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Angel Investor Groups on the East Coast
Hi there! Thanks for asking for a list of angel investor groups on the East Coast. The most useful sources I found to answer your question are the websites of each individual group, as well as the Crunchbase listings for these groups. The short version is that New York Angels, ARC Angel Fund NYC, Launchpad Venture Group, Boston Harbor Angels, and Keiretsu Forum are all established angel investment groups operating out of New York, Boston, or Washington DC. A deep dive of my findings is presented below.
METHODOLOGY
I scoured across reputable corporate websites, focusing on groups with credibility and experience in the startup and entrepreneur community. Only angel investor groups were selected for this list, with venture capital organizations excluded, per your request. The below list consists of five active and established angel investment groups operating out of New York, Boston, and Washington DC. I have provided a summary of the organization and an overview of the group's portfolio for each entry on the list.
Location: New York, NY
Membership: 100+ individual accredited angel investors are active members. Member backgrounds include CEOs, venture capitalists, and other business leaders.
Deal Size: $100,000 - $1 million for seeds/early-stage companies. Participates in syndicate deals with VCs and angel group partners up to $2 million.
Portfolio: 21 Exits, 14 AdTech, 34 eCommerce/Consumer Web, 8 Education, 39 Enterprise, 7 Fashion, 10 FinTech, 11 Hardware, 9 Health/Biotech.
Location: New York, NY
Membership: 110 investors are active members. Member backgrounds include experienced angel investors, partners in VC funds, and company executives.
Portfolio: 7 AdTech, 4 eCommerce/Consumer Web, 5 Enterprise, 1 Fashion, 1 Hardware, 1 Health/Biotech.
Location: Boston, MA
Membership: Total membership number is not published, but the group claims to be "the largest angel investing group in the Northeast".
Deal Size: $250,000 - $1,000,000 per round. Participates in syndicate deals with VCs and other angel groups for larger amounts.
Portfolio: Focused primarily on "software / IT, web and e-commerce, media and social media, mobile and wireless, medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare IT, networking and telecom, clean-tech, renewable energy and green-tech".
Location: Boston, MA
Membership: 70+ active members. Member backgrounds include company executives, partners in VC firms, and serial entrepreneurs.
Deal Size: $250,000 - $1.5 million for early-stage companies. Participates in syndicate deals with VCs and other angel groups in larger funding rounds.
Founding: Founded in 2000 in California as a global investment community, consisting currently of 49 chapters on 3 continents.
Membership: ~2,250 accredited angel investor members dispersed throughout all chapters. Member backgrounds include accredited private equity angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.
Portfolio: 11 Clean Tech, 56 Consumer, 11 Financial, 1 Real Estate, 184 Technology, 21 Other. *Some companies appear in more than one category.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, New York Angels, ARC Angel Fund NYC, Launchpad Venture Group, Boston Harbor Angels, and the DC chapter of Keiretsu Forum are all active, established angel investor groups located on the East Coast of the U.S.
I hope this helps! Thanks for asking Wonder. Please let us know if we can help with anything else!