Venture communities are mostly professional bodies and fellowships rather than peer forums: trade associations for firms, fellowship programmes for emerging investors, and networks built around under-represented groups in the industry. Membership is typically tied to a role — a general partner, an investor at a member firm, a fund manager — and dues are often set by firm size or committed capital rather than charged to individuals. Angel groups and syndicate communities, which admit individuals on accredited-investor status, are listed under investor networks.
Full-time founders of technology startups, from idea stage through post-Series A, who want peer mentorship rather than capital or an accelerator programme.
Pre-seed and pre-idea technology founders in or willing to travel to San Francisco, building for United States customers, who are committed full-time to starting a company.
Technical founders, researchers and domain experts between things - the site's phrase is "-1 to 0" - who can commit full time and live in San Francisco, New York or Bengaluru.
Working venture capital investors — typically partner-level GPs, emerging fund founders, LPs and corporate venture investors — who already deploy capital
Participants in the Los Angeles venture ecosystem: venture capitalists, limited partners, family offices, angel investors, founders of venture-backed companies, and the…
Accredited investors, predominantly women, who want to invest in venture funds and take part in the diligence process rather than write individual angel cheques