The LEADERS Veteran and Service Academy Angel Group was founded to provide early stage funding to veteran-owned and led startups in Southern California. The founding team consists of experienced angel investors and entrepreneurs from various military service academies. The group's mission is to leverage the large veteran community in California to identify high-quality business plans and fund them through the members' angel network. So far the group has held three pitch events in Orange County and Los Angeles. It aims to expand connectivity within the veteran startup ecosystem and its investor membership. Typical deals involve co-investments of $250-500k total for individual investments of $25-100k per angel. Past funded companies include those in clean tech, consumer, e-