Online Event
AMA with Angel Investor Jed Ng (AngelSchool.vc)
Ask the Experts: Top Investors Reveal What It Takes to Get Funded!
Date
Jan 12, 2026
Time
04:00 am - 05:30 am
Address
Online Event
Want to understand how top angel investors build powerful partnerships, attract thousands of LPs, and turn angel investing into a scalable, data-driven business? Don't miss this AMA session "AMA with Angel Investor Featuring Jed Ng (AngelSchool.vc)", where Jed will break down the exact systems he used to grow one of the most active angel partnerships globally and what angels are looking for from Startups.
Jed has backed two seed-stage startups that became Unicorns, achieved his first exit in 2018, and helped build the world’s largest API marketplace with an a16z-backed team. Today, he deploys up to $1M into a single startup and leads AngelSchool.vc, an Angel accelerator and global syndicate that deploys $5M - $10 MN per year.
For founders: you’ll learn what angels actually look for before saying “yes,” how syndicate decisions are really made, and how to position yourself for fast conviction in competitive deal rooms.
For investors: you’ll see how Jed scaled his average check size 10x, built a 1,500+ LP base organically, and created a repeatable, data-driven system for sourcing, evaluating, and closing high-quality deals.
If you want to see how top angels operate behind the scenes — and how founders and investors can plug into this new model — this AMA is for you.
Featured Speaker
- Jed Ng - Founder of AngelSchool.vc & Angel Investor - Jed is the Founder of AngelSchool.vc and a seasoned angel investor who achieved his first exit in 2018 and backed two seed-stage startups that became Unicorns ($1B+ valuation). He also built the world’s largest API Marketplace with an a16z-backed startup, giving him deep operator experience in platform, product, and GTM execution. He has organically grown his investor network to 1,500+ LPs, scaled his average check size by 10x, and now deploys up to $1M into a single startup.
AngelSchool.vc combines an Angel Syndicate with an accelerator program for investors. Their global LP base of 1,500+ investors enables them to deploy $5M -$10 MN per year. Their accelerator program trains emerging venture investors- from first-time check writers to syndicate leads. Program fellows join their investment committee to get real deal experience and build their track record in real time.
Moderator
- Erdinc Ekinci - Founder, Investment Lead of Co-capital.vc, Co-Founder, CEO of Openfor.co, Managing Director of Founder Institute Japan/Korea/Taiwan
📌 Who Should Attend
- Early-stage startups seeking angel or syndicate investment
- Startups preparing for pre-seed, seed, or bridge rounds
- Founders who want to understand how to stand out to angels and syndicates
- Startups in any industry looking for investors with global reach
- Emerging angels seeking a step-by-step path to build or scale syndicates
- Operators or tech builders entering angel investing for the first time
- Investors who want to grow LP communities and improve deal flow quality
- Micro-fund GPs or fund managers interested in syndicate-led strategies
- Startups curious about data-driven angel investing and portfolio design
📌 What You Will Learn
- How experienced angels and syndicates evaluate early-stage startups and identify high-potential founders
- What angel investors look for in a strong startup pitch — including signals, traction, and founder qualities
- How AngelSchool’s syndicate model works, from Investment Committee decisions to investing up to $1M into a deal
- How startups can position themselves to stand out when angels review dozens of deals each month
- How to attract angel investors and syndicate leads, and understand the difference between pitching an individual angel vs. a syndicate
- How AngelSchool organically built a 1,500+ LP network and deploys over $5M annually — and what founders can learn from this model
About the Organizers:
- Founder Institute: Founder Institute, which originated in Silicon Valley, is a founder and idea stage accelerator, and with its Founder Capital, backs the best performing FI alumni as early as the angel stage. FI has over 8K+ startup portfolio (Including leading e-learning platform Udemy, IPO in Nasdaq $3,8B) across 200 cities in 100 countries around the world.) We are also the largest mentor network in the world, with over 35,000 mentors, and our alumni have already raised over $2 billion in US dollars and have recently exceeded the 10K mark of investors network as the FI-Venture-Network.
- FI’s sister program, called VC Lab, helps launch aspiring investors into launching VC firms. As an accelerator that allows both sides of the table, 70% of the activities we do are advocacy of entrepreneurship and ecosystem creation, which means we do way more activity than the accelerator to promote entrepreneurship to solve real-world problems with entrepreneurship in an economically feasible way, build a company that grows into a venture-scale.
- Openfor.co: A “Global Partnership Accelerator” originated in Silicon Valley that combined with an online platform and marketplace for learning, building, launching, monetizing, and growing partner ecosystems and a collaborative community around you for achieving effective marketing, sales, community building, GTM, fundraising, and many more.
- Co-Capital: Pre-seed & Seed stage new firm that focuses on hands-on GTM, sales, and partnership support, focusing on English-speaking Asian founders who have global ambitions from day ONE. Domiciled in the USA, with regional appearances in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Utilizes partnerships with the GTM expert network and the venture partner network across 20 major hubs and a network of 35 other VC networks who are willing to co-back our founders!
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