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TiE SoCal Angels
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TiE SoCal Angels is an exclusive membership-based angel group of 75+ accredited investors and influential business individuals investing their time and capital in discovering and supporting early-stage and high-growth startups. Affiliated with the TiE SoCal chapter and founded in 2020, the group's mission is to "become earth's most Startup-friendly fund by providing holistic support, where Startups can find everything they might need — domain experts, deep mentoring and SMART money to achieve scalability." The group operates through a structured monthly pitch process, fund vehicles, and SPVs, and leverages the broader TiE Global Angels network across 24+ US chapters and 60+ global chapters to co-invest and provide portfolio companies with mentorship, connections, and follow-on capital. TiE SoCal Angels is recognized as the only Southern California angel group operating three distinct funds simultaneously.
Notable quotes
“I want Southern California to be the best investment ecosystem in the country, and that's possible with all this investment collaboration across TiE chapters.”
“From Fund One we invested all over the world — one in Germany, four in India, and eight in the US. We started Fund Two with a commitment of close to three million dollars and 90-plus members — double what we did last time — and between that fund and the sidecar we're going to have at least five million dollars to deploy over the next 18 months.”
“TiE SoCal Angels has become one of the leading communities in Angel Investment among the 24 TiE Chapters in the United States.”
Team
Shankar Ram
Managing Member, TiE SoCal Angels; Chair, TiE Global Angels (Americas)
Anshuman Sinha
Chair, TiE SoCal Angels; Co-Founder & CEO, Startup Steroid
Vijay Kotrappa
Board Member and Investment Committee, TiE SoCal Angel Fund
Venkat Tadanki
Board Member; Managing Partner, Anvaya Ventures
Dhaval Kapadia
Co-Chair, TiE SoCal Angels
Natesh Kodancha
Co-Chair, TiE SoCal Angels
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EcoSoul | Seed | — | 2022 |
| Alltius | Seed | — | 2022 |
| WEVO | Seed | — | 2021 |
| Elucidata | Seed | — | 2021 |
| Veriskin | Seed | — | 2021 |
| THB (The Health Beacon) | Seed | — | 2021 |
| EarthSense | Seed | — | 2020 |
| Spacejoy | Seed | — | 2021 |
| SIA Technologies | Seed | — | 2022 |
| Mugafi | Seed | — | 2022 |
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