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Hyde Park Angels membership requirements

Every criterion Hyde Park Angels publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Accredited-investor status	Accredited-investor status is not stated on HPA's own site; the group is listed as an accredited angel group in the Gust angel-group directory	Could not be independently verified from a primary source	Verified September 2026Low confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion	Members are expected to be active: deal teams run diligence, negotiate terms and take board seats	Described on an affiliated member-recruiting page rather than in a formal requirements document	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗

Not publicly disclosed. HPA publishes no membership, requirements or join page on hpa.vc.

How admission works

Application process

There is no public application form or membership page. Prospective members are directed to contact the organisation, and an affiliated recruiting page positions membership at operators and executives who want to put experience and capital to work in early-stage companies. Founders seeking investment submit a company overview through the contact form, with warm introductions preferred.

Invitation required

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Sponsor required

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed

Membership term

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Primary audience

Operators and executives in the Chicago and wider Midwest business community who want to invest capital and expertise in early-stage companies

Typical member

Members are described as entrepreneurs, executives, venture capitalists and board directors. Member deal teams run diligence, negotiate terms and take board seats, so the group selects for people willing to work on deals rather than only fund them.

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If not: alternatives to Hyde Park Angels — Central Texas Angel Network, Sand Hill Angels, Houston Angel Network, Alliance of Angels.

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

Home — HPA, Hyde Park Angels. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
About Us — HPA, Hyde Park Angels. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Our Members — HPA, Hyde Park Angels. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Hyde Park Angels, Inc. — Investment Adviser Firm Summary (CRD/IAPD 319762), US Securities and Exchange Commission (IAPD), March 2026. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 5
Hyde Park Angels — Accredited Angel Group, Gust. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
Hyde Park Angels — membership, Avocation Investments. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
HPA: The Early Stage Founder's Guide, Superscout. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.