CAPITAL HAS INFLUENCE.
WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE WILL YOURS HAVE?
Investing is more than just the money you give to a startup. You want to invest in businesses that resonate with your values and passions. The Beyond Angel Network is composed of accredited Christian investors seeking to share the future of faith-based investing.
Ending the sacred and secular divide
We believe our investment dollars can make as great of an impact as our philanthropic dollars.
Together, we will invest in hundreds of scalable, for-profit companies as the Midwest hub for faith-driven investment.
Advantages to Angel Membership
Access to quality investment opportunities and screening reports compiled by Venture Capital Analyst Team (VCAT)
Opportunity to co-invest with other highly-qualified investors
- Provides students paid private equity internship experience that leads to significantly better employment post-graduation
- Significant tax advantages (IRS Sections 1202, 1045, 1244)
- Networking with fellow investors and friends of Cedarville University
- Educational materials through network affiliations, such as the Angel Capital Association
- Avenue to support Beyond and mentor current students
Membership may be asked to provide the following services on a volunteer basis:
- Serve as an Angel Mentor to a VCAT analyst as they screen a potential company for investment
- Serve as the Lead Angel during post-pitch due diligence
- Identify deal flow and refer any companies you think might be a good fit for the Network and Fund
- Refer angel membership to investors who may be interested in joining the Network
- Guest lecturing in entrepreneurship classes or as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence for the Accelerator
- Serving as judges in student accelerator pitch competitions
- Serving as mentors for Entrepreneurship students and alumni
- Providing internship opportunities for Cedarville University Beyond program students.
BECOME AN INVESTOR
The Cedarville Beyond Angel Network operates as an annually renewable membership platform with confidential access to a curated pipeline of investable startup companies and related due diligence information on each company. If you are an accredited investor and wish to be a member, please review the membership levels below.
Want to learn more about the membership?
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
- Defined as an accredited investor by Rule 501 of the SEC regulations, which defines the same as “Any natural person whose individual net worth or joint net worth with that person’s spouse at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000”; OR “ Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year. ”OR an “Accredited Investor” who is a corporation, partnership, trust, or other entity whose assets exceed $5,000,000 or whose owners are each “Accredited Investors”.
- Prepaid $7,500 annual membership dues for the first 2 years of membership ($15,000).
- Donate a % of profit and/or dividends received from Beyond investments to sustain the Beyond program’s longevity.
- Able to attend quarterly Investor Impact events at no charge and receive sponsor recognition in all event materials.
- Receive a special invitation to the Investor Impact Presidential Banquet.
- Provide input that shapes the advancing course and objectives of the Beyond program.
Note: annual membership in the network is a tax-deductible gift to the Cedarville University Beyond Program.
- Defined as an accredited investor by Rule 501 of the SEC regulations, which defines the same as “Any natural person whose individual net worth or joint net worth with that person’s spouse at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000”; OR “ Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.”
- Pay $1,500 annual membership dues.
- Donate a % of profit and/or dividends received from Beyond investments to benefit the sustainability of the Beyond program.
- Able to attend quarterly Investor Impact events at no charge.
Note: annual membership in the network is a tax-deductible gift to the Cedarville University Beyond Program.
Disclaimer: The Cedarville Beyond Angel Network acts solely as a facilitator of the investment process by providing members with a method to view, analyze, and monitor investment opportunities. The Cedarville Beyond Angel Network does not provide members or others with investment advice and does not endorse or offer prospective investment opportunities. Members are solely responsible for the individual and independent investment decisions made both as to suitability and amount of any investment based on the member’s assessment of the merits of the investment opportunity.