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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 1 out of 5 stars

Scam - they take your money, not raise you money

Huge scam. Stay clear!!! To provide you with some personal credentials so you can trust my review - I have founded 3 businesses, raised over £3m in equity for these and have recently served as Head of Global Strategy for Gartner’s ranked #1 European leader for healthcare cloud services. I have just founded another business for which I am raising capital. Having signed up and paid £300 to load my pitch on the Angel Investment Network I was approached by one 'investor' who wanted to export our solutions to Australia (who had no business experience or experience in our sector), another 'investor' who lured me into several long meetings only to try and sell me their services, another 'investor' who pretended to be a high net worth individual with interest to invest $10m who took me through a due diligence process for it to turn out to be a hoax, and another 'investor' who approached us only for us to later find out that they wanted us to parter with one of their other failing portfolio companies, which made no sense. Yet another person approached us selling something else - at least they didn't first pretend to be an investor, but clearly not why I joined this platform. I have now raised >£720k from VCs and angels from other sources with the same business plan for the same business. I have not had any success with this platform. All the investors appear to be fake! I asked for my money back, in line with their 'Money Back Guarantee'. They tried to convince me to try for longer, which I did. When I then returned with no success, they said my money back guarantee period had expired and I was no longer eligible!! I am absolutely furious!! Had they told me that by accepting their request to try longer, that I would lose my refund which I was at the time eligible for, I would have never chosen to try it for longer. Stay away from this awful company! They are not for you and will not help you raise money - they will just take yours!

30 July 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

AIN's Refund Policy is trustworthy

I got my project listed on AIN underthe Global Pro plan. After the first month, the team at AIN reviewed my Pitch and listed it for second month for free. At the end of the second month and given that I didn't receive any genuine interest from the investors, I got a full refund as per AIN refund policy. Thank you mike for your support and I highly recommend the platform for SMEs and Startups looking to raise capital.

27 July 2022
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Many thanks for the positive feedback Afulay. It's a shame we couldn't help you more this time round, but hopefully you'll have more luck next time...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Run fast - this company is trouble

We read the '90 day money back guarantee if you don't get any genuine enquiries' and thought they must be providing a bonafide service. How wrong could we be!!!!

The 90 day money back guarantee does not mean they will EVER give you your money back

You have to let them know at least five days before your 30 day listing expires if you didn't get any response - we did actually get two replies, neither of them investors, one trying to sell us something, the other looked like they were trying to scam us

Then, apparently they rewrite your pitch. Although in our case they didn't because we contacted them too early. If you then lose track of the days and don't tell them in time, they'll take another month's subscription - which they can't refund because they don't refund renewals (obviously!)

So in theory, there's a magic moment in time (during the first month) where you can reach out and say 'my pitch isn't working' and they'll rewrite and relist it for you for another month, for free. And if that doesn't get any response, and you let them know at the second very specific magic moment in time, then - and only then - do they refund you

I have no idea how this qualifies as a 90 day money back guarantee, because I can't even see where 90 days comes into play here

In summary this was a total waste of time and money and the company is an utter joke. Would not touch them with a bargepole

23 July 2022
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT USE THEIR WEBSITE

DO NOT USE THEIR WEBSITE! Everything they do is extremely scammy. When my pitch didn’t receive any interest I requested a refund as I decided not to pursue this start up. I was told I cannot get I. Instead they will give me a “free” 1 month and after that I can request a refund. Month passed I requested a refund and was told I cannot get it because I have to submit a request 5 days prior to end of the second listing. It’s a complete joke because the customer service never mentioned that. Just how great that I will get a second listing and I can get a refund after that.

5 July 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Michal,

Here is a link to our refund policy: https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/refunds.

It clearly explains:
- To request a free renewal, you need to email us at least 5 days before the end of your first listing.
- To request a refund, you need to email us at least 5 days before the end of your second (free) listing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Genuinely the best investment team we…

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 generating business model for the investors to see as a proof of concept and the rest is quite smooth sailing.

The best parts are:
1 - Team support on every step of the journey.
2 - Sheer size and diversity of the investors.
3 - Rapid speed of the funding round.

Absolutely fantastic investment connection team.
ps. Including the upcoming platform developments too.

27 June 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Many thanks for the positive feedback Linas. Delighted we have managed to help with 2 of your funding rounds, and best of luck for the future!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Angel Investment Network exceeded our expectations

We were looking to add additional angel investors to our existing investor team and turned to AIN to expand our reach. Their team was very responsive and their customer service was first class! The number of investor connections greatly exceeded our expectations and we appreciate that several of the AIN investors made investments into our offering. We are now positioned to attract and close our Series A fund investments, thanks to AIN. I highly recommend AIN to both entrepreneurs and investors.

27 June 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Here is how they operate.

Here is how they operate.. you pay $200 USD to speed up your startup. nothing happen for 30 days.. just days later before you can request the refund based on the policy a "bot investor" appear and send you a email. said that angel investment don't honor the refund policy because you got a "investor interested" in fraud and it should be persecute federally.

11 June 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The platform was intuitive to use and we got our money back

The platform was fairly intuitive to use, apart from the nudging feature which was difficult because you couldn't read the messages after you sent them. Otherwise clear and straightforward.

The staff were friendly and helpful when my first round was unsuccessful and they offered a free extension and extra nudges. After this unsuccessful attempt, they did refund the price as per their policy, without question. We may try again to fundraise on this platform again, with a different strategy.

10 June 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Alex, many thanks for the kind review. It's a shame we didn't manage to generate any interest for you this time round, but hopefully you'll have better luck next time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Complete and utter garbage

Complete and utter garbage. You will not get any interest, do not waste a dollar. Tried it multiple times, paid for multiple months. Nothing.

6 June 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Nate, if you don't receive any interest, you can email us for a free re-listing (and then a refund if you still don't receive any interest). Check out our refund policy for more details.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid!

Careful with your money people. These guys debit your card without prior consent.

There are plenty of alternatives that operate with more integrity.

11 May 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Tom, That's not the case at all. You signed up to a monthly subscription (this is clearly explained on the rates page, on the checkout page, in our T&C's and in the payment confirmation email), so we just charged your card like any other subscription business would. You can cancel your subscription at any time on the "Subscriptions & Billing" page.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Upsells + Lame Service connecting Investors to Founders

I found this site disappointing. I have used it on two occasions several years apart. These are the improvements I feel are necessary.
1. Transparency in refunds: no variations in terms.
2. No upsells, just upfront payment for access period: [you have to chase Investors; they do not approach you much]
3. Investors need to be properly scrutinised by AIN as to level of experience: I experienced lots of time-wasters and idea-theft [avoid MFowler UK | OZ idea-thief]
4. Investors need to be properly scrutinised: KYC, previous investments - not just a quick look on LinkedIN AIN post-contact but before Investors are admitted to the site and experience made clear. Standard is too low.
5. Clearly determine ACTIVE investors vs NON-ACTIVE otherwise your are wasting time and money if they contain on the paid nudge system. This is your job AIN - chase to see who is active and who is not.
6. Prevention of document downloads: preview only until they commit to invest - lots of hard work and your business passion can be randomly accessed and distributed without protection. This is not excessive tech. for one of the biggest Angel Investment Networks.
7. A better attitude towards Clients and some respect. This is our hard work and we are relying on you. Put yourself in your Client's shoes. Some of us need to eat and support our families and have spent a low of time working on our Business Plans. I mean years!
8. This is not just a 'numbers game'. A better service offering will mean that Entrepreneurs have better success in finding the right Investors, faster. That is what value is.

2 May 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi, if you didn't receive any genuine interest, you are indeed entitled to a refund. Can you send me an email at mike@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk to let me know which email address you're registered under, and I'll look into this for you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No real investors

No real investors

The site doesn't appear to have any actual investors. Our pitch received no interest. Once you have filled everything out they just want to ask you for more and more upgrades. Very disappointing

25 April 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Grant, it's disappointing to hear you didn't receive any interest. If you send me an email at mike@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk to let me know which email address you're registered under, I'll see what we can do to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No valid investor on the platform

No valid investor on the platform. They advertise they have 200.000 investors but I didn't get any good, neither just for informations. Support answers after 2 - 3 days. Definitely not a valid tool for own campaign. Refunded from Paypal

17 April 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Hi Marco, One probable reason for the low level of interest is that your business is based in Italy, where we don't operate a network, so the number of investors in our network interested in investing in Italian companies is relatively low (compared with countries where we do operate networks). We've sent you 2 emails to try to find a solution, but haven't heard back from you yet.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

almost No real investors , most of them selling thier services to startups

You can tell easily by just browsing through the investor search that 99% on this platform as posing as investor but in fact they are selling their grant writing , consultancy and other services. My advice to the platform team would be to conduct due diligence on the investors
Also having gone through experience my advice to the starts up would be to avoid using the platforms whose objectives are not aligned with your (ie successful fundraising)

2 February 2022
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Reply from SeedTribe

Your claim that 99% of our members are selling grant writing, consultancy and other services simply isn't true. This can be checked by looking through the investor profiles at https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/find-investors. And if this was the case, we wouldn't have funded hundreds of companies: https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/testimonials.

We carry out a number of checks before approving investors' accounts, such as IP checks, profile checks, online checks, etc. We then have tools that monitor their online activity, message content, etc to detect suspicious behaviour or patterns. And we obviously use feedback from entrepreneurs to remove anyone who behaves unprofessionally. We currently have over 36,000 investors whose accounts have been deactivated (most of them at the point of registration) and over 44,000 investors whose applications were rejected because they didn't include enough information in their profile, which clearly shows that we do have systems and processes in place to vet the investors.

Our objectives are very much aligned with our members, but entrepreneurs do obviously have to take responsibility and submit high quality pitches, as fundraising is competitive, and only the best will succeed. This isn't just the case on our platform, but across the entire startup sector.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We raised 60% of our investment round…

We raised 60% of our investment round through AIN. Whilst you have to spend money to list a pitch/message investors, if you have a clear, attractive proposition with traction and are consistent with reaching out and follow up, you can do well on this platform.

29 December 2021
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Reply from SeedTribe

Many thanks for the great feedback. Delighted that we were able to help you fill your investment round, and we hope you come back to us for your next round. Best of luck for 2022!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

If at first you don't suceed, try again

Angel Investment Network made right a complaint I had concerning the network. It took a bit of effort, but since accomodations were made, I feel if I don't get the interest in the business I desire, it would be my doing and no longer the responsibility of Angel Investment Network.

24 September 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to use platform with great leads

We have had a number of rounds where we have raised for our funds through AIN. It has always been a seamless experience. The service from the team has always been fantastic and made everything very easy for us.

14 September 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We have completed two investment rounds…

We have completed two investment rounds with around 10-20% of the two rounds funded by AIN contacts.

The platform is easy to use and the team have always provided great customer support and advice whenever required.

Highly recommended!

6 September 2021
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Reply from SeedTribe

That's great to hear Benjamin! Many thanks for taking the time to review us. I hope we continue to help you with your future investment rounds.

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