Simone Marchand
Regulatory consultant, medtech
Spent a decade inside hospital systems. Happy to explain what actually slows a health product down.
Start angelinvesting.With the experts from Hustle Fund.
At Angel Squad, you’ll learn how to angel invest and get a chance to invest as little as $1k into Hustle Fund’s top-performing early-stage startups.
Start Your Trial01 / Big winnersFrom pre-seed to pre-IPO
Big
winners.
Invest into our
top companies.
Curated dealflow, shared only with the Squad. Vetted deals from pre-seed to pre-IPO, shared exclusively with Angel Squad.
Explore Squad investmentsDeals reviewed by Hustle Fund monthly
Shared with the Squad each month
Start with $1,000.
Invest on your terms.
No obligation to write a check.
Inside the deal flowSee what you get
See what you get
before you invest.
Every deal comes with the context: the company, the founders, the terms, and why Hustle Fund invested.
Health · B2B AIClosing in 6 days
Wardline
Illustrative example. Real deals are shared privately with members.Turns unstructured medical records into the structured data value-based care groups get paid on.
- Stage
- Seed
- Valuation
- $20M post
- Minimum
- $1,000
- Instrument
- SAFE
Squad allocation
$68kof $100k
$32k remainingIllustrative allocation
Why Hustle Fund invested
- We have known the founder for a decade.
- Her last startup exited for $100M+.
- She is an expert in this space and well connected in it.
02 / CommunityA global community
Come for the deals. Stay for the community.
2,500+investors.50+ countries.
0 a-holes.
New YorkLondonSingaporeAmsterdamSan FranciscoLos AngelesNew YorkLondonSingaporeAmsterdamSan FranciscoLos Angeles
Member meetupsEvery quarter.
Every quarter.
Across the globe.
Cities with meetups
Members to meet
Members host and join local gatherings every quarter: rooftop drinks in London, a patio hangout in San Francisco, a member meetup in Austin. Show up, meet the people behind the memos.
- New York
- London
- San Francisco
- Singapore
- Amsterdam
- Los Angeles
- Austin
Squad connections
Picks. Six new members each month.
Osman Adeyemi
Check writer, 12 checks in
Joined the same month you did. Keeps notes on everything he looks at and shares them.
Alba Reig
Ops lead, marketplace
Hosts the London meetup, and usually knows who else is in town that week.
Pals. One 30-minute call a month.
UpcomingBoth of you opted in
Idris Faraj
Former Stripe and Google product leader, now PM at a Series B startup · New York · Check writer
How it works
- 01
On the 1st we pair everyone who has opted in.
- 02
You both get a shared scheduling link.
- 03
Thirty minutes, no agenda required.
Connect. Find a specific type of member.
A small sample of the community
Meet the Squad.
Haley Bryant
Partner, Hustle Fund
Ex-COO, Animalz
Haley joined Angel Squad in 2021. Months later she became a Hustle Fund Venture Partner, leading a deal and helping with running the Angel Squad community. She joined Hustle Fund as an investor full time in 2022, started Hustle Fund's Venture Fellowship in 2023 (100+ fellows, many now sourcing deals or starting funds), and made Partner in 2025. Her 70+ angel investments include Rain, Figure, Loft Orbital, AngelList, and Dopl.
Barron Ernst
Ex-VP of Product, Snap
Ex-Booking.com
VP of Product at Outside, after running product at Booking.com and product, growth, and marketing at Figure ahead of its 2025 Nasdaq IPO. At Snap, he grew Zenly from 3.5 million to 17 million daily users. Angel Squad member since 2021.
Stephanie Wong
Global Lead, Developer Programs
Google
AI product marketing leader at Google launching its most advanced generative AI products, from Gemini to Veo and Imagen. An award-winning speaker, prolific creator, active angel investor, and champion of women in tech.
Andy Louis-Charles
Managing Partner, Ranchos Ventures, 500+ company angel portfolio
Ex-Chief Strategy Officer, Custom Ink
Managing Partner at Ranchos Ventures and founder of Ranch Advisors, after 15+ years at Custom Ink, most recently as Chief Strategy Officer. He's scouted multiple deals that Angel Squad invested in.
Melissa Perri
Founder & CEO, Product Institute
Author, Escaping the Build Trap
Founder and CEO of Product Institute, where she helps companies like athenahealth, UKG, and JPMorgan Chase rebuild their product operating models. Author of Escaping the Build Trap and Product Operations, former Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, and founder of CPO Accelerator, with 250+ product executives in its alumni base. Angel Squad member since 2021.
Joy Patel
Founder, 2 Exits
Previously at Google
Multi-time enterprise SaaS founder and ex-Googler. Multiple exits, Duke CS, leveraging his angel investing network and learnings to navigate his startup's journey.
Sharmistha Singh
AI Research, Google
Ex-Product Director, Meta
At Google, she's building Co-X agents that automate and augment complex human tasks. Previously a Product Director at Meta driving GenAI and 0-to-1 products across its app ecosystem. She's starting to dabble with angel investing to stay close to the cutting edge.
Vijen Patel
Founding Partner, The 81 Collection
Founder, Tide Cleaners (Acquired by Procter & Gamble)
Founding Partner at The 81 Collection, a bootstrapped growth equity firm backing companies in boring industries. He bootstrapped Pressbox to 1,000+ locations, sold it to Procter & Gamble, and stayed on as CEO of Tide Cleaners. Previously at McKinsey and Goldman Sachs.
and 2,500+ others.
Where Squad members work
03 / LearnHustle Fund’s investing framework
Taught by investors
who have written
500+ checks.
The curriculum
Five tracks, from first check to fund.
We’re sharing the exact framework that helps us invest into companies like Webflow ($4B) and NerdWallet (IPO) pre-seed. Open a track to see what you’ll walk away able to do.
You can explain how startup funding works, why the power law makes early stage behave nothing like public markets, and whether you’re legally able to take part.
You can score a deal against a real framework, defend that score out loud, and get money into a company.
You understand what you actually bought, you have a portfolio strategy and a tracking system, and your money is in the most tax-efficient wrapper available to you.
You can find deals nobody sent you, run your own diligence, read the paper you’re signing, and win allocation in a competitive round without being the lead.
Everything we already have on running a vehicle and raising from LPs, gathered in one place.
150+more workshops on tape, beyond the five tracks.
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Complimentary.
Start Your Trial If you don’t like it, just cancel. The application takes two minutes.
Questions?
The things people ask before they join.
What is angel investing?
Angel investing is when individuals put money into companies in the private market in exchange for equity. Checks typically range from $1,000 to $100,000 per deal, and most angels spread their capital across many startups to build a diversified portfolio.
What's the process to join?
- A 15-min chat with our teamA fun convo with our team. We learn about you, share more about us, and answer any q's.
- We send your free trialStraight after the call, if it feels like a mutual fit.
- 14 days of full accessLive deals, classes and members. If it's not for you, just cancel.
How do beginners start angel investing and find startup deals?
The hardest part of getting started with angel investing isn't capital, it's access. Good deals move through networks of founders, operators, and established investors, not public listings.
Angel Squad aims to solve this. Members get deal flow sourced by Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture firm that's backed hundreds of startups, plus education on how to evaluate companies and a community of 2,500+ investors across 50+ countries. You skip the years of network-building and start seeing quality deals on day one.
Do I need to be an accredited investor?
In order to angel invest, yes, and the SEC has outlined requirements on this here. (The plus side is: more people qualify than they realize once retirement accounts and investments are factored in.)
With that said, being a member of Angel Squad does not require accreditation, and many Squad members join for the community and education experience. We also reimburse you for the exam costs if you choose to take the Series 65, which is an option to become accredited.
How does investing through Angel Squad work?
Deals are shared through our community platform and email, each with a memo covering the company, founders, terms, and investment thesis. If you're interested, you commit through AngelList, with minimums typically starting at $1,000 per deal. Legal paperwork, wires, and tax documents are handled by the platform. There is no requirement to invest in each deal (or any for that matter).
How much money do I need to start angel investing?
Less than most people expect. Through syndicates, checks often start at $1,000 per deal.
How much do angel investors typically invest?
Check sizes vary by experience and conviction. Newer angels often write $1,000 to $5,000 through syndicates. More established angels write $10,000 to $50,000 per deal, sometimes $100,000+ on high-conviction bets. Active angels typically deploy anywhere from $10,000 to $250,000 per year across 10 to 25 deals.
In Angel Squad, some members stick to micro-checks ($1k-$2k) to maximize diversification. Others write $10,000 to $25,000 checks on deals they have strong conviction on. Consistency and diversification matter more than any single check size.
Still have a question?squad@hustlefundvc.com