Frequently Asked Questions

The community is open to anyone with a genuine interest in supporting university spinouts and startups through networking, mentorship, or investment.

You may be asked to provide information that demonstrates your ability to support early-stage ventures in this way.

No, you don’t, but alumni are certainly a key group that we’re targeting for potential membership, to help them connect with startups originating from their alma mater.

We welcome anyone who is willing to support those ventures with mentorship or capital.

You must be an accredited investor to join an Angelumni syndicate and invest with us. However, accredited investor status is not a prerequisite for becoming an Angelumni community member.

SEC definition accredited investor definitions can be found here.

Membership fees will be charged when the Angelumni online community opens its doors in Q1 2025.

At that time, Founder Member invitations will be sent to individuals on our wait list in the order that they joined. Once all Founder Memberships have been sold, we will begin offering regular memberships to anyone left on the wait list and those who join after the community is open.

We ask Angelumni members to invest at least $25,000 during each year of membership.

This can be spread across multiple, smaller investments or committed to one company.

The number of investment syndicates formed by Angelumni members each year will depend on deal flow, level of member interest, and the total number of members making investments.

For example: If 100 members are each investing $25k during the year, that total investment of $2.5 million will likely be split across 10-15 investments.

Angel investments are high risk, since the companies are very early in their journey to commercial success. We expect many of them will ultimately fail or produce minimal returns, while a small percentage will succeed and hopefully generate out-sized returns.

The time from investment to exit could be anywhere from 3-15 years, or more, depending on how each venture progresses and how quickly it reaches a liquidity event where angel investors can monetize their investment.

While Angelumni will make a small amount on membership fees and other community-related revenue, our primary reward will be a 6% carried interest in each investment.

We will donate 1/6th of those investment profits to the institution from which each successful venture originates, in support of future entrepreneurs.

No, Angelumni is an independent organization. We are neither affiliated with nor endorsed by any particular university or trade organization.

Our university-agnostic position ensures we can work objectively to meet the needs of alumni, friends, and startups from any university with the right combination of angel investors, mentors, and investable companies.