Investing as an Angel
Whether you are a new or experienced Angel Investor, the Northern Angel Summit is an exciting opportunity for Angel Investors to connect, collaborate, and learn about impact investing in high-potential startups from across the region.
This investor-led experience provides hands-on exposure to the investment process, exclusive networking, and the thrill of backing the next great company.
Become a Northern Angel Investor
Join our community of accredited investors and gain hands-on experience in the investment process. This 10-week program provides a guided, collaborative approach, including structured investor meetings, company reviews, founder pitches, and due diligence —all while being mentored by seasoned angel investors.
This program culminates in a public pitch event where the top 6 companies present their final pitches live to an audience, with the full angel investment awarded to the winning team.
Angel investing fuels new ideas, strengthens local economies, and helps startups scale!
Why Join?
Build investment expertise through hands-on workshops, expert mentorship, and practical tools to make confident, informed decisions.
High-Potential Access
Discover high-potential startups and investment opportunities in a region shaped by ingenuity and resilience.
Mentorship & Experience
Develop the skills to invest wisely and with impact from experienced Angel Investors.
Impact & Altruism
Play a pivotal role in advancing ideas with the potential to reshape our economy.
VIP Networking
Enjoy invite-only investor gatherings, and curated deal discussions; connecting with fellow Investors, and Founders from across the North.
Commitment
Participating investors need to be committed to attending weekly sessions. While occasional absences are understood, the value, both individually and for the collective, is derived from active participation.
Investors should be prepared to spend 3-4 hours a week on the program. Depending on your individual approach to reviewing applications or scheduling meetings, this estimate can change. Investors are encouraged to attend every session but it is not mandatory. However, because the Summit is a group experience, you will get more out of the program the more you participate.
Requirements
Investors must qualify as accredited (this is defined by the BC Securities Commission).
Innovation Central Society DBA Northern Innovation Network retains the final decision-making authority as to the participation of any investor in the program.
Investment
Participation in the Northern Angel Summit as an accredited investor is broken down in this way:
Your Investment
$5,000 per share (this remains your money inside the investment corporation). You can only buy one share during the program but can buy additional shares after the winner is selected.
Fund Administration Fee
This $500 per share fee is used used to create and manage the investment corporation into which your investment is pooled. You can invest either as an individual or through your company.
Combined this totals $5,500 paid to the investment corporation setup for this year’s Summit. This is your investment.
Program Fee
$450 is paid to Northern Innovation Network to cover the cost of your participation in the Northern Angel Summit. This helps cover the cost of your training, VIP events, administration, venue rentals, catering for key sessions, training materials etc.
Structure
The timing for a return is similar to any other angel investing return. Most ventures will plan to exit within 5-7 years extending to a range of 13-15 years. If there is an exit, a distribution will occur. If the funds distributed are sufficient, your entire investment will be returned with legal and accounting fees subtracted. Any returns on investment will be split equally among Angels.
The investment fund is an incorporated Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), with each Angel investor holding shares in proportion to their individual investment.
Deal
Our goal is to equip investors with the skills to negotiate deals typical of angel investors. While we emphasize standard angel investment terms, we also request specific provisions related to publicity and information rights. However, we encourage ventures to arrive prepared with their own term sheets.
The top team will receive the full angel investment capital raised.
Angel’s Schedule
January Registration Opens
April 1 Angels Kick-off Meeting
April 17-19 Founder/Angel Kick-off Event & Training*
May 1 Quarter-Final Pitches**
May 29 Semi-Final Pitches**
June 26 Innovation Showcase & Summit Finale*
* Live events in Prince George with hybrid option for training dates.
** Hybrid events with live locations in Fort St. John and Prince George.