Programs
The Cane Angel Network offers a robust suite of programs designed to facilitate startup investing, experiential learning, and form meaningful connections across the University of Miami community and beyond.
- Investor Meetings held monthly with 4 startup presentations from diverse industries (life sciences, technology, climate resilience, hardware, consumer, and other).
- Angel Office Hours are a great opportunity for student, alumni, and faculty founders to meet with angel investors in a conversational setting and receive feedback on their startup.
- Social Events where members, student deal analysts, and industry partners come together for uplifting conversations, building new bonds, and celebrating the spirit of the extraordinary Cane community.
- MGT 639 Class Cane Angel Network - Experiential Management and Startup Deals is a semester-long graduate-level course at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. Startups applying for funding to the Cane Angel Network are analyzed by the students.
- Senior Deal Analysts Students who have successfuly completed the class MGT 639 and have a keen interest in venture investing and startup deal analysis, have an opportunity to join the Cane Angel Network Senior Deal Analyst program and develop their leadership skills by mentoring the incoming class of students.
Collaborators
The Cane Angel Network enjoys close collaboration with a vibrant network of partners across the University of Miami innovation eco-system, as well as key organizations in the Florida venture ecosystem and angel groups accross the United States.
- The Office of Technology Transfer is dedicated to assessing, protecting and commercializing University of Miami owned Innovations through licensing to startups and established companies.
- The Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research promotes translational research in biomedical science and bioengineering by capitalizing on the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine faculty research projects that address an unmet clinical need and have commercial potential.
- The Launch Pad with students, alumni, and faculty to assist them in bringing their venture ideas to life. The Launch Pad provides mentorship programs, workshops, 1-1 consulting services, and events all designed to inspire and educate entrepreneurs.
- Converge Miami is a 180K sq/ft building that houses startups, established companies, Converge Labs (shared space and equipment for early stage startups), and key University of Miami programs, including the U Innovation team where the Cane Angel Network offices are located.
- The Knight Foundation promotes excellence in journalism and the success of communities where the Knight brothers once published newspapers. The Cane Angel Network launched at the end of 2019 with a generous grant from the Knight Foundation.
- The Florida Venture Forum is Florida’s largest support and networking organization for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. It connects startups and growth companies with the capital and services they need to grow and scale.
- Cozen O'Connor's cross-disciplinary health care and life sciences legal team represents and advises companies of all stages that are bringing innovation to the market to achieve better efficiency, accuracy, and health care outcomes.
- University Angel Group is an association of university-related angel investment groups, networks, and funds representing 20+ leading universities. The purpose is to collaborate, share best practices, as well as collect and publish benchmark data.
- The Angel Capital Association is the largest professional development organization for angel investors in the world comprised of 250 angel groups, accredited platforms, and family offices.
