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

Angel investor · Los Angeles, United States

Jared Leto.

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 PATTERN2014–2026
19%

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

First investment stage across 21 companies4 Seed, 0 Angel and 17 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 4Angel 0Other 17

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

21 companies · 24 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 02 Apr 2025
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

Jared Leto has dated investments in 21 companies. 4 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (19.0%). 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

5 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 0 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-04-02. 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 16 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

FinTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 6 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 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
$11M–$67M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 21 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
5companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 0 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
69%

Another equity round within 24 months

11 of 16 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
19%

This investor invested again within 24 months

3 of the same 16 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.

21matching companies
$50Mmedian first round (21 disclosed)
5first backed in last 24 months

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

Series A

Aetherflux ↗

Developer of space-based solar power system for energy distribution solutions

$50M total first round
Series A

Harmonic ↗

Developer of state-of-the-art mathematics AI models

$75M total first round
Series C

Mirage ↗

AI platform for generating, editing, and captioning videos automatically

$60M 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
FinTech6
HealthTech4
Future of Work3
Space Tech2
Artificial Intelligence2
Video Creation Tools2
B2C E-Commerce2
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
Seed4 disclosed
$3.8M$1.7M–$7.9M
Series A8 disclosed
$13M$11M–$28M
Series B5 disclosed
$67M$50M–$70M
$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.

16
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
68.8%
11 of 16 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
18.8%
3 of 16 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 5 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
Seed44 / 41 / 4
Series A65 / 61 / 6
Series B41 / 40 / 4
Series C21 / 21 / 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

Index Ventures

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2025
02
FIRM

a16z

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2025
03
FIRM

Sequoia Capital

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Sep 2024
04
FIRM

Kleiner Perkins

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2024
05
FIRM

SV Angel

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2024
06
FIRM

Y Combinator

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2021

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.

21 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Aetherflux ↗San Carlos
Apr 2025Series A$50MNo later round recorded
Harmonic ↗Palo Alto
Sep 2024Series A$75MNo later round recorded
Mirage ↗New York
Jul 2024Series C$60MNo later round recorded
Jul 2024Series C$60MNo later round recorded
Pika Labs ↗Palo Alto
Jun 2024Series B$80MNo later round recorded
0x ↗San Francisco
Apr 2022Series B$70MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Rupa ↗San Francisco
Aug 2021Seed$5.8MYes · Nov 2021
Karat ↗Palo Alto
Jul 2021Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Step ↗New York City
Apr 2021Series C$100MNo later round recorded
Vessel ↗San Diego
Jan 2021Seed$14MNo later round recorded
X1 Card ↗United States
Jan 2021Series A$12MNo later round recorded
Moment ↗Los Angeles
Oct 2020Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Oct 2019Series C$140MYes · Jun 2021
Loom ↗San Francisco
Feb 2019Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Modern Health ↗San Francisco
Feb 2019Series A$11MYes · May 2019
PlateJoy ↗San Francisco
Apr 2015Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Reddit ↗San Francisco
Oct 2014Series B$50MNo later round recorded
Reddit ↗San Francisco
Sep 2014Series B$50MNo later round recorded
Robinhood ↗Menlo Park
Sep 2014Series A$13MNo later round recorded
May 2014Series B$67MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 21-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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