Brian Neer

Founded in 2013, Miami Angels is one of Floridas largest, longest-running, and most active angel networks. We are industry agnostic, focusing primarily on post-product, post-revenue, early-stage technology companies.

Founded in 2014, Tribeca ESP is a FinTech-focused venture group. Our network of entrepreneurs and business leaders have domain expertise in institutional finance, technology, and deep science. With 70 limited partners, we have the collective experience and perspective that touches virtually every facet of the institutional finance landscape. We leverage our network to make informed investment decisions and to assist the companies in which we invest. We primarily focus on pre-A and A opportunities, though we have the ability to go earlier or later. Generally, we prefer to see revenue and referenceable clients before we invest. Since 2014, weve proven our value to our portfolio companies in a wide variety of ways, which has led to fantastic results. Weve made over 50 investments, have had many exits, and two IPOs. Most importantly, we are nice people who love to help our portfolio companies thrive!

Founded in 2016, Wharton Alumni Angels is an active angel investment group composed of University of Pennsylvania alumni and non-Penn alumni who have joined their angel community. Their members are entrepreneurs, senior business executives, and institutional investors with a global reach. Wharton Alumni Angels​ over 500 members in 23 countries have invested in more than 50 early-stage companies. Wharton Alumni Angels members seek to add value beyond the deal​ and actively provide mentoring and assistance to young companies. They are enthusiastic about entrepreneurs and passionate teams pursuing their dreams. Through a global membership and the Wharton alumni community, the organization has a deep network and close relationships with venture capital funds, other angel networks, and innovation ecosystems worldwide to cultivate the growth of start-ups. Wharton Alumni Angels participates most often in seed and Series A investments, and occasionally later-stage rounds and does not focus on specific verticals or industries.

Founded in San Diego, CA, NuFund is one of the largest, most active and most successful early-stage investor groups over the past 20+ years. We represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and work together to foster a culture of excellence, respect, innovation, and fun.

Neer Venture Partners is a $20MM seed stage fund that primarily invests in fintech but also considers other areas (B2B SaaS, proptech, insurtech, wealthtech, gaming, DTC applications, and sportstech). The fund typically invests between $25,000 and $500,000 in companies that meet certain criteria, such as having a full-time founding team, a minimum viable product, evidence of product-market fit, some revenue or successful pilots, and a large potential market. While the fund does not have a regional bias, it may give preference to businesses based in Florida.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

New York Angels is a member-led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through successful exit. Our 120+ members are entrepreneurs, CEOs, venture capitalists and business leaders who have founded, funded and built world-class companies. We come from a wide array of industry backgrounds and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. We mentor and coach the entrepreneurs in whom we invest, serve on their boards, provide contacts and assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising. The mission of New York Angels is to foster an engaged and smart New York City angel investment environment in an effort to enhance the opportunities for entrepreneurs to be financed and succeed through exit. We provide opportunities for our members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in early-stage companies and accelerating them to market leadership. We lead and participate in investments ranging from $100,000–$2,000,000, and have a large network of angel groups and venture capital firms with whom we syndicate to do rounds up to $3 million. New York Angels has been the leading seed investment organization in NYC since 2004, with members investing over $112 million into more than 270 exciting startup companies. Through their participation in New York Angels, members were the first investors in such startups as Pinterest and Comixology, and portfolio companies have been acquired by Google, Intel, CBS, Living Social and others.

Founded in 2013, Miami Angels is one of Floridas largest, longest-running, and most active angel networks. We are industry agnostic, focusing primarily on post-product, post-revenue, early-stage technology companies.