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

Angel investor · Canada, United States

Eric Sprott.

Recorded investments.
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THE ENTRY PATTERN2018–2026
0%

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

First investment stage across 58 companies0 Seed, 0 Angel and 58 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 0Angel 0Other 58

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

58 companies · 85 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 20 Mar 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

Eric Sprott has dated investments in 58 companies. 0 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (0.0%). 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

11 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 5 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-03-20. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

20 of 47 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 11 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

Mining Companies is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 51 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 9 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 0 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
$2.2M–$9.0M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 56 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
11companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 5 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
43%

Another equity round within 24 months

20 of 47 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
23%

This investor invested again within 24 months

11 of the same 47 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.

58matching companies
$3.7Mmedian first round (56 disclosed)
11first backed in last 24 months

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

Post-IPO

Rio Silver ↗

Developer of silver-rich precious metal deposits

$2.2M 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.
SectorPost-IPOAll stages
Mining Companies51
Metals and Alloys1
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
Post-IPO56 disclosed
$3.7M$2.2M–$9.0M
$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.

47
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
42.6%
20 of 47 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
23.4%
11 of 47 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 11 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.

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First stageEligible companiesNext round ≤24 moSame investor again ≤24 mo
Post-IPO4720 / 4711 / 47
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

Crescat Capital

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2025
02
FIRM

Canaccord Genuity Group

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2022
03
FIRM

Bank of Montreal

1 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2022
04
ANGEL

Chad Williams

1 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Sep 2019
05
ANGEL

David Harquail

1 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2025
06
FIRM

Eldorado Gold

1 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2024

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.

58 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Mar 2026Post-IPO$25MNo later round recorded
Rio Silver ↗Corpus Christi
Feb 2026Post-IPO$2.2MNo later round recorded
Jan 2026Post-IPO$40MNo later round recorded
Oct 2025Post-IPO$33MNo later round recorded
Teuton ↗Victoria
Aug 2025Post-IPO$1.2MNo later round recorded
Apr 2025Post-IPO$3.0MYes · Oct 2025
Apr 2025Post-IPO$5.0MNo later round recorded
Goldgroup ↗Vancouver
Apr 2025Post-IPO$11MNo later round recorded
Nov 2024Post-IPO$537KYes · Dec 2025
Nov 2024Post-IPO$9.7MNo later round recorded
Sep 2024Post-IPO$2.2MNo later round recorded
Apr 2024Post-IPO$2.2MNo later round recorded
Apr 2024Post-IPO$1.8MYes · Nov 2025
1911 Gold ↗Vancouver
Dec 2023Post-IPO$2.9MNo later round recorded
Dec 2023Post-IPO$234KYes · Jun 2024
Dec 2022Post-IPO$50MNo later round recorded
Feb 2022Post-IPO$19MNo later round recorded
May 2021Post-IPO$2.3MYes · Mar 2022
Opawica ↗Vancouver
May 2021Post-IPO$5.3MNo later round recorded
Apr 2021Post-IPO$12MNo later round recorded
Mar 2021Post-IPO$30MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Post-IPO$2.4MYes · Nov 2021
Feb 2021Post-IPO$2.5MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Post-IPO$2.9MNo later round recorded
Oct 2020Post-IPO$1.5MNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Post-IPO$822KNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Post-IPO$515KNo later round recorded
Aug 2020Post-IPO$5.5MNo later round recorded
Nubian ↗Abbotsford
Aug 2020Post-IPO$4.2MNo later round recorded
Jul 2020Post-IPO$22MNo later round recorded
Jul 2020Post-IPO$3.0MNo later round recorded
Great Thunder Gold
Jul 2020Post-IPOUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Erdene ↗Dartmouth
Jul 2020Post-IPO$15MYes · Dec 2022
Jul 2020Post-IPO$2.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2020Post-IPO$2.3MNo later round recorded
Outcrop Gold
Jun 2020Post-IPOUndisclosedNo later round recorded
May 2020Post-IPO$8.8MNo later round recorded
May 2020Post-IPO$7.0MNo later round recorded
May 2020Post-IPO$4.3MNo later round recorded
May 2020Post-IPO$5.0MYes · Jul 2020
Apr 2020Post-IPO$43MNo later round recorded
Feb 2020Post-IPO$2.5MNo later round recorded
Orefinders
Feb 2020Post-IPO$1.1MNo later round recorded
Jan 2020Post-IPO$6.7MNo later round recorded
Jan 2020Post-IPO$5.5MNo later round recorded
Jan 2020Post-IPO$2.0MNo later round recorded
Dec 2019Post-IPO$2.2MYes · Mar 2022
Oct 2019Post-IPO$6.1MYes · Oct 2024
Sep 2019Post-IPO$1.5MYes · May 2020
Sep 2019Post-IPO$3.0MNo later round recorded
Sep 2019Post-IPO$470KYes · Jan 2023
Sep 2019Post-IPO$3.5MYes · Jul 2020
Sep 2019Post-IPO$10MYes · Jul 2020
Freegold ↗Vancouver
Sep 2019Post-IPO$6.0MYes · Jul 2020
Aug 2019Post-IPO$3.0MYes · May 2020
Jul 2019Post-IPO$5.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2019Post-IPO$10MNo later round recorded
Wallbridge ↗Greater Sudbury
Sep 2018Post-IPO$3.9MYes · Dec 2019
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 58-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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