Q: How do I get accepted into Angels Partners?

<h3 id="allyouneedtoknowtogetacceptedintoangelspartners">All you need to know to get accepted into Angels Partners.</h3> What are your decision criteria to list a startup? We look for promising early-stage start-ups, from pre-revenue up to Series A, that can scale to create or transform an industry. We are mostly tech-focused but work with a wide range of startups from BioTech to Consumer Brand. We select startups the way an investor would source investment opportunities. We review the quality of the team, the market opportunity, get a feel for the competitive landscape, and scan through the website, product demo or prototype. We ask ourselves the main questions: <ul> <li>Is this project investable? Can it bring me a return?</li> <li>Would I invest my own money into this project? </li> <li>Can the team execute on the vision? Do they have what it takes to scale the business?</li> </ul> What specific metrics are you looking for? Metrics are important for SaaS, B2C or very metric-driven businesses. We review CAC, LTV, revenues-to-date and traction. For more intangible businesses, we don't get hung up on vanity metrics. We mostly estimate the experience of the team and their chance of executing well. Generally speaking if your business is solving a real problem and your team has the right credentials to address it, your chances to get listed are high. Any tip you can share to help founders get accepted? Our decision criteria is very much aligned with investors selection criteria. The Angels Partners team is made of ex-entrepreneurs and investors

Question 1

The benefits of Angels Partners for Founders

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What are the main benefits of using Angels Partners?

It gives you direct access to hundreds of active internal investors.
It provides you with a database of 70,000+ external investors with all you need to know about them (sectors of interest, past investments, LinkedIn profile)
It empowers you with investor templates that guarantee responses for you to book more meetings.
It lets you generate tracking links to monitor which investor viewed your profile and downloaded your deck.
Bonus: it provides you with a rich list of the most important startup documents from Y Combinator (legals, financials, incorporation, strategy…).

What type of startups get accepted on the platform?

We accept early-stage start-ups, from pre-revenue up to growth stage, with high ambition and the potential to scale and transform their entire industry. We are mostly tech-focused but work with a wide range of startups from CleanTech to Consumer brands.

What is the typical investment ticket size?

Startups generally look to raise between $100K and $10m (pre-seed, seed, series A).

What type of investors are available on the platform?

We have 2 types of investors listed on the platform: private investors (HNWI, business angels) and Venture Capital funds.

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How many startup applications do you receive?

We have had over 10,000 applications submitted last year alone, and t

Question 2

How does the Pricing work?

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All you need to know about Angels Partners' pricing.

|| IMPORTANT: Angels Partners does not take any fee nor equity on the funds you may raise.

What pricing plans do you have?

We offer a 7-day trial on all our plans to help you get acquainted with the platform and make sure it's the right fit. You just need to select your preferred plan, complete your profile and get started on the platform. With this trial you can scroll through our investors list and even start creating your outreach campaigns. You can cancel the trial at anytime during this 7-day period and you won't be charged.

To obtain pings and open the dialogue with internal and external investors, you will need to start your paid subscription. All our plans give you access to all the features and equip you with all the tools and tactics to connect with investors and get meetings.

We offer three plans:

${color}[#136902](The Basic Plan) ($99/month) lets you connect with 100 investors per month to start getting momentum with investors from our network and from our rich database. The objective is to get noticed and to quickly raise investors' interest.
${color}[#c28e00](The Boost Plan) ($149/month) gives you access to 300 investors per month to accelerate the process and beef up your outreach. The goal is to boost your outreach campaigns right from the start.
${color}[#a30000](The Prime Plan) ($499/month) opens up the gates to 1000 investors per month to close you

Question 3

Automate your investor outreach campaigns

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Outreach campaign automation puts fundraising on steroids and help Founders:

find the best external investors from a database of 70k+ investors
use our templates and recommendations to draft unique intro emails that get responses
put your outreach campaigns on auto-pilot and monitor what works and what doesn't
automate follow up emails and investor updates

${youtube}How to automate your investor outreach?

IMPORTANT: Variables are automatically filled out by the campaign engine. Users don't need to replace them, it will dynamically populate entries when emails are sent out. Note that variables are indicated in green double curly brackets ${color}[#30d577]({{ variable }}), while text that has to be manually filled out is highlighted in blue single square brackets ${color}#4599f2.

__For example: __ "Hi ${color}#30d577, I wanted to let you know that we are ready to close ${color}#30d577 seed round with ${color}#4599f2 already in the bank."

--> ${color}#30d577 and ${color}#30d577 get automatically populated with your prospect's first name and startup name. You only need to update ${color}#4599f2 with your manual entry.

Here are all the variables available:

Question 4

How do I get accepted into Angels Partners?

Accepted Answer

All you need to know to get accepted into Angels Partners.

What are your decision criteria to list a startup? We look for promising early-stage start-ups, from pre-revenue up to Series A, that can scale to create or transform an industry. We are mostly tech-focused but work with a wide range of startups from BioTech to Consumer Brand.

We select startups the way an investor would source investment opportunities. We review the quality of the team, the market opportunity, get a feel for the competitive landscape, and scan through the website, product demo or prototype.

We ask ourselves the main questions:

Is this project investable? Can it bring me a return?
Would I invest my own money into this project?
Can the team execute on the vision? Do they have what it takes to scale the business?

What specific metrics are you looking for? Metrics are important for SaaS, B2C or very metric-driven businesses. We review CAC, LTV, revenues-to-date and traction.

For more intangible businesses, we don't get hung up on vanity metrics. We mostly estimate the experience of the team and their chance of executing well.

Generally speaking if your business is solving a real problem and your team has the right credentials to address it, your chances to get listed are high.

Any tip you can share to help founders get accepted? Our decision criteria is very much aligned with investors selection criteria. The Angels Partners team is made of ex-entrepreneurs and investors

Question 5

The benefits of Angels Partners for Investors

Accepted Answer

What are the main benefits of using Angels Partners?

It gives you direct access to hundreds of high quality early-stage startups.
It provides all the key information about those startups (pitch deck, financials, demo videos) - We ensure a minimum quality standard and provide them tips to continuously enrich their profile).
You get inbound deal flow through direct messages sent from founders that consider you a match.
You can schedule pitch sessions with founders and quickly sort out your favorite projects.

What type of startups get accepted onto the platform?

We accept early-stage start-ups, from pre-revenue up to growth stage, with high ambition and the potential to scale and transform their entire industry. We are mostly tech-focused but work with a wide range of startups from CleanTech to Consumer brands.

What is the typical investment ticket size?

Startups generally look to raise between $100K and $10m (pre-seed, seed, series A).

What type of investors are available on the platform?

We have 2 types of investors listed on the platform: private investors (HNWI, business angels) and Venture Capital funds.

How many startup applications do you receive?

We have had over 10,000 applications submitted last year alone, and thousands of connections have been made between entrepreneurs and investors. You can read about us here on Business Insider: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/angel-capital-one-reveal

Question 6

Getting started as a Founder

Accepted Answer

You are ready to get your Angels Partners' fundraising journey started. Here is all you need to know.

I am filling out my startup profile, how do I get to 100% Profile Completion?

This rate gives you an indication of the level of 'professionalism' of your startup. It is a proxy to how your company is perceived by investors. Keep in mind that investors review dozens of profiles per day and you need to pick their interest. The higher your score, the higher rank when investors look for startups and the more chances you get to make a great impression.

How to get more attention from the internal investors?

Scroll through the internal investors list. Select your favorites based on their investment scope, location and background details. Send them direct messages with pings. Make sure to draft quality messages to grab their attention. You only have one chance to make a good first impression.

How do I make best use of the external investors database?

Then go through the rich external investors list and select the few dozens that seem perfectly aligned with your project. Use one of our high conversion templates (coming soon) to add them as a connection on LinkedIn and send them a direct email.

Keep an eye for some articles we will be publishing shortly. We will offer you our high quality tactics that maximize investor engagement. Lots of gems in there!

How do I best leverage tracking links?

Think of tracking links as DocSend for fundraising. You can use

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