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Angel Squad vs New World Angels
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Verified September 2026
Investment community
Verified September 2026 Angel Squad
Operators, founders and professionals who want to start angel investing in small cheques alongside a venture fund
Investment community
New World Angels
Accredited investors in Florida, including independent investors and family offices, who want hands-on involvement in early-stage deals
What the records say
- Accredited-investor status: Angel Squad: Accredited-investor status is required to invest, but not to join for community and education; New World Angels: Member candidates must meet accredited investor qualifications as outlined by the SEC.
- Annual dues: Angel Squad: Not publicly disclosed. TechCrunch reported in August 2023 that members paid quarterly or annual fees without stating amounts; Hustle Fund's current marketing describes membership as lifetime access rather than time-bounded.; New World Angels: $2,750 a year.
Side by side
| Angel Squad | New World Angels | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Investment community | Investment community |
| Founded | 2021 (Angel Squad came out of stealth in 2021 as a Hustle Fund experiment in widening access to angel investing, per TechCrunch.) | 2003 (The organisation describes itself as Florida's longest-running angel investor syndicate, founded in 2003. Its About page dates its capital-deployed figure from 2014 rather than 2003.) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, United States | Boca Raton, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Members in 40+ countries; programming is online with quarterly in-person events in more than a dozen cities | Statewide Florida, spanning Miami to Palm Beach, Naples to Tampa, Orlando to Gainesville and Tallahassee, and Melbourne to Cocoa Beach and Jacksonville |
| Members | 2,500as of September 2026 | 100as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | No formal chapters; quarterly in-person events run in 18 named cities | No chapters; members are spread statewide and the group is organised by industry vertical rather than geography |
| Primary audience | Operators, founders and professionals who want to start angel investing in small cheques alongside a venture fund | Accredited investors in Florida, including independent investors and family offices, who want hands-on involvement in early-stage deals |
| Typical member | Members are described as leaders from companies including OpenAI, Stripe and Google. Accreditation is required to invest but not to join for community and education; TechCrunch reported in 2023 that Hustle Fund covered the cost of the Series 65 exam for members pursuing that route to accredited status. | Members are described as accomplished business leaders, entrepreneurs, operators and investment professionals across industries. Backgrounds span consumer products, healthcare and medical technology, industrial and manufacturing technology, information technology, space and defence, and, since the Miami Angels combination, financial industry innovation. |
| Qualification | ||
| Accredited-investor status | Accredited-investor status is required to invest, but not to join for community and educationThe site states that being a member of Angel Squad does not require accreditation; TechCrunch reported in 2023 that Hustle Fund covered Series 65 exam costs for members taking that routeverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Member candidates must meet accredited investor qualifications as outlined by the SECQuoted from the membership section of the investors pageverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Two routes are offered: a short online application with a brief quiz, or a 15-minute call with the team to be matched to the right entry point. Accepted applicants receive a two-week complimentary trial before committing. Accreditation is not required to join, only to invest. | Prospective members are invited to attend a member meeting as a guest through a form on the site, then submit a formal application. Accredited-investor status is required. Investors wanting to collaborate can also contact the managing director directly. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. TechCrunch reported in 2023 that the community admitted around 250 members per quarterly cohort. | Not publicly disclosed |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. TechCrunch reported in August 2023 that members paid quarterly or annual fees without stating amounts; Hustle Fund's current marketing describes membership as lifetime access rather than time-bounded.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | $2,750 a year"Annual member dues are $2,750 per year"verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | No price is published on hustlefund.vc. Prospective members are quoted after an application or call. | No initiation fee is publishedverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Programme fee | Could not be independently verified. Third-party summaries state a $3,500 one-time lifetime membership fee; no figure appears on any Hustle Fund page that could be fetched, though Hustle Fund's own posts confirm the access is lifetime rather than time-bounded.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Dues of $2,750 are separate from the up-to-$20,000 annual mandatory investment commitment, which is investment capital rather than a fee. |
| Membership term | Described by Hustle Fund as lifetime access, not time-bounded; a 2023 TechCrunch report described quarterly or annual fees, so terms appear to have changed | Annual |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Two to three curated deals shared each month; weekly educational programming; live portfolio pitches; quarterly in-person events | Regular member meetings; the group reviews hundreds of early-stage opportunities each year |
| Peer forums | One-to-one member matching on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly cadence; cohort intake | Industry vertical groups covering healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, consumer products, and space and defence, with fintech announced as forthcoming after the Miami Angels combination |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Members choose their own level of involvement from sourcing through to supporting portfolio companies |
| Organized as | Virtual, Cohort-based, Event-focused | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | Partial |
| Local chapters | Partial | No |
| Virtual membership | Yes | Not documented |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Partial |
| Leadership development | Partial | No |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Not documented |
| Next-generation programming | No | No |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | Yes | Yes |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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