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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very predatory, won’t refund us as what constitutes “interest” is very vague. It’s also very expensive at £179 per month. Given how few resources startups have this price with without any guarantee... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Genuinely the best investment team we have ever worked with. We've successfully raised 2 rounds recently, both in under 1 month timespans. Ideally you have to have a revenue/traction generatin... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bait and switch - not until you've got all form fields filled out and are ready to submit does it mention you'll have to pay. At that point a lot of startups will fall into the sunk cost fallacy a... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Closed £500k in 3 weeks. Far exceeded expectations. I honestly can't recommend AIN enough, especially the executive package. We connected with over a interested 100 investors within 2 weeks of th... See more

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An online crowdfunding platform for impact startups.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We have used Angel Investment Network…

We have used Angel Investment Network many times over the years to raise funds and every time we pull in either sufficient or more funds.

The support is fantastic too.

November 19, 2018
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi John,

Thanks for letting us know you've been successful - it's great to hear that we've made a difference.

Good luck with growing the business and I hope we can help again in the future if you need more funding!

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Reasonable

The pricing is reasonable, considering the figures we are aiming for. And the complimentary free Nudges helped us get in touch with an industry veteran. Learning a lot in the past few days. Thanks Lee!

November 6, 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful Team

The team, especially Mike and Oliver have been really cooperative in getting our business out there. Our pitch is in a much better shape and will hopefully pique the interest of some of the investors here.

October 8, 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good Database

AIN's database contained a good number of genuine investors versus the tyre-kickers that usually plague networks like these. And the ones that we connected with were more than happy to give constructive feedback on our startup. Making good progress and hopefully get the funding we need.

September 28, 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Largest network of Angel Investors with all expertises needed

I especially appreciate the 'nudges' you can send directly to investors. Very easy to select via specific keywords and easy to follow. Nudged investors who view the pitch are appearing in the alerts section in real-time. An integrated chat feature might be a good idea for the future.

September 25, 2018
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had a funny feeling about this…

I had a funny feeling about this website but as I’m desperate to find some finance to expand my company, I filled in the form and published my profile yesterday morning. Logged in tonight and read the reviews, it’s strange a lot of the 77 previous reviewers were mainly from Indian named people. Some of the reviews scared the life out of me, I don’t want any con men contacting me let alone know anything about me!!! On this trust pilot reviews I found a review on page 2 and page 4 had the exact same wording but from 2 different people, one from deepak and one from a person named guy.

I do agree this site does expect you to keep buying other services & Thankfully something told me to be careful so I only paid £29.00 for the novice package.
Less than 36 hrs from my original posting, I’ve deleted it as I’m too bloody scared now.

September 23, 2018
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Louise. It's disappointing to hear that you were put off without even trying the service! We've been operating since 2004 and have helped thousands of businesses meet angel investors. We operate all over the world and have a strong performing network in India which accounts for those reviews you mention. With a network as large as ours in the financial services sector, there are always people who try to ruin it by infiltrating and time-wasting. We have a strict monitoring process and remove users who do not behave according to our guidelines. We also refund entrepreneurs who pay to use the service but don't manage to connect with investors in a meaningful way - this way we only end up charging the people we actually help. Once again, it's disappointing that you did not feel confident enough to give our service a chance - we'll be happy to refund the £29 you paid - just email hello@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Were contacted by Scammer who try to scam money from us

The majority of contacts from this network were criminals who tried to scam us and to steal money. They acted under false names and false companies. Meeting locations were in Italy. For this reason I belive the "Angel Investor Network" is a source for Mafia and other criminal organisations to get infos about companies looking for finance. Be carefull if somebody contacts you over this network.

The Scammer called us from UK, Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands and told us different stories. They were acting under non-existing companies or were telling us to act for existing companies but were not working for this companies. They all want to meet us in Italy and all the stories were about big amounts of money and cash pre payments..

The other contacts over the "Angel Investor Network" were consultants or sales man who tried to sell some kind of service or consultancy. Not a single investor has contacted us over this network.

September 18, 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Invest in Crypto Trading - Review of Angel Investment Network

Angel Investment Network is the perfect platform for raising awareness and funding for entrepreneurs and new businesses!

I was skeptical when I added my proposal, not expecting much interest or any serious investors. I thought perhaps there would not be many serious investors actually serious about investing on the platform.

To my amazement I received a lot of interest and have concluded various arrangements with a few Angel investors. They have all been very professional and a pleasure to deal with.

The platform is brilliant, simple to use, extremely professional and best of all it works!

I would definitely recommend Angel Investment Network to anyone trying to raise funding. It's a game changer indeed!

A big thank you to the Angel Investment Network Team for a great platform!!

September 14, 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best platform for both entrepreneurs and investors

Angel Investment Network (PH) is a great platform for young entrepreneurs like me. I got suitable investors for my start-up company and it's doing well so far. Highly recommended for aspiring start-up founders with great business concepts. It's a 5 star for me.

September 11, 2018
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

A Scammers Paradise

For a few offers, all from Thailand scammers. -__-

August 8, 2018
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Dan. Thanks for your feedback. Can you email oliver@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk so we can investigate your report; and refund you and/or help get your pitch in front of genuine investors? Look forward to hearing from you.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

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I hope that investors has government identification to support their identity.

August 1, 2018
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Bryan. We advise all our entrepreneurs to verify the identity of the investors they connect with. This is a standard feature of basic due diligence. We have resources and guidance on this here: https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/learn/closing-your-round/due-diligence-investors

In terms of our own vetting of investors when they register, the process is as follows: we require all users to self-certify as investors, we then carry out a number of checks for investor registrations, such as IP checks, profile checks, as well as online behavioural pattern checks and internal message checks. We also on occasion carry out phone interviews. We also use feedback from entrepreneurs to immediately remove anyone who behaves unprofessionally.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam website.

Scam website.. over 30 days and counting and zero contact from any investor.
The company just keep sending me generic emails (which automatically get filtered as junk by my mailbox) asking me to buy more products.
Apparently, if you pay an extra £250 and nudge investors that's the secret. "Yes I really do believe them"
I have paid over £500 for a top package already and its a complete waste of time.
I have also emailed the company asking for a refund. I still haven't had any reply.
Now having to go down the line of getting my credit card company to intervene.

August 1, 2018
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A thumbs up from me

Trust is an important part of fundraising. I've successfully used the Angel Investment Network in the past and they have been very supportive. The quality of investors I found on the site is very highly and very professional.I have used other sites and found them less productive and very thin on real investors. AIN is a network I think I can trust and recommend to fund-raisers

July 31, 2018
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The "Angel" who showed interest in me…

The "Angel" who showed interest in me is a fraud con-artist who bilked me personally of over $20,000 to "get my skin in the game!" Since he is overseas from the US, prosecuting him will cost too much.

He seemed to have all the right "credentials," but none of them have proved out! BEWARE OF WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT "COMPANIES" LOCATED IN INDIA!! CAVEAT EMPTOR!

July 26, 2018
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

no real interest, yet no refunds as stated

Very bad experience. The only reason I did this was because it said a refund would be given if there was no interest, which is untrue. I had no interest, but 2 weeks before my pitch ended, someone asked me a question, hah, this person did not seem to be around in proper searches for their company they claimed to work for from what I could see. Seems to be a lot of untraceable investors? I feel I have been duped, the only reason I did this was, I thought if I had no GENUINE interest, I would get my money back, but, no way ho say. Any random person could ask a question about your pitch, that will therefore make you not be able to get a refund according to Mike (one of the owners). Getting replies on the site from customer service is like trying to get blood out of a stone, I had to end up looking for the owners direct email to get response, otherwise you're left dangling. Another clever ploy is to make the pitch for 90 days, then they'll give you another 90 days for free, when asked about a refund, they said I'd have to do the relisting first for the other 90 days, which then cleverly takes you out of your time frame so that you can get help through paypal. Site looks good, but I don't trust it, I don't believe most of the investors are real, I think they're people just casually looking, robots, made up names or con men. If it seems to good to be true, then it usually is! Be careful, maybe try the free version if you must, but never hand over money to something, someone you don't know or are unsure about :-( my mistake, lesson learned.

July 15, 2018
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi - thanks for your feedback. It's disappointing that you've had this experience. We are very clear on our refund policy and fully refund pitches that don't get interest. We prefer entrepreneurs to accept our offer to improve and re-list their pitch for free for another 90 days before refunding them - as we've often found that if the pitch is good enough, it can get funding. However, we accept that, in some cases, entrepreneurs prefer to give up after the first 90 days and so we are also happy to fully refund in these cases. It seems then, that Mike may have been unclear in his emails.

What's the email you use for your account? As soon as I have it, I will be able to resolve this and process your refund. You can contact me on oliver@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk

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