Harvard Business School Angels of Southern California
120 Broadway, Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
Overview
The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Association (HBSAA) is an educational and networking forum for Harvard Alumni and other participants who are interested in researching and investing in early stage companies on an individual basis. They are one of the largest Angel Networks in the world with: 12 chapters across 4 continents 1,000+ members 250+ companies funded $50 million invested Angel investments are made by individual members at the local chapter level. Companies apply for funding via a local chapter, members screen 10-50 companies and invite 4-6 companies for each pitch event. Companies that receive funding gain access to a vast network of HBS Alumni and mentors. Harvard is the number one school attended by startups that raised $100 million or more, according to TechCrunch. HBS is the number one business school for entrepreneurship with more than 1,300 entrepreneurs and nearly 1,200 companies that combined have raised in excess of $39 billion, according to Poets & Quants. HBS Alumni Angels has 7 Chapters in the US: 1. HBS Angels of Greater New York 2. HBS Angels of Northern California 3. HBS Alumni Angels of Chicago 4. HBS Alumni Angels of Southern California 5. HBS Alumni Angels of Washington DC 6. HBS Houston Alumni Angels 7. HBS Alumni Angels of South Florida and 5 Chapters outside of the US 1. HBS Alumni Angels of Brazil 2. HBS Alumni Angels of London 3. Harvard Angels France 4. HBS Alumni Angels India 5. HBS Alumni Angels China
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Exchanges
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- Ninja Metrics
Led · Series A · Nov 2013
Ninja Metrics is a Los Angeles-based predictive analytics company for gaming led by Dr. Dmitri Williams. The company invented Social Value, a measurement of who influences others and how much that influence is worth in real monetary value. Ninja Metrics provides Katana, a predictive analytics and automated social graph analysis platform aimed at helping online businesses and app developers improve monetization and increase conversion. Katana targets the most valuable, influenceable, and influential customers to drive timely conversion and monetization. The company closed $2.8M in funding, with backers including Harvard Business School Angels and Tech Coast Angels, and intends to use the funds to advance engineering, open new markets, and expand marketing and customer service development efforts. The financing was reported by FinSMEs on 11/11/2013.