OUR MEMBERS

 

The MIT Alumni Angels of DC (MITAADC) brings together startups and investors from the MIT community. We are affiliated with the MIT Alumni Association and promote connections between companies looking for funding, investors, and seasoned executives. We hold startup events once per quarter and typically invite 3-5 companies to present their business plans. Please contact us using this form if you would like to participate.

MIT Alumni Angels has chapters in Northern California, Boston, and New York, and comprise over 700 members. The DC chapter comprises over 90 members who are passionate about innovative startups. Our experience includes executive, management, and technical leadership roles in IT, big data, and healthcare industries. More than a few members have specific experience with federal contracts. Sixty percent have made investments in at least one early stage company; 20% have invested in at least 5 early stage companies.

Our core principles are:

Deep Connection to the Institute: All investors are MIT alumni, and presenting startups typically have at least one founding / management team member, board member or adviser who is affiliated with MIT. This could include a current student, an alum, a professor, or a researcher.

Simple Process for both Startups and Investors: We typically make a decision on whether to invite a company to present after 1 or 2 conversations, and we don't burden startups or investors with excess process and requirements. Startups are free to manage their engagement with investors how they see best following events, and individuals make their own investment decisions.

Focus on Education: We regularly host experienced investors and startup executives from the community at our events, so that they can share their views with the group on topics ranging from building companies and angel investing to trends in the innovation economy.

For the Community: We run the group with the mission of furthering the MIT entrepreneurship community. We put significant focus on bringing connections and expertise to our startups and investors, as well as fostering helpful relationships with the broader community.

MIT Alumni Angels of DC (MITAADC) is not a venture fund, an investment bank, a broker dealer, an investment clearinghouse, or an investment advisor, but rather a forum in which investors may be educated about aspects of investment and business, as well introduced to companies for possible investment. MITAADC is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission. Each member of MITAADC is responsible for his/her/their own investment decisions, and MITAADC is not recommending any particular company for investment. All investments in entrepreneurial companies involve a high degree of risk, and investors should be able to bear the risk of complete financial loss. The choice to use and the manner of utilization of information and knowledge gained through MITAADC are each member’s individual and personal choice. No guidance shall be given, nor shall any person affiliated with MITAADC (or MITAADC itself) be responsible for an individual member’s use of the information, investment decision, or the results of any investment. MITAADC does not provide, and will not be required to provide, any investor with advice, analysis, reports, or any other investment advisory services. MITAADC does not conduct any investigation to verify the factual information submitted to potential investors by individual entrepreneurs. Hence, MITAADC makes no representations or warranties regarding these companies. Investors must conduct their own due diligence and negotiate the terms of any investment they elect to make.