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For Founders

Ready to get your idea moving forward? Apply to pitch at Pipeline Angels Pitch Summit for a unique opportunity to present your for-profit venture and be considered for investment from angels-in-training. Pipeline Angels provides angel training with an inclusive lens and encourages founders from historically excluded populations to apply.

Applications for the Fall 2025 Pipeline Angels Pitch Summit will open in May. Interested founders, be sure to check back then or register to receive a notification when applications open!
 

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How Does it Work?

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Pitch

Due Diligence

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Negotiation & Closing

Discuss your company with angels during formal Pitch, Q&A and Fireside chat sessions.

Participate in due diligence to be considered for a potential investment.

Finalize deal terms and close your investment round with the angels.

Apply & Screening

Submit our application to be considered by the angels for the Pitch Summit.

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Pitch Summit Dates

Global East

October 18, 2025

Global West

October 19, 2025

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These events will be held virtually to maximize accessibility. Mark your calendar and start preparing!

Secure Your Spot for October 2025!
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You’ve been hard at work making sense of your big idea. Are you ready for the next step? Apply to present your business at the next Pipeline Angels Pitch Summit, coming up in October 2025. Angels-in-training will review all applications submitted and select those companies they would like to present at the Pitch Summit. Neither IFEL nor Pipeline Angels is responsible for the company screening, selection, or investment process.

Complete Online Application

Are you a founder looking to secure funding for your social venture? Apply to present at our next Pitch Summit. Application.

Interested in Applying?
Here's the criteria:

  • For-profit legal structure

  • Duly organized and validly existing as a company in a U.S. state

  • Companies with a social and/or environmental mission are strongly encouraged to apply

  • Women and non-binary founders are strongly encouraged to apply

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Rebecca Alvarez Discusses the Impact of Pipeline Angels

Caption: Rebecca Alvarez Story, Founder and CEO of Bloomi, discusses the value of receiving an early investment from members of Pipeline Angels.

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A Program of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Pipeline Angels does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the application to any of Pipeline Angels’ programs, hiring and firing of staff or contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, and providing of services.

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Pipeline Angels

Explore Our Website

550 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

973.353.0611 | @weareifel

 

For media/press inquiries: press@pipelineangels.org

Check Us Out

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

Get updates

A Program of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Pipeline Angels does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the application to any of Pipeline Angels’ programs, hiring and firing of staff or contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, and providing of services.

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