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KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Canada

Richard Aberman.

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 PATTERN2024–2026
100%

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

First investment stage across 11 companies11 Seed, 0 Angel and 0 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 11Angel 0Other 0

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

11 companies · 11 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 10 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

Richard Aberman has dated investments in 11 companies. 11 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (100.0%). 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

11 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 0 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-12-10. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

0 of 0 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 6 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 10 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
$3.8M–$8.5M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 11 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
11companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 0 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
—%

Another equity round within 24 months

0 of 0 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
—%

This investor invested again within 24 months

0 of the same 0 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.

11matching companies
$4.2Mmedian first round (11 disclosed)
11first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Vybe ↗

Provider of a platform for building secure internal applications quickly

$10M total first round
Seed

Guide Labs ↗

Platform developing interpretable foundation models

$9.0M total first round
Seed

Central ↗

Platform offering payroll management solutions

$8.6M 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.
SectorSeedAll stages
Artificial Intelligence6
Future of Work3
AI Infrastructure2
Automated Testing Tools2
Software Testing Tools2
Application Development Tools1
Mobile DevTools1
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
Seed11 disclosed
$4.2M$3.8M–$8.5M
$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.

0
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
—%
0 of 0 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
—%
0 of 0 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 11 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.

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First stageEligible companiesNext round ≤24 moSame investor again ≤24 mo
Seed00 / 00 / 0
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

10 shared rounds · 10 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
04
FIRM

Pioneer Fund

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
05
FIRM

First Round Capital

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
06
ANGEL

Andrew Ofstad

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2024

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.

11 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Vybe ↗San Francisco
Dec 2025Seed$10MNo later round recorded
Guide Labs ↗San Francisco
Dec 2025Seed$9.0MNo later round recorded
Central ↗San Francisco
Aug 2025Seed$8.6MNo later round recorded
ZeroEntropy ↗San Francisco
Jul 2025Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Momentic ↗San Francisco
Mar 2025Seed$3.7MNo later round recorded
Double ↗San Francisco
Dec 2024Seed$3.9MNo later round recorded
Hamming ↗San Francisco
Dec 2024Seed$3.8MNo later round recorded
Circleback ↗San Francisco
Nov 2024Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Reducto ↗San Francisco
Oct 2024Seed$8.4MNo later round recorded
Gumloop ↗San Francisco
Jul 2024Seed$3.1MNo later round recorded
Granza Bio ↗San Francisco
Jul 2024Seed$7.1MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 11-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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