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

Angel investor · San Francisco, United States

Austen Allred.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2021–2026
85%

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

First investment stage across 13 companies11 Seed, 0 Angel and 2 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 11Angel 0Other 2

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

14 companies · 14 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 06 Apr 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

Austen Allred has dated investments in 13 companies. 11 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (84.6%). 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 11 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-04-06. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

5 of 13 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 3 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 8 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
$2.7M–$6.4M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 13 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 11 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
39%

Another equity round within 24 months

5 of 13 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 13 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.

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02 / FIND YOUR FIT

Where does your company sit?

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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
$3.5Mmedian first round (13 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Splash ↗

Acquirer and operator of pool service companies on a mission to build the first national brand in pool cleaning

$4.5M total first round
Seed

Validated ↗

AI based product testing platform for businesses

$1.2M total first round
Series A

Jam ↗

Provider of a bug reporting tool

$8.9M 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 Intelligence3
MarketingTech2
Generative AI2
Future of Work2
Facility Management Services1
Market Research Tools1
Software Testing Tools1
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
Seed11 disclosed
$3.0M$2.4M–$4.4M
Series A1 disclosed
$8.9M$8.9M–$8.9M
Series B1 disclosed
$74M$74M–$74M
$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.

13
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
38.5%
5 of 13 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 13 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 0 newer companies and 1 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
Seed114 / 110 / 11
Series A10 / 10 / 1
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

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2023
02
FIRM

Soma Capital

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2023
06
FIRM

Pioneer Fund

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2022

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?
Splash ↗San Diego
Apr 2024Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
Validated ↗San Francisco
Feb 2024Seed$1.2MNo later round recorded
Jam ↗Pittsburgh
Feb 2024Series A$8.9MNo later round recorded
Perplexity ↗San Francisco
Jan 2024Series B$74MNo later round recorded
Dec 2023Seed$550KNo later round recorded
Nov 2023Seed$2.7MNo later round recorded
Novig ↗New York City
Aug 2023Seed$6.4MNo later round recorded
Gradia ↗Orlando
Jul 2023Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Galvanick ↗Los Angeles
Jun 2023Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Recall.ai ↗San Francisco
Dec 2022Seed$2.7MNo later round recorded
Rowy ↗Wilmington
Dec 2022Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Anakin ↗San Francisco
Dec 2021Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
1 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 14-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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