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Gaingels offers two types of membership. Our first type of membership is our Standard Membership for “Accredited Investors”, allowing members to participate in our deals. The second is our Social Membership. This membership is offered to individuals who do not qualify as accredited investors, but who wish to attend our Gaingels socials and educational series.

There is no minimum investment required per year, and especially for those who are new to venture capital, this is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the asset class.
Gaingels charges no membership fees.
If you are a member and wish to to learn of upcoming events, please check our weekly newsletter (it comes out on Thursdays), or reach out to membership@gaingels.com.
Investing in venture capital is inherently risky and a certain degree of general financial sophistication is required and advised. Gaingels does offer a monthly Intro to Investing series to help prepare new individuals for what they might experience in the space. There is no minimum or yearly commitment to invest in any given opportunity, so anyone is welcome to join and learn more about the asset class without any immediate pressure to invest.
If you wish to join Gaingels as a member, please apply at gaingels.com/join. If you have any additional questions regarding membership, please reach out to membership@gaingels.com.
Gaingels does not make recommendations on which deals to invest in. We do, however, provide members with information that is made available to us by the companies and our co-investors. Additionally, many experienced investors hold weekly focus groups to independently review our recent deal flow. We would be happy to connect any members who express interest in joining one of these groups.

Gaingels runs many programs supporting our community, including a Gaingels Scholarship, a Board Access Program, our Gaingels Pledge, and a number of mission driven partnerships with an increasing number of organizations promoting DEI in the venture ecosystem.
Through our Gaingels Scholarship program, we have supported over 50 underprivileged and deserving students from the LGBTQ+ community to this date with annual gifting of $150,000+ across each cohort.

Our board diversity program has helped source and evaluate over 350 candidate from underrepresented backgrounds, and has successful filled nearly a dozen independent board seats within our portfolio with amazing candidates from such pool.

In addition, to our knowledge, we directly and repeatedly fund more LGBTQ+ and underrepresented founders than any other single participant in the VC ecosystem to date. Each year, we publish a collection of 100 amazing LGBTQ+ venture backed entrepreneurs and promote their amazing stories through the Gaingels 100 project.

Gaingels has an expansive network of partners who value our participation and invite us to be included in the deals we can offer to our members. Leading VC firms increasingly value diverse representation among shareholders and regularly partner with Gaingels to support that goal. In addition, our members commit to the overall success of the network and refer opportunities to Gaingels helping us secure allocations on behalf of our members and representing our community.