Sophia Business Angels
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Sophia Business Angels is a group of individual investors who invest personal funds in early-stage startup companies. Founded in 2002 in Sophia Antipolis, France, the group has over 40 members globally and provides capital and mentoring to startups.
Sophia Business Angels is an angel network headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France, founded in 2002. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in early-stage startups, innovative concepts and commercial promise. Its stated cheque size is €50,000 to €500,000. 100 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We Identify, Support and Finance Startups with High Potential, Worldwide”
— Sophia Business Angels, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Angel network
- Headquarters
- Sophia Antipolis, France
- Invests in
- Europe, US, GCC, Asia
- Sectors
- early-stage startups, innovative concepts, commercial promise
- Cheque size
- €50,000 to €500,000
- Founded
- 2002
- Portfolio
- 100 companies
Team, as Sophia Business Angels publishes it
- Candace Johnson President
- Barbara Saxby Communications Director
- Omer Hiziroglu Treasurer
- Patrick Kedziora Deal Flow Manager
- Charles Sidman SBA Member
- Michael O'Connor SBA Member
- Audra Shallal SBA Member
- Jean-Claude Goldenstein SBA Member
- Olivier Bisserier SBA Member
- Jean-Marc Royer SBA Member
- Marcel Dridje President Emeritus and EBAN Board Representative
- Jean-Louis Brelet President Emeritus and France Angels Representative
Names and roles exactly as listed on sophiabusinessangels.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 224 co-investors found.
- Arcline Investment Management LP 2 shared companies: goo.gl, wpengine.com
- Casa do Impacto 2 shared companies: goo.gl, cisco.com
- Fenway Partners, LLC 2 shared companies: goo.gl, wpengine.com
- Icon Management Associates Vi, LLC 2 shared companies: goo.gl, cisco.com
- RiverVest Venture Partners 2 shared companies: goo.gl, wpengine.com
- Omnes Capital 2 shared companies: exploration.space, cisco.com
- Ananda Impact Ventures 1 shared company: ororatech.com
- Apex Ventures 1 shared company: ororatech.com
- European Circular Bioeconomy Fund 1 shared company: ororatech.com
- Korys 1 shared company: ororatech.com
and 214 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Sophia Business Angels publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://sophiabusinessangels.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, status, confidence
- https://sophiabusinessangels.com/portfolio/portfolio_count
- https://sophiabusinessangels.com/who-we-are/people
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Record 6028 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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