Top Sites to Find Angel Investors for your Startup
Finding the right set of angel investors can be challenging. I have personally found it harder in 2025 to find a single free site to help me source angels to speak to for mentorship. AngelList had been my go to with a powerful search and ranking. As I have dug around here are a few options that were helpful for me and I hope can be for you as well.
With the rise of venture funding platforms came an increase in transparency to the previously opaque private equity market. Below you will find a list of webistes that can be used to help in your pursuits to raise money or connect with others who may share in your passions, that have achieved financial success.
I am based in Boston and interested in Enterprise B2B software in the Financial Services vertical, so will use that as the example criteria for narrowing a search.
AngelList & Syndicates
Investing portals like AngelList and WeFunder are great resource for investors willing to write checks to companies at very early stages.
Previously AngelList offered a search feature that produced angel and venture investors that were registered as investors. This was great, because as you can see below the results showcase number of investments the individual has participated in. This helps you prioritize based on who is active. Below was a screenshot taken from https://angel.co/b2b/investors which now produces a 404 error. In my example I had clicked for the results to be sorted by number of investments.
There is a post on Reddit, now archived, with others unsuccessfully able to find this as well. If you know of a way to find this or have detail on the status let us know in the contact form or comments below.
Angel Capital Association
Angel Capital Association (ACA) is great for starting with a list of Angel Groups in your region. There is theoretically some vetting that occurs from the Association to make this list so a good place to start to qualifying the validity. The challenge is that I am not aware of a way to go a layer deeper on the individual angel.
Gust
Gust allows for a search without having to login. The thing I found helpful with their results is some detail on check sizes and activity in the result. The same challenge as the ACA I am finding is results cannot go to the individual level nor showcase dollars invested or number of offerings funded.
Shut Down or Not Worth It
NFX's Signal has a decent database of investors but the geotargeting is not helpful for finding people that would live near you to meet with. They fence the region around where companies the investors have put money into may be located. So in my query none of the top 3 even live in Boston.
Angel Investment Network does not allow you to filter your search, and when I try to narrow the search box with Boston it does not work, so would suggest avoiding it.
TheFunded.com had a rating system that let entrepreneurs rate their investors that was started by Adeo Ressi, but appears to be shut down now. The interface was not great, and missed smaller players, but the data was robust on the larger funds. Seed-DB had a graph comparing Accelerators and Seed Investors and was completely free. Sadly Jed Christiansen shut this down back in 2019.
Non Accredited Investors Equity Crowdfunding Portals
WeFunder
Wefunder is a non accredited investing portal. You can find upcoming angel investors who are net yet accredited. The issue with these individuals is that there are some significant restrictions for how much they can invest and if you decide to use a portal like Wefunder to invest with them it is brden They offer category searching. If I narrow a search for B2B companies raising money I see 40 companies raising now, mid 2025. This is up from only 9 results when I first started digging in, around 2019.
WeFunder has a section showcasing who is investing for deals (not sure if it is every one). You previously could select investors at the top of a company page, but right now it appears they limit to a few key profiles a little lower down. As an example we can look at BackerKit which is close to closing their round of funding as of writing this. They showcase Sahil and Garry Tan who I believe to both be accredited investors and not the core non-accredited base Wefunder targets. I was not able to see any of the almost three thousand others.
Check Size or Investment Dollar Detail
Analytics offerings like PitchBook and CB Insights can be used to identify check sizes and funding amounts in a category with much greater detail on performance.
Prepare to Approach Angels - What These Investors Look For
Once you have sourced your list and you start to think about outreach preparing for your conversations ramps up. I have had a chance to team with Propel(x) one of the funding platforms and they shared some research they did to help entrepreneurs in this stage.
"Angel investors are at the vanguard of funding true innovation" states Propel(x) an online investing platform. A survey the firm recently released provides a new approach to help cut through the noise to find out what causes investors to fund startup companies. We have pulled together some research on this topic across universities, corporations, and fund managers trying to tie it to the equity crowdfunding data collected across funding portals mostly in the United States.
In this most recent research, online investing platform Propel(x) joined forces with Breakout Labs, Innovation Node - Los Angeles, and the MIT Alumni Angels of Northern California to conduct a study, Unfollow the Leader. The group posed a number of questions to the angel investor community, with a specific eye towards the kinds of companies and sectors that will capture their attention and perhaps more importantly why.
75 percent of angel investors reported the management team was the most important factor for investing. You've made it this far without a major capital infusion, but to take it to the next level and get some angel investors in your corner, the management team had better be at the top of its game.
Angel investors are up for a challenge, provided that it's one that vexes much of the world as well. 49 percent of respondents noted return on investment as their top reason to invest, but nearly one-third of all angel investors surveyed cited a desire to invest in technology that will solve some of the world's top problems as their main motivation. Fund Wisdom data pointed toward 3 main factors, selecting the right platform, pitch, and finding a lead investor. So if you've been sitting quietly with a fantastic breakthrough at your fingertips, it may be time to fine tune your elevator pitch, review legal considerations, and begin to share your ideas with the investing community through portals.
Next, angel investors like to invest in things they understand. A shade over half of those surveyed said they'll usually take a pass on technologies they don't understand. While the general idea may be sound, if the technology and infrastructure required to implement it is too complex investors will pass. For help with the pitch or the business plan.
While Propel(x) is one of many to produce this type of research it is a unique view with the partnerships they created. I believe in their overall mission, "overcoming obstacles to early stage science investing by helping angel investors discover, evaluate, and participate in breakthrough startups." and as more individuals enter the digital funding market, innovative ideas will bubble up to the surface faster, improving economies and societies.
For more research publications, data collected and analytics across funding portals mostly in the United States and review view Reg CF investment offerings that have registered with the SEC. Was this helpful? Let me know in the comments below.