universities | Sitting chief executives of large US-headquartered public and private companies |
| Typical member | Individual members are accredited angel investors, most of whom belong to one of ACA's member angel groups and are automatically included through that group's membership. Institutional members are angel networks, funds, family offices and platforms. | Members are the CEOs of leading US companies, drawn from every sector. Business Roundtable states that member companies support one in four American jobs and almost a quarter of US GDP. The published member list is dominated by S&P 500 constituents. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | No published role or title | Chief executive officer of a leading US company"Business Roundtable members are the CEOs of leading U.S. companies." No revenue, employee-count or index-membership test is published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Accredited-investor status | Individual membership is aimed at accredited angel investors; online equity marketplace platform members must be comprised of accredited investorsACA states that membership is available to individual angels, accredited platforms, angel group investors and family offices. It does not publish a separate verification procedure for individual members.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published accredited-investor status |
| Geographic restriction | No published geographic restriction | Company must be US-based"Business Roundtable CEOs lead U.S.-based companies".verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | Not documented |
| Sponsor required | No | Not documented |
| Application process | Applicants complete an online application, agree to the ACA Member Code of Conduct and pay annual dues for the relevant category. Online equity marketplace platforms are asked to contact the membership team rather than self-serve. Individual investors who belong to a member angel group are enrolled through that group. | Business Roundtable does not publish an application process, criteria or invitation mechanism. Its public membership page names no route in and directs visitors to the member list and board. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. Admission is by application and code-of-conduct agreement rather than by selection; ACA publishes no rejection or acceptance data. | Not publicly disclosed |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $310 a yearIndividual Investor membership, "starting at $310". Members of ACA angel groups are automatically included.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed. Business Roundtable publishes no dues schedule. Its IRS Form 990 for the 2023 tax year reports about $63.4 million of programme service revenue on total revenue of about $64.5 million, which is consistent with dues funding but does not establish a per-member figure.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Dues are published as starting rates; the tiering above those floors is not detailed publicly. | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Event costs | Not publicly disclosed. ACA's annual summit carries a registration fee that is not published on the membership pages.verified September 2026 | No dues figure is published by the organisation. Some member companies disclose payments to Business Roundtable in their own annual trade-association disclosures, but those filings typically report only the non-deductible lobbying portion rather than total dues. |
| Membership term | Annual | Attached to the individual chief executive; not publicly stated whether membership is renewed annually |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Annual summit held in a different city each year, plus webinars and education programming through the year | CEO-led policy committee work through the year; quarterly CEO Economic Outlook Survey |
| Peer forums | Peer group syndication channels rather than confidential peer forums | Standing CEO-led policy committees rather than confidential peer forums |
| Confidentiality | Members agree to the ACA Member Code of Conduct; no separate confidentiality regime is published | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Virtual | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | Yes | No |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Partial |
| Leadership development | Partial | No |
| Retreats | No | Not documented |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | No |
| Next-generation programming | No | No |
| Investment discussions | Yes | No |
| Investment opportunities | Yes | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | Partial |
| Networking emphasis | High | Medium |
| Social emphasis | Low | Low |
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