INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / New York City, United States
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · New York City, United States

Tom Glocer.

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 PATTERN2008–2026
40%

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

First investment stage across 30 companies9 Seed, 3 Angel and 18 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 9Angel 3Other 18

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

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

Tom Glocer has dated investments in 30 companies. 12 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (40.0%). 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 2 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-05-22. 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 30 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 5 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. 4 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
$2.8M–$20M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 28 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
53%

Another equity round within 24 months

16 of 30 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
17%

This investor invested again within 24 months

5 of the same 30 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.

30matching companies
$10Mmedian first round (28 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Superlegal ↗

Platform offering contract analytics software

$5.0M total first round
Series A

Cradle ↗

Provider of chemoproteomics solutions for protein design and development

$24M total first round
Seed

Varos ↗

Provider of brand performance intelligence software solutions for ecommerce businesses

$4.0M 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
FinTech13
Artificial Intelligence5
Data as a Service5
Alternative Lending4
GRC Software3
Cryptocurrencies3
Internet First Lenders3
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
$400K$400K–$400K
Seed9 disclosed
$2.3M$1.9M–$4.0M
Series A8 disclosed
$12M$9.0M–$18M
$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.

30
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
53.3%
16 of 30 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
16.7%
5 of 30 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
Angel32 / 30 / 3
Seed94 / 93 / 9
Series A86 / 80 / 8
Series B52 / 52 / 5
Series C31 / 30 / 3
Series D21 / 20 / 2
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.

02
FIRM

Aleph

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round May 2024
03
FIRM

Nyca Partners

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2021
04
FIRM

August Capital

3 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2018
05
ANGEL

Ben Feder

2 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2019
06
ANGEL

Christopher Adelsbach

2 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2017

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.

30 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Superlegal ↗New York City
May 2024Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Nov 2023Series A$24MNo later round recorded
Varos ↗San Francisco
Feb 2022Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Messari ↗New York City
Aug 2021Series A$21MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Series A$13MNo later round recorded
Calibaja ↗New York City
Jul 2021Seed$13MNo later round recorded
Lawgeex ↗Tel Aviv
May 2020Series C$20MNo later round recorded
Scroll ↗Brooklyn
Oct 2018Series A$7.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2018Series B$13MYes · Dec 2019
Jun 2017Seed$1.6MYes · Mar 2018
Colu ↗Tel Aviv
Jun 2016Series A$9.6MNo later round recorded
Mar 2016AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Sep 2015Series B$36MYes · Jan 2017
Tala ↗Santa Monica
Sep 2015Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Jul 2015Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Wise ↗Shoreditch
May 2015Angel$400KNo later round recorded
Windward ↗Tel Aviv
May 2015Series B$11MNo later round recorded
Aire ↗London
Mar 2015Series A$1.1MYes · Jul 2017
Dataminr ↗New York City
Feb 2015Series D$130MNo later round recorded
RelSci ↗New York City
Feb 2015Series D$31MNo later round recorded
Coinbase ↗San Francisco
Jan 2015Series C$75MNo later round recorded
Compass ↗San Francisco
Jul 2014Seed$3.0MYes · Jun 2016
Jul 2014Series C$27MNo later round recorded
Curiyo ↗Jerusalem
Jun 2014Seed$1.9MYes · Jan 2015
Jun 2014Series B$20MNo later round recorded
Fundbox ↗San Francisco
Apr 2014Series A$18MNo later round recorded
May 2013Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Selerity ↗New York City
Feb 2013Series B$3.0MNo later round recorded
Sep 2008AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 30-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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