Wingmen (and -Women)

Inc.'s 2009 guide to the nation's leading angel-investor networks

By Kasey Wehrum | 
 

NATIONAL

Investors' Circle
San Francisco

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Businesses trying to solve a major social or environmental problem in areas that include community development, education, the environment, energy, health, and media, and businesses that are woman- or minority-led.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $300,000-$600,000

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 225

Keiretsu Forum
Lafayette, California

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Technology, consumer-products, health care/life-sciences, and real estate companies.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $250,000-$2 million

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 750

The Tribe of Angels
Shaker Heights, Ohio

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Companies in the United States and Israel involved in medical devices, IT, pharmaceuticals, energy, and defense. The group consists of Jewish investors.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $250,000-$500,000

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 2,732

NORTHEAST

Beacon Angels
Boston

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: New England-based technology start-ups with a valuation of less than $5 million.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $100,000-$300,000

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 22

Common Angels
Boston

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Early-stage companies in IT, telecom, semiconductors, and medical devices.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $500,000-$1 million

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 75

Hub Angels Investment Group
Boston

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: New England-based start-ups in health care, IT, life sciences, and financial services.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $250,000-$750,000

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 75+

Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network
Mount Laurel, New Jersey

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Technology companies on the Eastern Seaboard, from Connecticut to Virginia.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $200,000-$1 million

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 40+

Launchpad Venture Group
Boston

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Technology-driven companies in a wide variety of industries.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $100,000-$500,000

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 60+

Maine Angels
Portland, Maine

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: IT companies, especially those working on business applications.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $50,000-$250,000

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 42

New York Angels
New York City

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Start-ups valued at less than $4 million and based in the Boston-New York-Washington, D.C., corridor.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $250,000-$750,000

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 65+

Rochester Angel Network
Rochester, New York

WHAT IT'S LOOKING FOR: Companies based in western New York State, in all industries.

TYPICAL INVESTMENT RANGE: $250,000-$2 million

INVESTORS IN NETWORK: 30

Silicon Garden Angel Investor Network
Somerset, New Jersey

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    • Kasey Wehrum

    Staff writer Kasey Wehrum has written for Inc. magazine on subjects ranging from the businesses behind professional bull riding to gadget inventor and father of the infomercial, Ron Popeil. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Worth, Budget Travel, and on MSNBC.com. He lives in New York City.


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