About Us
About Keiretsu Forum
Keiretsu Forum mission: “Great Association with Quality Deal Flow”
“Keiretsu” Definition
Why Keiretsu
Angel investment on a global scale
When you’re part of Keiretsu Forum — as an angel investor member or as a presenting entrepreneur — your angel funding and investment opportunities are never geographically limited.
“Local knowledge, global reach.”
That’s the philosophy behind Keiretsu Forum’s worldwide angel investment network. With 1,850+ members in 32 North American Chapters and 1000+ International Members in 20 chapters across three continents, you access carefully vetted and diverse investment opportunities from across the globe. This benefits our entrepreneurs as well, as they are presented with worldwide opportunities to access the angel funding they need to grow their startup and entry-level businesses.
Consistent with this definition, Keiretsu Forum is a conglomeration of serious investors, business leaders, venture capitalists, corporate/institutional investors and serial entrepreneurs bound by two overlapping and codependent goals:
- To work together for each other’s mutual benefit, forming strategic partnerships, enhancing each other’s knowledge and building an angel network of diverse skills
- To access promising angel investment opportunities around the world
Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested more than $1 billion in 950+ different companies from a myriad of industries, including software, telecommunications, health/life sciences, biotech, real estate, mobile applications, Internet, consumer products and other high growth areas.
At Keiretsu, we’re passionate about merging localized knowledge and firsthand due diligence with global investment reach. This unique combination of local and international expertise is what creates diverse investment opportunities and quality deal flow for our angel investors.
Mission Statement
Our mission is “Great Association With Quality Deal Flow”.
“Great Association…
Keiretsu Forum membership is comprised of serious investors, business leaders, venture capitalists, corporate/institutional investors and serial entrepreneurs. Keiretsu Forum enjoys synergies and close relationships with venture capital firms, universities, and other partner organizations. These relationships facilitate the access to capital, talent, technology, and resources needed to build a successful venture.
…With Quality Deal Flow”
Our quality and diverse deal flow comes from our community of members, venture capitalists, sponsors, incubators and universities. Keiretsu Forum members invest in investment opportunities that focus on emerging technologies, healthcare/life sciences, consumer products, real estate and other segments with high growth opportunity.
Why Keiretsu
Angel investment on a global scale
When you’re part of Keiretsu Forum — as an angel investor member or as a presenting entrepreneur — your angel funding and investment opportunities are never geographically limited.
“Local knowledge, global reach.”
That’s the philosophy behind Keiretsu Forum’s worldwide angel investment network. With 3000+ members in 60 Chapters and 26 countries across 5 continents, you access carefully vetted and diverse investment opportunities from across the globe. This benefits our entrepreneurs as well, as they are presented with worldwide opportunities to access the angel funding, they need to grow their startup and entry-level businesses.
Consistent with this definition, Keiretsu Forum is a conglomeration of serious investors, business leaders, venture capitalists, corporate/institutional investors and serial entrepreneurs bound by two overlapping and codependent goals:
- To work together for each other’s mutual benefit, forming strategic partnerships, enhancing each other’s knowledge and building an angel network of diverse skills
- To access promising angel investment opportunities around the world
Keiretsu MENA
Keiretsu Forum launched in Q1/2024 in Middle East & North Africa, starting with Bahrain, UAE and quickly expanding to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the rest of GCC, then other countries – & welcomes interested members from across the Middle East, start-ups, corporates, family offices and investment funds.
Our objective is to connect local and international angel investors to local start-ups – as well as international start-ups, and to benefit from the business-friendly infrastructure provided by the governments in MENA.
Keiretsu MENA will also invite specialist firms (finance, law, tax, IT, etc.) to participate in events, in order to provide relevant services, consulting, and support the success of our investment community.
