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

Angel investor · Boulder, United States

David Cohen.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

Find where your company fits, how rounds are assembled, and what happened after the first investment.

THE ENTRY PATTERN2009–2026
81%

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

First investment stage across 26 companies19 Seed, 2 Angel and 5 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 19Angel 2Other 5

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

28 companies · 31 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 14 Sep 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

David Cohen has dated investments in 26 companies. 21 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (80.8%). 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 1 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2023-09-14. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

11 of 26 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 3 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. 2 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 4 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
$763K–$2.3M

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 1 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
42%

Another equity round within 24 months

11 of 26 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
12%

This investor invested again within 24 months

3 of the same 26 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.

26matching companies
$1.1Mmedian first round (22 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Favs HQ ↗

App-based social network platform

$1.0M total first round
Angel

InstaCar ↗

Car rental marketplace operating in Madhya Pradesh

Undisclosed total first round
Seed

Vortic Watch ↗

Manufacturer of handcrafted, upcycled American pocket watch wristwatches

Undisclosed 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
Industry 4.03
MarketingTech3
Social Platforms2
Cybersecurity2
HRTech2
Enterprise Collaboration2
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
Angel0 disclosed
UndisclosedUndisclosed–Undisclosed
Seed17 disclosed
$1.0M$750K–$1.5M
Series A4 disclosed
$3.8M$3.3M–$4.5M
$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.

26
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
42.3%
11 of 26 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
11.5%
3 of 26 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 0 newer companies and 2 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
Angel21 / 20 / 2
Seed197 / 193 / 19
Series A42 / 40 / 4
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
ANGEL

David Tisch ↗

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2012
02
FIRM

Real Ventures

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2014
03
FIRM

Angel Street Capital

2 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2014
04
FIRM

CRV

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round May 2011
05
FIRM

Founders Fund

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2010
06
FIRM

Foundry

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round May 2014

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.

26 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Favs HQ ↗Los Angeles
Sep 2023Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
InstaCar ↗Bengaluru
Oct 2019AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Vortic Watch ↗Fort Collins
Jun 2018SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Feb 2016Seed$1.2MNo later round recorded
Aug 2014Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Uvize ↗Boulder
May 2014Seed$389KNo later round recorded
Mar 2014Seed$600KNo later round recorded
Sep 2013Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
OMsignal ↗Montreal
Jun 2013Seed$1.0MYes · Jun 2014
Placester ↗Cambridge
Apr 2013Seed$2.5MYes · Apr 2014
Mar 2013Series A$5.3MNo later round recorded
Mar 2013Series A$4.3MNo later round recorded
vidIQ ↗San Francisco
Feb 2013Seed$800KNo later round recorded
Burner ↗Los Angeles
Oct 2012AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Sep 2012Series A$3.2MNo later round recorded
Circa ↗San Francisco
Apr 2012Seed$750KNo later round recorded
Mar 2012Series A$3.3MNo later round recorded
Thinknear ↗New York City
Jun 2011Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Hipster ↗San Francisco
May 2011SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Tap.Me ↗Chicago
May 2011Series B$1.5MNo later round recorded
Kohort ↗New York City
Apr 2011Seed$2.9MNo later round recorded
Boomerang ↗Mountain View
Apr 2011Seed$375KNo later round recorded
Storenvy ↗San Francisco
Jan 2011Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Apr 2010Seed$551KNo later round recorded
Worldly Developments
Mar 2010Seed$800KNo later round recorded
Nov 2009Seed$750KYes · Apr 2010
2 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 28-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

  • SocialSci · Seed · date unavailable
  • Talentshare · Seed · date unavailable
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