Comparison · 8 material differences
New World Angels vs Searchfunder
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Verified September 2026
Investment community
Verified September 2026 New World Angels
Accredited investors in Florida, including independent investors and family offices, who want hands-on involvement in early-stage deals
Investment community
Searchfunder
Search fund entrepreneurs (searchers), the investors who back them, plus lenders, business brokers and advisers working in the lower middle market
What the records say
- Accredited-investor status: New World Angels: Member candidates must meet accredited investor qualifications as outlined by the SEC; Searchfunder: No published accredited-investor status.
- Annual dues: New World Angels: $2,750 a year; Searchfunder: $228 a year.
Side by side
| New World Angels | Searchfunder | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Investment community | Investment community |
| Founded | 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.) | Not documented |
| Headquarters | Boca Raton, United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | Statewide Florida, spanning Miami to Palm Beach, Naples to Tampa, Orlando to Gainesville and Tallahassee, and Melbourne to Cocoa Beach and Jacksonville | Online, global; members are concentrated in the United States with regional discussion groups for other markets |
| Members | 100as 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 |
| Chapters | No chapters; members are spread statewide and the group is organised by industry vertical rather than geography | Not applicable: Searchfunder is an online platform with no chapters |
| Primary audience | Accredited investors in Florida, including independent investors and family offices, who want hands-on involvement in early-stage deals | Search fund entrepreneurs (searchers), the investors who back them, plus lenders, business brokers and advisers working in the lower middle market |
| Typical member | 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. | 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 | ||
| Accredited-investor status | Member candidates must meet accredited investor qualifications as outlined by the SECQuoted from the membership section of the investors pageverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published accredited-investor status |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | 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. | 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 | Not publicly disclosed: no vetting or approval process is described on the public pages |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $2,750 a year"Annual member dues are $2,750 per year"verified September 2026 · source ↗ | $228 a yearAnnual subscription, quoted on the homepage as "$19 / month" billed annually, $228 for twelve monthsverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Monthly dues | Dues of $2,750 are separate from the up-to-$20,000 annual mandatory investment commitment, which is investment capital rather than a fee. | $79 a monthMonthly subscription, quoted on the homepage as "$79 / month"verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | No initiation fee is publishedverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed: no joining fee is published; basic registration appears to be freeverified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Annual | Monthly or annual subscription, or a one-off lifetime purchase; continuous accounts over four years convert to permanent access |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Regular member meetings; the group reviews hundreds of early-stage opportunities each year | No organisation-run meeting calendar; members post and attend third-party events such as the Stanford and IESE search fund conferences |
| Peer forums | Industry vertical groups covering healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, consumer products, and space and defence, with fintech announced as forthcoming after the Miami Angels combination | Public and topic-based online discussion threads, including geography-specific groups; no confidential small-group forums |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | Could not be independently verified: much of the platform's content is public and no confidentiality regime is published |
| Time commitment | Members choose their own level of involvement from sourcing through to supporting portfolio companies | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused | Virtual, Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | Partial |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | Not documented | Yes |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Partial |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Partial |
| Leadership development | No | No |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | Not documented | No |
| Next-generation programming | No | No |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | Yes | Yes |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Low |
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