The Investor Search Engine provides access to a database of all of the VC funds and angel groups in North America and a considerable number on other continents. You’ll be able to apply to any of these groups using a single Angelsoft application.

If there’s an investment group that you don’t see listed here, please e-mail us at feedback AT angelsoft.net.

There are five sections of the Investor Search Engine:

1. Search Results
2. Filters
3. Sorts
4. Group Profiles
5. Applying

First, be sure your location is correctly set in the filters column.  Your location should automatically show up here. If it doesn’t, click “change location.”  You’ll see all of the groups available in the search engin, sorted by “closest to you.”

Each search result has 3 elements:

a. The investment group name and a link to their full profile, which includes information about their funding criteria.

a. The investment group name and a link to their full profile, which includes information about their funding criteria.
b. Investment group type, location, and submission fee (if any). Fees are set by the investment group and do not go to Angelsoft.
c. Investment group activity statistics, pulled directly from the Angelsoft system. Go here for a full description of each statistic. You may notice that not all of the investment groups display these. You can learn more about that here.

In the left hand column, you can filter out groups that don’t invest in your type of company.  All of the available data is described by each investment group. Go here for a full description of each filter.

Once you have filtered down to best investment groups for your funding needs, you can sort those groups using the header on the top of the screen. All of the sortable data is actual investment group activity pulled from the Angelsoft system.  Go here for a full description of each criterion. You may notice that not all of the investment groups display activity statistics.  You can learn more about that here.

When you click on a search result, you’ll be brought to the selected group’s profile. The profiles contain information that has been automatically pulled from the Angelsoft system as well as data the groups have entered themselves.

Quicklinks
A. Group activity
B. Group investment criteria
C. Investor profiles
D. Group expertise
E. Apply

This data is all pulled live from the Angelsoft system.


a. Group name and website.
b. Live group activity statistics pulled from the Angelsoft system. Only Angelsoft Groups will display these statistics. Learn more about Angelsoft Groups here.
c. Group location.

This data is entered by the investment group. It includes the type of companies they invest in, as well as a list of their portfolio companies.

This section includes information about individual members of the investment group.

a. The partners in each venture fund and the General Manager of an Angel group are listed here with links to their profiles.
b. If you are currently logged into LinkedIn, connections within the investment group will show up here.  This includes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree connections.

The Deal Funnel shows the percentage of deals that make it through each stage in the groups process. The Member Industry Expertise section displays individual investors’ expertise.  This is a chart of the aggregate expertise for the entire investment group.

You can sign up for an Angelsoft account or log in if you already have one.  If you’ve already filled out an Angelsoft application, you’ll be asked if you want to use the same information. You can make edits to your application before submitting it to a group.

Jason D. Schwartz :: Mar.08.2009
Entrepreneur, FAQ