When was SideCar Angels founded?

SideCar Angels was founded in 2012.

Where is SideCar Angels' headquarters located?

SideCar Angels' headquarters is located in Cambridge (United States).

How many companies has SideCar Angels invested in?

SideCar Angels has invested in 11 companies, including ezCater & AOA.

Which companies has SideCar Angels invested in lately?

BrandRank.AI & Surgicure Technologies are the latest investments by SideCar Angels.

What sectors does SideCar Angels focus on for investments?

Top sectors in SideCar Angels' portfolio are Enterprise Applications (3 investments) and HealthTech (2 investments).

How many exits has SideCar Angels been involved in?

SideCar Angels' portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions.

SideCar Angels - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio & Investment Trends

SideCar Angels, established in 2012, is an angel investment group based in Cambridge, United States. It primarily focuses on Seed investments in companies in United States. Its portfolio includes 11 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications, HealthTech sectors. Its most notable investments include companies like ezCater, AOA and Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals. As of Oct 2026, SideCar Angels has witnessed 3 portfolio exits. Its latest investment was a $5.13M Seed round in BrandRank.AI on Jul 29, 2026, which also saw participation from Grit Capital Partners and Queen City Angels.

To date, 38 investors have co-invested in SideCar Angels's portfolio companies, including prominent names like Launchpad Venture Group.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

Cambridge, United States

Portfolio Companies

ezCater, AOA & 9 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, HealthTech & 7 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Series A & 1 more

Locations of Investment

United States

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SideCar Angels has a portfolio of 11 companies. Their most notable investments are in SpeechVive and campusSIMs.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, Life Sciences and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by SideCar Angels:

1. ezCater

Online catering marketplace for enterprises. The platform allows users to discover and order food from local caterers for corporate events and private parties. It provides concierge ordering, employee meal planning, event catering, and more.

Key facts about ezCater

Founded Year: 2007
Location: Boston (United States)
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $436M
Employee Count: 923 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: GIC, Alpha Square Group and 24 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 15, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

2. AOA

Provider of an AI-enabled early detection platform focused on womens health. It offers a proprietary multi-omics platform called GlycoLocate to diagnose early-stage cancers by using a non-invasive blood test. and AKRIVIS GD is a liquid biopsy test that uses a multi-omics to analyze tumor-associated lipids and proteins for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Key facts about AOA

Founded Year: 2019
Location: Boston (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $40.7M
Employee Count: 56 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investors: LabCorp, FemHealthVentures and 32 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 01, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals is a small drug development company focussed on developing neuroprotection therapies for brain injury, concussions, stroke, and neurodegenerative disorders. It is developing its drugs that can activate astrocyte, a cell of the CNS that has the potential to treat CNS disorders such as brain injury, stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease.

Key facts about Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Cambridge (United States)
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $25.4M
Employee Count: 12 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: UT System, Dreavent and 18 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 30, 2026, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. BrandRank.AI

Cloud platform for businesses to monitor brand positioning by leveraging generative AI search engines. It helps businesses monitor and analyze the brand performance across multiple AI-driven search engines, providing insights to protect and grow the brand reputation. The company's platform uses generative AI to track and measure brand mentions, allowing businesses to analyse competitors activities.

Key facts about BrandRank.AI

Founded Year: 2024
Location: Cincinnati (United States)
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $6.33M
Employee Count: 26 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investors: Tech Square Ventures, SideCar Angels and 7 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 29, 2026, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Repsly

Retail execution software empowering field teams to optimize in-store performance. This platform offers a suite of solutions designed to enhance retail operations. It provides tools for product overview, insights dashboards, field team management, in-store execution, image recognition, merchandising, field sales, promotion execution, and retail services. The software helps businesses track performance in real time, leverage AI image recognition for shelf insights, and minimize errors. It enables control at the shelf, optimizes field team efforts, and facilitates agile responses to changing retail conditions. Key capabilities include merchandising workflows, flexible product catalogs, streamlined order entry, and project planning tools. The platform supports data-driven decisions, maximizes sales impact, and improves team engagement. It offers resources like a resource center, blog, buyer's guide, and retail outlook report. The platform is accessible through login and offers support for customers. It is a cloud based SaaS platform.

Key facts about Repsly

Founded Year: 2010
Location: Boston (United States)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $3.67M
Employee Count: 106 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: Resolve Growth Partners, DataPoint Ventures and 9 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jun 28, 2017, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

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SideCar Angels has invested in 11 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in BrandRank.AI and most recent follow-on round was in Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals.

Here are SideCar Angels' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1
2024	0	0	0
2023	0	1	1
2022	0	0	0
2021	1	1	2
2020	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2017	2	0	2

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SideCar Angels has made 7 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.65M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.06M and 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage with an average round size of $1.3M.

Here are SideCar Angels' investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	7
Series A	3
Conventional Debt	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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SideCar Angels has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, HealthTech and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 8 Tech companies, 5 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are SideCar Angels' investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Life Sciences	4
Enterprise Applications	3
Consumer	2
HealthTech	2
High Tech	2
Others	7

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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SideCar Angels has made most investments in United States (11).

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SideCar Angels has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - BrandRank.AI.

Here are the most recent investments by SideCar Angels:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jul 29, 2026	BrandRank.AI	United States	Seed	9017	Grit Capital Partners [+3]
Mar 12, 2025	Surgicure Technologies	United States	Seed	5992	Launchpad Venture Group [+8]
Aug 21, 2023	Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals	United States	Series A	8933	Dreavent [+6]
Jun 28, 2021	AOA	United States	Seed	1103	Joyance Partners [+7]
Jan 27, 2021	S’More	United States	Seed	4779	Benson Oak Ventures [+16]

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3 companies from SideCar Angels' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was ezCater in Oct 2026 by Uber for $*****.

Here are SideCar Angels' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
ezCater	Oct 06, 2026	Oct 09, 2012	Series A	1812
Repsly	Jan 16, 2025	Jun 28, 2017	Seed	1312
S’More	Feb 13, 2023	Nov 13, 2019	Seed	7610

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Over the past 14 years, 111 investors have co-invested in SideCar Angels's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before SideCar Angels: HHS, Jill Preotle and 16 others have invested in rounds before SideCar Angels. There are 2 companies where HHS has invested before SideCar Angels and 1 company where Jill Preotle has invested before SideCar Angels.
Top Co-investors of SideCar Angels: 38 investors entered a company along with SideCar Angels. These include investors like Launchpad Venture Group (3 companies).
Invested after SideCar Angels: A total of 55 investors have invested in SideCar Angels's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Breton Capital Ventures (1 company) and Launchpad Venture Group (1 company).