Our members are also known as angel investors.
An angel investor is a person who invests money into someone else’s business deal. This definition does not include "friends and family”.
For the purposes of membership qualification of the Venture Alberta forum, angel investors are:
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Write checks to invest in private deals – typically early stage growth companies.
*An investor must meet the Accredited Investor requirements of the Alberta Securities Commission to become a member of the VentureAlberta Forum Investor Network.
Accredited Investor - Includes financial institutions, pension and investment funds, corporations with $5 million in net assets and certain high net value individuals. An individual will be considered an accredited investor if he or she, together with his or her spouse has:
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Financial assets (cash and securities) exceeding $1 million, or
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Pre-tax net income of at least $300,000 (or $200,000 without a spouse) in each of the last two years and a reasonable expectation of exceeding that amount in the current year.