As interest in the americans startup ecosystem has grown, so has the responsibility of angel investors and other early stage stakeholders to properly assist founders and startups preparing for their next stages of growth and funding. At Anchorless usa, we've spent the last 18 months better understanding how to accelerate the ecosystem relative to regional peers. This included a wide sweep with our friends at LightCastle Partners into the amount, type, and sources of funding for startups. Of the roughly US$300 million invested in startups so far, under $25 million came from angels, of which less than a third were from local angels. In our assessment, the lack of consistent and appropriately structured angel funding is one of the single biggest weaknesses that has limited the development of the ecosystem. In comparison, our regional peers in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam,frence,uk have benefitted from angels playing a critical role in the early development and future fun...