Carol Sands

Carol Sands is the Founder of The Angels’ Forum and the Managing General Partner of The Halo Funds. She has spent more than 30 years with investing, entrepreneurial, and/or large corporate institutions.

The Angels’ Forum (TAF) has been investing in, mentoring and advising Silicon Valley startups from the seed stage all the way through a meaningful exit since 1997. We are a diverse group of 25 high net worth private investors, all of whom have been CEO’s, founders or senior executives of successful entrepreneurial ventures. We have the capital, time, experience, skills and passion to work with other entrepreneurs to build disruptive companies. www.angelsforum.com

The Halo Fund, a venture capital fund investing in early stage, Silicon Valley based start ups with $40 Million under management. They are currently investing out of Halo Fund III. www.halofund.com

The Angels’ Forum has invested in over 100 Silicon Valley start-ups. Investment focus ranges from Technology to Life Sciences to Consumer Products. Investments include Smart Therapeutics (sold to Boston Scientific), NetScaler (sold to Citrix), Sensant (sold to Siemens), Safeview (sold to L3), Ensighten, Glue Networks, Penumbra, Specialty’s Café & Bakery, and Scopix.

We only invest in Bay Area local companies. To submit a plan: http://angelsforum.com/submit_a_plan_taf.htm

In addition to her investment based responsibilities, Carol teaches at Stanford University and is active with Global Women’s Leadership Network (www.gwln.org). She is also a Director of the Sands Family Foundation which funds early stage and pre NIH (National Institute of Health) research relating to prostate and ovarian cancers.