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KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · San Francisco, United States

Mike Krieger.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2018–2026
38%

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

First investment stage across 21 companies8 Seed, 0 Angel and 13 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 8Angel 0Other 13

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

21 companies · 25 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 10 Apr 2024
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

Mike Krieger has dated investments in 21 companies. 8 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (38.1%). 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 8 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-04-10. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

12 of 21 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

Artificial Intelligence is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 4 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
$7.6M–$30M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 20 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 8 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
57%

Another equity round within 24 months

12 of 21 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
14%

This investor invested again within 24 months

3 of the same 21 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.

21matching companies
$13Mmedian first round (20 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Udio ↗

AI-powered music creation platform enabling users to generate music in various styles with a text prompt

$10M total first round
Seed

Codegen ↗

Provider of a platform for deploying and managing autonomous code agents

$16M total first round
Series A

ElevenLabs ↗

AI platform for speech, voice cloning, music, and AI agents

$19M 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 Intelligence4
Enterprise Collaboration4
Remote Work Tools4
AI as a Service3
AI Infrastructure3
Future of Work3
Music Tech2
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
Seed8 disclosed
$7.4M$4.5M–$10M
Series A6 disclosed
$17M$13M–$26M
Series B3 disclosed
$30M$17M–$30M
$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.

21
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
57.1%
12 of 21 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
14.3%
3 of 21 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
Seed83 / 81 / 8
Series A74 / 70 / 7
Series B33 / 31 / 3
Series C22 / 21 / 2
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

Sequoia Capital

6 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2020
02
ANGEL

Kevin Hartz ↗

5 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2021
04
FIRM

Founders Fund

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2020
05
FIRM

Index Ventures

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2022
06
ANGEL

Julia Hartz ↗

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2020

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.

21 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Udio ↗New York City
Apr 2024Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Codegen ↗San Francisco
Jul 2023Seed$16MNo later round recorded
ElevenLabs ↗New York City
May 2023Series A$19MNo later round recorded
Rooms ↗Allentown
May 2023Seed$10MNo later round recorded
May 2023Seed$4.3MNo later round recorded
Openlayer ↗San Francisco
May 2023Seed$4.8MNo later round recorded
Mar 2023Series AUndisclosedNo later round recorded
incident.io ↗San Francisco
Jul 2022Series A$29MNo later round recorded
Studio ↗Los Angeles
Apr 2022Unattributed$50MNo later round recorded
Locket Labs ↗Los Angeles
Apr 2022Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Syng ↗Venice
Sep 2021Series A$49MNo later round recorded
Titan ↗New York City
Feb 2021Series A$13MNo later round recorded
Jun 2020Seed$4.6MYes · Oct 2020
Airtime ↗New York City
Jun 2020Series B$4.6MYes · Oct 2020
Spatial ↗New York City
Jan 2020Series A$14MNo later round recorded
Pitch ↗Berlin
Oct 2019Series B$30MNo later round recorded
Loom ↗San Francisco
Oct 2019Series B$30MNo later round recorded
Scale AI ↗San Francisco
Aug 2019Series C$100MYes · Dec 2020
Future ↗San Francisco
May 2019Series A$8.5MNo later round recorded
Figma ↗San Francisco
Feb 2019Series C$40MNo later round recorded
Kitsplit ↗New York City
Feb 2018Seed$2.1MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 21-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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