Letter from the President Fellow CAV Angels – As we head into the Summer and look ahead to the Fall, I couldn’t be more pleased (and cautiously optimistic) with where things are trending, both at the organizational level and the macro-environment. Many of us......
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— How do you define social entrepreneurship and what role can it play in Cville’s entrepreneurial ecosystem? Social enterprises are companies that have a mission to have a positive social and/or environmental impact alongside financial return. The majority of start-ups emanating from the UVA community......
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In December 2020, CAV Angels ended the year with the largest seed round group investment in the organization’s four-year history, supporting Charlottesville based, UVA spinout Springbok Analytics with $465K in funding as part of Springbok’s $1.6 million capital raise. Invented by UVA Professors Silvia Blemker,......
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The CAV Angels group aims to grow the UVA entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing in University-affiliated entrepreneurs and ideas. Join our panel to learn how CAV Angels help fund the UVA startup community and how they help UVA alumni learn more about investing in private, early-stage......
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Q: Why is it important for you to be involved now in your role as board president? CAV Angels, because of its virtual member engagement model and the steadfast leadership of its cofounders, is thriving during a time when other angel groups are experiencing significant......
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Message from the Board President Hello CAV Angels community, In this time of significant growth for CAV Angels, I am honored to serve as your inaugural board president. We are thrilled to announce the addition of five notable board members, who join a deeply talented......
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During the fall, we successfully launched a pilot program together with Darden’s Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management. Under the leadership and tutelage of Aaron Fernstrom (Director of the Mayo Center), CAV Angels co-chairs Jim Cheng and Rich Diemer and our own everyman and......
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“Being on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List has been a goal of mine since I was a teenager. This is a dream come true because of our hard work, resilience, and your resounding support. I hope seeing our names and company featured is a......
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If you want to know why college – and all that comes with getting into it, and succeeding once there – is different for first-generation students, Sambriddi Pandey can explain the complications very well. She knows from personal experience. Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, and raised......
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More than 15 years ago, Dick Crawford oversaw an independent research project conducted by two students at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business that he knew had potential. The main idea entailed the creation of a national organization of UVA alumni that would......
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