INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Vancouver, Canada
Ankur Nagpal
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Vancouver, Canada

Ankur Nagpal.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2020–2026
68%

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

First investment stage across 22 companies15 Seed, 0 Angel and 7 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 15Angel 0Other 7

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

22 companies · 26 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 03 Feb 2023
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 Nagpal has dated investments in 22 companies. 15 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 3 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2023-02-03. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

12 of 22 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 2 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

MarketingTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 6 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 10 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
$2.1M–$14M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 22 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
0companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 3 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
55%

Another equity round within 24 months

12 of 22 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
9%

This investor invested again within 24 months

2 of the same 22 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.

22matching companies
$3.7Mmedian first round (22 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

beehiiv ↗

Provider of SaaS and app based platform for newsletter creators

$1.6M total first round
Series A

Phyllo ↗

Platform offering customer data solutions

$15M total first round
Series A

Pepper Content ↗

AI-powered content creation, planning and marketing solution

$14M 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
MarketingTech6
FinTech6
Artificial Intelligence3
Banking Tech3
Future of Work2
HealthTech2
Brands Tech2
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
Seed15 disclosed
$2.5M$2.0M–$3.7M
Series A6 disclosed
$15M$12M–$17M
Series B1 disclosed
$21M$21M–$21M
$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.

22
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
54.5%
12 of 22 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
9.1%
2 of 22 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 0 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
Seed158 / 152 / 15
Series A63 / 60 / 6
Series B11 / 10 / 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

Y Combinator

8 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2023
02
FIRM

1984 Ventures

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2023
04
FIRM

Hustle Fund

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2022
05
ANGEL

Larry Fitzgerald

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2023
06
ANGEL

Peter Treadway

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2023

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

07 / THE EVIDENCE

Explore the portfolio.

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

22 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
beehiiv ↗New York City
Sep 2022Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Phyllo ↗Fremont
Aug 2022Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Jun 2022Series A$14MNo later round recorded
Tortoise ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2022Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
AbstractOps ↗San Francisco
Feb 2022Seed$7.7MNo later round recorded
Stonks ↗San Francisco
Jan 2022Seed$15MNo later round recorded
BiteSpeed ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2022Seed$1.9MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
Simplified ↗San Francisco
Dec 2021Seed$8.5MNo later round recorded
WRITER ↗San Francisco
Nov 2021Series B$21MNo later round recorded
Doola ↗New York City
Nov 2021Seed$3.0MYes · Nov 2022
Sep 2021Seed$3.8MNo later round recorded
Legionfarm ↗Wilmington
May 2021Series A$6.0MNo later round recorded
Graviti ↗Mexico City
May 2021Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Fintor ↗Los Angeles
Apr 2021Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Oxygen ↗San Francisco
Jan 2021Series A$17MYes · Feb 2023
Oxygen ↗Princeton
Jan 2021Series A$17MYes · Feb 2023
Oct 2020Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
BIK ↗Palo Alto
Aug 2020Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Trell ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2020Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Circle ↗New York City
Aug 2020Seed$1.5MYes · Dec 2021
Superpeer ↗San Francisco
Mar 2020Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 22-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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