INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / San Francisco, United States
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · San Francisco, United States

Amjad Masad.

Recorded investments.
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THE ENTRY PATTERN2021–2026
68%

of dated first investments
were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed

First investment stage across 44 companies30 Seed, 0 Angel and 14 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 30Angel 0Other 14

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

44 companies · 44 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 24 Feb 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

Amjad Masad has dated investments in 44 companies. 30 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (68.2%). An early-stage founder can use the sector and stage filters to find comparable companies before approaching the investor.

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02

Separate activity from reputation

18 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 22 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-02-24. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

9 of 26 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 0 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.

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04

Use a specific point of relevance

Artificial Intelligence is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 21 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 7.5 other named backers. Shared rounds are evidence of co-investment, not evidence of an introduction route.

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01 / THE READOUT

Four signals before you pitch.

Start with observed behavior.
Every rate has a defined denominator.

01 — ROUND CONTEXT
$4.6M–$20M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 43 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
18companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 22 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
35%

Another equity round within 24 months

9 of 26 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
0%

This investor invested again within 24 months

0 of the same 26 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.

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02 / FIND YOUR FIT

Where does your company sit?

Choose your sector and stage to find
companies he first backed in that space.

YOUR COMPANY

A match means a recorded investment in this category. It does not establish current interest or availability.

44matching companies
$8.0Mmedian first round (43 disclosed)
18first backed in last 24 months

All sectors · All entry stages. Round amounts are total financing, in USD.

Series B

Basis ↗

AI agents for automating accounting workflows and engagements

$100M total first round
Seed

Wabi ↗

Developer of a personal software platform with customizable mini applications

$20M total first round
Seed

Tsuga ↗

Developer of a platform providing observability, log management, and data processing

$10M total first round
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The sector × stage map

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.
SectorSeedSeries ASeries BAll stages
Artificial Intelligence21
AI as a Service9
Generative AI9
AI Infrastructure7
Agentic AI6
Native AI in Software Development5
Application Development Tools4
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
Seed29 disclosed
$5.6M$4.0M–$10M
Series A8 disclosed
$15M$9.1M–$22M
Series B4 disclosed
$42M$33M–$57M
$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.

26
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
34.6%
9 of 26 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 26 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 18 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 stageEligible companiesNext round ≤24 moSame investor again ≤24 mo
Seed175 / 170 / 17
Series A62 / 60 / 6
Series B10 / 10 / 1
Series C22 / 20 / 2
05 / INVESTMENT RHYTHM

New names. Returning relationships.

Separate first investments from later
rounds in companies already backed.

New companiesRepeat rounds

*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

Who else belongs on your research list?

Frequent shared rounds suggest a place
to investigate sector and stage alignment.

02
FIRM

Google Ventures

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2026
04
FIRM

Accel

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2026
05
ANGEL

Elad Gil ↗

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2025
06
FIRM

Y Combinator

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2025

Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.

07 / THE EVIDENCE

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First investment comes first.
Amounts refer to that entry round.

44 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Basis ↗New York City
Feb 2026Series B$100MNo later round recorded
Wabi ↗San Francisco
Nov 2025Seed$20MNo later round recorded
Tsuga ↗Neuilly-Sur-Seine
Nov 2025Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Julius AI ↗San Francisco
Jul 2025Seed$10MNo later round recorded
May 2025Series B$43MNo later round recorded
Phonic ↗San Francisco
Apr 2025Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Yutori ↗San Francisco
Mar 2025Seed$15MNo later round recorded
Avataros ↗Los Angeles
Mar 2025Seed$7.0MNo later round recorded
EzDubs ↗San Francisco
Dec 2024Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Lica ↗San Francisco
Dec 2024Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
New Lantern AI ↗San Francisco
Nov 2024Series A$19MNo later round recorded
Argmax ↗Palo Alto
Nov 2024Seed$8.0MNo later round recorded
kapa.ai ↗San Francisco
Oct 2024Seed$3.2MNo later round recorded
Resolve.ai ↗San Francisco
Oct 2024Seed$35MNo later round recorded
Roboflow ↗Des Moines
Aug 2024Series B$40MNo later round recorded
XBOW ↗Seattle
Jul 2024Seed$20MNo later round recorded
Etched ↗Menlo Park
Jun 2024Series A$120MNo later round recorded
Cartwheel ↗New York City
Jun 2024Seed$5.6MNo later round recorded
Anon ↗San Francisco
Apr 2024Series A$6.5MNo later round recorded
Apr 2024Series A$18MNo later round recorded
Apr 2024Seed$5.6MNo later round recorded
Vocode ↗San Francisco
Feb 2024Seed$3.3MNo later round recorded
Dec 2023Seed$3.7MNo later round recorded
Respell ↗San Francisco
Dec 2023Seed$4.8MNo later round recorded
Orchid ↗Armadale
Dec 2023Series A$12MNo later round recorded
Patronus ↗New York City
Sep 2023Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Bsky ↗Wilmington
Jul 2023Seed$8.0MNo later round recorded
ResearchHub ↗Washington, Dc
Jun 2023Series A$5.0MNo later round recorded
Jun 2023Series C$90MNo later round recorded
Contextual AI ↗San Francisco
Jun 2023Seed$20MNo later round recorded
Cognosys ↗Vancouver
May 2023Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
ESSENTIAL ↗San Francisco
May 2023Seed$8.3MNo later round recorded
Chroma ↗San Francisco
Apr 2023Seed$18MNo later round recorded
Otto ↗Vancouver
Jan 2023Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Capsule ↗United States
Jan 2023Seed$4.8MNo later round recorded
Runway ↗New York City
Dec 2022Series C$50MNo later round recorded
Buildspace ↗San Francisco
Nov 2022Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Perplexity ↗San Francisco
Sep 2022Seed$3.1MNo later round recorded
NEON ↗San Francisco
Jul 2022Series A$30MNo later round recorded
Mash ↗Helsinki
Jun 2022Seed$6.0MNo later round recorded
GitStart ↗San Francisco
May 2022Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Synthesis ↗West Hollywood
Apr 2022Series B$12MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
Rome ↗Leander
May 2021SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 44-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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