How the New Gathering of Angels Works:
A Modern, Flexible Model for Founders and Investors
Founders submit an application with company overview, executive summary, and pitch deck.
GOA evaluates applicants and selects one startup to feature in an upcoming Weekly GOA Investment Briefing.
Early Tuesday morning, GOA emails the featured opportunity to its network of Angels and investors.
Investors read the brief summary and review the attached Executive Summary and Pitch Deck.
Interested investors submit the GOA Evaluation Sheet indicating level of interest, questions and follow-up requests, potential investment amount.
GOA collects the evaluation responses and aggregates expressions of interest.
If sufficient interest is indicated, GOA aggregates commitments into an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) led by GOA CEO Tarby Bryant to facilitate participation.
GOA shares feedback and next steps with the founder, including investor interest levels and any follow-up requests.
The process repeats weekly, providing investors consistent deal flow and startups a streamlined path to qualified investor attention.
Leadership Secrets for Entrepreneurs
Are you a founder, entrepreneur, or leader navigating the challenges of startups and investments? Discover invaluable leadership insights in this must-watch interview with Jason LeDuc and Tarby Bryant, founder of The Gathering of Angels. With over 450 successful investments and thousands of pitches reviewed, Tarby shares his experience on what separates successful entrepreneurs from the rest.
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital from Angel Investors
This little primer will provide guidance on tapping into the wallets of Angel Investors and getting them engaged in your new venture. Uniquely, Angel Investors can provide not only needed seed capital but often expertise, guidance, and referral contacts that they have aggregated from years in the business world.
The Gathering of Angels is a most impressive event for entrepreneurs like us and we were most impressed with great coaching, good focus and a new handful of new investors in Regenerative Medicine. Tarby is a great coach and mentor to our company and he personally took time to read, critique and prepare us for GOA event. The practice sessions with GOA Coaches before GOA event were invaluable and his focus on Investor Hot Buttons was most helpful. We found many new investors in our company and I can't say enough good things about the GOA experience.
John Laub
Regenerative Medicine - Las Vegas, NV
Present at The Gathering of Angels
Starting in January 2026, GOA will replace its monthly in-person and Zoom pitch meetings with Weekly GOA Investment Briefings delivered by email. Each briefing features a new startup opportunity, including a concise company overview, Executive Summary, and Pitch Deck. Investors review the materials on their own schedule and submit GOA Evaluation Sheets to express interest, which are then aggregated into a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) led by GOA CEO Tarby Bryant. This model offers greater flexibility, more thoughtful decision-making, and a more efficient investment experience.
Startups seeking capital are invited to apply to be featured in an upcoming GOA Investment Briefing. Selected companies will have their materials reviewed by GOA Angels and investors, providing direct exposure to qualified capital in a streamlined, investor-friendly format.
At Gathering of Angels you will find mature and seasoned Angel Investors and Investment Bankers who listen to with high interest to your presentation pitch for capital, meet with you, and if interested, will write a check to your new venture 1-45 days after your first presentation at GOA and Due Diligence. We have facilitated 450+ capital fundings since October 1996 from 20k to 12.5 MM. Recent GOA fundings in 2023 -2025 were 25k, 50k, 75k,120k, 200k, 237k, 375k and 400k
Sweetwater Capital is a Merchant Banker that offers Debt and Equity Capital to more seasoned business ventures and real estate projects from $1.5M to $10,000,000, Contact CEO Tarby Bryant at 404-606-2193 for more details and qualifications.