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Angel investor · United States

Jeff Dean.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2021–2026
46%

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

First investment stage across 33 companies15 Seed, 0 Angel and 18 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 15Angel 0Other 18

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

33 companies · 34 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 05 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

Jeff Dean has dated investments in 33 companies. 15 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (45.5%). 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

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

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03

Plan the next financing step

3 of 8 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

Artificial Intelligence is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 14 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 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
$8.4M–$53M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 33 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
25companies

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
38%

Another equity round within 24 months

3 of 8 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 8 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.

33matching companies
$22Mmedian first round (33 disclosed)
25first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Altara ↗

Developer of artificial intelligence agents for physical science engineering workflows

$7.0M total first round
Seed

Elorian ↗

Developer of artificial intelligence models for visual reasoning and perception

$55M total first round
Seed

Nomadic ↗

Provider of AI-powered video analytics solutions for autonomous vehicles and robotics

$8.4M 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
Artificial Intelligence14
AI Infrastructure6
Native AI in Software Development5
Generative AI5
AI as a Service5
Agentic AI4
HealthTech4
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
Seed15 disclosed
$9.0M$5.5M–$22M
Series A12 disclosed
$34M$22M–$55M
Series B4 disclosed
$47M$33M–$65M
$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.

8
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
37.5%
3 of 8 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 8 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 25 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
Seed20 / 20 / 2
Series A43 / 40 / 4
Series B10 / 10 / 1
Series C10 / 10 / 1
Unattributed00 / 00 / 0
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

Radical Ventures

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Aug 2025
02
FIRM

a16z

5 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Aug 2025
05
ANGEL

Amjad Masad ↗

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2026
06
FIRM

BoxGroup

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round May 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.

33 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Altara ↗San Francisco
May 2026Seed$7.0MNo later round recorded
Elorian ↗Palo Alto
Apr 2026Seed$55MNo later round recorded
Nomadic ↗San Francisco
Mar 2026Seed$8.4MNo later round recorded
Standard Kernel ↗Mountain View
Mar 2026Seed$20MNo later round recorded
Basis ↗New York City
Feb 2026Series B$100MNo later round recorded
Feb 2026Series B$12MNo later round recorded
DepthFirst ↗San Francisco
Jan 2026Series A$40MNo later round recorded
Supermemory ↗San Francisco
Oct 2025Seed$2.6MNo later round recorded
Sep 2025Seed$6.0MNo later round recorded
Huxe ↗San Jose
Sep 2025Series A$4.6MNo later round recorded
Hiverge ↗Cambridge
Sep 2025Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Sep 2025Seed$9.2MNo later round recorded
Periodic Labs ↗Mountain View
Aug 2025Seed$300MNo later round recorded
Emergent ↗Pleasanton
Aug 2025Series A$23MNo later round recorded
Emerald ↗Washington, Dc
Jul 2025Seed$34MNo later round recorded
Jun 2025Series A$21MNo later round recorded
P-1 AI ↗Las Vegas
May 2025Seed$23MNo later round recorded
Yutori ↗San Francisco
Mar 2025Seed$15MNo later round recorded
Feb 2025Series A$40MNo later round recorded
marimo ↗San Francisco
Nov 2024Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Letta ↗San Francisco
Sep 2024Unattributed$10MNo later round recorded
Cursor ↗San Francisco
Aug 2024Series A$60MNo later round recorded
Aug 2024Series A$27MNo later round recorded
Roboflow ↗Des Moines
Aug 2024Series B$40MNo later round recorded
Jun 2024Series A$53MNo later round recorded
LiveKit ↗Saratoga
Mar 2024Series A$22MNo later round recorded
Elicit ↗Oakland
Sep 2023Seed$9.0MNo later round recorded
Artera ↗Menlo Park
Mar 2023Series A$90MNo later round recorded
Lelapa AI ↗Johannesburg
Feb 2023Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Arta Finance ↗Mountain View
Nov 2022Series A$90MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Series B$53MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series A$5.8MNo later round recorded
Astranis ↗San Francisco
Apr 2021Series C$250MYes · Jul 2024
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 33-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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