John May (angel investor)
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John May is the Managing Partner of the New Vantage Group, which has organized five angel investing
Angel investor
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organizations in the Washington, D.C.
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area since 1999, placing funds into more than 50 companies.
Biography
May is the co-author of two books on angel investing, Every Business Needs an Angel and State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing. May is Chair-Emeritus of the Angel Capital AssociationAngel Capital Association
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and Co-Chairman of the World Business Angel Association. He is a lead instructor for the "Power of Angel Investing" seminar produced by the Angel Capital Education Foundation
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and supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
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, a Batten Fellow at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
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at the University of Virginia
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and a Managing Director of Seraphim, a UK-based venture capital fund. May served on the board of directors of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, the trade association for the venture capital industry in the Mid-Atlantic region.
May began his work in angel investing when he co-founded the Investors' Circle, a network of over 200 investors who use private capital to fund businesses that address social and environmental issues. May co-founded The Dinner Club, an investment group of 60 Washington, D.C. angels who collectively invest in regional early stage ventures. A larger private investor pool, the eMedia Club with 75 members, followed it, and in 2000, the Washington Dinner Club with 75 members was started. In 2003, May started Active Angel Investors fund and in 2008 he created D’ArchAngels a group of accredited investors in the Mid-Atlantic region with significant expertise in the intelligence and defense industries.
Washingtonian Magazine named May one of its 100 Tech Titans of DC. At the Angel Capital Association Summit in San Francisco, CA on May 6, 2010, May was awarded the 2010 Hans Severiens Award for the contributions to the angel investing industry.