Empire Angel Collective

We are investing in a better future for Consumers. Our portfolio strategy is built to reflect the emerging business fields that we believe will add value to people’s lives, to the planet, and to economies around the world. We seek and invest in companies that pursue the convergence of purpose and business. We focus game changing and category building consumer facing technologies and brands in B2C or B2B2C that power the daily needs and the future of the planet of these generations of “New Conscious Consumers” and match their value drivers of lifestyle, wellness, sustainability, community, and inclusivity. Beyond the classic venture requirements, we like businesses that have 2M in historical revenue, signed POs, contracts or pilots, unique distinctive hero products or services, small competitive sets, multiple revenue streams, gross margins above 40%, defensible IP, omni-channel and/or strategic partnerships paths. Our proactive value added angel and visible executive profiles) to C rounds (core seed and A in revenue) in the US (60-70%), Europe (20-30%) and RdW (10%) across our 10 investment spaces covering the way these large, unique, consumer habits shifting, and industries changing demographic generational cohorts discover and buy products and services, eat & drink, dress & look, care & cure, exercise & entertain, and move & ship. This group was initiated by Kevin Colas, who runs its various activities: deal flow origination (from the existing founders and investors network, and quarterly calls with tier 1 to emerging VCs, best in class global corporate CVCs/Corporate Development/Innovation teams, mid size and large family offices with operating activities), calls selection, due diligence (2-3 months process), weekly debrief, investors tallies, fund administration, tax and legal matters, and after deal portfolio companies support and quarterly calls. Kevin Colas is a strategy and public/private GP and LP investment professional with 20+ years of experience.