Early Stage Symposium to focus on investor diversity

Margie Bacheler, educational initiatives director for the nationwide Angel Capital Association (ACA), will speak on building diversity among early-stage investors on Thursday, Nov. 10, during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium to be held Nov. 9–10 at Monona Terrace in Madison. Her talk will feature the topic of ACA’s “TechTown Capital” program, which helps emerging angel investors in the Great Lakes region who identify as diverse. Other presenters include Cordero Barkley, partner at TitletownTech, and Kelli Jones, managing partner of Sixty8 Capital, an Indianapolis-based seed-stage fund for Black, brown, women, and LGBTQ-led startups. Online registration for the conference is now open and applications are being accepted through 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 from young companies that want to tell their stories to investors during the conference.