Top Angel Investors USA

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# 1
640

Elad Gil is a serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies including AirBnB, Pinterest, Square, and Stripe.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Stripe
Pinterest
Notion Labs
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 37

Location: USA

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# 2
873

Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor. He cofounded PayPal, led it as CEO, and took it public; he made the first outside investment in Facebook, where he serves as a director

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Stripe
Meta Platforms
OpenAI
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 30

Location: USA

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# 3
780
Reid Hoffman serves as Board Member at Entrepreneur First. He serves as a Partner at Greylock Partners.

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Meta Platforms
OpenAI
LinkedIn
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 11

Location: USA

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# 4
1044

Naval Ravikant is an Indian-born American entrepreneur and investor. He is known for his popular startups’ platform AngelList and provided seed funding for startups.

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Uber
Udemy
Twitter
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 26

Location: USA

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# 5
776
Ronald Conway is the Founder and serves as Co-Managing Partner at SV Angel. He also is the Founder of Smart Tech Foundation.

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Stripe
AppNexus
Pinterest
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 18

Location: USA

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982
Marc Benioff is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Salesforce. He is the Founder of TIME Ventures.

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SAP Concur
Salesforce
Roofstock
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 24

Location: USA

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# 7
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Timothy Ferriss is an advisor at Expa. He founded and served as CEO of BrainQUICKEN. He is an advisor at Shift. He is an angel investor.

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Duolingo
OpenSea
Blue Bottle Coffee
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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272
As former Head of Special Initiatives for Google, he was privy to all projects in development and served as Google's leadership spokesperson. And, Sacca knows Twitter. A first round investor in the social networking phenomenon, he is now a formal advisor.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Meta Platforms
Locu
Lookout
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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# 9
851
Max Levchin is a computer scientist, known for co-founding PayPal. Levchin notably made contributions to PayPal's anti-fraud efforts and is also the co-creator of the Gausebeck-Levchin test, one of the first commercial implementations of a CAPTCHA challenge response human test.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Stripe
Wise (Financial Software)
Brex
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 27

Location: USA

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# 10
484
Ashton Kutcher is an actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. Kutcher has been named one of TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World"

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Uber
Airtable
Gusto
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 24

Location: USA

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# 11
1 257
Lee Linden serves as Board Member at Reinvent Technology Partners. He serves as Managing Partner at Quiet Capital.

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Instacart
Rippling
Robinhood
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 23

Location: USA

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1 034
A web superstar, Dave Morin is perhaps best known as a member of the Facebook team, where he was a co-inventor of Facebook Connect and Facebook Platform.

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Stripe
Dropbox
Pinterest
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 23

Location: USA

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# 13
722
Mr. Scott Banister serves as Board Member at Osaro. He Co-Founded & served as a Director of Technology at IronPort Systems.

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Uber
Carta
SpaceX
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 21

Location: USA

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# 14
409

Kevin is the Co-Founder & Chairman of Eventbrite and an EIR & Venture Partner at Founders Fund.

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Carta
Gusto
Trulia
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 21

Location: USA

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# 15
498
Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur, and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX and the CEO of VaynerMedia.

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Uber
Twitter
Dataminr
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 16
208
David Cohen is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Techstars. Also he is a Co-Founder of Patriot Boot Camp. Previously, he served as Managing Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Techstars.

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Uber
Built In
SendGrid
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 4

Location: USA

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# 17
147

Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Uber
Thumbtack
Forge Global
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 19
637

Esther Dyson is a Swiss-born American journalist, author, businesswoman, investor, commentator and philanthropist. She is a leading angel investor focused on health care, open government, digital technology, biotechnology and outer space.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Symantec
ClassPass
Block
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 6

Location: USA

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# 20
528
Paul Graham is a venture capitalist and angel investor from Mountain View, California. Paul is the Co-Founder and serves as a Partner to Y Combinator. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Viaweb.

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ClassDojo
Boom Supersonic
Retool
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 4

Location: USA

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# 22
1 131
Paul Buchheit is an entrepreneur and angel investor based in Mountain View, California. Paul is the Co-Founder and serves as a Partner for Y Combinator.

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DoorDash
Brex
Gusto
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 19

Location: USA

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# 23
1 688

Kevin Moore is an Angel Investor from United States of America. Prominent investment areas are Food and Beverage, Commerce and Shopping, Sales and Marketing and has invested in startups like 8Vdx, & Fieldproxy.

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Moveworks
Amplitude
HomeLight
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 18

Location: USA

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# 24
575

Sam Altman was the president of Y Combinator until 2019, is CEO of OpenAl, and was the cofounder of Loopt, a location-based social networking app, which was part of YC’s first batch in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012.

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OpenAI
Gusto
Cruise
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 18

Location: USA

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# 25
582
Gokul Rajaram is the product engineering lead at Square, the commerce company based in San Francisco, CA, that offers local businesses a full suite of hardware and software tools

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Faire
Deel
Paysa
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 17

Location: USA

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# 26
542
David is the Founder and CEO of Yammer Inc., the leading real-time communication platform for companies, groups and organizations worldwide. Yammer launch in September of 2008 and has now surpassed the 50,000 networks mark.

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Lyft
Uber
Twitter
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 17

Location: USA

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# 28
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Benjamin Lin is co-founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and President of Coral. He is also a member of the board of directors of 5miles and The Third Stone Holdings.

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Hinge
Course Hero
Trulia
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 5

Location: USA

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# 29
352

Jeremy Stoppelman co-founded and serves as CEO and board member of Yelp. He is an advisor at Minted. He founded Yelp in 2004 with Russell Simmons, a former PayPal colleague. Jeremy continues to shape the company’s vision and experience, personally overseeing product development and other aspects of the business. Prior to creating Yelp, Jeremy completed his freshman year at Harvard Business School, but dropped out after founding the company. Before attending business school, Jeremy was vice president of engineering at PayPal. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois. He also works as an advisor at Pinterest. He is an angel investor.

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Uber
Udemy
Affirm
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 17

Location: USA

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# 30
975
Kevin Colleran is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Slow Ventures. Slow has Invested in the early stages of over 300 technology companies

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Livongo
Nest Labs
Gusto
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 16

Location: USA

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# 31
903
Fabrice Grinda serves as a Co-Founding Partner of FJ Labs.. He is the Founder and serves as Executive Chairman at Global Technology Acquisition I.

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Nuvemshop
Rappi
Betterment
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 16

Location: USA

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# 32
285
Marc Andreessen is a co-founder and partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a venture-capital firm that has backed many of today's most promising entrepreneurs. Andreessen is the creator of the Mosaic Internet browser and the co-founder of Netscape

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Skype
Pinterest
Meta Platforms
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 14

Location: USA

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42
Jared Leto is the founder of Adventures In Wonderland, The Hive, VyRT and A Sharp Knife. He is an advisor at Frame.io. He is also an angel investor. He previously held an advisor position at Radius Intelligence.

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Robinhood
Gusto
Headspace Health
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 16

Location: USA

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# 34
1 231
David Tisch is a Co-Founder and serves as Investor and Managing Partner at BoxGroup. He is also the co-founder of TechStars NYC and previously served as Managing Director of the program.

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Plaid
Airtable
Dataminr
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 15

Location: USA

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# 35
930

Jason Finger is managing partner and chairman of the board at Upper90 Capital Management. He previously served as executive director at Citysearch. He serves as Executive Chairman at LiveAuctioneers.

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Thrasio
Blue Apron
Betterment
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 15

Location: USA

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# 36
812
Nathaniel Turner is a Co-Owner of Goldin Auctions. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Flatiron.

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Plaid
Blue Apron
Cityblock
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 15

Location: USA

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# 37
958
Keith Rabois is Chief Operating Officer at Square where he oversees the company's business operations including marketing, communications, business development, distribution, human resources and risk management.

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DoorDash
Lyft
Udemy
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 14

Location: USA

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# 38
834
Mark Cuban is a well-known American businessman, investor, author, television personality, and philanthropist who cofounded (1995) Broadcast.com, an Internet audio and video streaming service.

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Dropbox
The Zebra
Relativity
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 14

Location: USA

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# 39
690
Scott Belsky is an American entrepreneur, author and early-stage investor best known for co-creating the online portfolio platform, Behance, Inc.

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Uber
Pinterest
Ro
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 14

Location: USA

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# 41
1818

Tim Draper is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds.

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Carta
Robinhood
Skype
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 13

Location: USA

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# 42
1803

Mr. Charlie Songhurst serves as a Partner at Acequia Capital. He serves as Investment Partner at Nyca Partners. He is an Angel Investor.

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Affirm
Back
Formlabs
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 13

Location: USA

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# 43
492
Shervin Pishevar serves as Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist & Angel Investor at Shervin Pishevar. Mr. Shervin Pishevar serves as Board Member at Bolt Mobility.

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Robinhood
Uber
Alchemy Insights
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 13

Location: USA

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# 44
795
Benjamin Ling is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Bling Capital. He serves as Advisor at Chowbus. He serves as Advisor at Ignition.

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Lyft
Rippling
Airtable
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 45
600

Alexis Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur, activist, and investor. He is best known as the co-founder of the popular social news website ‘Reddit.’

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Patreon
Gusto
GOAT
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 46
502
Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook

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Deel
Divvy Homes
Figma
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 47
273
Jesse Robbins is a general partner at Heavybit. He is a widely recognized founder, investor and advisor to cloud infrastructure and developer tools companies.

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Fastly
CircleCI
PagerDuty
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 48
233
Joshua Reeves is co-founder and serves as CEO and board member of Gusto. He leads the company as part of its mission to create a world where work promotes a better life, and developing Gusto to its full potential is a decades-long mission for him.

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Airtable
Segment
Checkr
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 49
216
Justin Kan is a renowned figure in Silicon Valley most known for co-founding Twitch, formerly justin. tv, which sold to Amazon for $1 billion.

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Ginkgo Bioworks
Cruise
Razorpay
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 51
211
Matthew Ocko is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Data Collective. He also serves as Investment Committee Member at Elevate NZ Venture Fund.

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Uber
Zynga
Zoom Video Communications
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 52
149
Chih-Yuan Yang is a Co-Founding Partner of AME Cloud Ventures. He serves as a Board Member at Workday. He is a Co-Founding Partner of AME Cloud Ventures.

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Gusto
GrubMarket
Alchemy Insights
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 53
137
Jeffrey Weiner serves as executive chairman at LinkedIn. He serves on the Investment Advisory Committee. Previously, he was the CEO of LinkedIn.

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Figma
Cloudera
Headspace Health
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 54
42
Daniel Gross is the founder of Pioneer.app. Mr. Gross is the co-founder and CEO of Cue. He is on the board of directors of Cooks Venture. He has also been a partner at Y Combinator. He was previously a director at Apple.

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Deel
Cruise
Notion
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 12

Location: USA

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# 55
226
Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups.

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Credit Karma
Flywire
SendGrid
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 5

Location: USA

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# 56
797
Ullas Naik is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Streamlined Ventures. He serves as Board Member at Grandata, Hoken, Vital, Censia, Minded, Potion, Haystack, Core, Ratio, Ocurate and RoboSig.

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AppLovin
iRobot
Addepar
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 11

Location: USA

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# 57
256
Tikhon Bernstam is the co-founder of Scribd (Y Combinator '06) and former CEO of Parse (Y Combinator '11). He is an active angel investor.

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Snyk
Cruise
Razorpay
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 11

Location: USA

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# 58
240
Jeffrey Bezos is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon.com. He has served as CEO of Amazon.com. He is a board member of Breakthrough Energy Ventures. He is an advisor at Mark43.

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Uber
Kong
Convoy
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 11

Location: USA

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# 59
209
Lachy Groom serves as a Board Member at Rise. He is an Angel Investor.

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Sword (Clinics/Outpatient Services)
SWORD Health
Notion
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 11

Location: USA

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# 60
137

Ilya Sukhar is a partner at Matrix Partners. He is also an advisor at Xenon Ventures and Heavybit. He is also a board member of Parabola, Mashgin and Fivetran. He has been a board member at Open Listings and Guilded.

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GitLab
Scale AI
Airtable
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 11

Location: USA

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# 61
61

Fin Upham is a managing partner at Haymaker Ventures, a venture capital fund specializing in early-stage fintech. He is also a partner at Bloodhound Partners. He is a member of the board of directors of FLYR Labs. He is an angel investor. He previously spent nearly a decade at Thiel Capital investing in fintech companies. He has also worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, Rothschild and Lazard.

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Gusto
FLYR Labs
VTS
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 11

Location: USA

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# 62
711
Kalyan Vepuri is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Hero. He serves as Board Member & Advisor at Quip NYC.

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Hinge
Gusto
Trulia
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 65
296
Matthew Mullenweg is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Automatic. He is the Founder and serves as Principal at Audrey Capital.

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Gusto
Calm
SendGrid
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 66
294
Greg Brockman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAl, the nonprofit artificial intelligence research company he co-founded with Elijah Sutzkever, Sam Altman and Elon Musk in December 2015.

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Ginkgo Bioworks
OpenAI
Scale AI
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 67
227
Aaron Levie is the CEO and co-founder of Box, which he originally created as a college business project with the goal of helping people easily access their information from any location.

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Stripe
Robinhood
Gusto
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 68
186
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur known best as co-founder of Twitter, Medium, and Jelly. A progenitor of social media, Stone has been developing large scale systems that facilitate the open exchange of information for nearly two decades.

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Pinterest
Nest Labs
NotCo
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 69
101
William Gates serves as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Mr. Gates is a director of Microsoft Corporation and served as chairman of the board from its inception in 1981 until February 2014. Mr. Gates is currently a technology advisor to Microsoft Corporation

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Beyond Meat
GRAIL
Evolv Technology
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 70
98
Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the University of Texas, and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA draft.

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Postmates
Ethos Life
OpenSea
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 10

Location: USA

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# 71
30
Dharmesh Thacker is a general partner at Battery Ventures. He is an advisor at Neuron7. He is a board member of LinearB and Theta Lake. He is a board observer at CardinalOps.

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Databricks
Jfrog
Gong.io
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 72
0

Mark Friedgan serves as CEO at CreditNinja. He is a co-founder of Eligo Energy. Mr. Friedgan was a founder and director of Hubrix Ventures.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Avant (Online Lending Firm)
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 1

Location: USA

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# 75
464
Fritz Lanman is an angel investor and is cofounder and Executive Chairman of both Doppler Labs and DWNLD. He founded Livestar (acquired by Pinterest) and was a seed investor in Square, Pinterest, Wish / ContextLogic, Formlabs, Paper / FiftyThree, Teespring, Getaround and several other companies.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Formlabs
Flexport
ClassPass
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 76
402

Gil Penchina serves as Venture Partner and at Ridge Ventures. He serves as Board Member at UXPin. He is a Co-founder and serves as a Partner at Flight Ventures.

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Discord
Cruise
Rent The Runway
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 77
341
Rick Marini is a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in social media with over a decade of experience in the consumer Internet space. Rick is the Founder & CEO of BranchOut-the leading career networking service on Facebook.

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Snap Group
SmartRecruiters
HoneyBook
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 78
283
Felix Spielman serves as President, CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Emerging Travel Group. Mr. Spielman is also the General Partner of the Start Fund, an early-stage fund that he co-founded with Yuri Milner.

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Coinbase
DoorDash
Instacart
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 26

Location: USA

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# 79
274
Kevin Rose is a venture capitalist at True Ventures and is also the CEO of Oak Meditation. He hosts a podcast called the Kevin Rose Show where he explores how to reach pique personal and professional performance while living a minimal and balanced life.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Block
Algolia
AngelList
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 80
196
Michael S. Ovitz is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. Ovitz later served as President of The Walt Disney Company from October 1995 to January 1997.

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GoodRx
Karat
Relativity
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 81
815
Mr. Kishore Ganji is a Co-Founder of Astir Ventures. He serves as Board Member at Pangean Global Services. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at ASTIR IT Solutions.

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Takko
Addepar
Pristyn Care
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 82
613
Garry is a designer/engineer turned early stage investor. He was a partner at Y Combinator for nearly five years where he advised and funded over 600 companies and more than a thousand founders.

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Instacart
Patreon
Front
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 83
485
Mr. Lance White is an Angel Investor. Mr. White served as Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at UBS Financial Services.

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Ginkgo Bioworks
LinkedIn
AngelList
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 84
414
Dror Berman is a co-founder and partner at Innovation Endeavors. He is a board member of Anyword, Eikon Therapeutics, Atom Computing, Vicarious Surgical, GRO Biosciences, Farmer's Fridge and Team8. Prior to joining Innovation Endeavors, he worked on global search products at Yahoo

NOTABLE DEALS:

Formlabs
SoFi
Uber
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 85
374
MD Pham is an Angel Investor.

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Jawbone
GrubMarket
Heliogen
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 86
364
James Pallotta serves as Board Member & Advisor at Swiftline. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Raptor Group. He serves as an Advisor at India Internet Fund.

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Uber
Planet Labs
Lukka
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 87
353
Ben Davenport is an advisor at SignalFire. He has served as an advisor to Bold Financial Technologies. He is a technical advisor at Blockchain Capital. Co-founder and CTO of BitGo. He is an angel investor. Co-founded and served as CEO of Beluga.

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KAYAK Software
Forge Global
Color
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 88
350
Adrian Aoun is the Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Forward. He co-founded Sidewalk Labs.

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Pinterest
Formlabs
Cargomatic
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 89
305
Eric Schmidt is an American software engineer, a businessman, and the Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc. In 2017, Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 119th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $11.1 billion dollars.

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Kong
Upstart
Amprius
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 90
280
Stephen Case is the Founder and serves as Partner, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Revolution/ROTR. He Case serves as Board Member at Maui Land & Pineapple Company.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Heliogen
StockX
LivingSocial
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 91
273
Jason Calacanis is a Co-Founder of Growth University. He served as Board Member at Massive and Dexter.

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Uber
Robinhood
Thumbtack
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 92
227
Wayne Chang (born August 3, 1983) is an American entrepreneur, angel investor, film producer, and philanthropist. He is best known for founding Crashlytics, which in little over a year was acquired by Twitter for over $100 million in 2013

NOTABLE DEALS:

Kite
DraftKings
Locu
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 93
214
Andrew Dunn is a Co-Founder at Red Swan Ventures. He serves as Chairman at Monica + Andy. He serves as Advisor at Regeneration VC. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Pumpkin Pie. He also serves as Board Member at AYR and Interior Define. He holds a B.A. in Economics and History from Northwestern University and has earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Coinbase
Away
Betterment
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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Xs
# 94
206

Charlie Cheever is the co-founder, along with Adam D’Angelo, of Quora, an online knowledge market.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Scale AI
Gusto
Handshake
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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Xs
# 95
179
Jared Kopf is co-founder and chairman of NextRoll. He founded Slide, a Facebook app company, and has worked as an executive at Clarium Capital and PayPal.

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Gusto
Heliogen
Amplitude
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 96
83
Benjamin Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He is a board member of Anyscale and SnapLogic. Mr. Horowitz is the lead independent director at Okta.

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AppNexus
SnapLogic
Wise (Financial Software)
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 97
35
Gil Elbaz is a co-founder and managing partner of TenOneTen Ventures. He is Co-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Foursquare. He founded and served as CEO of Factual. He is an experienced entrepreneur and pioneer in natural language technology.

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Locu
Procore
Alation
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 8

Location: USA

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# 98
1 483
He is a former Disney executive and prolific Angel Investor. He has early stage investments in 32 Unicorn companies.

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GitLab
GrubMarket
HomeLight
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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# 99
896
Hadi Partovi is an entrepreneur and investor, and is the co-founder of education non-profit Code.org. He and his twin brother, Ali Partovi, were born in Iran and started learning computer programming on a Commodore 64 when they were just 10 years old.

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Dropbox
Airbnb
Thumbtack
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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# 100
778

Auren Hoffman is the CEO of SafeGraph, which provides point-of-interest data, business listings and store visitor insight.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Thumbtack
Airbyte
Scopely
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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# 101
687
Wei Guo serves as Founding Partner at UpHonest Capital. He is the Founding Partner of Weis Fund.

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Rippling
GrubMarket
Vicarious Surgical
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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# 102
643
Farzad Nazem serves as Advisor at SignalFire. He serves as Board Member at Nautilus Biotechnology. He also serves as Strategic Advisor at January AI.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Ginkgo Bioworks
Zoom Video Communications
Color
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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Xs
# 104
525
Joshua Schachter is an Angel Investor. He is a Board Member at Diamond Kinetics and serves as an Advisor to OwnLocal.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Thumbtack
Etsy
Checkr
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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# 105
498
Justin Mateen is the Founder and serves as Principal at JAM Fund. He Co-Founded & served as Chief Marketing Officer at Tinder.

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Daily Harvest
Alto Pharmacy
Cargomatic
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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Xs
# 106
459
Dharmesh Shah is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot. Prior to founding HubSpot in 2006, Dharmesh was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions, which was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 2005

NOTABLE DEALS:

Gusto
Okta
Locu
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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Xs
# 107
388
Peter Wagner is a founding partner of Wing Venture Partners. He is a member of the board of directors at Gong. He has served on the boards of BlueJeans and Lumigo.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Cohesity
Mandiant
Nimble Storage
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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Xs
# 108
331
Oren Zeev is a founding partner of Zeev Ventures. He is a member of the board of directors of Themis-Tech. He is also a board member of Veev and Exodigo. He is also an advisor to Sure Ventures.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Tipalti
Houzz
TripActions
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7

Location: USA

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# 109
315

Tom Glocer is the founder and managing partner of Angelic Ventures, LP, a family office focusing on early stage investments in financial technology, media, “big data” and healthcare.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Alchemy Insights
AlphaSense
Fundbox
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 9

Location: USA

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# 110
261
Raymond Tonsing is the founder and managing partner of Caffeinated Capital. He is also an investor in Virta Health, TrueAccord, Opendoor.com, Color Genomics and many other companies.

NOTABLE DEALS:

Airtable
Front
Color
NUMBERS OF UNICORNS | 7
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FAQ

Who are the biggest angel investors?

The landscape of angel investing in America features several prominent figures who have shaped the startup ecosystem. Ron Conway, often called the “Godfather of Silicon Valley,” stands out with investments in Google, Facebook, and Airbnb through his SV Angel fund. Naval Ravikant, AngelList’s co-founder, transformed early-stage investing by democratizing access to startup investments. Esther Dyson, with her EDventure Holdings, focuses on healthcare and space technology, having backed companies like 23andMe and Square.

Paul Graham, through Y Combinator, revolutionized the startup accelerator model while maintaining an active angel portfolio. Jason Calacanis, known for his early investment in Uber, demonstrates the potential of strategic angel investing with a portfolio that has generated remarkable returns through selective investments in technology startups.

How many angel investors are there in the USA?

Recent data from the Angel Capital Association indicates approximately 369,000 active angel investors in the United States, with this number showing steady growth. Silicon Valley leads with the highest concentration, followed by New York and Boston. These investors deployed roughly $25.3 billion in early-stage funding during 2023, marking a significant contribution to startup ecosystems nationwide.

How can I get a list of angel investors?

Several professional networks and platforms provide access to verified angel investors. AngelList remains the primary resource, offering detailed profiles and investment histories. Regional angel networks, such as the New York Angels or Tech Coast Angels, maintain member directories. Professional associations like the Angel Capital Association provide comprehensive databases of accredited investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains records of accredited investors, though access requires specific permissions. Industry-specific conferences and startup pitch events frequently publish attendee lists featuring active angel investors.

What are US angel investors?

Angel investors in the United States represent high-net-worth individuals who provide capital to startups in exchange for equity ownership. Under SEC regulations, they must qualify as accredited investors, typically maintaining a net worth exceeding $1 million or annual income above $200,000. These investors often bring valuable industry expertise and professional networks alongside their capital.

Unlike venture capitalists managing institutional funds, angel investors deploy personal capital, typically investing between $25,000 and $500,000 per deal. Many focus on specific industries where they possess expertise, such as technology, healthcare, or financial services.

How can I contact an angel investor?

Establishing contact with angel investors requires strategic networking and proper channels. Professional introductions through mutual connections, particularly from entrepreneurs in their portfolio companies, prove most effective. LinkedIn provides a professional platform for initial outreach, though messages should demonstrate thorough research and clear value proposition.

Startup accelerators and incubators frequently maintain relationships with angel networks, offering portfolio companies direct access to potential investors. Industry conferences and pitch competitions provide opportunities for face-to-face interactions.

How are angel investors found?

Angel investors emerge through various channels in the startup ecosystem. Many actively participate in local startup communities, speaking at events or mentoring at accelerators. Industry databases like Crunchbase and PitchBook track investment activities, revealing active angels within specific sectors.

Professional networks, particularly those focused on specific industries or regions, often maintain relationships with active angels. University alumni networks, especially from prestigious business schools, frequently include successful angels willing to support fellow alumni ventures.

How can I get a list of angel investors?

Beyond public databases, several specialized resources provide access to angel investor information. Investment platforms like Republic and SeedInvest maintain networks of verified angels. Industry-specific associations publish member directories, while startup ecosystem reports from organizations like Startup Genome identify active investors.

Professional networking events, particularly those focused on specific industries, often publish attendee lists including angel investors. Regional economic development organizations frequently maintain relationships with local angel networks.

Is it hard to get angel investors?

Securing angel investment presents significant challenges, with success rates varying by industry and stage. Statistics indicate that less than 3% of startups seeking angel funding successfully close rounds. Factors influencing success include market opportunity, team expertise, traction metrics, and network access.

Competition for angel funding intensifies in popular sectors like technology and healthcare. However, entrepreneurs targeting niche markets or developing innovative solutions to specific industry problems often find more receptive audiences among specialized angel investors.

Successful fundraising typically requires a comprehensive approach: strong pitch materials, detailed financial projections, clear competitive advantages, and strategic networking within relevant investor communities. Many entrepreneurs find success by first securing commitments from lead investors who can attract additional angels to complete their rounds.