Your first cheque, with experts beside you

Hermesa is an angel community of 300+ operators and entrepreneurs

We invest together in women led, early stage tech companies at pre seed and seed

Become a member

Our members are operators with deep sector knowledge.
We are women led, not women only — aligned men are very welcome.

60% of our investors made their first ever angel investment with Hermesa.

A highly curated pipeline

Every deal is validated by a sector expert from our own community. We invest in only 1–2% of startups we see.

Learning by doing

We have built a culture where new angels feel comfortable joining pitches and diligence, learning alongside sector experts and experienced angels. We also offer a free, on-demand angel investing course.

Investing without barriers

No membership fee, and you can invest from £2,000 per deal. We earn a share of profits on successful exits so we only make money when you do.

Our structured approach to investment

Pre-screen

The Hermesa team reviews every deal, then puts the ones we rate in front of a member sector expert.

Expert screening

A deal only proceeds if the sector expert rates it and will invest their own money, subject to diligence.

Online pitch event

The company presents, members ask questions and indicate interest.

Diligence

Deep diligence led by the Hermesa team with the sector expert, following our standard process and written up in a full deal memo.

Investment

Members decide individually, deal by deal.

Meet Our Members

"
Hermesa has been the perfect way for me to add value to the startup ecosystem and to start my angel investment journey. Not only have I met some amazing female founders and invested in some great companies, but working on deals with the other angels in the Hermesa network has been invaluable to my development as an investor.
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Zahra Subjally
Chief of Staff at Series B Health-tech
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Angel investing always interested me, but without having an experienced, inclusive guide, it’s a difficult arena to enter. Hermesa has welcomed me, held my hand but also pushed me out of my comfort zone, in the best way. I’ve connected with inspiring, talented professionals who I learn from regularly. It’s truly a unique community.
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Michal Zitron
Talent Leader, International Contemporary Art Gallery
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I'd thought about angel investing for a while, but never thought it was for me. I'm not hugely wealthy, I'm mid-career, and I'm a working mother to young children. Hermesa changed that: the entry ticket is genuinely accessible, and the process is inclusive and designed for busy lives. What I love most is that it's completely normal to be excited about a company's mission and about making money from it too.
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Heather Blyth
COO, background scaling women's health-tech businesses

"
Hermesa has been the perfect way for me to add value to the startup ecosystem and to start my angel investment journey. Not only have I met some amazing female founders and invested in some great companies, but working on deals with the other angels in the Hermesa network has been invaluable to my development as an investor.
"
Zahra Subjally
Chief of Staff at Series B Health-tech
"
Angel investing always interested me, but without having an experienced, inclusive guide, it’s a difficult arena to enter. Hermesa has welcomed me, held my hand but also pushed me out of my comfort zone, in the best way. I’ve connected with inspiring, talented professionals who I learn from regularly. It’s truly a unique community.
"
Michal Zitron
Talent Leader, International Contemporary Art Gallery
"
I'd thought about angel investing for a while, but never thought it was for me. I'm not hugely wealthy, I'm mid-career, and I'm a working mother to young children. Hermesa changed that: the entry ticket is genuinely accessible, and the process is inclusive and designed for busy lives. What I love most is that it's completely normal to be excited about a company's mission and about making money from it too.
"
Heather Blyth
COO, background scaling women's health-tech businesses