Angel Investors in Seattle (2026)

822 investors · 822 individual angels · 52% with verified email · 0 claimed profiles

Seattle has 822 investors in the Robynhood database, and 250 of them name AI/ML — 30% of the city, the second-highest proportion after San Francisco. Two decades of Amazon and Microsoft alumni is what that number represents.

An engineering market at a workable scale

AI/ML at 250 leads by a wide margin over healthtech at 165 and fintech at 151. Cloud infrastructure at 43 is proportionally high, again reflecting where these people worked.

The advantage over the Bay Area is not depth, it is attention. Seattle has a fraction of San Francisco's investor count chasing a much smaller pool of founders, so a good technical pitch is more likely to be read carefully.

Reach and rhythm

428 of 822 have a verified email — 52%.

Seattle angels are disproportionately still employed at large technology companies rather than investing full time. Expect slower replies and fewer meetings per week than in a market of professional investors.

Sector focus in Seattle

Sector-agnostic — 404 investors
AI/ML — 250 investors
Healthtech — 165 investors
Fintech — 151 investors
SaaS — 93 investors
E-commerce — 59 investors
Cleantech/Climate — 54 investors
Cloud Infrastructure — 43 investors

Frequently asked questions

How many angel investors are in Seattle?

Robynhood tracks 822 verified angel investors across Seattle and Bellevue.

What do Seattle investors back?

AI/ML dominates with 250 investors — 30% of the city — followed by healthtech at 165 and fintech at 151, reflecting the Amazon and Microsoft alumni base.

How to approach investors in Seattle

How to get investors for your startup — building the list, warm introductions, outreach that gets replies, and closing the round.

Angel investors in other cities

Figures as of 2026-08-11.