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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel Capital Association (ACA). The ACA membership includes more than 150 angel groups and 20 affiliate members from 49 US states and 6 Canadian provinces.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

In addition to the fact that it is often easier to get accepted by an accelerator, or to make it to the finals of a business plan competition, or get funded by an angel group, those vehicles frequently serve the role of “curators” for the later stage financing world.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

One of the unique provisions of that program was that it was open to people without any NYU affiliation; they just had to work physically at the NYU Future Labs. Create a Yale-affiliated angel group, under the university’s official auspices. Yale could hold similar programs, perhaps tied to reunion.

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 500,000 members worldwide, perhaps the largest Angel investment community in the world. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel Capital Association (ACA). ACA membership includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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What are some ways you can keep track of startups you are evaluating/diligencing/investing in?

Gust

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

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July 17 NYC: Event for Angel Investors Only

David Teten

Empire Angels is a member-led New York City based angel group of young finance professionals which seeks to invest in and support early stage technology ventures with a focus on young, US based entrepreneurs. The organization invests in companies regardless of school affiliation.