We’re Building a Network of Early Stage Investors
Introducing the Mainland Angel Investors. These like-minded individuals have a diverse set of skills and together can learn from one another, as well as attract and invest into a strong pipeline of high growth companies, enabling investors to build their portfolio of investments. Founders value the expertise and mentorship that angels provide as much as, if not more than, the capital itself.
Angels can facilitate new business connections that help start-ups grow and offer insights based on deep knowledge of an industry. They provide support and motivation to founders to persevere when launching and growing a business inevitably becomes very challenging.
Angels likewise are generally interested in more than just returns and relish the opportunity to work with and support high growth innovative companies. Creating a lower South Island investment network allows investors to commit smaller minimum investments, making angel investing more accessible to a new generation of investor, and creates diversity of thought by attracting investors across age, sex and culture, breaking the stereotypical view of angels that has become ingrained across the region.
WE GET ASKED A LOT.
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE WHOLESALE INVESTORS?
Eligible Wholesale Investors Are defined as investors who have adequate investing experience and knowledge to be able to weigh the risks and merits of an investment opportunity. They have been involved in investing in companies (on a share market or directly in unlisted companies) or more generally in the buying or selling of financial products.
WHAT DEFINES WEALTHY / FINANCE PROFESSIONAL WHOLESALE INVESTORS?
In NZ ‘wealthy’ is defined as having $5m in net personal assets (including all entities you control) or having invested $1m or more in a financial product. Professionals working in the finance industry also qualify.
WHAT IF I’M NEITHER?
We want to encourage more diversification in investors across age, sex and culture, breaking the stereotypical view of angels that has become ingrained in our regions.
By forming a collective we can also allow smaller minimum investments, making angel investing more accessible to a new generation of investor – because there is so much more than money to investing in start-ups, most importantly it’s about the wealth of information, connections and mentoring angels bring to an often isolated founder.
So, please sign up anyway and tick Future Investor.