Fundraising FoxEmpire Angels
Angel networkNew York · Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
Find your way into Empire Angels
Each arrow is one introduction. Sign up to fill in the first one.
Ask Ihar Mahaniok to introduce you to Christina Bechhold
You →Ihar · together at Empire Angels →Christina
Ask Jamie Chen to introduce you to Graham Gullans
You →Jamie · together at Empire Angels →Graham
Ask Sam Okafor to introduce you to Christina
You →Sam · together at Empire Angels →Christina
- Christina Bechhold Russ2 people can intro you
Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to Empire Angels
- Your email: who you already know at Empire Angels, and who your contacts know
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with the Empire Angels team
- Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you
We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.
Investment thesis
Empire Angels positions itself as a collaborative angel investing group aiming to train a new generation of angel investors. It emphasizes minimal bureaucracy, rapid decision-making, collaborative diligence, and active portfolio support, while maintaining a long-term perspective on returns. The group is built on principles of transparency, trust, and cooperation, and is highly selective about the members it admits.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through Empire Angels went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 13 of 30 portfolio companiesConsumer ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Direct to Consumer ×3Enterprise Software ×2Fintech ×2FoodTech ×2HR Tech ×2Marketing Tech ×2
HQs:United States×11
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×3
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
Car-sharing marketplace platform connecting hosts and guests across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt.
Kodihalli, Bangalore
Gregory Moran(Executive Officer, Director)David Back(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inHiroshi Nishijima(Executive Officer)inGeiv Dubash(Executive Officer)inAmit Sharma(Executive Officer)Bharath Kumar Nathan(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCore91.vcDot CapitalFJ LabsForefront VentureGlobevestorInnoVen Capital+2 more
Basno is a platform for creating and collecting digital badges that recognize accomplishments, skills, commitments, and expertise.
ConsumerMarketing TechSaaSSocial
Co-investorsPrehypeRRE VenturesIndex Ventures
Enertiv provides a software platform for real estate portfolios to automate sustainability reporting, compliance, and utility data collection, and to manage decarbonization, energy optimization, tenant utility billing, and maintenance.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyPropTechNew York City, US
Pavel Khodorkovskiy(Executive Officer, Director)inConnell McGill(Executive Officer, Director)inEldon Klaassen(Director)
BoardThomas Blum(Director)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Cerium Technology VenturesClean Energy VentureCommonweal VenturesConnecticut InnovationsGroundBreak Ventures+6 more
New York City, US
Co-investorsClimate Tech PartnersGotham Gal VenturesTechstars645 VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalLiberty City Ventures+3 more
Chronus is a platform that connects employees for guided, AI-assisted conversations focused on career development, mentoring, community building, and change adoption in enterprise organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York, US
Aaron Hurst(Founder)in
Co-investorsVoyager CapitalAlly Bridge GroupAmed VenturesAscension VenturesBain Capital Life SciencesCatalio Capital Management+4 more
Kenzen develops AI-powered occupational health and safety systems that integrate predictive analytics and real-time monitoring to reduce workplace injuries and improve workforce performance.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechSan Francisco, US
Sonia Sousa(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJake Ireland(Director)Lorenzo Thione(Director)Steven Pecko(Director)
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersKCRise FundRoyal Street Ventures Management Company, LlcSand Hill AngelsWorking Capital FundDigitalis Ventures+2 more
Platform connecting wedding couples to owners of open spaces
Co-investorsTamarisc Ventures
Orionis Biosciences discovers and engineers molecules that connect proteins on or within cells to reprogram disease-driving processes or activate immune responses.
BiotechDeep TechNewton, US
Nikolai Kley(Founder)inNikolai Kley, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGriet Vanpoucke, Ph.D.(Director)Steven R. Gullans, Ph.D.(Director)
Co-investorsExcel Venture ManagementSolari CapitalSolasta VenturesV-Bio VenturesWessel Management
Socure provides an AI-driven platform for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and risk decisioning, serving enterprises and government agencies across financial services, gaming, healthcare, e-commerce, and other sectors.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechNew York, US
John Ayers(Executive Officer, Director)inJohnny Ayers(Founder & CEO)in
BoardJohn F. Frankel(Director)inSunil Madhu(Executive Officer, Director)inAlessandro Piol(Director)Pavlo Protopapa(Director)
Co-investorsAccelAlpha PartnersAltaIR CapitalAmity VenturesBain Capital VenturesCommerce Ventures+21 more
StatSocial provides consumer, B2B, and social audience intelligence built on a patented Identity Graph and behavioral KnowledgeGraph that connect social profiles to verified U.S. individuals enriched with demographic, household, and purchase data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechNew York, US
Michael Hussey(Director and Chief Executive Officer)inPavel Baranov(Chief Technology Officer)inDavid M. Barkerin
BoardDonald Dodge(Director)Joseph Saviano(Director)Mark Rosenblatt(Director)
Co-investorsARC Angel FundBantam Group
Willie's Superbrew makes hard seltzer brewed from real superfruits such as mangoes, passionfruit, and pineapples.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Cambridge, US
Assaf Biderman(Executive Officer, Director)inCarlo Ratti(Director)Jeff Beck(Director)Santo Polito(Director)
BoardDan Herscovici(Director)David Fialkow(Director)in
Co-investorsSony Ventures CorporationGeneral CatalystJefferiesOurCrowdSpark Capital
.png)
The Infatuation provides expert restaurant recommendations and reviews written by trained editors who dine anonymously and pay for their own meals.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentTravel & HospitalityNew York, US
Co-investorsMaywic Select Investments
A promotional page for "The Prom," a licensed stage musical comedy about Broadway performers who champion a small-town teenager barred from bringing her girlfriend to prom.
Media & Entertainment
Zest is a beverage brand that makes high-caffeine teas and creatine-electrolyte drink mixes designed to provide coffee-level energy without jitters or a crash.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & FitnessStonington, US
James Fayal(Founder)in
Co-investorsUniversity System of Maryland Momentum Fund
Zest Tea makes high-caffeine teas and functional drink mixes, including creatine and electrolyte sticks, positioned as an alternative to coffee for energy and focus without jitters or crash.
Direct to ConsumerFoodTechWellness & Fitness
James Fayal(Founder)
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
FundationGojunoHuman DemandJunoLiftMetrixMah Ze DahrMAYMy DrobePopsy AppSpeakaboosThe PromVodioWillie's Superbrew
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsZoomcarOTC: ZCARLiftMetrixacq. by Hootsuite
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Socure · angelinvestorsnetwork.com · Sep 22, 2026
Zoomcar · prnewswire.com · Aug 14, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Empire Angels made?
- Empire Angels has 30 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What stage does Empire Angels invest at?
- Empire Angels invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- Where is Empire Angels located?
- Empire Angels is headquartered in New York, US.
- Who does Empire Angels co-invest with?
- Empire Angels most often shares deals with Techstars, Dot Capital, Gotham Gal Ventures, among 57 tracked co-investors.
Similar investors
4DI Ventures was co-founded by repeat tech operator and ESET Southern Africa founder Justin Stanford, giving it unusually deep cybersecurity and software operating experience rather than a purely financial background, and originated from Stanford's own angel-investing experiments that directly led to both the firm's creation and the launch of the Silicon Cape Initiative. The firm explicitly describes its style as "nurture capital" with intensive, hands-on engagement, and Stanford is vocal about avoiding the "unicorn at all costs" mentality in African tech, instead emphasizing sustainable market readiness and fundamentals in a more conservative, durability-focused investment approach.
83North is a global venture capital firm that invests in and helps entrepreneurs build large, category-defining companies, backing startups across multiple stages and sectors.
8VC is a venture capital firm investing across logistics, life sciences, healthcare, IT infrastructure, and government/defense, guided by its Smart Enterprise thesis focused on data integration and platform network effects.
ACT Venture Capital is an independent Irish venture capital firm that invests €1 million to €15 million in growth-stage private companies, with capacity for larger commitments through syndicated rounds.
Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.