What are angel investing communities?

Communities for angel investors and early-stage investors looking to meet founders, share deal flow, and learn the craft. LinkedIn and Facebook groups connect thousands of investors globally, with curated Slack communities offering more intimate access for experienced practitioners.

Where do most angel investing communities live?

LinkedIn is the most common platform in this report (35% of 20 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

70% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical angel investing community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 13K members and the median is 4K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (75%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, paid community, and live chat.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Angel Investing topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Angel Investing Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 20 angel investing communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: angel investing communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2023-06-26

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Communities: 20
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 13K
Median members: 4K

Where Angel Investing Communities Are Hosted

LinkedIn
7(35%)
Independent Platforms
6(30%)
Facebook
3(15%)
Slack
2(10%)
Reddit
2(10%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
11(55%)
Other platforms
7(35%)
Chat communities
2(10%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (55%), but other platforms is also well represented (35%).

LinkedIn leads, but Independent Platforms and Facebook also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(5%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(10%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
7(35%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(30%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
0(0%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (13K vs 4K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Angel Investing Differs From Other Categories

Angel Investing is less free-to-join, smaller, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Angel Investing	Hive Index average
Free to join	70%	85%
Median members	4K	25K
Average members	13K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	30%	15%
Live chat	25%	38%
Topic pageviews / mo	354	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
75%
Online/Offline Events
40%
Paid Community
30%
Live Chat
25%
Member Perks
25%
Courses
20%
Newsletter
20%
Job Board
15%

Niche Features

Requires Application
10%
Pairing
5%
Tools
5%

Forum appears on 75% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 85

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
LinkedIn	7	35%	9	11%
Independent Platforms	6	30%	3	4%
Facebook	3	15%	15	18%
Slack	2	10%	56	66%
Reddit	2	10%	2	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack gets 66% of clicks but only 10% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
56(66%)
Forum / feed-based
20(24%)
Other platforms
9(11%)

Most-clicked features

Online/Offline Events
59(69%)
Paid Community
59(69%)
Job Board
58(68%)
Member Perks
58(68%)
Courses
57(67%)
Live Chat
57(67%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
64(75%)
Huge
19(22%)

Top-clicked listings

Confluence.VC
55(65%)
Angel Investor Group
7(8%)
Investors, Venture Capital & Angel Investors
7(8%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Angel Investing. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.
•Last updated 2023-06-26

FAQ

: Communities for angel investors and early-stage investors looking to meet founders, share deal flow, and learn the craft. LinkedIn and Facebook groups connect thousands of investors globally, with curated Slack communities offering more intimate access for experienced practitioners.
: LinkedIn is the most common platform in this report (35% of 20 listings).
: 70% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 13K members and the median is 4K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (75%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, paid community, and live chat.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Angel Investing topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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