Apis Health Angels

What Apis Health Angels does

APIS Health Angels, legally APIS Health Angels LLC, is a Seattle-based angel investing group founded in 2021 and operated as a program of Mossy Ventures. It runs a semi-annual, six-month cohort program that pairs early-stage healthcare and life-sciences startups with a pool of approximately 40 accredited angel investors, ultimately directing a pooled fund of about $200,000 into one winning startup per cohort through an "American Idol" style elimination process (quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals). The program is explicitly modeled on the decade-old Seattle Angel Conference methodology and combines three months of workshops with three months of investor meetings, pitches, and due diligence, supported by a parallel investor education curriculum that mixes first-time and experienced angels.

The group's core "products" are programmatic rather than technological: the APIS Health Angel Conference, the investment workshop series (free, virtual, recorded and available on YouTube), the investor education program, a structured due diligence framework, and a standardized convertible note term sheet deployed to winners. There is no proprietary technology stack; operations rely on third-party platforms including Gust for startup applications, Eventbrite for ticketing, PayPal for payments, MailChimp for email, and YouTube for asynchronous content distribution. The first cohort funded Kairos Technologies (medical adhesion barriers for cardiac surgery) in 2022; subsequent cohorts have continued the same format with rotating fund managers.

Revenue is incidental to the program's mission and derives from three small fees: a $1,000 investor registration fee and a $5,000 per-investor commitment into the pooled fund, a $100 non-refundable startup application fee, and ~$25 public tickets to the final demo day. The pooled fund capital is not revenue to the organization—it is deployed to startups. Strategic positioning is reinforced through partnerships with Seattle Angel Conference, Cambia Grove, and a network of regional conferences (San Diego, Kelowna, Alaska), alongside sponsors providing professional services. The organization is a small (1–10 employees) community platform rather than a scalable technology or financial services business.

Name

Apis Health Angels

Legal name

APIS Health Angels LLC

Website

https://apishealthangels.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

APIS Health Angels is a Seattle-based angel investing group, operating under Mossy Ventures, that runs semi-annual six-month cohorts pairing approximately 40 healthcare startups with 40 accredited investors and deploys a pooled ~$200,000 fund to one winner per cohort.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Angel Investing

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Other Financial Vehicles (525990)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

Keywords

• Healthcare angel investing
• Startup pitch competition
• Investor education program
• Health startup funding
• Angel conference

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Investor Program Fees: Accredited investors pay a program registration fee of $1,000 which supports APIS Health Angel program costs, plus an individual investment commitment of $5,000 that is pooled with other investors to fund winning startups.
2. Startup Application Fees: Health startups pay a $100 non-refundable application fee to participate in the cohort program.
3. Final Event Tickets: Public attendees can purchase tickets to the final demo day event for $25 each.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

APIS Health Angels is a structured angel investing program that runs semi-annual six-month cohorts pairing approximately 40 accredited investors with 40+ early-stage healthcare startups. Each cohort includes three months of investor/startup workshops followed by three months of pitch rounds (Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals, Finals) and due diligence, culminating in a public demo day where one startup receives a pooled investment of approximately $200,000 via a convertible note. The program also functions as an investor education initiative, training new angel investors in healthcare-specific due diligence, regulatory, and reimbursement considerations.

Product overview

APIS Health Angels is an angel investing group and structured investment program that operates the APIS Health Angel Conference — a health-sector specific angel investment competition and education platform. The program consists of educational workshops (free virtual sessions on healthcare investing topics), the competitive APIS Health Angel Conference (with an 'American Idol' style selection process from 40+ startups down to 6 finalists), and a pooled investment fund of approximately $200,000 awarded to one winning startup per cohort. The program follows a 6-month cycle with 3 months of investor education and startup workshops followed by 3 months of company pitches and due diligence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• APIS Health Angel Conference A semi-annual angel investing conference where healthcare startups pitch to investors for a chance to receive pooled investment funding of approximately $200,000. The conference follows an 'American Idol' style elimination process selecting 24 Quarter Finalists, 12 Semi-Finalists, and 6 Finalists, culminating in a public demo day.
• Investment Workshops

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mossy VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMossy Ventures is the parent organization of APIS Health Angels. The program is described as 'a program of Mossy Ventures' which runs the angel investing education and funding initiative.
• Seattle Angel ConferencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeattle Angel Conference (SAC) is the predecessor program that inspired APIS Health Angels. SAC has a decade of experience growing new investors and supporting startups using the same methodology.
• Transatlantic Startup Investor AcceleratorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated program under the same umbrella as Seattle Angel Conference, contributing to the broader startup and investor ecosystem development.
• San Diego Angel ConferenceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional partner conference that has adopted the angel conference model, expanding the ecosystem reach for startups and investors.
• Kelowna Angel ConferenceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional partner conference (chapter of Valhalla Angels) expanding the angel investing ecosystem to Canadian startups.
• Alaska Angel ConferenceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional partner conference expanding the ecosystem to Alaska-based startups and investors.
• Seattle Angel Conference (Sponsor)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLogo sponsor providing marketing support and brand association with the established Seattle Angel Conference.
• Product Creation StudiominorGTM or Marketing PartnerDesign-driven engineering consultancy based in Seattle, sponsor providing marketing and operational support.
• Karr Tuttle CampbellminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProfessional services firm (likely law firm) providing sponsorship and potential advisory services.
• ZccountingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAccounting firm sponsor providing financial expertise and marketing support.
• Symphysis MarketingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWebsite development and SEO provider credited for the APIS Health Angels website, also providing marketing services as sponsor.
• The Briarwood GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBusiness consulting firm located in Seattle Washington, providing sponsorship support.
• Cambia GroveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare innovation center bridging entrepreneurs and traditional healthcare sectors. Team member Maura Little is Executive Director; Julie Panek Anderson is Director of Strategic Initiatives.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Golden Seeds: An angel investment group running structured cohorts and education programs for investors evaluating early-stage companies. Comparable in operating format (educational programming + pooled investment model), though Golden Seeds is women-founder-focused rather than health-focused.
• Band of Angels: Silicon Valley-based angel group with a structured screening, mentorship, and syndication model for accredited investors backing technology and life sciences startups. Highly comparable in pool-of-angels, due-diligence-driven investment model.
• Life Science Angels: One of the largest angel groups in the U.S. dedicated to healthcare and life sciences investing. Operates similarly by syndicating accredited investors for diligence-driven investments in health startups, making it a direct sector-overlap peer.
• Tech Coast Angels: One of the largest U.S. angel networks, organizing accredited investors into chapters that evaluate and fund early-stage startups. Comparable in operating model (screening → due diligence → syndicated investment) but with much larger check sizes and broader sector scope.
• Keiretsu Forum: A large global angel investor network running chapter-based cohort meetings where accredited investors evaluate and fund early-stage companies. Same pooled-investor, structured pitch competition model as APIS but at significantly larger scale and broader sector focus.
• HealthTech Capital: An angel investing network focused on health technology and digital health startups. Operates as a syndicate of accredited investors evaluating healthcare deals, directly comparable to APIS in sector focus and investor-pooling model.
• San Diego Angel Conference: A regional partner of the Seattle Angel Conference ecosystem running the same cohort/pitch competition model for accredited investors. Operates as a near-clone of the SAC methodology APIS uses, making it a structural peer.
• Seattle Angel Conference: APIS Health Angels' predecessor and direct parent methodology, founded by the same person (John Sechrest). Both run structured cohort-based angel investment conferences with quarterly pitch competitions, investor education, and pooled funds — APIS is essentially a health-vertical spin-out of SAC's playbook.

Emerging players

• BioEnterprise: Health and biotech-focused venture development organization that connects entrepreneurs with investors and strategic partners in healthcare. Comparable in health-startup focus, though BioEnterprise operates more as a venture development organization than a pure angel cohort.

Broad incumbents

• AngelList: Dominant online platform enabling accredited investors to discover, evaluate, and syndicate into startup deals. Operates as the underlying infrastructure for many angel groups (including APIS's Gust alternative) and represents a much larger incumbent in the same angel-investment facilitation space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC-ZzB4Szftd77yr6YsUzUaA
• Xx.com/apishealthangel
• Facebookfacebook.com/ApisHealthAngels

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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