"Very worth it!"

Even though this platform didn't work for my company, the Angel Network team was very helpful, quick with their service and kept their promises! It is definitely worth it!

"Grateful"

Through the site I made contact with several interested investors and was able to acquire a suitable partner for our project.

Forever grateful to Angel Investment Network.

"Dishonest"

This company promises a full refund if you don't get any genuine interest from investors while your pitch is being promoted. This is a good way to 'lessen the blow' for poor startups who are struggling to raise money and where £100+ is a large cost.

I subscribed to this deal and they were very helpful throughout the process. They even gave me a promotional discount which I had missed a deadline for.

The reason I give them 1 star is because I find their business model to be dishonest. Apparently the terms say that you must apply for said refund within 7 days of the subscription ending, otherwise you have missed your chance. I would be interested how many people set an alarm in their calendar to make sure they don't miss this window when the 90days subscription is over (assuming they read the terms in the first place). They also don't send any communicative emails at all. I suspect this is so that you forget when the subscription ends, and hence miss the window? Just my opinion of course.

I missed the window by a few weeks. I use the word 'dishonest' above because this is not how I think a business should be run; the refund is offered because you didn't get any interest - not because you're good at setting calendar alarms! If you're entitled to a refund you're entitled to a refund; why does there need to be such a small window in order to get one? What difference does it make if it was 30 days and not 7? To be denied a refund on a technicality like this is dishonest.

Many weeks of emails came to no resolution; they are obviously very content to hide behind this red-tape!

You've been warned, good luck to you if you try it out.

"Full of bots and fake investors"

Full of bots and fake investors, wasted over £2,000 and found out the hard way.

"Absolutely terrible!"

Absolutely terrible. I used AIN for my startup after reading many positive reviews, but soon did I realise just how expensive and ineffective their service was! Not to mention they refused to issue a refund despite previously agreeing one, citing that I didn't message them again 5 days before my second free month subscription. Please avoid this company at all costs. I've had more luck contacting angels directly on LinkedIn for FREE!

"Deserves 0 Stars"

If I could give AIN 0 stars I would without a doubt.

I do not normally leave reviews as I feel that it is a waste of my time however, AIN has scrounged almost £300 from me, a startup business owner who already needs money, and then refused to pay the refund. I have repeatedly requested refunds from this company but they are uncooperative and unhelpful. Do not spend your money unless you have the money to spend on lawyers as well.

AIN is scamming small businesses and I was a victim so that you don’t have to be.

"Investors View of some Savvy Business owners"

I must say as an investor I have met a number of savvy business owners who really know what they are doing. I can only give this site 4 stars as they can always do something better. I don't know what but they are far and above most sites I have visited.

"Scam - they take your money, not raise you money"

Huge scam. Stay clear!!! To provide you with some personal credentials so you can trust my review - I have founded 3 businesses, raised over £3m in equity for these and have recently served as Head of Global Strategy for Gartner’s ranked #1 European leader for healthcare cloud services. I have just founded another business for which I am raising capital. Having signed up and paid £300 to load my pitch on the Angel Investment Network I was approached by one 'investor' who wanted to export our solutions to Australia (who had no business experience or experience in our sector), another 'investor' who lured me into several long meetings only to try and sell me their services, another 'investor' who pretended to be a high net worth individual with interest to invest $10m who took me through a due diligence process for it to turn out to be a hoax, and another 'investor' who approached us only for us to later find out that they wanted us to parter with one of their other failing portfolio companies, which made no sense. Yet another person approached us selling something else - at least they didn't first pretend to be an investor, but clearly not why I joined this platform. I have now raised >£720k from VCs and angels from other sources with the same business plan for the same business. I have not had any success with this platform. All the investors appear to be fake! I asked for my money back, in line with their 'Money Back Guarantee'. They tried to convince me to try for longer, which I did. When I then returned with no success, they said my money back guarantee period had expired and I was no longer eligible!! I am absolutely furious!! Had they told me that by accepting their request to try longer, that I would lose my refund which I was at the time eligible for, I would have never chosen to try it for longer. Stay away from this awful company! They are not for you and will not help you raise money - they will just take yours!

"AIN's Refund Policy is trustworthy"

I got my project listed on AIN underthe Global Pro plan. After the first month, the team at AIN reviewed my Pitch and listed it for second month for free. At the end of the second month and given that I didn't receive any genuine interest from the investors, I got a full refund as per AIN refund policy. Thank you mike for your support and I highly recommend the platform for SMEs and Startups looking to raise capital.

"Run fast - this company is trouble"

We read the '90 day money back guarantee if you don't get any genuine enquiries' and thought they must be providing a bonafide service. How wrong could we be!!!!

The 90 day money back guarantee does not mean they will EVER give you your money back

You have to let them know at least five days before your 30 day listing expires if you didn't get any response - we did actually get two replies, neither of them investors, one trying to sell us something, the other looked like they were trying to scam us

Then, apparently they rewrite your pitch. Although in our case they didn't because we contacted them too early. If you then lose track of the days and don't tell them in time, they'll take another month's subscription - which they can't refund because they don't refund renewals (obviously!)

So in theory, there's a magic moment in time (during the first month) where you can reach out and say 'my pitch isn't working' and they'll rewrite and relist it for you for another month, for free. And if that doesn't get any response, and you let them know at the second very specific magic moment in time, then - and only then - do they refund you

I have no idea how this qualifies as a 90 day money back guarantee, because I can't even see where 90 days comes into play here

In summary this was a total waste of time and money and the company is an utter joke. Would not touch them with a bargepole