Welcome to the Enterprise Angels Community
Connecting early stage companies with business angels and investors to maximise success
The Enterprise Angels Team
Enterprise Angels was established in 2008 by Bill Murphy, since then our 200+ members, funds and wholesale investor community have collectively invested more than $70m dollars in over 100 new start ups.
It is an incorporated society governed by a Board of Directors elected by members. Click here to view the current Board.
We’re a friendly bunch and keen to make sure you have a great experience with us. To find out more about the team and our roles click here.
Please reach out in regard to any questions you may have.
Communications from Enterprise Angels
Email is our main form of communication. The type of communication you will receive from us include:
- Deal opportunities
- Event invites
- Newsletters updates
- Investment reports
- Corporate Actions
- Settlement Emails
In addition to individual team members’ names, key email addresses are:
- investment_team@enterpriseangels.co.nz – for investment commitments, corporate actions and company updates
- compliance_team@enterpriseangels.co.nz – for investor onboarding, customer due diligence, tax and account information updates
- admin@enterpriseangels.co.nz – membership and other general enquiries
We want to make sure our emails make it to your inbox. If you haven’t already done so please add us as a contact or put our email domain @enterpriseangels.co.nz on your whitelist. Whitelisting an email involves telling your email provider that you want emails from that sender to be allowed into your inbox rather than being filtered into spam.
Click here for instructions on how to whitelist an email.
Email security
We take cyber security seriously and deal with sensitive information and large payments so please be aware of any phishing emails that look suspicious for example changing payment instructions.
Always check account details for payment requests, and make sure it is sent from a verified Enterprise Angels email address. If in doubt please call us.
Social Media
We are active on Facebook and LinkedIn and would love you to follow our pages so you can share posts with your wider network. To follow our pages simply click the links below:
Our Partner Network
Very important to Enterprise Angels are the high quality corporate partners who support us in our work with early stage companies. You can see who they are here.
If you are in need of professional services please contact them – don’t forget to mention us when you make contact.
We are truly grateful to our partners, as they enable us to provide the services we offer.
Angel Association New Zealand
Enterprise Angels is a member of the Angel Association of New Zealand (AANZ). AANZ was established in 2008 to bring together the business angel networks and early stage funds to work towards an agreed national vision and to deliver the activities required to achieve this.
We encourage you to read the Angel Association article ‘Angel behaviour – what should we expect?’, which sets out the standards for the behaviour we should expect of each other in this industry.
Enterprise Angels members will recieve AANZ event invites and discounted registration.
Enterprise Angels Portfolio
Enterprise Angels has invested in over 100 NZ startups. Mainly in software, hardware or agtech, with the majority being based in Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Wellington. Many now have a strong international presence with global corporates as clients. e.g. – Fuel50 and Parrot Analytics .
We invest primarily in startups, however, nearly 50% of capital goes to early expansion stages. At this point, companies have proven their value and achieved product-market fit, reducing risk. We’ve participated in over 170 follow-on rounds, often open to new investors when additional capital is needed.
See current portfolio companies here.
While financial inputs are extremely important, equally important is the support provided. Active angel members contribute to our portfolio companies through utilising their experience, skills, and connections.
Our success has come from combining the strengths of the angel network with the strengths of a fund to attract better deals and deliver a better result for investee companies and investors. EA Fund 1, 2 and 3 are fully invested. This important funding option for entrepreneurs and investors continues to be availiable through EA Fund 4.
Investing with Enterprise Angels
Any investor knows that one of the keys to investing success is to diversify. It’s no different with angel investing. You should build a portfolio of early-stage investments. A key advantage of investing with Enterprise Angels is you can leverage the experience of all the members in an angel group and have the opportunity to invest in a range of deals that have been reviewed by domain experts to increase the chances of success. Read more here
The Investment Process
As an investor in our community will be notified of deal opportunities and if interested you need to respond with a dollar value commitment by the required date. The minimum investment amount is $5,000. Investment parcels vary from $5,000 – $100,000.
We use an investor portal to enable you to manage your investments with Enterprise Angels.
For your initial investment some documentation is requested due to regulatory requirements. Once this is completed further investments will be a simpler process and you will be able to view all investment transactions, and documentation via the portal.
Investor Guides
The following guides are designed as an introduction to early stage investing, if you haven’t already read them, we encourage you to:
- Invest with Confidence: A beginners’ guide to investing in early stage businesses
- Enterprise Angels: Invest alongside New Zealand’s most experienced investors
- The importance of diversification: How investing in a fund can help
- The most rewarding investor network: A beginners’ guide to raising capital with angels
- Impact investing for Angels: A beginners’ guide to impact investing
- Due Diligence Checklist
For a deeper understanding of angel investing, how Enterprise Angels works and how to make the most your angel journey, Nina Le Lievre, our CEO, has pre-recorded an Express Angel 101 course. It is around 40 minutes so we recommend setting aside some time to watch it. View Express Angel 101 here.
Angel Association NZ (AANZ) also run regular educational events and an annual summit that members receive invitations to.
Fees
Enterprise Angels is funded by the fees we collect from our members, our partners and fees on investment transactions. You will be charged an admin fee upon investment along with an exit fee on divestment. These fees enable us to provide the functions of sourcing, reviewing, presenting and managing your investments. For a full schedule of our investment transaction fees, refer here.
For more information on fees we recommend you read the following blogs:
Investor Reporting and Shareholder Updates
Investor Reports are sent biannually in April and October.
You will receive shareholders updates from those companies you have directly invested. For Fund investors, company updates will be available with the Fund reports. For EA Fund 1 and EA Fund 2 these are sent on a six monthly basis in April and October. For EA Fund 3 and EA Fund 4 they will sent on a quarterly basis. An Annual report for each Fund will be released by the end of July.
Member Benefits
Unlock exclusive benefits as a member! Enjoy priority access to deals, reduced administration fees, and free entry to events.
As a member you have the opportunity to get actively involved and make a real difference. You can dive deeper by participating in due diligence, becoming an investor reps, volunteering as a mentor and joining committees and boards.
Check out the ways to get involved.
Member Directory
Members gain access to our member directory. This directory is a great way for you to introduce yourself to the community and to find out more about and engage with our existing members and partners.
Member profiles are a great way to let others know who you are, what you do and your skills and experience. Then when looking for someone with your skill set they won’t hesitate to make that all-important introduction.
Updating your profile. (Please note to access this area you will have needed to activate your account. When you join as a member instructions are sent out however please get in touch if you are having trouble accessing)
Founder Support Directory
One of the strengths of Enterprise Angels is the commitment of our members volunteering time and providing resources to support the early-stage ecosystem. To enable our portfolio companies to capitalise on this we have created a Founder Support Directory. This directory is a place to go to for our Founder and Investor reps to go to when seeking help with expertise and connections within our Member databse.
Members who have already indicated that are willing to help or mentor founders, arel automatically added to the Founder Support Directory. Members who wish to included, simply click add a listing under Directory Listings in your member profile.
Help Grow the Enterprise Angels Community
Word of mouth and referrals are the best way to grow our startup community, but success is dependent on people sharing what we do and encouraging others to get involved. Think about your own circle of friends and colleagues – you never know what talents and interests you might uncover. Talk to them about Angel investing, share our investment flyer or invite them to join you at our next Pitch event, or subscribe to our quarterly newsletter.
Referring Deals
If you know of someone who has a unique product or service and is interested in raising capital, then please refer them on to Nina or Jake.
Also encourage them to book into an Angelic Drop In clinic. This will give them the opportunity to have an informal chat to Angels members about their project and get some great advice and feedback.
Our capital raising webpage and flyer on The benefits of raising capital with Enterprise Angels, includes many resources including how to get started, what we are looking for, how to apply and how the process works and what value we add!