New York Angels

New York Angels is a New York City angel investment group founded in 2004 and a charter member of the Angel Capital Association. It has over 135 active members, all accredited investors, drawn from operating executive, entrepreneurial, financial and medical backgrounds. The group receives more than 1,000 funding applications a year, sourced largely through the Gust platform, and typically participates in rounds of USD 100,000 to USD 1.5 million. Members evaluate companies collaboratively - sourcing, due diligence and post-investment support including board seats and advisory roles - but invest as individuals rather than through a pooled fund. The group's published membership criteria are accredited-investor status under SEC rules and active participation in at least one New York Angels portfolio investment each year; a membership committee reviews applications on what it describes as a holistic basis. New York Angels does not publish dues or an investment commitment on its own site; secondary reporting puts annual dues at USD 3,500 and an expected annual investment commitment of USD 50,000, and describes membership as by invitation. Members' portfolio companies include Pinterest, Greenhouse and Bombas.

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Founders apply through Gust; members screen the flow, run collaborative due diligence and then invest individually in the deals they choose. Members are expected to take part in at least one portfolio investment a year and often continue as board members or advisers. Prospective members inquire through an online form and are assessed by a membership committee.

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Members are accredited investors from operating, entrepreneurial, financial and medical backgrounds. The group looks for entrepreneurial success, operating experience, professional networks and a willingness to do collaborative due diligence.

New York Angels is a working investment group rather than a networking club, and its one hard published expectation - at least one portfolio investment a year - makes that clear. Its main distinction is deal flow: more than a thousand applications a year in the largest US market outside the Bay Area, with a track record that includes Pinterest. The published information is thinner than the group's profile suggests. Its own membership page states the criteria but no dues, no dollar commitment and no admission mechanism, while the widely repeated USD 3,500 dues and USD 50,000 annual commitment figures trace back to a company database profile rather than to New York Angels itself, so both should be confirmed directly. Members should also expect real work: the model depends on member-run diligence, not on staff.

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