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Angel Investing

We're Transforming

Angel Investing

Our Team

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Our Team

Here at Pipeline Angels, we share the vision and values of our community.  We're driven by the idea that the best work is born from creating and implementing small business programming in support of inclusion, supplier diversity and economic development objectives.

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Jill Johnson

CEO

Jill is the co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), based in Newark, NJ.

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Stephanie Fowler

VP of Capital Access

Stephanie is the President of Capital Access for the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), based in Newark, NJ.

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Melanie Seymour

Director of Capital Access

Melanie is the Director of Capital Access for the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), based in Newark, NJ.

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Kelly Northridge

Facilitator

Kelly is a Pipeline Angels Training Facilitator for the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), based in Newark, NJ.

Pipeline Angels is a network of women and nonbinary investors redefining the investment space. Our mission is to generate capital, investments, and entrepreneurial opportunities for underrepresented groups in the startup ecosystem – trans women, cis women, nonbinary, two-spirit, agender, and gender nonconforming founders.

 

The world of investing continues to be a male-dominated market. According to PitchBook data, about 2% of venture capital has gone to startups founded solely by females since 2008. Today, we’re seeing an uptick in women founders and women-run businesses, but they’re still not getting the capital they need to grow.

 

Pipeline Angels believes that when more women participate in early-stage funding as investors, more capital will be allocated to women and femme-identifying founders. In fact, we’ve already seen these results in what we do.

Who We Are

Our Team

Here at Pipeline Angels, we share the vision and values of our community.  We're driven by the idea that the best work is born from creating and implementing small business programming in support of inclusion, supplier diversity and economic development objectives.

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Our Story

Founded in 2011, Pipeline Angels has expanded across multiple cities, empowering women and non-binary individuals to become investors and to support startups led by women and non-binary founders. We believe in the power of diversity to drive change in the investment landscape.

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Membership Means Community

Pipeline Angels has built an angel investing network where investors want to use money for impact and support founders who may not otherwise find support. This investor community is made up of accomplished women and nonbinary investors, passionate about impact investing.

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A Program of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

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