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John May is the Managing Partner of the New Vantage Group[1], which has organized five angel investing clubs in the Washington, D.C. area since 1999, placing funds into more than 50 companies. He is the co-author of two books on angel investing, Every Business Needs an Angel[2] and State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing.[3] May is Chair-Emeritus of the Angel Capital Association[4] and Co-Chairman of the World Business Angel Association.[5] He is a lead instructor for the "Power of Angel Investing" seminar[6] supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation,[7] a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School[8] [9]and a Managing Director of Seraphim,[10] 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.[11]

May began his work in angel investing when he co-founded the Investors' Circle,[12] 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,[13] 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[14] with 75 members, followed it, and in 2000, the Washington Dinner Club[15] with 75 members was started. In 2003, May started Active Angel Investors[16] fund and in 2008 he created D’ArchAngels[17] a group of accredited investors in the Mid-Atlantic region with significant expertise in the intelligence and defense industries.[18]

Washingtonian Magazine named May one of its 100 Tech Titans of DC.[19]


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