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

Angel investor · San Francisco, United States

Aydin Senkut.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2006–2026
52%

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

First investment stage across 25 companies7 Seed, 6 Angel and 12 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 7Angel 6Other 12

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

26 companies · 27 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 26 Nov 2025
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

Aydin Senkut has dated investments in 25 companies. 13 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (52.0%). 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

2 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 0 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-11-26. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

15 of 23 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

B2C E-Commerce is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 3 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 5 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 7 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
$1.0M–$15M

The middle half of entry rounds

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

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
2companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 0 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
65%

Another equity round within 24 months

15 of 23 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
4%

This investor invested again within 24 months

1 of the same 23 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.

25matching companies
$3.5Mmedian first round (25 disclosed)
2first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Fifth Door ↗

Developer of a platform converting gameplay concepts into web-accessible interactive formats

$20M total first round
Seed

General Proximity ↗

Developer of next generation of induced-proximity medicines

$16M total first round
Series A

Living Carbon ↗

Provider of biotechnology based carbon storage solutions

$15M 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
B2C E-Commerce3
FinTech3
Commerce Enablers3
Content Management System (CMS)2
E-Commerce Enablers2
E-Commerce SaaS2
MarketingTech2
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
Angel6 disclosed
$1.8M$1.1M–$14M
Seed7 disclosed
$800K$640K–$8.8M
Series A8 disclosed
$3.7M$2.4M–$5.8M
$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.

23
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
65.2%
15 of 23 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
4.3%
1 of 23 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 2 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
Angel66 / 60 / 6
Seed52 / 51 / 5
Series A85 / 80 / 8
Series B42 / 40 / 4
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

Felicis Ventures

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2022
03
ANGEL

Elad Gil ↗

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2019
04
ANGEL

Ram Shriram ↗

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2019
05
ANGEL

Dave McClure ↗

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2010
06
FIRM

Founders Fund

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2021

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.

25 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Fifth Door ↗San Francisco
Nov 2025Seed$20MNo later round recorded
Jan 2025Seed$16MNo later round recorded
Living Carbon ↗San Francisco
Feb 2022Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Literati ↗Del Valle
Jan 2021Series B$40MNo later round recorded
YotaScale ↗Menlo Park
Oct 2020Series B$13MNo later round recorded
Jul 2019Angel$18MNo later round recorded
Notion ↗San Francisco
Jul 2019Angel$18MNo later round recorded
Guideline ↗Burlingame
Aug 2017Series B$15MNo later round recorded
Sep 2014Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Vicarious ↗San Francisco
Mar 2014Series B$40MNo later round recorded
Breezy ↗San Francisco
Mar 2011Angel$750KNo later round recorded
MUBI ↗Palo Alto
Jan 2011Angel$2.4MNo later round recorded
Optimizely ↗San Francisco
Nov 2010Angel$1.2MNo later round recorded
MOVIECLIPS ↗Los Angeles
Aug 2010Series A$3.5MNo later round recorded
Wildfire ↗Redwood City
Apr 2010Series A$4.0MNo later round recorded
Apr 2010Seed$630KNo later round recorded
Mar 2010Series A$2.0MNo later round recorded
Worldly Developments
Mar 2010Seed$800KNo later round recorded
Posterous ↗San Francisco
Mar 2010Series A$4.4MNo later round recorded
Inkling ↗San Francisco
Jan 2010Angel$1.0MNo later round recorded
Credit Karma ↗San Francisco
Nov 2009Series A$2.5MNo later round recorded
CarWoo ↗Burlingame
Jun 2009Seed$1.5MYes · Jan 2010
VentureBeat ↗San Francisco
Feb 2008Seed$320KNo later round recorded
Weebly ↗United States
May 2007Seed$650KNo later round recorded
BrightRoll ↗San Francisco
Nov 2006Series A$1.0MNo later round recorded
1 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 26-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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