Membership
Criteria

Membership in the Tech Coast Angels is by invitation and is extended to individuals who share our vision and will actively contribute to our process.

Our members:

• Are accredited investors (within SEC rules).
• Have track records managing and building successful companies either as entrepreneurs or operating executives.
• Are experienced in angel investing, leading due diligence, structuring investments, and coaching entrepreneurs.
• Form an extensive peer network of domain expertise and contacts for subsequent funding, talent and technology.
• Dedicate significant time and effort to TCA activities, including attending dinner meetings and screening sessions, mentoring entrepreneurs and serving on TCA committees.
• Agree as individuals to invest in at least two TCA member-led investments per year.
  

Regional
Networks

The Tech Coast Angels operates throughout Southern California and is organized into five regional networks: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara / Westlake Village and the Inland Empire. Each member is affiliated with the network that covers his or her office or residence.

Our members collaborate extensively within and across networks. They are welcome and encouraged to attend any TCA meeting or activity. TCA members have an opportunity to participate in any member-led investment.

The members of the network where a venture is located are responsible for processing the venture's funding application and typically lead the due diligence.

Dinner Meetings for all networks are held once per month where one to two companies present a final investment proposal. Screening Sessions are held in locations within each network area every two to three weeks where four companies present a business plan for initial investment consideration.

More information about our regional networks here.
More information about our investment criteria and screening process here.

The Tech Coast Angels is a Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation and is governed by the presidents of each network and a Board of Governors. TCA is not a fund and does not invest, nor participate in any funding decisions, nor receive any share of profits or gains from its members investment. Our members collaborate on due diligence, but make individual investment decisions and understand that investments in early-stage, privately-held ventures are risky and can be highly illiquid so it can be several years before capital is returned, if ever. Serving on corporate boards can also expose an individual to substantial personal liability.