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Founders Network vs HBS Alumni Angels
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Verificato September 2026
Organizzazione di networking
Verificato September 2026 Founders Network
Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme.
Comunità degli investitori
HBS Alumni Angels
Harvard alumni who are accredited investors and want to invest in and advise early-stage companies
Cosa indicano i dati
- Role or title: Founders Network: Must be a full-time founder of a technology startup; HBS Alumni Angels: No published role or title.
- Accredited-investor status: Founders Network: No published accredited-investor status; HBS Alumni Angels: Accredited-investor status is required to take part in investing; the Greater New York chapter requires it for pitch-night participation and the Northern California chapter requires accredited-investor status with Harvard affiliation.
- Industry restriction: Founders Network: Technology startups only; service firms are excluded; HBS Alumni Angels: No published industry restriction.
- Annual dues: Founders Network: $900 a year; HBS Alumni Angels: $350 a year.
Fianco a fianco
| Founders Network | HBS Alumni Angels | |
|---|---|---|
| Profilo | ||
| Tipo | Networking organization | Investment community |
| Fondato | 2011 (The About page credits founder Kevin Holmes, a former tech startup founder, with starting the organization in 2011.) | Not documented |
| Sede centrale | San Francisco, United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | Members in more than 25 cities worldwide; in-person chapter meetings named for San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, London and Mexico City. | 20 chapters across North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Gulf |
| Membri | 600as of September 2026 | 1,000as of September 2026 |
| Capitoli | The organization does not publish a chapter count. Its About page says members are in "over 25 cities"; individual chapter events are announced case by case. | 20 |
| Primary audience | Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme. | Harvard alumni who are accredited investors and want to invest in and advise early-stage companies |
| Socio tipico | The organization describes its members as vetted full-time tech startup founders; it states that members have collectively raised more than US$5 billion, that average funding per member is US$1.1 million, and that 50 percent are serial entrepreneurs. Service firms are explicitly excluded. | Members are alumni of Harvard Business School or of any Harvard University school. Chapters require accredited-investor status to take part in pitch nights and investing. Companies pitching do not need any Harvard affiliation. |
| Qualification | ||
| Ruolo o titolo | Must be a full-time founder of a technology startupStated as "You are working full-time on building your tech startup. No service firms."verified September 2026 · fonte ↗ | No published role or title |
| Status di investitore accreditato | No published accredited-investor status | Accredited-investor status is required to take part in investing; the Greater New York chapter requires it for pitch-night participation and the Northern California chapter requires accredited-investor status with Harvard affiliationApplied at chapter level, not by the associationverified September 2026 · fonte ↗ |
| Restrizione settoriale | Technology startups only; service firms are excludedThe membership requirements text explicitly excludes service firms.verified September 2026 · fonte ↗ | No published industry restriction |
| Invitation required | Sometimes | No |
| Sponsor required | Sometimes | No |
| Application process | Applicants either arrive with a member invitation or request one through the site. The published flow is a short application of about two minutes plus an optional longer addendum. A membership committee reviews complete applications by the last Friday of each month and notifies applicants of the decision the same day. | Prospective members apply to their nearest chapter rather than to the association. In Greater New York, HBS alumni use the chapter join or renew link, while graduates of other Harvard schools submit contact details through a form and wait about seven business days for staff to set up an account. In Northern California, applications run through a Gust page. Requirements and processing differ by chapter. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. The organization calls itself invite-only and says it researches applicants' backgrounds, but publishes no acceptance rate or rejection statistics. | Not publicly disclosed. The binding constraint is Harvard alumni status plus, in chapters that state it, accredited-investor status. |
| Costo | ||
| Quote annuali | $900 a yearLaunch Plan (idea-stage founders), listed at "$75/mo billed annually" on the benefits page; the annualised figure is derived from the published monthly rate.verified September 2026 · fonte ↗ | $350 a yearGreater New York chapter, one-year membership; includes HBS Club of New York membership and Angel Capital Association membership, which the chapter values at $199verified September 2026 · fonte ↗ |
| Quote della sezione locale | All memberships are annual commitments; monthly payment plans are offered on some tiers. Discounts are advertised for portfolio companies of partner venture funds and accelerator graduates, without published amounts. | Dues vary by chapter and most chapters do not publish them. The association charges no separate central membership fee that it discloses.verified September 2026 · fonte ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual commitment, renewed annually; monthly payment plans available on some tiers | Annual; the Greater New York chapter also sells a three-year term |
| Struttura | ||
| Meeting frequency | Continuous online forum; roughly 100 events a year including about 40 webinars, plus city chapter meet-ups and two annual conferences | Chapter-dependent: monthly pitch nights in Greater New York, quarterly pitch events in Northern California; plus association webinars, bootcamps and an annual conference |
| Peer forums | An online mentorship forum open to all members, plus peer advisory roundtables at the top tier; there is no standing confidential forum group of assigned peers | Chapter selection committees and due-diligence teams; each invested company in the Greater New York chapter is assigned a lead investor |
| Confidentiality | The organization describes the platform as a confidential space for founders; it does not publish a confidentiality agreement. | Not publicly disclosed; the association publishes a community values statement |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Chapter-based, Forum-based, Event-focused | Chapter-based, Event-focused |
| Forum riservati tra pari | Yes | No |
| Sezioni locali | Yes | Yes |
| Membership virtuale | Yes | Partial |
| Comunità online | Yes | Yes |
| Elenco dei membri | Yes | Yes |
| Eventi | Yes | Yes |
| Programmazione | ||
| Programmazione formativa | Yes | Yes |
| Sviluppo della leadership | Partial | Partial |
| Ritiri | No | No |
| Viaggi | No | No |
| Programmi per le famiglie | No | No |
| Programmi per coniugi e partner | No | Not documented |
| Programmazione per la prossima generazione | No | No |
| Discussioni sugli investimenti | Yes | Yes |
| Opportunità di investimento | Partial | Yes |
| Componente filantropica | No | No |
| Enfasi sul networking | High | High |
| Enfasi sociale | Low | Medium |
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