Angels
TBD Angels is a group of angel investors who are current operators at leading startups and executives at major companies.
We do much more than simply invest in early-stage ventures. As recovering / current entrepreneurs and leaders with deep and varied experiences, we provide the critical advice and connections to jumpstart the companies we invest in.
We look forward to lending a helping hand to entrepreneurs on a path to change the world!
Why TBD?
Having built companies and businesses across a wide range of industries throughout our careers, we roll up our sleeves to share advice with fundraising, hiring teams, creating processes, establishing strategy and the variety of steps in scaling innovative startups to successful outcomes.
Operators
Our team is an experienced set of founders and company leaders who've been there and done that. We have a wide range of functional and industry experience which you can leverage for support as you build your startup.
Industry Knowledge
The members of TBD Angels have deep experience in a variety of verticals (e.g. B2B SaaS, advertising, CPG, EdTech, finance and general management). This breadth of experience allows us to be diverse, yet selective in our mission to back the best entrepreneurs.
Broad Network
Tap into the TBD Angels network for support as you build your teams, raise capital, go-to-market with your business. Our team has a diverse set of backgrounds and deep experience in building companies and cultivating business and personal relationships to drive commercial success.
Entrepreneurs
Looking to understand how TBD Angels might be the right partner for your startup? Connect with one of our members and we'd be keen to hear your story. We thrive on collaborating with brilliant founders and would love to chat with you!
Our process
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Application Submission. Entrepreneurs may submit investor materials directly to XXXX
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Initial Screening. We will follow-up with companies that fit our investing criteria for a phone screening. We try to respond to all applicants, but the volume can be high. Also, please do your homework to make sure you are a fit for our group.
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In-person Screening. XXX companies are invited to participate in near-monthly meetings with our Screening Committee.
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Dinner Meetings. Each month we select two companies to meet our members at Dinner Meetings, where companies pitch and field Q&A. After the presentation, members vote to either advance to due diligence or to stop the process.
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Due Diligence. If a company reaches the requisite interest threshold, we form a due diligence team made up of NDA members who have relevant technical or industry backgrounds. We may include a skeptic.
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Investment. If the company passes through due diligence in high standing, TBD Angels presents a due diligence packet to members who make individual decisions on whether to invest. TBD then pools committed capital together and forms a single investment vehicle to execute the investment, targeting a minimum aggregated investment of $50,000.
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Investors
TBD Angels was formed to address several key needs of individual angel investors and entrepreneurs looking to source capital.
To this end, we believe when we work together we can accomplish these goals and provide value to both investors and entrepreneurs.
Learn moreInvestor Benefits
- Drive both an increase in volume and improvement in quality of deal flow for angels
- Establish a mechanism for engaging with startups, running diligence and completing an investment in a streamlined and consistent manner
- Provide an opportunity for individuals to contribute to the level they are comfortable with both in terms of capital and time commitments to the deal process
- Enable entrepreneurs to receive a larger (seed/pre-seed) commitment from the group financially with minimal overhead and rapid decisioning
- Provide operational and industry guidance to entrepreneurs from a wide variety of experts across multiple industries
Our Portfolio 
We are fortunate to invest in and collaborate with the world's most brilliant founders.
Our Team
As recovering / current entrepreneurs and leaders passionate about helping early stage ventures, we thrive on the excitement of sharing our deep and varied experiences in operating startup ventures.
Lars Albright
Daniel Apstein
Steve Bagdasarian
Damien Balsan
Kirstan Barnett
Zoe Barry
Jonathan Betz
Rob Biederman
Robert Bishop
Lee Bouyea
Matthew Bryson
Jason Burke
Luke Burns
Rishwie Cauvery
David Chang
Yu Chen
Bennett Collen
Vicky Wu Davis
Grant Deken
Evan Deutsch
Michael Donohue
Brian Fallik
Matt Fates
Heather Fraser
Jodi Gernon
Sriram Gollapalli
Nan-Wei Gong
William Graylin
Emily Green
Rags Gupta
Stephen Hau
Scott Hendrickson
Michelle Hipwood
Sarah Hodkinson
Michael Horn
Doug Hurd
Neal Karasic
Jerry King
Dilip Krishnan
Sandy Kreis Lacey
Shawn LaVana
Paul Liberman
Travis Lowry
Matt Marra
Manu Mathew
Stefanie Matthews
Erin McCafferty
Kelly McEttrick
Phil McMannis
Jessica Meher
Sona Menon
Sunand Menon
Andy Miller
Lisa Mullan
Chau Nguyuen
Michael Nicholas
Michael Nolan
Mok Oh
Patrick Petitti
Greg Raiz
Michael Rubinstein
Tom Rutledge
Dan Scudder
Shereen Shermak
Frank Sinton
Dan Smith
Melinda Smith
Joshua Summers
Rajeev Surati
Matthew Sutton
Satish Tadikonda
Adam Towvim
Phuc Truong
Saru Wade
Kim Walsh
Scott Weller
Jeff Zilberman
