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Annual Membership
Qualified Dealflow and Investments
The Carolina Angel Network curates and provides visibility to the best UNC startup deals and our best founder talent anywhere in the United States.
Curated Investments
Experienced Screening Committee with years of angel investing backgrounds filters the opportunities first. They meet to review opportunities that satisfy our minimum criteria for progress.
Exclusive Network
Collaborate with other like-minded investors and entrepreneurs who have a wide range of industry experience. High-quality focused network who engage actively.
Engage
Engage with UNC’s early stage and pipeline companies to provide experienced mentors and/or board members from our member network. Members may be assigned as mentors, advisors or board members on CAN portfolio companies.
Dedicated Team
CAN has a dedicated team of experienced investment professionals and MBA interns to evaluate deals. CAN members share their industry expertise to supplement our professional due diligence process.
Access
Access to early revenue companies that are founded by UNC entrepreneurs and alumni and a syndicate of highly-qualified partners in the Carolina network.
Learning
Access to a wide range of resources to make you a more informed angel investor including individual time with the team and education programs
Online Investing Platform
Private software platform that allows access to company documents, CAN financial analysis and due diligence reports and periodic company updates. Separate private software to track your investment portfolio online after investing, which investors receive upon funding deals.
Easy Process
Deals are vetted by the Screening Committee and CAN team first. Members’ option to express interest in any deal up to 10 times per year. The CAN team completes the due diligence. Members then meet the founders as a group in a Q&A session to learn about the plans for the venture and raise your questions.
The Managing Director coordinates screening, deal flow process and due diligence analyses. The Screening Committee then evaluates potential deals as they enter the system. Outside resources are engaged in the customer review process as well as providing legal opinion on the term sheet and final legal documents.
Membership Requirements
To become a member, you must meet the SEC’s definition of an Accredited Investor. Full membership is our highest level entitling you to invest in our professionally diligenced portfolio, join our member network of over 500 people and participate in our educational and social events. There is no requirement to invest in our deals as you make your own decision on each. We offer 6-8 deals per year in which you may participate directly with the founders and listen in as members offer opinions and thoughtful questions. If you do choose to invest, there is a minimum of $5000 per deal.
Full membership dues are $1,500 and renews annually.
What our Investors Say
"As a relatively new member of CAN, I’ve been impressed by the rigor of the due diligence process—including detailed due diligence reports prepared by staff, often with input from industry experts. Having access to this information in advance of hearing a company pitch, allows for more robust dialogue and, ultimately, helps me make a more informed investment decision.”
Maureen O’Connor President Moxie Health Advisors, LLC. Chapel Hill, NC
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Disclaimer
The management, staff, and board of directors of the Carolina Angel Network, LLC (collectively, “CAN”), make no representation or warranty regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in our diligence reports and specifically disclaim any liability related to the information provided in provided diligence reports. Any member of the Carolina Angel Network choosing to invest in any company, does so on his, her, or its own accord based on an independent investigation of the investment opportunity and hereby waives any potential claim against CAN related to the information provided in our reports.