Comparison · 13 material differences
HBS Alumni Angels vs REAPS
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Verified September 2026
Investment community
Verified September 2026 HBS Alumni Angels
Harvard alumni who are accredited investors and want to invest in and advise early-stage companies
Investment community
REAPS
Private real estate investors in the Puget Sound region, from beginners to experienced operators, plus service businesses selling to them
What the records say
- 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; REAPS: No published accredited-investor status.
- Geographic restriction: HBS Alumni Angels: No published geographic restriction; REAPS: Puget Sound region for in-person membership; online-only membership is available without attending in person.
- Annual dues: HBS Alumni Angels: $350 a year; REAPS: $249 a year.
Side by side
| HBS Alumni Angels | REAPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Investment community | Investment community |
| Founded | Not documented | 1983 |
| Headquarters | United States | Bellevue, United States |
| Geographic footprint | 20 chapters across North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Gulf | Greater Seattle and the Puget Sound region, with monthly meetings in Mercer Island, Fife, Everett, Bremerton and Bellingham and a commercial real estate group in Bellevue |
| Members | 1,000as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. REAPS describes itself as the largest real estate investor association in Washington State but publishes no membership figure. |
| Chapters | 20 | A single regional association rather than a chaptered body; it runs recurring meetings in several Puget Sound locations. REAPS is itself the Washington State affiliate of National REIA. |
| Primary audience | Harvard alumni who are accredited investors and want to invest in and advise early-stage companies | Private real estate investors in the Puget Sound region, from beginners to experienced operators, plus service businesses selling to them |
| Typical member | 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. | Members are individual real estate investors (flippers, wholesalers, buy-and-hold landlords, lenders, short-term rental operators) at a range of experience levels, alongside business members such as contractors, lenders and property managers who buy the paid business tiers. |
| Qualification | ||
| 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 · source ↗ | No published accredited-investor status |
| Geographic restriction | No published geographic restriction | Puget Sound region for in-person membership; online-only membership is available without attending in personverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | 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. | Membership is bought online from the REAPS site by selecting a level; there is no application, sponsor or review stage in the published process. Prospective members are invited to register through the events calendar and attend one main monthly meeting free before joining. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. The binding constraint is Harvard alumni status plus, in chapters that state it, accredited-investor status. | Not publicly disclosed; the published route is open paid enrolment. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $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 · source ↗ | $249 a yearIndividual membership, annual planverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Monthly dues | Dues are charged by the chapter, not the association, and are published only by some chapters. | $29 a monthIndividual membership, monthly planverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Dues are charged by the chapter, not the association, and are published only by some chapters. | Not publicly disclosed; no joining fee is listed alongside the published dues.verified September 2026 |
| Local chapter dues | 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 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed |
| Event costs | Dues are charged by the chapter, not the association, and are published only by some chapters. | $0 one-timeMembers attend more than 50 live events a year free; first-time visitors may attend one main monthly meeting free as a guestverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual; the Greater New York chapter also sells a three-year term | Annual or monthly, depending on the plan chosen |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Chapter-dependent: monthly pitch nights in Greater New York, quarterly pitch events in Northern California; plus association webinars, bootcamps and an annual conference | More than 50 live events a year, including monthly meetings in Mercer Island, Fife, Everett, Bremerton and Bellingham and a commercial group in Bellevue |
| Peer forums | Chapter selection committees and due-diligence teams; each invested company in the Greater New York chapter is assigned a lead investor | Member forum online plus subject-specific learning groups; no confidential facilitated peer forum is published |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed; the association publishes a community values statement | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Event-focused | Event-focused, Virtual |
| Confidential peer forums | No | Partial |
| Local chapters | Yes | No |
| Virtual membership | Partial | Yes |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Partial | No |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | Not documented | Partial |
| Next-generation programming | No | No |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | Yes | Partial |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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