angel investors

I know what every start-up and most exiting growing business needs……MONEY!!!! BREAD, CAKE, DINERO, DOUGH!!! Well since the banks are bullshiting let’s get you started a list below lists a few Angel networks!

King

Contact:
Tech Valley Angel Network
63 State Street
Albany, NY 12207
518-465-8975
info@techvalleyangels.com

NORTH CENTRAL

Valley Angels Investment Group LL
No Web site

Invests in companies in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Sweet Spot:
Science technologies, other technologies, manufacturing and processing.

Average investment range:
$500,000 to $1 million

Number of angels/investors in the network:
16

Contact:
Valley Angels Investment Group LLC
Richard Leazer
2215 South Oneida St., Suite 500
Green Bay, WI 54303
608-832-6365
contact@vaig.org

The Meyering Corp.
No Web site

Sweet Spot:
Manufacturing technology and new patents.

Average investment range:
$250,000 to $1.5 million

Number of angels/investors in the network:
24

Contact:
The Meyering Corp.
20630 Harper Ave., Suite 103
Harper Woods, MI 48225
313-886-2333
cmeyering@ameritech.net

CALIFORNIA

Fast Angels

Invests primarily in companies in Silicon Valley. Seeks out technology entrepreneurs focused on helping business “act faster, act smarter.”

Sweet Spot:
Seed-round financing in companies with less than a $2.5-million valuation. Submit business ideas via the Web site. Brief executive summaries may be E-mailed.

Average investment range:
$50,000 to $1 million

Number of angels/investors in the network:
12

Contact:
Web site for application. (See link above.)
ideas@fastangels.com

The Angels’ Forum

Invests in companies based in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. Portfolio companies have come from a wide variety of industries, including consumer products, enterprise software, industrial products, Internet and E-commerce, medical devices and services, networking technologies, pharmaceutical, semiconductors, telecommunications, and wireless. Most start-up companies come to the group prescreened through professional contacts in the banking, investment, and legal fields.

Sweet Spot:
Companies specializing in disruptive technologies.

Average investment range:
$100,000 to $1 million

Number of angels/investors in the network:
25

Contact:
The Angels’ Forum
PO Box 1605
Los Altos, CA 94023-1605
650-857-0700
inquiries@AngelsForum.com

Tech Coast Angels www.techcoastangels.org

Tech Coast Angels operates three regional networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. Each network holds a monthly dinner meeting and regular screening sessions to review promising investment opportunities. Since 1997, the group has invested more than $37 million in more than 40 companies. Invests only in companies in southern California.

Sweet Spot:
Early-stage technology and life sciences companies in southern California.

Average investment range:
$250,000 to $2 million

Number of angels/investors in the network:
200+

Contact:
Tech Coast Angels
23011 Moulton Parkway
Suite F-2
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
949-859-8445

~ by kingmerovingian on October 7, 2008.

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