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Angel investor · San Francisco, United States

Mathilde Collin.

Recorded investments.
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THE ENTRY PATTERN2018–2026
42%

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

First investment stage across 33 companies14 Seed, 0 Angel and 19 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 14Angel 0Other 19

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

33 companies · 34 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 11 Dec 2025
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

Mathilde Collin has dated investments in 33 companies. 14 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (42.4%). 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

6 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 13 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-12-11. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

13 of 27 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 7 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 8 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
$5.0M–$20M

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
6companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 13 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
48%

Another equity round within 24 months

13 of 27 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 27 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
$9.5Mmedian first round (33 disclosed)
6first backed in last 24 months

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

Series A

Double ↗

Provider of bookkeeping practice management software with integrated client communication

$6.5M total first round
Seed

Vybe ↗

Provider of a platform for building secure internal applications quickly

$10M total first round
Series A

Beside ↗

Developer of AI-powered system that manages business calls and texts

$20M 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 Intelligence7
FinTech5
Application Development Tools4
Future of Work4
Enterprise Collaboration4
Remote Work Tools4
CFO Stack3
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
Seed14 disclosed
$4.9M$2.8M–$6.5M
Series A13 disclosed
$15M$9.5M–$20M
Series B6 disclosed
$45M$30M–$75M
$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.

27
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
48.1%
13 of 27 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 27 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 6 newer companies and 1 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
Seed114 / 110 / 11
Series A107 / 100 / 10
Series B62 / 60 / 6
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
ANGEL

Jack Altman ↗

9 shared rounds · 9 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
02
FIRM

Y Combinator

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
03
FIRM

Kima Ventures

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2025
05
FIRM

Sequoia Capital

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2022
06
FIRM

Abstract Ventures

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2023

Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.

07 / THE EVIDENCE

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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?
Dec 2025Series A$6.5MNo later round recorded
Vybe ↗San Francisco
Dec 2025Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Beside ↗Richmond
Oct 2025Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Createanything ↗San Francisco
Aug 2025Series A$11MNo later round recorded
ZeroEntropy ↗San Francisco
Jul 2025Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Twenty ↗San Francisco
Nov 2024Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Respell ↗San Francisco
Dec 2023Seed$4.8MNo later round recorded
Slope ↗San Francisco
Sep 2023Series B$30MNo later round recorded
LlamaIndex ↗San Francisco
Jun 2023Seed$8.5MNo later round recorded
Minoa ↗Wilmington
May 2023Seed$2.7MNo later round recorded
Formal ↗New York City
Jan 2023Seed$5.8MNo later round recorded
Workstream ↗San Francisco
Sep 2022Series B$60MNo later round recorded
Stark ↗United States
Sep 2022Seed$6.0MNo later round recorded
Pogo ↗New York City
Jul 2022Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Equals ↗San Francisco
Jul 2022Seed$6.6MNo later round recorded
Jun 2022Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Ethena ↗New York City
Jun 2022Series B$30MNo later round recorded
Magical ↗Sacramento
Jun 2022Series A$35MNo later round recorded
WorkOS ↗San Francisco
Jun 2022Series B$80MNo later round recorded
Arcade ↗San Francisco
Jan 2022Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Circle ↗New York City
Dec 2021Series A$25MNo later round recorded
Cortex ↗San Francisco
Nov 2021Series A$15MNo later round recorded
Attio ↗London
Oct 2021Seed$7.7MNo later round recorded
Ledgy ↗Zurich
Sep 2021Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Mercury ↗San Francisco
Jul 2021Series B$120MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Jun 2021Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Commsor ↗New York City
Feb 2021Series A$16MNo later round recorded
Jumbo ↗Brooklyn
Jun 2020Series A$8.0MNo later round recorded
Postscript ↗Scottsdale
Dec 2019Series A$4.5MNo later round recorded
Search Light ↗San Francisco
Nov 2019Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Loom ↗San Francisco
Oct 2019Series B$30MNo later round recorded
Forethought AI ↗San Francisco
Dec 2018Series A$9.5MNo later round recorded
1 more companies have undated investments

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

  • Magical · Seed · date unavailable
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