INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / , United States
Justin Mateen
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · United States

Justin Mateen.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2017–2026
63%

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

First investment stage across 46 companies26 Seed, 3 Angel and 17 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 26Angel 3Other 17

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

46 companies · 51 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

Justin Mateen has dated investments in 46 companies. 29 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (63.0%). 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

3 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

19 of 43 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 10 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 13 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 5 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
$2.2M–$19M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 39 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
3companies

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
44%

Another equity round within 24 months

19 of 43 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
7%

This investor invested again within 24 months

3 of the same 43 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.

46matching companies
$4.5Mmedian first round (39 disclosed)
3first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Subquadratic ↗

Developer of large context language models for software engineering tasks

$29M total first round
Series A

Fun ↗

API for cross-chain decentralized wallets on the Odsy blockchain

$72M total first round
Series B

Curative ↗

Provider of self collecting COVID-19 testing centers listing platform

$153M 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
FinTech10
B2C E-Commerce9
HealthTech4
Healthcare Booking Platforms4
Food Tech4
Web 3.03
Investment Tech3
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
Angel1 disclosed
$2.0M$2.0M–$2.0M
Seed22 disclosed
$3.5M$1.8M–$5.7M
Series A12 disclosed
$19M$5.0M–$26M
$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.

43
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
44.2%
19 of 43 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
7%
3 of 43 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 3 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
Angel32 / 31 / 3
Seed2511 / 251 / 25
Series A114 / 111 / 11
Series B11 / 10 / 1
Series D11 / 10 / 1
Unattributed20 / 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

Soma Capital

14 shared rounds · 14 companies

Latest shared round May 2023
02
FIRM

Y Combinator

14 shared rounds · 14 companies

Latest shared round May 2023
03
FIRM

JAM Fund

10 shared rounds · 10 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022
04
FIRM

Global Founders Capital

8 shared rounds · 8 companies

Latest shared round May 2023
05
ANGEL

Sean Rad ↗

7 shared rounds · 7 companies

Latest shared round Aug 2021
06
FIRM

VentureSouq

6 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022

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.

46 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
May 2026Seed$29MNo later round recorded
Fun ↗San Francisco
May 2026Series A$72MNo later round recorded
Oct 2025Series B$153MNo later round recorded
Slash ↗San Francisco
May 2023Series A$19MNo later round recorded
May 2023Series A$19MNo later round recorded
Speak ↗San Francisco
Nov 2022Series B$27MNo later round recorded
Reworth ↗Mexico City
Oct 2022Seed$6.6MNo later round recorded
Playdex ↗Sacramento
Jun 2022Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Feb 2022Seed$23MNo later round recorded
Quo ↗Palo Alto
Dec 2021Seed$7.2MNo later round recorded
SWAP ↗Sao Paulo
Oct 2021Series A$25MNo later round recorded
Blisser ↗Stockholm
Oct 2021Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Seed$2.9MNo later round recorded
Aug 2021Seed$4.4MNo later round recorded
Aug 2021Series DUndisclosedNo later round recorded
yela ↗London
Aug 2021Unattributed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Yummy ↗Caracas
Jul 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Nowports ↗Monterrey
Jul 2021Series A$24MNo later round recorded
WAGR ↗San Francisco
Jun 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Usage AI ↗New York City
Mar 2021SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Koinz ↗Riyadh
Mar 2021Series A$4.8MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Angel$2.0MNo later round recorded
Blox ↗Mumbai
Feb 2021Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Volopay ↗Singapore
Jan 2021Seed$2.1MYes · Mar 2022
Dec 2020Seed$9.0MNo later round recorded
Wellory ↗New York City
Dec 2020Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Nov 2020AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Sep 2020SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Aug 2020Series A$3.3MNo later round recorded
Jul 2020SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Jul 2020Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Ohza ↗Cambridge
May 2020SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Papa’s Pops ↗New York City
Feb 2020Seed$1.3MNo later round recorded
Catalyte ↗Baltimore
Jan 2020Unattributed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Kovi ↗Sao Paulo
Nov 2019Series A$30MNo later round recorded
Oct 2019AngelUndisclosedYes · Jul 2020
Sep 2019Seed$2.7MNo later round recorded
Digi-Prex ↗Hyderabad
Sep 2019Seed$5.5MNo later round recorded
Mosh ↗Sydney
Aug 2019Seed$676KNo later round recorded
Jun 2019Seed$5.8MNo later round recorded
Little Spoon ↗San Francisco
Feb 2019Series A$7.0MNo later round recorded
Voi ↗Stockholm
Nov 2018Series A$50MYes · Mar 2019
SkydropX ↗Monterrey
Oct 2018Series A$4.5MNo later round recorded
Waldo ↗London
Jul 2018Series A$5.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2017Seed$120KYes · Nov 2022
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 46-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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