"Investors' Circle is more than a place to find deals and partners.  It is a community of venture investors willing to share knowledge and experience."

— Chuck Lacy
President, The Barred Rock Fund
Former President, Ben & Jerry's

MEMBER BENEFITS

Deal Flow Every month, IC staff screen scores of investment opportunities and select the best of these for inclusion in our database. Members are notified of new opportunities via e-mail on a monthly basis. At any time, members can access our online, searchable database of companies seeking venture financing. IC is widely recognized by socially responsible entrepreneurs as an innovative, mission-driven network of investors. We offer our members access to an efficiently organized stream of attractive deals, while protecting their anonymity.

As is typical of most angel groups, our deal flow tends to be smaller and earlier stage than that of most professional venture capital firms. Checks written by IC members have ranged in size from $10,000 to $5 million. Typically, a few IC members co-invest an aggregate of a few hundred thousand dollars in a round of financing. Companies that come to IC are typically seeking funding of between $500,000 and $5 million.

Membership Directory This confidential directory is available only to IC members and includes member biographies, as well as profiles of member investment interests.

Member Retreats Members gather to enjoy intimate forums, in-depth discussions, and unparalleled opportunities for networking and community building each year. The retreats are held in June on Martha's Vineyard, MA and in January at Sundance Village, UT, just before the opening of the Sundance Film Festival.

Preferential Rates Members receive discounted event registration for conferences and venture fairs.

The IC Letter This newsletter includes updates on investments made by our network, profiles of companies and member investors, industry news and research, and other updates from Investors' Circle.

Privacy and Confidentiality Our services are designed to give the investor control over his/her relationship with entrepreneurs. You initiate all contact with companies when you are ready. We never publish our members' contact information outside the network and we never sell our mailing list.

What we do NOT do:

• We do not participate in deal negotiations;

• We do not recommend particular investments;

• We do not perform professional due diligence on companies. Our venture fair selection committees, comprised of IC member volunteers, ensure that applicant companies meet certain requirements to qualify for presentation to our membership. Members of this committee do make some calls to screen applicants, but we do not promise that IC has verified all information presented by a company; and,

• We do not take a “cut” of any investments made by our members. The only fees we charge are annual membership fees and event registrations; although, through the IC Foundation, members may choose to increase their support, through charitable contributions.

Download information about Membership Benefits here.