Join the Most Active Angel Network in Texas

Learn More About Becoming a CTAN Member

The Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) is dedicated to providing quality early-stage investment opportunities for accredited investors and assisting entrepreneurs by being a vital source of information, educational resources, and advisors. CTAN offers a wide range of opportunities for new investors to learn angel investing and expand their portfolio. For experienced angel investors, CTAN provides a great way to increase deal flow and co-invest with passionate angel investors. By becoming a member, you'll benefit from numerous angel investment opportunities in Austin, TX and beyond.

CTAN provides a structured forum for investors to source cooperatively and vet deal opportunities. This orchestration includes a full process, from application to member voting to pitch night to due diligence. All due diligence is driven by the members, utilizing broad and deep experiences across the membership to assess the opportunity quickly. 

CTAN is a member-driven organization where your money is your money. When you invest, you are on the cap table as the investor, not CTAN. CTAN does, however, maintain the orchestration of the deal and periodically follows up with invested startups on status and progress.

Key Statistics

• Over $129M has been invested into 2015 companies since CTAN’s founding in 2006.
• 120 angel investors – Diversity in countless sectors and significant functional expertise. Backgrounds in tech, financial services, B2B, B2C, healthcare, real estate, as founders, successful exits, family funds, and more.
• Diversified deal flow across multiple sectors ranging from tech to healthcare to B2C.
• Six funding cycles per year, in which startups are formally screened and evaluated by investor members.

Benefits of CTAN Membership

• Exclusive Access to Sidecar Fund Opportunities: Elevate your investment strategy with the unique opportunity to participate in CTAN's sidecar fund, providing an additional avenue for strategic investments and enhanced portfolio diversification.
• Connect with a Network of Talented Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs: Join CTAN to unlock exclusive networking opportunities with like-minded individuals who share your passion for angel investing and entrepreneurship.
• Diversify Your Portfolio with Confidence: CTAN offers an excellent platform to diversify your portfolio and investments, providing a strategic approach to wealth management.
• Quality Deal Flow and Exposure to Startups: Gain access to a steady stream of high-quality deal flow, exposing you to promising startups and investment opportunities that align with your interests and goals.
• Passionate Membership Organization: Become part of a passionate community dedicated to angel investing, catering to investors at every level – whether you're new, moderate, or experienced, CTAN is committed to supporting your journey.
• Exclusive Invitations to CTAN Member Events: Enjoy the privilege of attending CTAN Member Education & Social Events, including in-person dinners and pitch nights. Can't make it in person? No worries – all sessions are recorded, and pitch nights are streamed over Zoom Webinar for a hybrid experience.
• Meaningful Engagement with the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Seize the opportunity to give back and actively engage with both the local entrepreneurial ecosystem and the broader national investor community within CTAN.
• Global Learning with Angel Capital Association Membership: Your CTAN Membership automatically grants you access to the Angel Capital Association, the world's largest angel professional development organization. Elevate your knowledge and skills with this invaluable educational resource for angel investors.
• Efficient Investing with Dealum: Leverage our investment platform, Dealum, for seamless evaluation of entrepreneur applications, easy RSVPs to CTAN events, and efficient connections with fellow CTAN members. Maximize your investment potential with this streamlined online forum.
  

The Role of CTAN

• CTAN is a nonprofit organization that enables angel investing and startup engagement.
• The network acts solely as a facilitator of the investment process, providing members with a structured forum where members may, individually and cooperatively, meet, view, analyze, and monitor investment opportunities.
• CTAN does not provide investment advice to members, invest in companies, or share in the profits of member investments.
• Prospective investment opportunities are not offered by or endorsed by CTAN.
• Members are responsible for making individual and independent investment decisions, both as to the suitability of an investment and the amount of any investment, based on their own individual evaluation of the merits of the proposed investment offering.

Funding Cycle Process

Each Funding Cycle is at least six weeks long. CTAN offers up to six funding cycles each year. Below, you will find more details about our funding cycle process.

How to Apply for Membership

Interested in becoming a member now? In order to join the network, potential members must:

• Qualify as an accredited investor.
• Have relevant investment experience and/or be interested in learning from their peers.
• Complete the CTAN Membership Agreement.
• Agree to abide by and sign the CTAN Rules of Membership and Conduct.
• Exhibit a real desire to participate in the startup ecosystem and mentor entrepreneurs.
• Meet with a CTAN Board Member to complete the member qualification process.
• Pay the current annual dues, prorated as applicable.
• Create a profile on CTAN’s online platform, Dealum, and actively use the platform as part of your membership.

Please note that we prorate membership dues based on the month that you join. You can access our application by clicking HERE.

Onboarding with CTAN

As a member-driven organization, there are many benefits ranging from learning angel investing, engaging with entrepreneurs, to expanding quality deal flow. Once approved as a member, our onboarding process is quick and simple. Once you join CTAN, all events, investment opportunities, and community information are easy to access online and supported by our wonderful CTAN staff. New member orientation occurs twice annually, and it is the best place to learn about CTAN and ask questions.

For all new members, we encourage you to develop an investment hypothesis that best fits your objectives and passions and use that as a starting point. Further, we highly encourage you to volunteer throughout the organization, especially for due diligence roles where you will learn about CTAN investment approaches and the well-documented CTAN templates that help streamline due diligence and investments.