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

Angel investor · London, United Kingdom

Taavet Hinrikus.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2013–2026
39%

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

First investment stage across 61 companies22 Seed, 2 Angel and 37 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 22Angel 2Other 37

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

61 companies · 74 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 24 Jul 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

Taavet Hinrikus has dated investments in 61 companies. 24 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (39.3%). 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 2 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-07-24. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

33 of 61 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 7 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 24 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 8 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 4 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–$15M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 60 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 2 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
54%

Another equity round within 24 months

33 of 61 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
12%

This investor invested again within 24 months

7 of the same 61 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.

61matching companies
$9.0Mmedian first round (60 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Series A

Unearthly Materials ↗

Provider of superconducting materials research services

$20M total first round
Seed

Arbonics ↗

Provider of forest carbon project planning and carbon credit marketplace

$1.8M total first round
Seed

Feather ↗

Online platform for life and non-life insurances

$4.2M 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
FinTech24
B2C E-Commerce7
Payments7
Artificial Intelligence6
HealthTech5
Investment Tech5
Blockchain in Financial Services4
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
Angel1 disclosed
$1.0M$1.0M–$1.0M
Seed22 disclosed
$2.9M$2.1M–$4.2M
Series A27 disclosed
$10M$7.4M–$13M
$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.

61
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
54.1%
33 of 61 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
11.5%
7 of 61 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
Angel22 / 22 / 2
Seed2215 / 223 / 22
Series A2710 / 272 / 27
Series B73 / 70 / 7
Series C22 / 20 / 2
Series D11 / 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

13 shared rounds · 10 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2021
02
FIRM

LocalGlobe

7 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2020
03
FIRM

Balderton Capital

6 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2021
04
ANGEL

Ott Kaukver ↗

6 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2025
05
ANGEL

Sten Tamkivi ↗

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2021
06
FIRM

BlueYard

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Aug 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.

61 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Apr 2023Series A$20MNo later round recorded
Sep 2022Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Apr 2022Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Jan 2022Series D$42MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series B$23MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series A$8.6MNo later round recorded
XanPool ↗Hong Kong
Oct 2021Series A$27MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Series A$9.1MNo later round recorded
Aspire ↗Singapore
Sep 2021Series B$59MNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Series C$10MNo later round recorded
Airlift Express ↗Frankfurt Am Main
Aug 2021Series B$85MNo later round recorded
Aug 2021Series B$85MNo later round recorded
Aug 2021Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Sila ↗Portland
Jul 2021Series A$13MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Series A$4.0MNo later round recorded
Jun 2021Series A$3.6MNo later round recorded
Ramp ↗Warsaw
Jun 2021Seed$10MYes · Oct 2021
Jun 2021Series A$14MNo later round recorded
Jun 2021Seed$1.5MYes · Jul 2025
May 2021Seed$15MNo later round recorded
May 2021Series B$50MNo later round recorded
May 2021Series A$13MNo later round recorded
Pactum ↗Mountain View
Apr 2021Series A$11MNo later round recorded
SoLo ↗Los Angeles
Feb 2021Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Ben ↗London
Jan 2021Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Oct 2020Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Seed$1.4MNo later round recorded
Aug 2020Series A$26MNo later round recorded
Radix ↗Channel Islands
Jul 2020Series A$4.1MNo later round recorded
Jul 2020Angel$1.0MYes · Apr 2021
Whatifi ↗Wellesley
Jun 2020Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Ezra ↗New York City
Jun 2020Series A$18MNo later round recorded
May 2020Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Oyster ↗Charlotte
Apr 2020Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
Feb 2020Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Dec 2019Seed$10MYes · Mar 2021
Juro ↗London
Dec 2019Series A$6.9MYes · Dec 2021
Inne ↗Berlin
Oct 2019Series A$8.9MYes · May 2022
Gideon ↗Bolingbrook
Oct 2019Seed$2.9MYes · Jun 2021
Oct 2019Series A$13MNo later round recorded
Oct 2019Seed$3.2MNo later round recorded
Sep 2019Series A$18MNo later round recorded
Aug 2019Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Zego ↗London
Jun 2019Series B$42MNo later round recorded
Jun 2019Series B$42MNo later round recorded
May 2019Seed$5.4MNo later round recorded
Apr 2019Series A$3.8MYes · Apr 2021
Nov 2018Series A$11MYes · Jul 2020
Veriff ↗Tallinn
Jun 2018Series A$7.7MNo later round recorded
Jun 2018Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Bolt ↗Tallinn
May 2018Series C$175MNo later round recorded
Cleo ↗Wilmington
May 2018AngelUndisclosedYes · Jul 2018
Apr 2018Series A$7.0MYes · Sep 2023
Forest Admin ↗San Francisco
Dec 2017Seed$3.8MNo later round recorded
Sep 2017Series A$6.0MNo later round recorded
Jun 2017Seed$1.9MNo later round recorded
Bob ↗Tel Aviv
Jun 2016Seed$7.5MNo later round recorded
Curve ↗London
Oct 2015Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Apr 2015Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Oct 2013Seed$161KNo later round recorded
Sep 2013Seed$2.4MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 61-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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