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Alliance of Angels

Angel networkoperating company · company profile

Seattle · Pre-Seed–Seed · 29 people tracked

Also known as Alliance of Angels Seed

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Investment thesis

Alliance of Angels is a large angel investor network in the Pacific Northwest comprising more than 180 accredited investor members. The group focuses on financing and supporting high-growth startups across technology, hardware, consumer, and life sciences sectors. It works with founders raising early rounds, providing capital and support to emerging companies in the region.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
Seattle, Washington, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1997
AUM
$100M
Tracked investments
41
Unicorns
1
IPOs
1

Team · 29 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Yi-Jian Ngo· General Partner
Bob Lord· Innovation Fund Administratorin
Chris Igielski· Innovation Fund Administratorin
Dan Rosen· Chair Emeritus
Joe August· Board Member
Katie Rice· Membership & Sponsorship Directorin
Katy von Kühn· Fund Director

Founder mafia

4 people who came through Alliance of Angels went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 28 of 41 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×9Medical Devices ×9Digital Health ×7Enterprise Software ×7Healthtech ×7SaaS ×6Biotech ×5Hardware ×5

HQs:United States×27

Investments · 41 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 22023 · 12022 · 32021 · 12020 · 12018 · 12016 · 12014 · 111 dated

Docusigndocusign.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DOCU

DocuSign provides AI-powered agreement management, electronic signature, and contract lifecycle management solutions for enterprises.

Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Tom Gonser(Director)inMike Dinsdale(Executive Officer)inNeil Hudspith(Executive Officer)inReggie Davis(Executive Officer)inKeith Krach(Executive Officer, Director)inAllan Thygesen(President, Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAccelAvant Global LLCBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersComcast VenturesDraper Associates+21 more

1000Museums1000museums.com

New York, US

KIRSTEN SODERLIND(Executive Officer, Director)STEPHEN H. MARKS(Executive Officer)KEVIN S. MCPHILLIPS(Executive Officer)BRENDAN BURNS(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardWALTER BERNHEIMER(Director)GREGG BENNETT(Director)in

Co-investorsNew York Venture Partners

2Morrow2morrowinc.cominApr 2021 · $1.5M

2Morrow provides evidence-based digital wellness programs delivered through a smartphone and web app, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles to help people quit tobacco, manage stress, and change health behaviors.

Digital HealthMental HealthWellness & FitnessKirkland, US

Jo Masterson(Executive Officer, Director)inBrandon Masterson(Executive Officer)in

BoardJohn Koster(Director)Eric Larsen(Director)in

Co-investorsPortland Seed FundWRF Capital

425Business425business.comin𝕏

425 Business is a monthly business-lifestyle magazine covering business news, startups, technology, and lifestyle topics for the Puget Sound region of Washington state.

Media & EntertainmentBellevue, US

Josh Dunn(Founder & CEO)

Bigleaf Networksbigleaf.netin𝕏

Bigleaf provides SD-WAN and network optimization technology that manages connectivity across satellite, cellular, and metered circuits, offering automatic failover, redundancy, and data cap enforcement.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBeaverton, US

JOEL MULKEY(Executive Officer, Director)inJOHN DESMOND(Director)BRUCE CHATTERLEY(Director)JEFF BURCHETT(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBreakwater VenturesEastward Capital PartnersGoAhead VenturesOregon Venture FundPortland Seed FundSeaChange+1 more

Cadence Biomedicalcadencebiomedical.com

Cadence Biomedical makes Kickstart, a wearable walking device that helps people regain and re-learn natural walking after a stroke, spinal cord injury, or neurological conditions such as MS.

Digital HealthHardwareMedical DevicesSeattle, US

Brian Glaister(Executive Officer)Michael Hovanes(Executive Officer, Director)inChie Kawahara(Executive Officer)Barry Hix(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Schoen(Executive Officer)Jason Pacanowsky(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsKeiretsu ForumHealthtech CapitalSand Hill AngelsTech Coast Angels

CurvaFix Medical Techcurvafix.comin𝕏May 2018

CurvaFix develops the CurvaFix Low Profile intramedullary nailing system, curved implants for surgical stabilization of pelvic fractures.

HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesBellevue, US

Jeffrey Poole(Executive Officer)Mark Foster(Executive Officer, Director)inSteven Dimmer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Dong-Gun Kim(Director)

BoardEric Fritz(Director)inJack Tanaka(Director)in

Co-investorsRockies Venture ClubSPRINGROCK VENTURESSwan Venture FundKeiretsu CapitalMVM Life Science PartnersSectoral Asset Management+1 more

Healionics, Inc.healionics.comin

Healionics develops STARgraft, a synthetic vascular graft built on its STAR biomaterial scaffold that resists occlusion and infection to create a reliable bloodstream access site for kidney dialysis patients.

BiotechMedical DevicesNew MaterialsSeattle, US

Buddy Ratner(Director)Mike Connolly(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Marshall(Director)Max Maginness(Executive Officer)

BoardRyan Takeuchi(Director)Arthur Coury(Director)

Co-investorsBand of AngelsCentral Texas Angel NetworkiSelect FundKeiretsu ForumNW Angel

Healthcare North America Growth Stagecarlsmed.com

Carlsmed develops the aprevo personalized surgery platform for spine fusion procedures, producing patient-specific implants and technology used by spine surgeons.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesCarlsbad, US

Mike Cordonnier(Co-Founder, President & CEO)Niall Casey(Co-Founder & Chief Intellectual Property Officer)Shariq Hussain(Chief Technology Officer)Alexander Arrow(Executive Officer)Sharon Schulzki(Chief Clinical & Market Access Officer)Leo Greenstein(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCove FundPasadena AngelsUS Venture PartnersWavemaker Three-Sixty Health

iCHORichorvascular.comin

iCHOR develops minimally-invasive mechanical thrombectomy systems for treating peripheral vascular occlusions, converting traditional open surgical techniques into endovascular procedures for patients with arterial and venous disease.

HealthtechMedical DevicesNorth Webster, US

Dr. Troy Long(Founder)Tim Blair(Founder)inJEFF BLAIR(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsBand of AngelsCentral Texas Angel Network

Indicioindicio.techin𝕏Apr 2022 · $3.5M

Indicio is a technology company focused on decentralized identity and verifiable credential solutions, offering products and services built on distributed ledger and network infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechSeattle, US

Frances Donegan-Ryan(Founder)inHeather C. Dahl(Chief Executive Officer)inKen Ebert(Chief Technical Officer)inHelen Garneau(Chief Marketing Officer)inRichard Samuelson(Chief Financial Officer)Scott Harris(Chief Operations Officer)in

Co-investorsBlack Mountain Investment Group37 AngelsK Street CapitalSwan Venture FundTCP Venture CapitalHard Yaka

Indicioindicio.cominApr 2022 · $3.5M

Indicio is a forecasting and scenario planning platform that lets companies apply multivariate models incorporating external market, economic, and consumer data to their internal forecasts, with automated model building, backtesting, and driver explainability.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Frans Andersen(Co-Founder & CEO)inDavid(Co-Founder)Daniel(Co-Founder)

Co-investorsBackstage AB37 AngelsHard YakaSwan Venture Fund

Inherent Biosciencesinherentbio.cominSep 2022

Inherent Biosciences develops clinical diagnostic solutions using epigenetics and AI to address complex healthcare concerns.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthSalt Lake City, US

Andy Olson(Founder)inKristin Brogaard, PhD(Founder)in

Co-investorsPortfoliaUtah Innovation FundMedMountain VenturesPropel Bio Partners

Joyluxjoylux.com𝕏Sep 2024

Joylux develops a line of consumer products focused on women's intimate and pelvic floor health, created with input from an Ob-Gyn to address changes women experience post-delivery and with age.

Direct to ConsumerFemTechWellness & FitnessSeattle, US

Colette Courtion(Founder)inRobert Cross(Director)Richard Boxer(Director)Peter Weiss(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsGoddessHouston Angel NetworkJ-ImpactMindshift CapitalNext Wave ImpactPortfolia+3 more

MetricStoryin

Seattle, US

Brandon Nutter(President and Chief Technology Officer)inJoshua Gebhardt(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsElementum VenturesWisemont Capital

Mindshare Medicalmindsharemed.comMay 2014

Mindshare Medical (now RevealDx) builds clinical decision support software that uses image pattern recognition and deep learning to help radiologists and specialists detect and characterize diseases and guide follow-up procedures and treatments.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical DevicesSan Juan Capistrano, US

Michael Calhoun(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardGeorge Ugras(Director, Promoter)inThomas Giles(Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsSand Hill Angels

Nanodroppernanodropper.cominNov 2020

Nanodropper makes an FDA-listed, sterile twist-on adaptor that attaches to eyedrop bottles to dispense smaller drops, reducing medication waste and extending bottle life.

Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtechMedical DevicesRochester, US

Allisa Song(Physician-Founder & CEO)Elias Baker(Co-founder)Mackenzie Andrews(Co-founder)Elias B.(Founder)in

Co-investorsGolden Seeds

NeoSomaneosomainc.comin𝕏

Neosoma offers a cloud software platform that uses AI to map, measure, contour, and track brain tumor lesions from MRI scans over time.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical DevicesGroton, US

Aly Abayazeed(Executive Officer, Director)inJohn Liedtky(Executive Officer)inKenneth Kolodziej(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Hill(Executive Officer)

BoardKevin Richard(Director)Oleg Ikhelson(Director)

Co-investorsBeacon AngelsLaunchpad Venture Group

Nexgenianexgeniacorp.com

Nexgenia develops proprietary stimuli-responsive polymer-based reagents for molecular and cellular selection, diagnostics, and immunoassays.

BiotechDeep TechNew MaterialsSeattle, US

Ron Myers(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSteven Gillis(Director)Charles P. Waite(Director)Martin Simonetti(Director)Stewart Parker(Director)David Urdal(Director)

Co-investorsThe W FundWRF Capital

Olis Roboticsolisrobotics.comin

Olis Robotics provides remote monitoring, control, and troubleshooting solutions for industrial robots, serving over 50% of the global installed industrial robot fleet.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSeattle, US

Co-investorsSeaChangeTectonic VenturesThe W FundUbiquity Ventures

Optimize Healthrainlocal.comin

RAIN provides hyperlocal mobile advertising services for small and mid-sized businesses across various industries, helping them compete more effectively.

AdTechFintechMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Rick CitronSkyler SuttoninHan Park(CEO)

Co-investors500 GlobalNavigate Ventures

Payscorepayscore.cominMar 2023

Payscore (formerly The Closing Docs) offers cloud-based automated income verification software for property managers and lending professionals.

FintechPropTechSaaS

Co-investorsFf Venture CapitalHamilton VenturesSeaChange

Phase Genomicsphasegenomics.comin𝕏

Phase Genomics develops long-range genome sequencing technology based on proximity ligation, along with computational tools, for scientists studying cancer, inherited diseases, microbiomes, and biodiversity.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSeattle, US

Ivan Liachko(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inShawn Sullivan(Executive Officer, Promoter)in

Co-investorsCongruent VenturesHemi Ventures, LlcBill & Melinda Gates Foundation

PlaceFullplacefull.comin𝕏Mar 2016

PlaceFull is an online booking and payment platform that lets activity and experience businesses — such as paintball, pottery, bowling, ziplining, and wineries — take real-time reservations through their own website, Facebook page, and the PlaceFull marketplace.

MarketplacesRetail TechSaaSSeattle, US

Ryan Hamlin(Executive Officer, Director)inG. Scott Greenburg(Executive Officer)George Webb(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardGary E. Gigot(Director)David M. Thompson(Director)R. Mike Crill(Director)

Safe Securitysafe.securityin𝕏

SAFE Security provides an AI-driven platform for cyber risk management, covering third-party risk management (TPRM), continuous threat exposure management (CTEM), AI security posture management (AI-SPM), and cyber risk quantification (CRQ).

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Saket Modi(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAvataar Venture PartnersJC2 VenturesMS&AD VenturesPaladin Capital GroupTitanium VenturesEight Roads Ventures+5 more

Tealcomtealcom.io𝕏

TEAL provides a connectivity management platform called Aurora that allows businesses to monitor and manage eSIM fleets across global data networks through a single dashboard.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSSeattle, US

Robby HambletMichael Johnston, Jr.(Chief Business Officer)

Todaytoday.com𝕏

TODAY is a morning news and lifestyle broadcast program and digital platform that delivers news, entertainment, wellness content, and lifestyle advice to American audiences.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentWellness & FitnessNew York, US

Co-investorsAvestria VenturesKindred VenturesMuse CapitalSteelSky Ventures3one4 CapitalChiratae Ventures

Vicisvicis.com𝕏

VICIS manufactures protective equipment for youth football players, specifically shoulder pads featuring advanced impact protection and lightweight design.

ConsumerHardwareSports Tech

Co-investorsThe W Fund

Violettviolett.comin𝕏

Violett develops UVC light-based disinfection solutions for enclosed environments with poor ventilation, including military and critical infrastructure applications.

CleantechDefense TechHardwareHealthtechIoT

Branden Doyle(Co-founder)

Vocxi Healthvocxihealth.cominMay 2024

Vocxi Health develops MyBreathPrint, a noninvasive breath-analysis device that detects volatile organic compounds to screen for lung cancer and other diseases early.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesArden Hills, US

Ping Yeh(Chief Executive Officer)inGreg PetersoninGreg Sherwood(Chief Technology Officer)Randy Schiestl(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Yung-Ping Yeh(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardMorgan Evans(Director)

Co-investorsGreat North VenturesGROOVE CAPITALSamsung NextTaiwan Global AngelsKitchen Fund

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AmdAtanaEnosemiEvtodayGlidanceGradialRavenna SolutionsSafKan HealthSourceTEAL

Exits · 1

1 IPOs

DocusignNASDAQ: DOCU

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Alliance of Angels made?
Alliance of Angels has 41 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does Alliance of Angels invest at?
Alliance of Angels invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Alliance of Angels focus on?
Alliance of Angels focuses on Biotech, Consumer, Deep Tech, Hardware.
Where is Alliance of Angels located?
Alliance of Angels is headquartered in Seattle, US.
Does Alliance of Angels lead rounds?
Alliance of Angels typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Alliance of Angels co-invest with?
Alliance of Angels most often shares deals with Band of Angels, Central Texas Angel Network, SeaChange, among 39 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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