Capital

Ariel Southeast Angel Partners

Savannah

GLS note: Founder mentoring and board guidance

Member-led angel investor group sharing resources and a proactive investment philosophy in support of start-up and early-stage high-growth businesses in the Southeast and across the US. Primary focus is life sciences and biotech — seed to early-stage in healthcare, medical devices and biotechnology — though open to technology deals in all sectors. Members are serial entrepreneurs, CEOs, venture capitalists and business leaders who find, fund, mentor and support companies from pitch through scale-up and exit. 40 investments to date.

TiE Atlanta

Nonprofit entrepreneur network and one of the top five TiE chapters worldwide, fostering entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education and investment since 1998. Programs include TYE and TYE-U for high-school and college entrepreneurs, TiE Angels, the TiE Foundation, Mentor Match, the Council of Board Advisors (COBA), Enterprise to Entrepreneurs (E2E), and TiECON Atlanta. TiE Angels has invested $9.4M across 44 companies since 2017, seed through Series A.