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

Angel investor · San Francisco, United States

Ankur Jain.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2019–2026
92%

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

First investment stage across 13 companies9 Seed, 3 Angel and 1 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 9Angel 3Other 1

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

13 companies · 15 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 01 Sep 2024
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

Ankur Jain has dated investments in 13 companies. 12 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (92.3%). 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

1 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 2 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-09-01. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

6 of 12 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 1 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

Retail Tech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 3 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 22 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
$201K–$853K

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 12 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
1companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 2 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
50%

Another equity round within 24 months

6 of 12 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
8%

This investor invested again within 24 months

1 of the same 12 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.

13matching companies
$447Kmedian first round (12 disclosed)
1first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Integrum Energy ↗

Provider of hybrid renewable energy solutions integrating wind and solar power

$1.8M total first round
Seed

BQP ↗

Developer of quantum-inspired simulation software for optimization, physics, and data analysis

$525K 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.
SectorAngelSeedSeries AAll stages
Retail Tech3
CoLiving2
Loneliness Economy2
Real Estate Tech2
Residential Real Estate Tech2
B2C E-Commerce2
Energy Tech1
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
Angel3 disclosed
$177K$152K–$211K
Seed8 disclosed
$513K$348K–$853K
Series A1 disclosed
$5.1M$5.1M–$5.1M
$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.

12
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
50%
6 of 12 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
8.3%
1 of 12 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 1 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
Angel31 / 30 / 3
Seed84 / 80 / 8
Series A11 / 11 / 1
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.

01
FIRM

Inflection Point Ventures

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Sep 2021
02
ANGEL

Raman Sobti ↗

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round May 2023
03
FIRM

ADVIK Hi-Tech

3 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round May 2023
04
FIRM

Bluehill Capital

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round May 2021
05
FIRM

Exfinity Venture Partners

3 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round May 2023

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.

13 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Sep 2024Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Seed$525KNo later round recorded
BQP ↗Syracuse
Jul 2022Seed$525KNo later round recorded
Settl ↗Bengaluru
Sep 2021Seed$500KNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Seed$394KNo later round recorded
Aug 2021SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Skit.ai ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2020Series A$5.1MYes · May 2021
Apr 2020Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Mar 2020Seed$110KNo later round recorded
Jan 2020Angel$127KNo later round recorded
CoFynd ↗Gurugram
Dec 2019Angel$177KNo later round recorded
YourStory ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2019Angel$245KNo later round recorded
GeoIQ ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2019Seed$209KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 13-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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