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Hunter Angels brings together experienced investors seeking access to the most promising early-stage companies emerging from the Hunter region.

Through strong relationships across founders, universities, accelerators and industry, members gain early visibility of high-quality opportunities and participate in a disciplined investment process supported by collective expertise. Hunter Angels aims to be the first port of call for founders seeking capital and the leading angel investment network in the region.

As a member, you gain:

Early access to curated startup investment opportunities

Quality deal flow screened through a disciplined selection and diligence process

The ability to invest in our syndicate (TBC)

Opportunities to invest alongside other angels through a collective investing model

Participation in structured screening and due diligence processes

Access to founder pitch events and investment meetings throughout the year

Direct relationships with founders and fellow investors

Connection to angel networks and investment communities across Australia

Access to national deal flow through relationships with ecosystem and other angel syndicates

Education, mentorship and opportunities to deepen your angel investing capability

The opportunity to build a diversified early-stage portfolio while supporting innovation and economic growth in the Hunter

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Members should submit an application here and expect to hear back within 1-2 weeks if their membership has been approved.

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Hunter Angels Syndicate

Hunter Angels offers members the opportunity to participate in a syndicate where we access and invest in the best opportunities in our pipeline.

This opportunity is exclusive to fully paid Hunter Angels members. They syndicate will establish a nominee company each financial year eg HAL 2026 Syndicate Pty Limited . All syndicate members would be shareholders of nominee company to ensure regulatory compliance and minimise any regulatory risks. All syndicate members will be invited to be directors of nominee company. This is optional – some members may like to be quite hands on and involved in the decision making, while others may prefer to simply make the investments as they arise.

The nominee company will own the assets of behalf of shareholders. There will be a joint venture agreement entered into between shareholders. The minimum investment will be $10k annually paid in July each year into designated HAL trust account. This approach avoids AFSL and minimises administration. Any costs and interest earned will be borne by HAL.

Investment Guidelines & Committee

Targeted investment amount $50,000 per investment (2-3 investments annually) however there may be some flexibility on this depending on syndicate monies raised / deal flow
Investments should meet our Investment Criteria
All syndicate members would be given option to be part of Investment Committee (IC)
IC would perform due diligence on each worthy opportunity and arrange pitches
IC has discretion to invest up to 50% of total syndicate monies by majority vote.
Syndicate members would have discretion to opt out of investing their remaining 50% in each opportunity
Any uninvested amounts are returned to the syndicate member at the end of the financial year

Investment Sources

The syndicate will become Hunter Angel’s primary means of supporting resourced and curated investment. Our goal is to unashamedly support the Hunter innovation ecosystem so priority will be given to Hunter-based opportunities. Hunter-based sources of investments include I2N, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Melt Funds, Unify Ventures etc. Opportunities outside of the Hunter will be derived through the Australian Angels network.

Partnerships

We recognise that innovation is a team sport and we will not succeed in our role in fostering innovation in the Hunter without collaborating with other key actors. We have formed partnerships with some of those actors and are actively working to build more. We thank our partners for the time and access that they provide and for recognising and supporting our role.