The Council

Spring Cohort

Go from curious to confidently writing your first (or next) angel/LP check, with a documented strategy you can reuse across real deals.

General Partner of The Council Fund

Apple

Snap Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

Cruise

Amber Illig

Operations leader, angel investor, VC fund manager

Partner of The Council Fund

Komodo Health

Rachel Tsui

Healthcare & customer success leader, angel investor, VC partner

Most tech leaders want to angel invest. Very few know how to start and build a repeatable strategy.After 80+ early-stage investments, we organized our internal frameworks, decision models, and templates into a practical investing playbook for our private operator community and are making them public here on Maven.

Go from curious to a confident investor with a clear alternative investing plan

Clarity and confidence in decision-making

A complete, end-to-end investing strategy

Real-world tools you can reuse. You'll walk away with:

Access to lived experience from our experts, not just advice 

We're operators focused on investing from an operator POV. Your experience leading functions within top organizations is key.

Leaders with 5–10+ years of experience

Whether you've completed 0 or 10+ deals, our playbook will help you level up.

Aspiring & Current Alternative Early-Stage Investors

This course is most actionable for accredited investors who want to immediately apply an operator-led investing approach.

Investing Readiness (Accredited or Preparing)

Tech professionals who want to make their first angel or LP investment but don’t want to rely on gut feel or hype

Builders - operators, c-suite executives, &amp; tech professionals - who want to be a value-add investor and not just a check

Professionals looking to expand their networks &amp; influence through strategic investing, with a clear framework behind every decision

How LP and Angel Investors Track Portfolio Performance

Partner at The Council Fund (ex-Head of Customer Success at Komodo Health)

Learn the core metrics investors use to evaluate their portfolio across venture funds and direct investments

The Key Metrics LPs and Angel Investors Track

We’ll walk through a template that helps investors organize, track performance, and understand their portfolio evolution

How to Track Your Portfolio in One Place

Understand how portfolio tracking helps investors evaluate managers, identify patterns, & make informed decisions

How Tracking Improves Your Investment Decisions

How Tech Leaders Start Angel & LP Investing

Amber illig

Amber will share her path from operator to angel investor to launching The Council Fund, including early lessons.

How operators transition into angel & LP investing

You’ll get a clear, end-to-end view of how angel and LP investing actually works in practice, from budget to wiring  $$.

The lifecycle of angel & LP investing without the jargon

We’ll walk through the real risks and upside of investing in the venture asset class.

Learn directly from The Council

The Council

Courses

Angel & LP Investing for Leaders: Build a High-Conviction Investing Playbook

Lightning Lessons

How LP and Angel Investors Track Portfolio Performance

How Tech Leaders Start Angel & LP Investing