INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Kirkland, United States
Charlie Songhurst
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Kirkland, United States

Charlie Songhurst.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2015–2026
80%

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

First investment stage across 89 companies69 Seed, 2 Angel and 18 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 69Angel 2Other 18

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

89 companies · 92 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 07 May 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

Charlie Songhurst has dated investments in 89 companies. 71 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (79.8%). 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

22 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 15 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-05-07. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

27 of 67 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

FinTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 18 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 3 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 6 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
$1.8M–$6.1M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 84 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
22companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 15 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
40%

Another equity round within 24 months

27 of 67 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
2%

This investor invested again within 24 months

1 of the same 67 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.

89matching companies
$3.0Mmedian first round (84 disclosed)
22first backed in last 24 months

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

Series A

Beauhurst ↗

Data on UK's high growth companies

$9.5M total first round
Series A

Fence ↗

Provider of automated debt management platform for asset-based lending

$20M total first round
Seed

Modern Relay ↗

Developer of an AI platform for knowledge management and intelligence

$3.0M 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
FinTech18
Artificial Intelligence10
HRTech8
HR SaaS7
Finance & Accounting Tech5
Blockchain in Financial Services5
Investment Tech4
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
Angel1 disclosed
$2.0M$2.0M–$2.0M
Seed65 disclosed
$2.7M$1.6M–$3.6M
Series A15 disclosed
$11M$6.2M–$18M
$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.

67
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
40.3%
27 of 67 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
1.5%
1 of 67 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 22 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
Angel20 / 20 / 2
Seed5224 / 521 / 52
Series A112 / 110 / 11
Series B21 / 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.

01
FIRM

Acequia Capital

11 shared rounds · 10 companies

Latest shared round Sep 2025
02
FIRM

Entrepreneur First

10 shared rounds · 9 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2026
03
FIRM

Episode 1 Ventures

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2024
04
FIRM

Lunar Ventures

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2024
05
FIRM

Tiny

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2025
06
FIRM

Y Combinator

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025

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.

89 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
May 2026Series A$9.5MNo later round recorded
Fence ↗Madrid
Apr 2026Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Modern Relay ↗San Francisco
Apr 2026Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Feb 2026Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Feb 2026Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
Valinor ↗San Francisco
Dec 2025Seed$13MNo later round recorded
RMFG ↗Fort Worth
Dec 2025Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
Interface ↗San Francisco
Nov 2025Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
Oct 2025Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Light ↗Copenhagen
Sep 2025Series A$30MNo later round recorded
Sep 2025Seed$5.1MNo later round recorded
Sep 2025Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
Audioshake ↗San Francisco
Aug 2025Series A$19MNo later round recorded
Aug 2025Seed$3.6MNo later round recorded
Yieldclub ↗United States
Jun 2025Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
May 2025Series B$43MNo later round recorded
GROUPHUG ↗Montreal
Apr 2025Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Dex ↗London
Apr 2025Seed$3.1MYes · Apr 2025
Lovable ↗Stockholm
Jan 2025Seed$20MNo later round recorded
Dec 2024Seed$2.9MNo later round recorded
Dec 2024Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2024Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
May 2024SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Utila ↗Tel Aviv
Mar 2024Seed$12MNo later round recorded
Mar 2024Seed$3.6MNo later round recorded
Feb 2024Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Dec 2023Series A$14MNo later round recorded
Aug 2023Seed$736KNo later round recorded
Aug 2023Seed$3.3MNo later round recorded
Jul 2023Series A$4.5MNo later round recorded
Zelt ↗London
Jul 2023Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
Jul 2023Seed$5.6MNo later round recorded
Deligo ↗Budapest
Mar 2023Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Dec 2022Seed$5.2MNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Series A$4.1MNo later round recorded
Stack ↗Rotterdam
Jul 2022Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
CropSafe ↗Magherafelt
May 2022Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Boxhub ↗New York City
Apr 2022Seed$2.7MNo later round recorded
Januar ↗Copenhagen
Mar 2022Seed$8.2MNo later round recorded
Wrk ↗Montreal
Feb 2022Series A$24MNo later round recorded
Wasp ↗Zagreb
Nov 2021Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Fello ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2021Seed$1.0MYes · Jan 2023
Oct 2021Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Seed$551KNo later round recorded
Cord ↗London
Oct 2021Series A$18MNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Patch ↗United States
Sep 2021Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
May 2021Seed$15MNo later round recorded
Mar 2021SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Mar 2021Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Seed$9.1MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Jan 2021SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Jan 2021Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Seed$885KYes · Jul 2023
Sep 2020Series A$6.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2020Seed$579KNo later round recorded
Apr 2020Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2020Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Search Light ↗San Francisco
Nov 2019Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Nov 2019Series A$11MNo later round recorded
BEIT ↗Krakow
Oct 2019Seed$1.4MNo later round recorded
Aug 2019Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Aug 2019AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Verse ↗Barcelona
Jun 2019Series B$7.8MNo later round recorded
Runa ↗London
Apr 2019Series A$5.3MNo later round recorded
Apr 2019Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Mar 2019Seed$3.6MNo later round recorded
Nov 2018Series A$6.4MNo later round recorded
Daye ↗London
Sep 2018Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Jul 2018Seed$595KNo later round recorded
CrateDB ↗Redwood City
Jun 2018Series A$11MNo later round recorded
May 2018Seed$407KNo later round recorded
Improvado ↗San Francisco
Apr 2018Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Apr 2018Series A$7.0MNo later round recorded
Apr 2018Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Harbr ↗London
Feb 2018Seed$2.8MNo later round recorded
Dec 2017Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Genus AI ↗San Francisco
Oct 2017Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Oct 2017Seed$3.7MNo later round recorded
May 2017Seed$989KNo later round recorded
Affinity ↗Redwood City
May 2017Series B$14MNo later round recorded
Radish ↗San Francisco
Jan 2017Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Jan 2017Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
WorkRamp ↗San Francisco
Dec 2016Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Bloomz ↗Redmond
May 2016Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Esper ↗Redwood City
Dec 2015Angel$2.0MNo later round recorded
Convoy ↗Seattle
Oct 2015Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 89-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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