Angel investor · San Francisco, United States
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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.
Josh Buckley has dated investments in 18 companies. 9 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.
Explore the evidence ↗1 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 2 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-10-09. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.
Explore the evidence ↗10 of 17 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 4 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 ↗EdTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 3 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 5 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 5.5 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 17 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.
Size your round ↗22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 2 in the preceding 24 months.
See the rhythm ↗10 of 17 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.
Follow the path ↗4 of the same 17 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.
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All sectors · All entry stages. Round amounts are total financing, in USD.
Provider of AI-powered platform that enables organizations to improve government proposal writing
$4.9M total first roundAI-powered language learning platform
$27M total first round| Sector | Angel | Seed | Series A | All stages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EdTech | 3 | |||
| B2C E-Commerce | 3 | |||
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | |||
| Continued Learning | 2 | |||
| HealthTech | 2 | |||
| FinTech | 2 | |||
| B2C Grocery Delivery | 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. 1 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 | 7 | 3 / 7 | 2 / 7 |
| Series A | 4 | 3 / 4 | 1 / 4 |
| Series B | 5 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 5 |
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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.
Shared 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vultron ↗West Hollywood | Oct 2024 | Seed | $4.9M | No later round recorded |
Speak ↗San Francisco | Nov 2022 | Series B | $27M | No later round recorded |
| Nov 2022 | Series B | $27M | No later round recorded | |
LottieLab ↗London | Apr 2022 | Seed | $4.0M | No later round recorded |
ScienceIO ↗Boston | Oct 2021 | Seed | $8.0M | No later round recorded |
Pomelo ↗San Francisco | Oct 2021 | Seed | $5.0M | Yes · Aug 2022 |
unspun ↗San Francisco | Sep 2021 | Series A | $7.5M | No later round recorded |
Airlift Express ↗Frankfurt Am Main | Aug 2021 | Series B | $85M | No later round recorded |
Airlift Tech ↗Lahore | Aug 2021 | Series B | $85M | No later round recorded |
Placer ↗Covina | Apr 2021 | Series B | $50M | Yes · Jan 2022 |
Whereby ↗Maloy | Mar 2021 | Series A | $12M | No later round recorded |
WorkOS ↗San Francisco | Mar 2021 | Series A | $15M | No later round recorded |
ClassDojo ↗San Francisco | Jan 2021 | Angel | $30M | No later round recorded |
Nova ↗San Francisco | Dec 2020 | Seed | $3.7M | No later round recorded |
BukuWarung ↗Jakarta | Sep 2020 | Seed | Undisclosed | No later round recorded |
NexHealth ↗San Francisco | Jun 2020 | Series A | $15M | Yes · Jun 2021 |
Freedom Robotics ↗San Francisco | Jul 2019 | Seed | $6.6M | No later round recorded |
RevenueCat ↗San Francisco | Oct 2018 | Seed | $1.5M | Yes · Aug 2020 |
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Kept in the 18-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.
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