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What is Bruin Angels, and when did it start?
Bruin Angels is a group of enthusiastic UCLA alumni who believe there should be a steady stream of entrepreneurial successes emanating from UCLA – Bruin Unicorns! We focus on supporting UCLA’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. This includes on-campus efforts, alumni efforts, coordinating with ecosystems of peer institutions, and generally supporting local efforts adjacent to UCLA as appropriate. Our group is authorized by the UCLA Alumni Association with relevant approvals in July 2024.
The suggested donation is $1,200 paid annually.
The suggested minimum is $10,000 annually. It’s a suggestion rather than a requirement because we want to balance supporting Bruin founders with ensuring that our angels retain their investment discretion.
Yes they are!

Dues are used to cover administrative expenses. Those include things like cleanup fees after meetings on campus, group lunches or dinners, and eventually, a group administrative employee at the appropriate time.

Our process is to have all companies seeking funding submit their request for review online through the Bruin Angels website. We use SparkXYZ which is linked on our website (BruinAngels.org). This allows for diligence sharing and cuts down on deal documents being emailed around. Even if our initial contact with a company or founder is in person, we will instruct everyone seeking funding to submit a request online.

Companies seeking consideration for funding who have submitted a request online will have their materials reviewed initially by our deal flow committee. That committee will make an initial determination within 30 day days of submission.


Vetted companies are then emailed out to all members so that a Bruin Angels member can become the deal sponsor who will be responsible for presenting the

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