INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / , Taiwan
Kevin Lin
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Taiwan

Kevin Lin.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2018–2026
56%

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

First investment stage across 50 companies26 Seed, 2 Angel and 22 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 26Angel 2Other 22

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

51 companies · 52 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 18 Oct 2023
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

Kevin Lin has dated investments in 50 companies. 28 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (56.0%). 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 11 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2023-10-18. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

17 of 50 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

Gaming is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 16 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 5 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
$3.0M–$13M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 48 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
0companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 11 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
34%

Another equity round within 24 months

17 of 50 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 50 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.

50matching companies
$5.9Mmedian first round (48 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Forge ↗

App for video game players to share short clips of their video game sessions

$11M total first round
Seed

Scriptic ↗

Official website for scriptic, interactive story games

$5.7M total first round
Angel

AnotherBall ↗

Provider of blockchain and cryptocurrency development services

$2.2M 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
Gaming16
PC & Console Gaming8
Gaming Tech6
FinTech6
Blockchain in Financial Services4
Blockchain in Gaming4
Decentralized Finance4
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
$2.2M$2.2M–$2.2M
Seed26 disclosed
$4.1M$2.4M–$5.7M
Series A12 disclosed
$10M$5.6M–$15M
$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.

50
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
34%
17 of 50 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 50 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 0 newer companies and 2 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
Angel22 / 20 / 2
Seed269 / 260 / 26
Series A124 / 120 / 12
Series B62 / 60 / 6
Series C20 / 20 / 2
Series D10 / 10 / 1
Unattributed10 / 10 / 1
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

Y Combinator

9 shared rounds · 9 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2023
02
FIRM

BITKRAFT Ventures

7 shared rounds · 7 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2023
03
ANGEL

Holly Liu ↗

7 shared rounds · 7 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2023
04
ANGEL

Kun Gao ↗

7 shared rounds · 7 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2022
05
ANGEL

Patrick Lee ↗

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2022
06
FIRM

Makers Fund

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2023

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.

50 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Forge ↗San Francisco
Oct 2023Seed$11MNo later round recorded
Jun 2023Seed$5.7MNo later round recorded
May 2023Angel$2.2MNo later round recorded
Apr 2023Seed$5.1MNo later round recorded
Feb 2023Series B$13MNo later round recorded
Wild ↗Delaware City
Dec 2022Seed$7.0MNo later round recorded
Heroic Story ↗Los Angeles
Nov 2022Seed$6.0MNo later round recorded
Buildspace ↗San Francisco
Nov 2022Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Explorex ↗Bengaluru
Oct 2022Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Trend ↗Austin
Jul 2022Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2022AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
FreshCut ↗Los Angeles
May 2022Series B$15MNo later round recorded
Apr 2022Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
SkateX ↗San Francisco
Mar 2022Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Series A$9.3MNo later round recorded
Toonsutra ↗Beverly Hills
Mar 2022Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Inworld AI ↗Mountain View
Mar 2022Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Feb 2022Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Galaxy Fight Club
Feb 2022Seed$7.0MNo later round recorded
Emerge ↗Los Angeles
Jan 2022Series B$13MNo later round recorded
Jan 2022Seed$9.0MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Series A$996KNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series B$23MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series A$10MNo later round recorded
NZXT ↗Los Angeles
Nov 2021Series D$104MNo later round recorded
Social Chat ↗San Francisco
Nov 2021Unattributed$6.2MNo later round recorded
Pragma ↗Culver City
Oct 2021Series B$22MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Series A$25MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Seed$2.6MNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Sleeper ↗San Francisco
Sep 2021Series C$40MNo later round recorded
Polywork ↗New York City
May 2021Seed$3.5MNo later round recorded
Apr 2021Series A$18MNo later round recorded
Zaraz ↗Tel Aviv
Feb 2021Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Dec 2020Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Karat ↗Palo Alto
Jun 2020Seed$4.6MNo later round recorded
Wave ↗Austin
Jun 2020Series B$30MNo later round recorded
Rupie ↗San Francisco
Apr 2020Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
TrueNorth ↗San Francisco
Apr 2020Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Apr 2020Seed$5.7MNo later round recorded
FamApp ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2020Seed$4.7MNo later round recorded
Feb 2020Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
VENN ↗New York City
Sep 2019Seed$17MNo later round recorded
Lokal ↗Bengaluru
Sep 2019Series A$3.0MNo later round recorded
Sep 2019Series A$3.0MNo later round recorded
PeerWell ↗San Francisco
Aug 2019Series A$6.5MNo later round recorded
Jun 2018Series CUndisclosedNo later round recorded
PlayVS ↗Santa Monica
Jun 2018Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Apres ↗San Francisco
Apr 2018Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
2 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 51-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

  • Resilia · Seed · date unavailable
  • Resilia · Seed · date unavailable
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