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

Angel investor · London, United Kingdom

Stefan Glaenzer.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2006–2026
92%

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

First investment stage across 13 companies9 Seed, 3 Angel and 1 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 9Angel 3Other 1

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

14 companies · 14 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 01 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

Stefan Glaenzer has dated investments in 13 companies. 12 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (92.3%). 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

4 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 0 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-12-01. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

3 of 9 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

Music Tech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 3 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 3 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
$723K–$1.8M

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
4companies

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
33%

Another equity round within 24 months

3 of 9 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 9 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.

13matching companies
$1.0Mmedian first round (11 disclosed)
4first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

minitap ↗

Developer of a platform for mobile app building and testing

$4.2M total first round
Seed

Mozart AI ↗

Provider of AI-powered music creation solutions

$723K total first round
Seed

Mozart

$723K 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
Music Tech3
Music Creation IT2
Continued Learning2
EdTech2
Alternative Lending2
FinTech2
Internet First Lenders2
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
Angel2 disclosed
$2.5M$1.8M–$3.3M
Seed9 disclosed
$734K$723K–$1.3M
Series A0 disclosed
UndisclosedUndisclosed–Undisclosed
$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.

9
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
33.3%
3 of 9 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 9 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 4 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
Angel31 / 30 / 3
Seed52 / 50 / 5
Series A10 / 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

EWOR

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
02
FIRM

Atlantis Ventures

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2025
03
FIRM

New Renaissance Ventures

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2025
04
FIRM

Passion Capital

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round May 2018
05
ANGEL

Felix Jahn ↗

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2025
06
ANGEL

Robert Dighero

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2014

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.

13 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
minitap ↗San Francisco
Dec 2025Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Jul 2025Seed$723KNo later round recorded
Mozart
Jul 2025Seed$723KNo later round recorded
Jul 2025Seed$734KNo later round recorded
Nov 2018Angel$1.0MNo later round recorded
Lift99 ↗Tallinn
May 2018Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Dec 2014Angel$4.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2014Seed$344KNo later round recorded
WIREWAX ↗New York City
Jul 2011Seed$536KNo later round recorded
May 2011Seed$1.3MNo later round recorded
Tradeshift ↗San Francisco
Apr 2010AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Mar 2010Seed$1.2MNo later round recorded
May 2006Series AUndisclosedNo later round recorded
1 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 14-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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