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Central Texas Angel Network vs Pipeline Angels
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Verified September 2026
Investment community
Verified September 2026 Central Texas Angel Network
Accredited investors, family offices and investment groups who want to make their own early-stage investments in Texas companies
Investment community
Pipeline Angels
Accredited investors who identify with womanhood or femmehood, including trans, cis and non-binary people, and who want to make a first angel investment
What the records say
- Accredited-investor status — Central Texas Angel Network: Must qualify as an accredited investor under US federal securities law; Pipeline Angels: Must be an accredited investor per SEC guidelines: income over $200,000 individually or $300,000 with a spouse or partner in each of the prior two years, or $1 million net worth, or a Series 7, Series 65 or Series 82 FINRA designation in good standing.
- Gender — Central Texas Angel Network: No published gender; Pipeline Angels: Anyone identifying with womanhood and/or femmehood (trans, cis, nonbinary) is encouraged to apply.
- Geographic restriction — Central Texas Angel Network: Out-of-state membership tiers require the member (and all group designees) to reside full-time outside Texas; Pipeline Angels: No published geographic restriction.
- Annual dues — Central Texas Angel Network: $2,500 a year; Pipeline Angels: Not publicly disclosed; the organisation is structured around cohorts rather than annual membership.
Side by side
| Central Texas Angel Network | Pipeline Angels | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Investment community | Investment community |
| Founded | 2006 | 2011 (Founded by Natalia Oberti Noguera; originally known as the Pipeline Fellowship.) |
| Headquarters | Austin, United States | Newark, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Austin-based, serving Texas statewide; accepts out-of-state members at a lower dues level | United States; training cohorts run entirely online, so participants can join from anywhere |
| Members | 140as of September 2026 | 550as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | Single organisation; no chapters | No chapters. The organisation previously ran city-based cohorts; the programme is now virtual. |
| Primary audience | Accredited investors, family offices and investment groups who want to make their own early-stage investments in Texas companies | Accredited investors who identify with womanhood or femmehood, including trans, cis and non-binary people, and who want to make a first angel investment |
| Typical member | All members qualify as accredited investors under US federal securities law. The membership includes individuals and couples, family offices and other investment groups, and a distinct out-of-state cohort who must live full-time outside Texas. | Participants are accredited investors, largely new to angel investing, with an interest in group learning and social entrepreneurship. The network was built around the observation that a small share of US angel investors are women of colour and a small share of venture funding goes to all-women teams. |
| Qualification | ||
| Accredited-investor status | Must qualify as an accredited investor under US federal securities lawStated on the prospective member information page and repeated on the membership types pageverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Must be an accredited investor per SEC guidelines: income over $200,000 individually or $300,000 with a spouse or partner in each of the prior two years, or $1 million net worth, or a Series 7, Series 65 or Series 82 FINRA designation in good standingListed on the Angel Training eligibility sectionverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Gender | No published gender | Anyone identifying with womanhood and/or femmehood (trans, cis, nonbinary) is encouraged to applyStated as an encouragement rather than a formal exclusion; the network describes itself as a network of women and non-binary investorsverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Geographic restriction | Out-of-state membership tiers require the member (and all group designees) to reside full-time outside Texasverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published geographic restriction |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Applicants complete the CTAN membership agreement and sign the rules of membership and conduct, meet a CTAN board member to complete qualification, submit an application form, and pay prorated annual dues. Accredited-investor status is required, and the group asks for relevant investment experience or a genuine interest in learning from peers and mentoring founders. | Applicants complete a short online application. Admission is rolling, with priority given to eligible applicants who apply before a published deadline for each cohort. Virtual open houses and orientation sessions are offered to prospective applicants beforehand. Accredited-investor status is a condition of admission. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $2,500 a yearIndividual or couple membership (in-state), first year; dues fall by $500 from the second yearverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed; the organisation is structured around cohorts rather than annual membershipverified September 2026 |
| Initiation fee | No initiation fee is published; first-year dues are prorated by month of joiningverified September 2026 · source ↗ | The published commitment is investment capital, not tuition. Programme cost is not disclosed on the public site. |
| Programme fee | Memberships renew annually on 1 December. First-year dues are prorated by month of joining; joining after 1 July means the prorated stub and the following year's dues are billed together. | Not publicly disclosed. No tuition figure appears on the Angel Training page or the application page; the only published financial commitment is the $5,000 minimum investment.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual, renewing 1 December | Cohort-based; alumni remain part of the community after the programme |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Regular pitch meetings plus education events and social gatherings | Per cohort: a three-day workshop, a two-day pitch summit, an investment decision session and a dealflow call, spread across roughly three months |
| Peer forums | Not documented | Cohorts learn and decide as a class, with the investment selected collectively |
| Confidentiality | Members sign CTAN rules of membership and conduct; deal material sits behind the Dealum platform | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Approximately seven scheduled programme days across a cohort, plus diligence work |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Virtual | Cohort-based, Virtual |
| Confidential peer forums | No | Partial |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | Yes | Yes |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Not documented |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | No | Partial |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | Yes | No |
| Next-generation programming | No | No |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | Yes | Yes |
| Philanthropic component | No | Partial |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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Drawn from the sources listed on each page: Central Texas Angel Network · Pipeline Angels