Smart Capital for University Startups
Angelumni members bring domain expertise, market insights, and powerful networks to the table as well as their checkbooks.
Why Apply to Angelumni?
The Angelumni community is made up of experienced alumni from top-flight universities who collaborate on investment selection, due diligence, and startup support.
We leverage our combined experience to help startups grow faster and achieve more, which lets us pursue higher success rates, shorter times to exit, and larger returns.
Your startup is commercializing groundbreaking research with the potential for meaningful, large-scale impact. Our capital, commercial skills, domain expertise, market knowledge, and local contacts can help your business soar—especially in the USA.
Ready to tap into highly-qualified angel capital and associated expertise that can help your company thrive?
How Does it Work?
Angelumni is an online community, designed for real-time and asynchronous interaction. Your pathway to investment will include:
Submitting an application that meets our basic criteria (see below).
Uploading information about your company into a dedicated area within the community.
Participating in live pitches and other livestreamed events to help members understand your business.
Joining facilitated discussions with investors as they evaluate your pitch and perform their due diligence.
If there is sufficient interest from our members, working via the Sydecar platform to complete the paperwork and receive funding.
Providing regular updates to the community.
Receiving advice and mentorship from members with relevant knowledge and connections.
What Does it Cost?
Angelumni charges startups a nominal $100 application fee to help weed-out timewasters. The only other cost to apply is your time spent uploading information and interacting with our members.
If enough members decide to proceed with an investment*, we will establish a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) via the Sydecar platform. This allows them to invest as little or as much as they want, while you receive a single, consolidated check from the syndicate.
Sydecar fees will be shared equally between you and the investors, up to a maximum of 2% of the total investment on either side.
* Investments will typically proceed when the combined interest to invest reaches US$100k or more.
Application Criteria
To participate as a startup in the Angelumni community, your business should meet the following criteria:
Originating at and/or being actively incubated by a university of interest (currently Imperial College London, others coming soon).
Being a private corporation domiciled in either the UK or Canada.
Raising a pre-seed or seed round of between $500k and $5M (or local equivalent) with a minimum check size of not more than $50k.
Targeting an industry or vertical of interest to Angelumni members (generally excludes long horizon deep tech and very capital-intensive sectors).
Interested in selling into the US market and in raising funds from US-based investors.
Open to our investment syndicate construct, including paying your share of fees to be passed through from Sydecar.
Having sufficient room left in your round for our investment, and
Having a target close date that gives Angelumni members sufficient time to perform due diligence and make informed decisions.
Note: If you have any concerns or questions about whether your particular situation will qualify, please email admin@angelumni.com before applying.
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