StarNavi Blog - Angel Investors List

When raising capital for your business, it’s important to search for funding in the right places. Considering angel investors is a step in the right direction, but it can be difficult to pick the best one for you and your business model. First and foremost, it is essential to understand what an angel investor is, what they can do for you, and where you can find the right match. 

What is an Angel Investor?

If you have ever tuned in to ABC’s Shark Tank, you have watched angel investors such as Mark Cuban and Robert Herjavec search for investment opportunities. An angel investor is a business professional willing to invest in small businesses to help them build profits. They support the business by investing anywhere from $150,000 to $2,000,000. This investment typically occurs in the early stages to help get the business off the ground while also providing invaluable financial and business advice. 

Who is an Angel Investor?

Angel investors provide investments in a more informal way than an established venture capital fund would. They are typically former business executives who have a proven track record within large corporations to back their credibility. Their motives to invest can be to simply turn a profit, considering they average a return of 2.5% of their investment. However, since there’s about a 50% chance to gain a positive return, there is a high risk involved.

Another reason why these business executives may be interested in investing is for their own desire to make a change within an industry that aligns with their professional or personal values. 

What are Angel Investors Looking For?

Angel investors want to provide funding for businesses with a strong team, a promising market, and a business they see potential in. Such businesses for example know everything about their potential business risks and can handle them. They are ideally searching to see a return 10x their initial investment within a span of 5 years. If they don’t see likelihood in that, their interest in the small business will decline. They won’t often invest if they feel they cannot offer guidance or support within the industry. Since time is money, they can also invest in the company by taking the time to provide valuable insight and perspective. 

List of Angel Investors 

Searching for Angel Investors can be overwhelming when you’re not sure where to start. For SaaS Angel Investors, a great resource is https://ang el.co/saas/investors.

Here is a list of SaaS Angel Investors Investing in B2B Startups:

Name	Location	B2B Funding of SaaS Companies
Alex Khein	London, UK	Automatic, Talkdesk, MediaCore
Andy Yang	Toronto, Canada	TribeHR, Kera, Fuse Powered
Auren Hoffman	San Francisco	Aardvark, Flowtown, Rapleaf
David Cancel	Greater Boston Area	Rapportive, Help Scout, Appcues
David Hauser	Las Vegas	Intercom, Buffer, Unbounce, Drift
David O. Sacks	San Francisco	Palantir Technologies, Yammer, PayPal
Dharmesh Shah	Greater Boston Area	Hubspot, Appcues, Buffer
Francois Gaouette	Montreal, Canada	Taleo, Airborne Mobile, Amilia
Francois Gilbert	Quebec, Canada	Taleo, Coveo
Keith Rabois	San Francisco	Affirm, HelloSign, Jetty
James Geshwiler	Greater Boston Area	Influitive, TimeTrade
Jean-François Gagné	Montreal, Canada	Element AI, Planora
Jerry Neumann	New York City	Taleo, Simple, DataHero
Jim Moran	Greater Boston Area	Paydiant, MixRank, Edocs
John Landry	Greater Boston Area	Unica, docTrackr, Jingle Networks
Magdalena Yesil	San Francisco	Salesforce.com, 3Ware, Securify
Mitch Kapor	Oakland	Optimizely, Twilio, Asana
Rasool Rayani	Victoria, Canada	Unbounce, MediaCore, Versly
Robert Shaw	New York City	Box, Streem, Revolve Robotics
Roham Gharegozlou	San Francisco	Intercom, ToutApp, Zozi
Ty Danco	Greater Boston Area	Crashlytics, CardMunch, Incentive Targeting
Victor Belfor	San Francisco	Influitive, MixRank, CodingTechnologies

 

Check out this list for B2B Venture Capital Firms Investing in B2B Startups: 

Name	Location	B2B Funding of SaaS Companies
Adam Rothenberg	New York City	Kustomer, Fundera, CrowdAI
Ajay Agarwal	Palo Alto	Optimizely, Kiva Systems, Symphony Commerce
Brian Christopher Yee	San Francisco	Box, Appirio, AuditFile
Brian Jacobs	San Francisco	SuccessFactors, Yammer, Veeva
Bruce Cleveland	San Francisco	Marketo, Totango, Amplero
Byron Deeter	San Francisco	Twilio, Involver, Bizo
Cindy Padnos	San Francisco	Bedrock Analytics, Influitive, Pex
Charley Lax	Boston	Colubris Networks, Incpient, GSI Commerce
Chip Hazard	Greater Boston Area	Mattermark, Crashlytics, MongoDB
Christoph Janz	Stuttgart, Germany	Zendesk, Geckoboard, Typeform
Craig Hanson	Menlo Park	GoodData, Host Analytics, Zuora
David Adderley	Ottawa, Canada	Camilion Solutions, Synad Technologies and ViXS Systems
David Nault	Montreal, Canada	Lightspeed, Unsplash, Chronogolf
David Skok	Greater Boston Area	Hubspot, TribeHR, AppIQ
Devdutt Yellurkar	Palo Alto	Zendesk, Wave, Rethink Robotics
Eliot Durbin	New York City	LivePerson, GoToMeeting, Greenplum
Eric Martineau-Fortin	Guernsey, United Kingdom	Betaworks, Klaxoon, TheGuarantors
Eric Vishria	San Francisco	Amplitude, Contentful, Confluent
Ethan Kurzweil	San Francisco	SendGrid, Twilio, Skybox Imaging
Garry Tan	San Francisco	Meta, Origin Protocol, Taplytics
Jason Green	San Francisco	Salesforce.com, SuccessFactors, Box
Jason M. Lemkin	Palo Alto	Talkdesk, SalesLoft, Pipedrive
Jean-Francois Marcoux	Montreal, Canada	Salesfloor, IMMUNIO, mnubo
Josh Stein	Palo Alto	Front App, Periscope Data, Talkdesk
Kevin Spain	Palo Alto	Veeva Systems, Zettics, VigLink
Manu Kumar	Palo Alto	Twilio, Indextank, Boomerang
Mark MacLeod	Toronto, Canada	Freshbooks, Context.io, Engagio
Mark Suster	Los Angeles	Burstly, Gravity, Invoca
Matt Golden	Toronto, Canada	Guardly
Megan Quinn	San Francisco	InVision, Pendo, Slack
Mike Cegelski	Montreal, Canada	Taleo, iBwave, Beltron
Mike Volpi	San Francisco	Zuora, Confluent, Optimizely
Neeraj Agrawal	Greater Boston Area	Amplitude, Optimizely, Yesware
Peter Fenton	San Francisco	Zuora, Zendesk, Optimizely
Reza Malekzadeh	San Francisco	AB Tasty, Bestmile, Platform.sh
Rob de Heus	Almere Stad, Netherlands	Box, BlazeMeter, Streem
Scott Sandell	San Francisco	Workday, Tableau, Coursera
Simon Chong	Toronto, Canada	FreshBooks, Influitive, ScribbleLive
Stacey Bishop	Palo Alto	Hubspot, ExactTarget, Box
Tae Hea Nahm	San Francisco	Marketo, Engagio, Talkdesk
Thomas Korte	San Francisco	Heroku, Buffer, Periscope Data
Tomasz Tunguz	San Francisco	Dremio, Expensify, Looker
Vas Natarajan	San Francisco	Atlassian, Lightspeed, Qualtrics

 

Closing

Overall, it can be overwhelming to understand this concept and new playing field, let alone experiment within it. However, having angel investors on your side is so beneficial to the health and future of your company. It is essential, now more than ever, to leverage these opportunities. 

If you are looking for web experts to help and guide you, StarNavi Team is at your service! Contact us and get high-quality consultancy as well as professional help in choosing the tech background for your startup!