San Joaquin Angels is an angel investment group located in San Joaquin County in California’s great Central Valley. San Joaquin Angels provides attractive private company investment opportunities to its members, while enhancing economic prosperity through the financing and growth of local businesses.

Angel investors invest time and money in early stage entrepreneurs and their businesses. They provide the first outside equity capital in private companies. Angels tend to invest in start-up and early-stage companies, while venture capitalists typically invest later in the business lifecycle. In the U.S., Angel investors provide nearly 90% of the outside equity capital necessary to launch start-up companies. Angel investors typically share the following interests of:

• Supporting homegrown entrepreneurs
• Creating local jobs
• Giving back to the community
• Portfolio diversification through a potentially high-performing asset class
• Willingness to offer wisdom and guidance to aspiring entrepreneurs