Band of Angels

San Francisco, California
The Band of Angels is a formal group of more than 130 former and current high tech executives who are interested in investing their time and money into new, cutting edge, startup companies. Since 1994, Band members have seeded 225 companies, with 50+ profitable M&A exits and 9 Nasdaq IPOs. Band members have founded companies such as Symantec, Logitech, and National Semiconductor and been senior executives at the likes of Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, and Intuit. The group has invested more than $208 million. The group invests in the range of $300k to $750k, but often leads a syndication of $2-3M. Generally the group expects to own a third of the company for a $1M investment. The Band invests across all high technology categories, with the majority of these investments made in the seed or early round (Series A or B). The group also operates The Band of Angels Fund, LP, a $50M venture fund comprised exclusively of institutional partners. The fund co-invests exclusively in deals that are subscribed to by members of the Band of Angels. In 2009 the Band raised a 3rd side fund, called Acorn Fund, which caters to 'scrappy entrepreneurs who need just a little bit of capital.'
Firm Location:San Francisco, California • Palo Alto, California
Band of Angels Team
Photo of Ken Arnold, Angel at Band of Angels
Ken Arnold
Sweet spot: $25K
Range: $5K - $50K
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Photo of Christian Dahlen, Investor at Band of Angels
Christian Dahlen
Band of Angels·Investor
Sweet spot: $525K
Range: $300K - $750K
Investors in Palo Alto (CA)
Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in IoT (Pre-seed), Investors in SMB Software (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Series A), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in IoT (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
DF
Dan Forootan
Sweet spot: $25K
Range: $25K - $300K
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in SMB Software (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in SMB Software (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Investors who were founders (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Photo of Mike Bates, Angel at Band of Angels
Mike Bates
Sweet spot: $0
Range: $300K - $750K
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Impact (Pre-seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Impact (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Impact (Pre-seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Impact (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
Photo of Ian Sobieski, Band of Angels
Ian Sobieski
Sweet spot: $0
Range: $0 - $0