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KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · United States

Eric Wu.

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 PATTERN2013–2026
50%

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

First investment stage across 28 companies14 Seed, 0 Angel and 14 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 14Angel 0Other 14

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

28 companies · 28 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 24 Feb 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 Wu has dated investments in 28 companies. 14 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (50.0%). 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

3 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 3 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-02-24. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

12 of 25 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

FinTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 7 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 7.5 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
$3.0M–$22M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 27 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
3companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 3 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
48%

Another equity round within 24 months

12 of 25 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 25 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.

28matching companies
$8.7Mmedian first round (27 disclosed)
3first backed in last 24 months

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

Series B

Basis ↗

AI agents for automating accounting workflows and engagements

$100M total first round
Seed

Liquid ↗

Operator of a platform for trading digital assets and derivatives

$7.6M total first round
Seed

Echo Chunk ↗

Developer of an AI-based puzzle games

$1.4M 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
FinTech7
B2C E-Commerce4
Real Estate Tech3
Residential Real Estate Tech3
Artificial Intelligence2
Finance & Accounting Tech2
Alternative Lending2
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
Seed14 disclosed
$3.0M$1.6M–$6.4M
Series A6 disclosed
$21M$19M–$23M
Series B5 disclosed
$35M$22M–$100M
$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.

25
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
48%
12 of 25 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 25 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 3 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
Seed126 / 120 / 12
Series A74 / 70 / 7
Series B42 / 40 / 4
Series C20 / 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

BoxGroup

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2026
02
FIRM

a16z

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2024
03
FIRM

Caffeinated Capital

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2022
04
FIRM

SV Angel

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2021
05
FIRM

Initialized Capital

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2022
06
FIRM

Khosla Ventures

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2026

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.

28 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Basis ↗New York City
Feb 2026Series B$100MNo later round recorded
Liquid ↗New York City
Nov 2025Seed$7.6MNo later round recorded
Echo Chunk ↗San Francisco
Jul 2024Seed$1.4MNo later round recorded
Roam ↗New York City
Sep 2023Seed$1.3MNo later round recorded
Honey Homes ↗San Francisco
Jun 2023Series A$9.0MNo later round recorded
Doorstead ↗San Francisco
Jan 2023Series B$22MNo later round recorded
Kindred ↗San Francisco
Apr 2022Seed$7.8MNo later round recorded
Feb 2022Series A$28MNo later round recorded
CloudTrucks ↗San Francisco
Nov 2021Series B$115MNo later round recorded
Column Tax ↗New York City
Nov 2021Seed$5.1MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series C$50MNo later round recorded
Scribe ↗San Francisco
Oct 2021Series A$22MNo later round recorded
Zeus ↗San Francisco
Oct 2021Series C$55MNo later round recorded
Flat ↗Mexico City
Sep 2021Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Mindset ↗Los Angeles
Aug 2021Seed$8.7MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Series B$35MNo later round recorded
May 2021Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
All Day ↗San Francisco
May 2021Series B$20MNo later round recorded
Offsyte ↗San Francisco
Mar 2021Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Cohere ↗New York City
Mar 2021Seed$3.1MNo later round recorded
ALT ↗San Francisco
Mar 2021Series AUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Mosaic ↗Phoenix
Mar 2020Series A$23MNo later round recorded
Oliver ↗San Francisco
Oct 2019Seed$6.8MNo later round recorded
Loft ↗Sao Paulo
Jul 2018Series A$18MNo later round recorded
Triplebyte ↗San Francisco
Sep 2015Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Airtable ↗San Francisco
Feb 2015Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Watsi ↗San Francisco
Jul 2013Seed$1.2MNo later round recorded
MessageMe ↗San Francisco
Mar 2013Seed$1.9MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

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

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