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

Angel investor · San Francisco, United States

Gokul Rajaram.

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
46%

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

First investment stage across 162 companies67 Seed, 7 Angel and 88 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 67Angel 7Other 88

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

162 companies · 179 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 06 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

Gokul Rajaram has dated investments in 162 companies. 74 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (45.7%). 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

35 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 34 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-05-06. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

57 of 127 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 8 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 46 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 10 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
$5.0M–$20M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 157 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
35companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 34 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
45%

Another equity round within 24 months

57 of 127 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
6%

This investor invested again within 24 months

8 of the same 127 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.

162matching companies
$10Mmedian first round (157 disclosed)
35first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

District ↗

Online marketplace offering a variety of products

$15M total first round
Seed

Crafting ↗

Cloud integrated development environment for multi-services applications

$5.5M 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
FinTech46
Artificial Intelligence18
Finance & Accounting Tech13
CFO Stack13
Payments10
HRTech10
MarketingTech9
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
$1.0M$631K–$2.9M
Seed64 disclosed
$5.0M$3.2M–$8.1M
Series A62 disclosed
$15M$9.5M–$20M
$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.

127
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
44.9%
57 of 127 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
6.3%
8 of 127 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 35 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
Angel75 / 71 / 7
Seed4718 / 475 / 47
Series A5025 / 502 / 50
Series B166 / 160 / 16
Series C52 / 50 / 5
Series D21 / 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

Y Combinator

13 shared rounds · 13 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
02
FIRM

a16z

12 shared rounds · 12 companies

Latest shared round May 2026
03
FIRM

General Catalyst

11 shared rounds · 11 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2025
04
ANGEL

Scott Belsky ↗

9 shared rounds · 9 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2026
05
FIRM

Firebolt Ventures

8 shared rounds · 8 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2024
06
FIRM

Founders Fund

8 shared rounds · 8 companies

Latest shared round Apr 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.

162 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
District ↗San Francisco
May 2026Seed$15MNo later round recorded
Mar 2026Seed$11MNo later round recorded
Crafting ↗Palo Alto
Mar 2026Seed$5.5MNo later round recorded
Mirai ↗San Francisco
Feb 2026Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Loop AI ↗San Francisco
Feb 2026Series A$14MNo later round recorded
Jan 2026Seed$3.2MNo later round recorded
Cortex AI ↗San Francisco
Dec 2025Seed$6.0MNo later round recorded
Aug 2025Seed$7.0MNo later round recorded
Knit ↗Austin
Jul 2025Series A$16MNo later round recorded
Jun 2025Series A$16MNo later round recorded
GridCARE ↗Redwood City
May 2025Seed$14MNo later round recorded
May 2025Seed$7.0MNo later round recorded
May 2025Seed$7.2MNo later round recorded
Nuvo ↗San Francisco
Apr 2025Series A$45MNo later round recorded
PiLogic ↗Los Angeles
Apr 2025Seed$4.1MNo later round recorded
Hakimo AI ↗San Francisco
Mar 2025Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Onyx ↗San Francisco
Mar 2025Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Freed ↗Santa Rosa
Mar 2025Series A$30MNo later round recorded
OpenInfer ↗San Mateo
Feb 2025Seed$8.0MNo later round recorded
Eudia ↗Palo Alto
Feb 2025Series A$105MNo later round recorded
PromptLayer ↗New York City
Feb 2025Seed$4.8MNo later round recorded
Jolly ↗New York City
Jan 2025Series A$17MNo later round recorded
Raspberry AI ↗New York City
Jan 2025Series A$24MNo later round recorded
GC AI ↗San Francisco
Jan 2025Series A$10MNo later round recorded
TrueFoundry ↗San Francisco
Dec 2024Series A$19MNo later round recorded
Atlas ↗San Francisco
Dec 2024Series B$27MNo later round recorded
New Lantern AI ↗San Francisco
Nov 2024Series A$19MNo later round recorded
Tako ↗Patterson
Oct 2024Seed$5.7MNo later round recorded
Vultron ↗West Hollywood
Oct 2024Seed$4.9MNo later round recorded
Slingshot ↗New York City
Aug 2024Seed$30MNo later round recorded
Haus ↗San Francisco
Aug 2024Series B$20MNo later round recorded
Teach Me To ↗San Francisco
Jul 2024Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Adaptive ↗New York City
Jul 2024Series A$19MNo later round recorded
Jul 2024Seed$14MNo later round recorded
Prosperr ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2024Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Patronus ↗New York City
May 2024Series A$17MNo later round recorded
Roam ↗New York City
May 2024Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Reelo ↗Ahmedabad
Apr 2024Angel$1.0MNo later round recorded
Anon ↗San Francisco
Apr 2024Series A$6.5MNo later round recorded
Simbian ↗Mountain View
Apr 2024Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Mystiko ↗Singapore
Mar 2024Seed$18MNo later round recorded
Cache ↗San Francisco
Mar 2024Seed$8.5MNo later round recorded
Subscribili ↗Middletown
Feb 2024Seed$4.3MNo later round recorded
Nov 2023Seed$60MNo later round recorded
Mantle ↗Toronto
Oct 2023Seed$11MNo later round recorded
Mesh ↗San Francisco
Sep 2023Series A$22MNo later round recorded
Sep 2023Seed$594KNo later round recorded
Aug 2023Angel$508KYes · Sep 2024
Middleware ↗San Francisco
Aug 2023Seed$6.5MNo later round recorded
Stelo ↗San Francisco
Feb 2023Seed$6.0MNo later round recorded
Puzzle ↗San Francisco
Feb 2023Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Dec 2022Seed$3.6MNo later round recorded
Speak ↗San Francisco
Nov 2022Series B$27MNo later round recorded
Nov 2022Series B$27MNo later round recorded
Airplane ↗San Francisco
Sep 2022Series B$32MNo later round recorded
Sep 2022Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Series B$8.8MNo later round recorded
Treble ↗Washington, Dc
Jul 2022Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2022SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Fold Health ↗San Francisco
Jul 2022Angel$6.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Seed$18MNo later round recorded
DAOLens ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2022Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Jun 2022Series B$55MNo later round recorded
Jun 2022Series A$14MNo later round recorded
WorkOS ↗San Francisco
Jun 2022Series B$80MNo later round recorded
May 2022Seed$5.0MYes · Dec 2023
May 2022Seed$5.5MNo later round recorded
Zamp ↗San Francisco
May 2022Seed$25MNo later round recorded
TipTop ↗New York City
May 2022Series A$23MNo later round recorded
TipTop ↗Anaheim
May 2022Series A$23MNo later round recorded
Apr 2022Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Sanas ↗Palo Alto
Mar 2022Series A$36MNo later round recorded
Logipe ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2022Seed$1.9MNo later round recorded
Orkes ↗Cupertino
Mar 2022Seed$9.3MNo later round recorded
Loveseat ↗San Diego
Mar 2022Series A$7.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Series C$73MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Series A$23MNo later round recorded
Laurel ↗San Francisco
Mar 2022Series B$37MYes · Jun 2025
Feb 2022Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Axelar ↗Toronto
Feb 2022Series B$35MNo later round recorded
Cerby ↗San Francisco
Feb 2022Series A$12MNo later round recorded
CoinTracker ↗San Francisco
Jan 2022Series A$100MNo later round recorded
Vinter ↗Stockholm
Jan 2022Seed$3.4MNo later round recorded
Rocketlane ↗Wilmington
Jan 2022Series A$18MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Series A$17MNo later round recorded
WATI ↗Tsuen Wan
Dec 2021Series A$8.3MNo later round recorded
Cortex ↗San Francisco
Nov 2021Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series C$150MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series B$14MNo later round recorded
Tarken ↗Belo Horizonte
Oct 2021Seed$3.4MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Series A$21MNo later round recorded
Champria
Oct 2021Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Skyflow ↗Mountain View
Oct 2021Series B$45MNo later round recorded
Nelo ↗Nanacamilpa De Mariano Arista
Oct 2021Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Whatnot ↗Marina Del Rey
Sep 2021Series C$150MNo later round recorded
Aug 2021Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Jeeva ↗Santa Monica
Aug 2021Series A$16MNo later round recorded
Statsig ↗Kirkland
Aug 2021Series A$10MNo later round recorded
NIUM ↗Singapore
Jul 2021Series D$200MNo later round recorded
Hypersonix ↗San Francisco
Jul 2021Series B$35MNo later round recorded
Facet ↗New York City
Jun 2021Seed$8.0MNo later round recorded
Bimaplan ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2021Seed$2.5MYes · Oct 2023
Pinwheel ↗New York City
Jun 2021Series A$20MNo later round recorded
electroNeek ↗New York City
Jun 2021Series A$20MNo later round recorded
May 2021Series A$13MNo later round recorded
Mio App ↗Ho Chi Minh City
May 2021SeedUndisclosedYes · Jan 2022
May 2021Series B$50MNo later round recorded
Sanlo ↗San Francisco
May 2021Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
Step ↗New York City
Apr 2021Series C$100MNo later round recorded
Apr 2021Series A$2.2MYes · Jul 2022
OpenEnvoy ↗Las Vegas
Apr 2021Seed$6.5MNo later round recorded
Moxie ↗New York City
Apr 2021Seed$6.3MNo later round recorded
Secureframe ↗San Francisco
Mar 2021Series A$18MNo later round recorded
Fondeadora ↗Mexico City
Mar 2021Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Mar 2021Series B$35MNo later round recorded
Fi ↗New York City
Feb 2021Series B$30MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Dec 2020Seed$7.5MYes · Oct 2021
Moov ↗Golden
Nov 2020Series A$27MNo later round recorded
TestMu AI ↗San Francisco
Nov 2020Series A$6.0MNo later round recorded
Nov 2020Series A$6.0MNo later round recorded
Turing ↗Palo Alto
Nov 2020Series B$32MNo later round recorded
AlphaFlow ↗San Francisco
Nov 2020Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Visto ↗New York City
Sep 2020Series D$8.7MNo later round recorded
Collective ↗San Francisco
Sep 2020Seed$8.7MNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Series A$12MNo later round recorded
Trell ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2020Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Routable ↗San Francisco
Aug 2020Series A$12MYes · Apr 2021
Stilt ↗San Francisco
May 2020Seed$7.5MYes · Mar 2022
Mar 2020Seed$3.4MNo later round recorded
Headspin ↗Palo Alto
Feb 2020Series C$60MNo later round recorded
Embrace ↗Culver City
Dec 2019Series A$7.5MNo later round recorded
StarTree ↗Mountain View
Nov 2019Seed$4.0MYes · May 2021
Invideo ↗San Francisco
Oct 2019Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Khatabook ↗Bengaluru
Sep 2019Series A$25MNo later round recorded
CRED ↗Bengaluru
Sep 2019Series B$26MNo later round recorded
Mytonomy ↗Bethesda
Jan 2019Series A$9.3MNo later round recorded
Lolli ↗New York City
Nov 2018Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
My Ally ↗Palo Alto
Oct 2018Series AUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Worklete ↗San Francisco
Aug 2018Series A$6.5MNo later round recorded
Printify ↗San Francisco
May 2018Angel$1.0MYes · Jun 2021
Zpx ↗Singapore
Apr 2018Seed$1.3MNo later round recorded
Apr 2018Seed$1.3MNo later round recorded
Vahan ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2018SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Trimian ↗San Francisco
Oct 2017Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Petasense ↗San Francisco
Jun 2017Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Cult.fit ↗Bengaluru
May 2017Series A$3.0MNo later round recorded
Whatfix ↗San Jose
Mar 2017Series A$3.7MNo later round recorded
Grabr ↗San Francisco
Aug 2016Angel$3.5MNo later round recorded
Mezi ↗San Francisco
Jul 2016Series A$9.0MNo later round recorded
BirdEye ↗Sunnyvale
Feb 2016Series A$8.0MNo later round recorded
Birdeye ↗Palo Alto
Jan 2016Series A$8.0MNo later round recorded
Livspace ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2015Series A$8.6MYes · Jan 2018
Flipora ↗Sunnyvale
Jul 2015AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Lightwell ↗New York City
Jun 2013Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Sep 2011Angel$120KNo later round recorded
iDoneThis ↗San Francisco
Jun 2011Seed$380KNo later round recorded
EduFire ↗Chandler
Sep 2009Series A$1.3MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

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