INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / London, United Kingdom
Matt Robinson
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · London, United Kingdom

Matt Robinson.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

Find where your company fits, how rounds are assembled, and what happened after the first investment.

THE ENTRY PATTERN2015–2026
71%

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

First investment stage across 35 companies25 Seed, 0 Angel and 10 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 25Angel 0Other 10

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

35 companies · 37 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 01 Feb 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

Matt Robinson has dated investments in 35 companies. 25 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (71.4%). 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 3 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2023-02-01. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

16 of 35 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 2 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 13 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 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
$2.3M–$12M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 34 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 3 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
46%

Another equity round within 24 months

16 of 35 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
6%

This investor invested again within 24 months

2 of the same 35 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.

35matching companies
$4.8Mmedian first round (34 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Atoa ↗

QR code solution for businesses

$2.2M total first round
Seed

Wondering ↗

AI based user insights platform for businesses

$3.0M total first round
Seed

Hiphops ↗

Provider of software release management solution

$650K 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
FinTech13
Payments5
Artificial Intelligence4
HRTech4
HealthTech4
Future of Work4
Commerce Enablers3
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
Seed24 disclosed
$3.5M$1.4M–$5.7M
Series A9 disclosed
$16M$8.0M–$20M
Series B1 disclosed
$44M$44M–$44M
$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.

35
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
45.7%
16 of 35 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
5.7%
2 of 35 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 0 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
Seed2510 / 251 / 25
Series A95 / 91 / 9
Series B11 / 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

Seedcamp

9 shared rounds · 9 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2022
02
FIRM

LocalGlobe

8 shared rounds · 8 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022
03
FIRM

Point Nine

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2022
05
FIRM

Forward Partners

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2022
06
ANGEL

Ian Hogarth ↗

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Feb 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.

35 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Atoa ↗London
Nov 2022Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Oct 2022Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Jun 2022Seed$650KNo later round recorded
Apr 2022SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Apr 2022Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Apr 2022Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Seed$26MYes · Feb 2023
Heygo ↗Barcelona
Feb 2022Series A$20MNo later round recorded
m3ter ↗London
Feb 2022Seed$18MNo later round recorded
Oto ↗London
Jan 2022Seed$700KNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$4.4MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$6.0MNo later round recorded
8fig ↗Austin
Oct 2021Series A$50MNo later round recorded
Cord ↗London
Oct 2021Series A$18MNo later round recorded
INAI ↗London
Sep 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Koyo ↗London
Sep 2021Series A$50MYes · Oct 2022
Aug 2021Seed$1.4MNo later round recorded
Ryde ↗London
Aug 2021Series A$3.5MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Seed$2.1MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
Jun 2021Seed$5.9MNo later round recorded
Jun 2021Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Pomelo ↗Buenos Aires
Jun 2021Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Pento ↗London
May 2021Series A$16MNo later round recorded
May 2021Seed$6.1MNo later round recorded
Weav ↗New York City
Apr 2021Seed$4.3MNo later round recorded
Mar 2021Series A$12MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Seed$5.1MNo later round recorded
Ben ↗London
Jan 2021Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Cleo ↗Wilmington
Dec 2020Series B$44MNo later round recorded
Dec 2020Seed$1.2MNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Series A$6.0MNo later round recorded
Layer ↗Berlin
Jul 2020Seed$5.6MNo later round recorded
Jumbo ↗Brooklyn
Jun 2020Series A$8.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2015Seed$1.4MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 35-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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