of dated first investments were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed
Seed 37Angel 126Other 7
One dot = one company at first recorded investment.
170 companies · 183 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 16 Mar 2026
THE FOUNDER’S BRIEF
Read the pattern before the pitch.
Written insights from the recorded portfolio, with the evidence linked below.
01
Start with the first entry
Aman Gupta has dated investments in 170 companies. 163 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (95.9%). An early-stage founder can use the sector and stage filters to find comparable companies before approaching the investor.
54 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 77 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-03-16. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.
54 of 116 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 10 of those companies again within that window. The difference is a reason to research the wider syndicate, rather than assume the same investor will fund the next round.
B2C E-Commerce is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 74 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 69 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 1 other named backers. Shared rounds are evidence of co-investment, not evidence of an introduction route.
First investments · companies can appear in more than one sector
Number of first investments by sector and entry stage. Select a cell to explore companies.
Sector
Angel
Seed
Series A
All stages
B2C E-Commerce
74
Internet First Brands
63
Retail Tech
55
Food & Beverage Products
23
Fashion Tech
23
B2C Fashion E-Commerce
21
B2C Grocery Delivery
19
03 / ROUND DESIGN
The round around the investor.
Use stage-specific financing ranges to frame the size of your syndicate.
First-round size, by entry stage
USD · middle 50% and median
Angel124 disclosed
$88K$59K–$121K
Seed36 disclosed
$260K$121K–$609K
Series A4 disclosed
$4.2M$3.0M–$5.2M
$10K$100K$1M$10M
Logarithmic scale. A dot marks the median; the band spans the 25th–75th percentiles. These are entire rounds, not individual cheques.
04 / WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
One investment. Two different paths.
A subsequent round and repeat backing answer different fundraising questions.
116
companies with 24 months of observable history
Raised another equity round
Any investor · within 24 months
46.6%
54 of 116 companies
Backed again by this investor
A subset of the companies above
8.6%
10 of 116 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 54 newer companies and 0 undated histories are excluded. Follow-up stops at the dataset’s latest round on 22 May 2026. These observations do not measure returns or predict a company’s outcome.
See the stage-by-stage denominators +
First stage
Eligible companies
Next round ≤24 mo
Same investor again ≤24 mo
Angel
82
30 / 82
5 / 82
Seed
29
21 / 29
4 / 29
Series A
2
0 / 2
0 / 2
Series B
1
1 / 1
0 / 1
Series E+
2
2 / 2
1 / 2
05 / INVESTMENT RHYTHM
New names. Returning relationships.
Separate first investments from later rounds in companies already backed.
New companiesRepeat rounds
12
’212021: 11 new, 1 repeat
36
’222022: 29 new, 7 repeat
45
’232023: 44 new, 1 repeat
37
’242024: 36 new, 1 repeat
33
’252025: 31 new, 2 repeat
20
’26*2026: 19 new, 1 repeat
*2026 is partial, through 22 May. Bar height counts first investments + repeat rounds; earlier years are complete calendar periods in this dataset.
06 / THE CO-INVESTOR MAP
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