TiE Angels Group Seattle

What TiE Angels Group Seattle does

TiE Angels Group Seattle is a regional angel investing chapter founded in 2013 in Redmond, Washington, that caters to the funding needs of early-stage startups primarily in Seattle and the broader Pacific Northwest region. The group operates as part of the global TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) network and is led by founder and chairman Haresh Ved alongside founding president and chairman Vijay Vashee, providing a structured vehicle for accredited angel investors to evaluate, syndicate, and fund local startup opportunities.

The group's core activity is sourcing, screening, and syndicating angel-stage investment deals within the Northwest US ecosystem, leveraging the TiE brand and chapter infrastructure to attract entrepreneurs and co-investors. Beyond capital deployment, TiE Angels chapters typically convene mentorship, networking, and pitch events that connect founders with operators and investors, functioning as a deal-flow and community hub rather than a product or technology vendor.

TiE Angels Group Seattle does not publish portfolio holdings, deal counts, AUM, or revenue figures in the available data, and its revenue mechanics (typical for angel chapters) are presumed to derive from a combination of member dues, event/program fees, and any carried-interest participation in syndicated rounds. With 51-100 individuals associated with the chapter (interpreted as the angel member base rather than full-time staff), the entity is structured as a relatively lightweight investment community anchored by founder-led governance.

Name

TiE Angels Group Seattle

Legal name

SEATTLE PERSONAL INJURY LAW

Website

https://tieangelsseattle.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TiE Angels Group Seattle is a Redmond-based angel investing chapter founded in 2013 that sources, screens, and syndicates early-stage funding for startups in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, operating under the global TiE network and led by founders Haresh Ved and Vijay Vashee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

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)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Angel investing network
• Startup funding
• Venture capital
• Seed investments
• Entrepreneur mentorship

Headquarters

HQ city

Redmond

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. Legal Services - Contingency Fee: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis - no legal fees charged unless the case is won. This is standard for personal injury law, where the firm takes a percentage (typically 33-40%) of the settlement or judgment as compensation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TiE Angels Group Seattle is an angel investor collective that pools capital from its members to make early-stage equity investments in startups, primarily in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The group screens, evaluates, and funds seed and early-stage ventures, supplementing capital with mentorship drawn from the TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) network of experienced entrepreneurs and operators.

Product overview

SEATTLE PERSONAL INJURY LAW is a single-service law firm providing legal representation for personal injury and catastrophic injury cases. The firm offers three interconnected service offerings: Personal Injury Legal Services for accident victims (vehicle, boat, pedestrian), Catastrophic Injury Representation for life-altering injuries (amputations, burns, spinal cord, brain injuries), and Wrongful Death Legal Services for families pursuing justice. The firm operates on a contingency fee basis (no fee unless they win) and provides 24/7 availability with 50+ years of collective legal experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Angel Investment Funding

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• philly-injury-law.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReferral partnership for Philadelphia-area personal injury matters. When clients in Philadelphia need legal representation, they are referred to this partner firm for a free consultation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Alliance of Angels: Seattle-based angel investing network that invests in early-stage Pacific Northwest startups, directly overlapping with TiE Angels Group Seattle's geography, member-driven model, and stage focus.
• Hyde Park Angels: Chicago-based angel network with a structured deal-screening and member-funded investment model that closely mirrors how TiE Angels chapters operate.
• Tech Coast Angels: One of the largest U.S. angel networks, structured around regional chapters with pooled member capital; comparable in operating model to TiE Angels Group Seattle.
• Seattle Angel Fund: A member-funded angel fund focused on Pacific Northwest early-stage companies, providing direct competition for the same deal flow and founder relationships.
• Keiretsu Forum Northwest: Multi-chapter angel network with an active Northwest chapter that pools capital from individual investors to fund early-stage deals, structurally and operationally analogous to TiE Angels.

Emerging players

• Golden Seeds: Member-driven angel network organized around a specific thesis (women-led ventures); comparable as a network-based angel model, though differentiated by sector focus.
• Felicis Ventures: Early-stage venture firm operating in the same Pacific Northwest and broader U.S. seed market, competing for many of the same founders TiE Angels members back.

Regional players

• Madrona Venture Group: Seattle-based early- and growth-stage investor that frequently co-invests with local angel groups; comparable because of shared geography and ecosystem overlap, though it operates at larger check sizes.

Broad incumbents

• TiE Global Angels (parent network): The broader TiE organization and its umbrella angel investing activities; comparable because TiE Angels Group Seattle is a chapter of this network and shares its brand, methodology, and cross-chapter syndication.
• AngelList (Rollover / syndicates): National platform enabling individual angels and syndicates to invest directly in startups; competes with TiE Angels for both member participation and founder access to capital.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments4 records

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