Angel investor · Dusseldorf, Germany
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of dated first investments
were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed
One dot = one company at first recorded investment.
Written insights from the recorded portfolio, with the evidence linked below.
Jawed Karim has dated investments in 12 companies. 9 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (75.0%). An early-stage founder can use the sector and stage filters to find comparable companies before approaching the investor.
Explore the evidence ↗5 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 1 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-08-08. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.
Explore the evidence ↗6 of 7 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 1 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.
Explore the evidence ↗FinTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 4 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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Every rate has a defined denominator.
25th–75th percentile across 11 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.
Size your round ↗22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 1 in the preceding 24 months.
See the rhythm ↗6 of 7 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.
Follow the path ↗1 of the same 7 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.
Explore co-investors ↗Choose your sector and stage to find
companies he first backed in that space.
A match means a recorded investment in this category. It does not establish current interest or availability.
All sectors · All entry stages. Round amounts are total financing, in USD.
Fintech company that offers a stablecoin API infrastructure for global payments
$3.3M total first roundProvider of an open-source smart glasses operating system and hardware, enabling users to build and deploy applications for wearable AI
$8.0M total first roundProvider of AI agents for customer service and sales automation
$3.1M total first round| Sector | Angel | Seed | Series A | All stages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FinTech | 4 | |||
| Investment Tech | 2 | |||
| Cybersecurity | 2 | |||
| B2C E-Commerce | 2 | |||
| HRTech | 2 | |||
| MarketingTech | 2 | |||
| Tech for Film & TV | 2 |
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Logarithmic scale. A dot marks the median; the band spans the 25th–75th percentiles. These are entire rounds, not individual cheques.
A subsequent round and repeat backing
answer different fundraising questions.
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.
| First stage | Eligible companies | Next round ≤24 mo | Same investor again ≤24 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Seed | 4 | 3 / 4 | 0 / 4 |
| Series A | 2 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 2 |
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rounds in companies already backed.
*2026 is partial, through 22 May. Bar height counts first investments + repeat rounds; earlier years are complete calendar periods in this dataset.
Frequent shared rounds suggest a place
to investigate sector and stage alignment.
6 shared rounds · 6 companies
Latest shared round Aug 20252 shared rounds · 1 companies
Latest shared round Oct 20192 shared rounds · 2 companies
Latest shared round Nov 20112 shared rounds · 2 companies
Latest shared round Aug 2023Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.
First investment comes first.
Amounts refer to that entry round.
| Company | First backed | Entry stage | Total entry round | Same investor again? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BlindPay ↗Dover | Aug 2025 | Seed | $3.3M | No later round recorded |
Mentra Labs ↗San Francisco | Jun 2025 | Series A | $8.0M | No later round recorded |
Conduit ↗Ness Ziona | Apr 2025 | Seed | $3.1M | No later round recorded |
Double ↗San Francisco | Dec 2024 | Seed | $3.9M | No later round recorded |
Corgea ↗San Francisco | Nov 2024 | Seed | $2.6M | No later round recorded |
Socket ↗Stanford | Aug 2023 | Series A | $20M | No later round recorded |
Truebill ↗San Francisco | Oct 2018 | Series A | $5.0M | Yes · Oct 2019 |
Videopixie ↗San Francisco | May 2015 | Seed | $1.1M | No later round recorded |
Gusto ↗San Francisco | Dec 2012 | Seed | $6.1M | No later round recorded |
Vidyard ↗Kitchener | Nov 2011 | Seed | $1.7M | No later round recorded |
Postmates ↗San Francisco | Jun 2011 | Seed | $1.8M | No later round recorded |
Miso ↗San Francisco | May 2010 | Angel | Undisclosed | No later round recorded |
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Kept in the 12-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.
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