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HBS Alumni Angels vs Searchfunder
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HBS Alumni Angels
Harvard alumni who are accredited investors and want to invest in and advise early-stage companies
Searchfunder
Search fund entrepreneurs (searchers), the investors who back them, plus lenders, business brokers and advisers working in the lower middle market
ما تفيد به السجلات
- 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; Searchfunder: No published accredited-investor status.
- Annual dues — HBS Alumni Angels: $350 a year; Searchfunder: $228 a year.
مقارنة جنباً إلى جنب
| HBS Alumni Angels | Searchfunder | |
|---|---|---|
| الملف الشخصي | ||
| النوع | Investment community | Investment community |
| تأسّس | Not documented | Not documented |
| المقر الرئيسي | United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | 20 chapters across North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Gulf | Online, global; members are concentrated in the United States with regional discussion groups for other markets |
| الأعضاء | 1,000as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed — Searchfunder states that "over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account" but publishes no member total |
| الفروع | 20 | Not applicable — Searchfunder is an online platform with no chapters |
| Primary audience | Harvard alumni who are accredited investors and want to invest in and advise early-stage companies | Search fund entrepreneurs (searchers), the investors who back them, plus lenders, business brokers and advisers working in the lower middle market |
| العضو النموذجي | 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 searchers pursuing entrepreneurship through acquisition, search fund and independent sponsor investors, lenders, brokers and service providers. The site notes that many members come from dedicated ETA programmes at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB and Chicago Booth, while also saying that searching is no longer limited to those routes. |
| Qualification | ||
| وضع المستثمر المعتمد | 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 · المصدر ↗ | No published accredited-investor status |
| 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. | Users register an account directly on the site. A free account gives limited access; a paid subscription unlocks the member directory, the search fund list, research reports, contact credits and posting rights. No sponsorship, interview or committee review is described. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. The binding constraint is Harvard alumni status plus, in chapters that state it, accredited-investor status. | Not publicly disclosed — no vetting or approval process is described on the public pages |
| التكلفة | ||
| الرسوم السنوية | $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 · المصدر ↗ | $228 a yearAnnual subscription, quoted on the homepage as "$19 / month" billed annually — $228 for twelve monthsverified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ |
| الرسوم الشهرية | Dues are charged by the chapter, not the association, and are published only by some chapters. | $79 a monthMonthly subscription, quoted on the homepage as "$79 / month"verified September 2026 · المصدر ↗ |
| رسوم الانضمام | Dues are charged by the chapter, not the association, and are published only by some chapters. | Not publicly disclosed — no joining fee is published; basic registration appears to be freeverified September 2026 |
| رسوم الفرع المحلي | 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 · المصدر ↗ | Prices are as published on the Searchfunder homepage. The annual figure is derived from the site's own "$19 / month" annual-billing quote. |
| Membership term | Annual; the Greater New York chapter also sells a three-year term | Monthly or annual subscription, or a one-off lifetime purchase; continuous accounts over four years convert to permanent access |
| الهيكل | ||
| 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 | No organisation-run meeting calendar; members post and attend third-party events such as the Stanford and IESE search fund conferences |
| Peer forums | Chapter selection committees and due-diligence teams; each invested company in the Greater New York chapter is assigned a lead investor | Public and topic-based online discussion threads, including geography-specific groups; no confidential small-group forums |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed; the association publishes a community values statement | Could not be independently verified — much of the platform's content is public and no confidentiality regime is published |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Event-focused | Virtual, Event-focused |
| منتديات الأقران السرية | No | Partial |
| الفصول المحلية | Yes | No |
| العضوية الافتراضية | Partial | Yes |
| مجتمع إلكتروني | Yes | Yes |
| دليل الأعضاء | Yes | Yes |
| الفعاليات | Yes | Partial |
| البرمجة | ||
| البرامج التعليمية | Yes | Partial |
| تطوير القيادة | Partial | No |
| ملتقيات | No | No |
| السفر | No | No |
| البرامج الأسرية | No | No |
| برامج الزوج والشريك | Not documented | No |
| برامج الجيل القادم | No | No |
| نقاشات الاستثمار | Yes | Yes |
| الفرص الاستثمارية | Yes | Yes |
| المكوِّن الخيري | No | No |
| التركيز على التواصل | High | High |
| التركيز الاجتماعي | Medium | Low |
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