Mark Kendall
Angel Investors play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top North Carolina Angel Investors. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top North Carolina Angel Investors
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Tim Griffin
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
I’m a founder and angel investor, backing early stage fintech and marketplace startups. I founded Cloosiv (YC S19), where I led our growth f…
Bob Young
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bob Young is the founder and CEO of Lulu.com, a premiere international marketplace for new digital content on the Internet, with more than 3…
Ric Elias
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ric attended Boston College and Harvard Business School before beginning his career as part of GE’s Financial Management program. Ric co-fou…
Tyler Scott Ward
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Tyler Scott Ward is a Co-Founder at BarnBridge.
Todd Collins
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Todd Collins is founder and CEO of Red Hill Ventures, a leading investment firm with extensive experience in commercial property acquisition…
Dan Roselli
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Dan Roselli is a Co-Founder of Packard Place.
Scot Wingo
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Scot Wingo is the CEO of Spiffy.
Greg Clark
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Greg Clark is a Managing Partner at Crosspoint Capital Partners.
William Starling
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
William N. Starling is General Partner of Synergy Life Science Partners, LP (www.synergylsp.com) and Chief Executive Officer of Synecor, LLC…
Chip Mahan
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
James (Chip) Mahan III co-founded nCino to meet a need in the banking industry for greater levels of efficiency, regulatory compliance, cust…
John Isner
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player.
Kenneth Goulet
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Kenneth R. Goulet, also known as Ken, served as Executive Vice President of Anthem, Inc. Kenneth Goulet also served as Chief Executive Offic…
Jed Simmons
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jed Simmons is Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Next New Networks, overseeing day to day operations, administration and business de…
Gart Davis
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Gart Davis is the co-founder of [Spoonflower](http://www.spoonflower.com), a web site that allows crafters to print custom fabric and sell t…
Tammy Moskites
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Tammy is the CEO and Founder of CyAlliance. She is a strategic advisor and “Alliance” builder for companies, vendors and startups by leading…
Michael Olander
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Olander – CEO @ O2 Fitness
Bruce Boehm
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bruce Boehm is an independent venture capitalist and advisor to several specialty venture capital funds. Mr. Boehm has over 25 years of vent…
Tyler Shields
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Security, infrastructure, development focused startup executive and investor. Previous companies include Signal Sciences, CA Technologies, S…
David Werry
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
David Werry Co-founder, President & COO at Well
Tom Darden
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Tom Darden is the Chief Executive Officer of Cherokee Investment Partners, a private equity fund that invests in large-scale real estate pro…
James Whitehurst
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
James Whitehurst is President and Chief Executive Officer at Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source enterprise IT products and…
Jeffrey Shealy
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jeffrey Shealy
David Gardner
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
David Gardner is a serial entrepreneur, writer, adviser and very early stage investor with nearly thirty years of experience in creating and…
James Avery
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Founder and CEO of Adzerk. Started Kevel in 2010 to productize the ad server built while running Zerk Media and The Lounge and Ruby Row ad n…
Alston Gardner
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Alston Gardner is a founder and partner in Fulcrum Equity Partners. Mr. Gardner teaches at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the Universi…
Brian Marks
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Founder & CTO at Trinket
Brian Handly
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Brian is currently the CEO of StepLeader Digital. He was previously a GM of Microsoft’s Online Services division and possesses more than 20 …
David Gitman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
David Gitman
Brian Phillips
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Executive technologist specializing in cloud enabling surgical devices to deliver smarter, more advanced data driven outcomes. Operative dat…
Cornel Amarie
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Cornel Amarie
Carl Ryden
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Carl Ryden, Chief Executive Officer of PrecisionLender, has deployed pricing management solutions in hundreds of financial institutions rang…
Satyen Patel
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Patel brings a wide range of business experience to Prescient. He is Managing Partner at Kanusul Capital Pte. Ltd and Kanusul Investments Pt…
Stephen Fraser
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Stephen Fraser is co-founder of [Spoonflower](http://www.spoonflower.com), a web site that allows people to create their own fabric, wallpap…
Jan Davis
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jan Davis
Aaron Houghton
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Aaron Houghton
Glen Raiger
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Glen Raiger – President & CEO @ Sovren Group
Robbie Allen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Robbie Allen
Charlie Stiefel
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Prior to joining Brickell, Charles was chairman and CEO of Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Founded in 1847, Stiefel Laboratories was a family-own…
John Andrews
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Media Disruptor. Levering 20+ years of experience in consumer packaged goods marketing coupled with 8 years of ground up social media kno…
Daniel Pomp
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Daniel Pomp
Jed Carlson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jed is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology and marketing. He is the CEO of Adwerx, a company committed to providing digital mar…
Mark Giambrone
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mark Giambrone – Managing Director and Porfolio Manager @ Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
Christy Shaffer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Christy Shaffer – Board Chair @ KinoDyn
Robert McKenzie
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Robert McKenzie is the co-founder of Rankin McKenzie LLC, North Carolina’s largest and most trusted financial management firm. As an accompl…
Roger Jeffs
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Dr. Jeffs currently serves on the Boards of two public biopharma companies: Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM) and Albireo Pharma (ALBO) and is the …
P. Jeffrey Leck
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
P. Jeffrey Leck
Douglas Lebda
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
After experiencing the frustrations and complexities of getting his first mortgage, Doug Lebda envisioned a way to empower consumers in the …
Kevin Donlon
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Kevin Donlon Real Estate and Growth Company Investor
Sanyin Siang
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Sanyin Siang – Advisor @ GV
Abdul Hye
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Abdul Hye
John Brock
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
John Brock – Board Member @ Envy Gaming
I. Wistar Morris III
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mr. Morris is Senior Investment Consultant to Pennsylvania Trust. In April 2011 he retired from Boenning & Scattergood, an Investment Securi…
Zac Penix
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
Zac Penix – Venture Adviser & Company Builder @ Digital Strategies
Caleb Lamb
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
CEO & Co-Founder of kites.io.Agua Partners engages with founders to help build, validate, improve and scale their companies by leveraging ou…
Jeff Brokaw
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jeff Brokaw is a venture capitalist who has over 20 years of experience in digital marketing, web design, and entrepreneurship. He founded h…
Travis Jamison
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Travis Jamison – Founding Partner @ Smash.vc
Mike Capps
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Michael Capps is the CEO of Diveplane Corporation.
Matt Schembari
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Matt Schembari
Morgan Darwin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Private Equity
Sr. Advisor, Lead Investor, CEO-founder of a global healthcare company and a service and technology company, decorated 22-year service-disab…
Hunt Norment
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Hunt Norment leads the IoT Software & Services business within Eaton’s Power Components Division. Prior to that, he was responsible for all…
Ryan Vet
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ryan Vet is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, author, and investor. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Boon.
Laura McCann
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Laura has been an entrepreneur and senior executive in the Fashion and Retail industry for over 20+ years. With a degree in Fashion from Par…
George Butterfield
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Butterfield was born and raised in a prominent African-American family in Wilson, North Carolina, the son of Addie Lourine (née Davis) and G…
Alex Osadzinski
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Alex Osadzinski is a lifelong lover of technology (i.e. a geek) with a passion for building, growing and managing teams and companies. Alex …
Stephen Malik
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Stephen Malik
Sam Wohlstadter
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Sam Wohlstadter – CEO @ BioVeris
James Mclachlan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
James Mclachlan
Timothy Biltz
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Timothy Biltz is the Chief Executive Officer at Lumos Networks Corporation.
Andy Dreyfuss
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Andy Dreyfuss – Partner @ Piedmont Metro Development
Shadab Rashid
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Shadab Rashid is the Partner & CEO at Flynaut.
Blane Warrene
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Blane Warrene
Michael Brader Araje
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Brader Araje – Founder @ OpenSite Technologies
Sandy Roberson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Sandy Roberson – Managing Partner @ Healthview
Karl Murphy
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
CEO of a growing on-demand technology fueled mobile car washing and detailing business. I lead a team that delivers convenient, trusted and …
Ken Hoffman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ken Hoffman – Owner @ Cygnus Technologies
Tom Cartee
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Tom Cartee – Senior Investment Advisor @ Sheets Smith Wealth Management
Steve Klein
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Steve Klein is the co-founder of StatusPage.
Mark Rosenberg
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mark Rosenberg
Mark W. Hahn
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mr. Hahn has over 25 years of experience as a senior financial executive in biotechnology and high technology companies. he has conducted o…
Shane Chalke
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Shane Chalke
William Mitchell
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Chief Executive Officer and President at Packaging Coordinators.
Cliff Bleszinski
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Cliff Bleszinski – CEO & Founder @ Boss Key Productions
Barrett Joyner
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Barrett Joyner – Director of Consulting Services @ Bunkhouse Productions
Jeff Kapel
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jeff Kapel is an assistant coach of Duke basketball.
Andrew Kennedy
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Andrew Kennedy is a leading voice in the world of food traceability. In addition being the product visionary behind FoodLogiQ Connect, he is…
David Wilson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
David Wilson
Anil Kamath
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
President & CEO @Dmorph Inc.
AJ Silverman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
AJ Silverman – Founder, CEO @ Quantum Sponsor
David Henning
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
David Henning – Partner @ Otimo Retail
Matt Soule
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Venture
Matt Soule
Laurie Davis
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Laurie Davis is mobile app developer and has developed apps like Copilot � Aviation Flight Plannin
Auryn Macmillan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Auryn Macmillan is a Product Manager at Gnosis.
John R Belk
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Venture
John R Belk
Travis Johnson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Travis Johnson – Founder @ Affixsol
Russ Barner
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Russ Barner
Stephen Hoffman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Stephen Hoffman
Steve Vetter
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Venture
Steve Vetter
Lee Nackman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Lee received a BS in Computer Science from Brown University and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel …
Luke Walling
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Luke Walling
Ted Hoffman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ted Hoffman – Co-Founder @ FLY Barbershop
Malay Shah
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Malay Shah – Partner @ Piedmont Investment Advisors
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