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AngelList: Platform Profile

Platform profileUpdated 2026-09-11

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Overview

AngelList's investor-facing product changed materially in 2026.

The current dedicated investor brand is Meridian.

AngelList continues to provide the underlying private-market infrastructure, but Meridian is the current interface through which accredited investors can:

discover startup SPVs;
evaluate venture funds;
request access to opportunities;
commit capital;
manage private-market activity.

That change matters because older AngelList reviews can easily describe a product structure, legal name, or user experience that is no longer current.

The current retail-private-market review should therefore distinguish:

AngelList — the broader private-market infrastructure ecosystem;
Meridian — the current investor-facing wealth/private-markets platform;
Meridian Platform Securities, LLC — the current FINRA broker-dealer associated with the relevant securities activity.

May fit better for

accredited investors seeking startup SPVs;
accredited investors seeking venture funds;
investors who want a software-driven private-market workflow;
investors comfortable evaluating deal-by-deal offering documents;
investors able to hold illiquid investments for years;
investors who already used AngelList and want the current Meridian investor experience.

May fit less well for

non-accredited investors;
investors requiring daily liquidity;
investors wanting public-market price discovery;
users who want one standard fee schedule across all opportunities;
investors who assume AngelList endorses every listed deal;
investors unable to tolerate a complete loss.

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Meridian is now the investor-facing brand

Current Meridian materials state:

Meridian:
Part of AngelList ecosystem: Yes
Dedicated investor brand: Yes
Accredited investors only: Yes

Existing eligible AngelList investors can use their AngelList credentials.

The canonical ROIStreet review remains:

Name: AngelList

with Meridian treated as the current investor-facing product.

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Current broker-dealer name changed

This is the most important regulatory stale-data guard.

Current FINRA BrokerCheck identifies:

Legal name: Meridian Platform Securities, LLC
CRD: 287845
SEC number: 8-69913
FINRA registered: Yes
SEC registered broker dealer: Yes
Current regulatory suspension: No

Older materials and historical records can refer to names including AngelList Securities or EC Securities.

Use:

Meridian Platform Securities, LLC — CRD 287845.

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AngelList itself is not the broker-dealer

Meridian disclosures also make a separate point:

AngelList as the broader platform/company should not itself be described as the registered broker-dealer, investment adviser, or funding portal simply because regulated affiliates support transactions in the ecosystem.

Store the distinction:

AngelList parent platform is broker dealer: No
Current regulated broker affiliate: Meridian Platform Securities, LLC

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Who can invest

Current Meridian access:

Accredited investor required: Yes
Non accredited private vehicle access: No
Investor application required: Yes
Accreditation verification required: Yes

This is not the same model as a Regulation Crowdfunding portal open to qualifying non-accredited investors.

The core current investor product is accredited private-market access.

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What can investors access

Current Meridian opportunity types include:

Startup SPVs: Yes
Venture funds: Yes

Startup SPVs generally provide exposure to one target startup.

Venture funds can diversify exposure across multiple companies depending on the fund mandate.

These two vehicles have different:

concentration;
fee structures;
capital deployment;
duration;
liquidity;
tax reporting.

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Rolling Funds are not currently a Meridian opportunity type

AngelList still supports Rolling Funds in the broader ecosystem.

Current Meridian help states that Rolling Funds are not currently included as Meridian opportunities.

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Platform fee

Current Meridian investor page states:

Meridian platform browsing fee: $0
Meridian platform usage fee: $0

That is not the same as saying the investment itself has no fees.

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Investment-level fees are deal-specific

Current Meridian materials state that an opportunity can include:

carried interest;
management fees;
administrative costs;
other vehicle-level charges.

The governing offering documents control.

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GP-side Meridian economics are not an investor surcharge

Current Meridian GP materials state that for applicable funds and SPVs advised by Platform Advisors, AngelList can receive a portion of the GP's carry attributable to Meridian-sourced capital.

That is platform/GP economics.

The investor should evaluate the actual vehicle documents.

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Minimum investment is not universal

AngelList's broader fund-administration pages contain SPV manager minimum-raise economics and lead-investor requirements.

Those are not the same thing as an individual Meridian investor's minimum check.

as a universal investor minimum.

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Private-market liquidity

Current AngelList/Meridian opportunities are private securities.

Potential exits can depend on:

acquisition;
IPO;
secondary transaction;
tender;
fund distribution;
manager-led liquidity event.

The timing can be years.

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SPV economics

An SPV can simplify access to one company.

It also adds another legal layer between investor and startup.

An investor can hold an interest in the SPV rather than becoming a direct holder on the startup's capitalization table.

That can affect:

voting;
information rights;
transfer mechanics;
distributions;
tax reporting.

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Venture fund economics

Venture funds can reduce single-company concentration.

They add:

manager-selection risk;
fund-level fees;
capital-allocation risk;
longer fund duration;
portfolio opacity compared with listed funds.

A diversified venture fund can still lose substantial value.

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Listing does not equal endorsement

Current Meridian disclosures say that meeting platform listing standards does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation.

Investors remain responsible for reviewing the deal.

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Protection

Private startup and venture-fund investments are not bank deposits.

Broker-dealer membership also does not insure investment value.

Assessment

AngelList remains one of the most important technology platforms in venture investing, but the 2026 investor experience should be evaluated through Meridian rather than through a legacy AngelList interface.

The current cost model is also easy to misunderstand.

Meridian itself does not charge a browsing or usage fee.

The actual investment can still carry meaningful:

management fees;
carry;
administrative costs.

Those economics vary by deal.

The current legal-entity correction is equally important:

Meridian Platform Securities, LLC is the current CRD 287845 broker-dealer name. Historical AngelList Securities naming should not be presented as current.

Eligibility and access

Summary	Accredited investors. Broad Meridian access requires completion and approval of the Meridian Investor Application; certain investors personally invited by a GP with a pre-existing substantive relationship can access the specific invited fund or SPV without completing the broader Meridian application.
Verification process	Meridian's Investor Application asks how the investor qualifies as accredited, other relevant qualifications or professional experience, and private-market investing experience. Meridian uses that information to determine eligibility for broader access; investment onboarding can also require identity, KYC/AML and offering-specific information.
Product specific eligibility	No platform-wide Qualified Purchaser or Qualified Client requirement is documented for Meridian. Opportunity visibility and eligibility can be narrower based on the GP's audience settings, the investor's profile and other qualifications, and the governing documents for the specific fund or SPV.

Costs and minimums

Other fees	Opportunity-specific. A fund or SPV can charge management fees, carried interest and administrative or other vehicle expenses set by the GP and disclosed in the governing offering documents. Do not present one universal Meridian investment fee.
Platform fee	$0 to access or use Meridian. Meridian and AngelList do not charge investors a platform-access fee merely to browse or use Meridian.

Account types

Ira availability	No current Meridian-specific IRA or SDIRA investing workflow was identified in the official Meridian and AngelList investor materials reviewed September 11, 2026. Treat this as a dated research-status finding, not a permanent platform-wide 'No.'

Offering structure and liquidity

Structure	Private-market fund interests offered through deal-specific SPVs, venture funds and Rolling Funds. Rolling Funds use a series of quarterly pooled vehicles under a master Delaware limited partnership; SPV and venture-fund terms are deal- or fund-specific.
Asset class	Venture capital and private-company exposure through startup SPVs and venture funds.
Capital calls	Product-specific. Venture funds can use binding capital commitments with later capital calls, while other funds may collect committed capital up front; SPV funding follows the terms of the specific vehicle. Do not treat every Meridian investment as having future capital calls.
Investment model	Self-directed opportunity selection — investors choose among eligible funds and SPVs surfaced through Meridian. The GP or fund manager manages the underlying vehicle and controls opportunity access; Meridian is not a discretionary managed portfolio for the investor.
Current availability	Open — Meridian currently displays venture funds and startup SPVs to eligible accredited investors, subject to each GP's publishing, audience and access controls. An investor will not necessarily see every active opportunity.

Regulation and investor protection

Overview	Meridian is AngelList's current investor-facing private-markets brand, powered by AngelList infrastructure. Meridian's public disclosures state AngelList is not a registered broker-dealer, funding portal or investment adviser and that Meridian acts as a technology/information platform; transaction-specific regulated entities and offering documents control where separately identified.