Angel investor · New York City, United States
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of dated first investments
were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed
One dot = one company at first recorded investment.
Written insights from the recorded portfolio, with the evidence linked below.
Yann LeCun has dated investments in 8 companies. 2 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (25.0%). An early-stage founder can use the sector and stage filters to find comparable companies before approaching the investor.
Explore the evidence ↗5 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 1 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-12-02. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.
Explore the evidence ↗1 of 3 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.
Explore the evidence ↗Artificial Intelligence is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 4 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 10.5 other named backers. Shared rounds are evidence of co-investment, not evidence of an introduction route.
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25th–75th percentile across 8 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.
Size your round ↗22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 1 in the preceding 24 months.
See the rhythm ↗1 of 3 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.
Follow the path ↗0 of the same 3 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.
Explore co-investors ↗Choose your sector and stage to find
companies he first backed in that space.
A match means a recorded investment in this category. It does not establish current interest or availability.
All sectors · All entry stages. Round amounts are total financing, in USD.
Developer of audio language models delivering natural, expressive voice interactions
$70M total first roundDeveloper of AI agents for financial workflows and investment insights
$44M total first roundDeveloper of quantitative artificial intelligence models for various industry applications
$300M total first round| Sector | Seed | Series A | Series B | All stages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | |||
| AI as a Service | 2 | |||
| Generative AI | 2 | |||
| Speech and Voice Recognition | 1 | |||
| Voice AI | 1 | |||
| Big Data Analytics | 1 | |||
| Big Data in Financial Services | 1 |
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Logarithmic scale. A dot marks the median; the band spans the 25th–75th percentiles. These are entire rounds, not individual cheques.
A subsequent round and repeat backing
answer different fundraising questions.
Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 5 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.
| First stage | Eligible companies | Next round ≤24 mo | Same investor again ≤24 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Series A | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Series B | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Series C | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
Separate first investments from later
rounds in companies already backed.
*2026 is partial, through 22 May. Bar height counts first investments + repeat rounds; earlier years are complete calendar periods in this dataset.
Frequent shared rounds suggest a place
to investigate sector and stage alignment.
2 shared rounds · 2 companies
Latest shared round Dec 20251 shared rounds · 1 companies
Latest shared round Oct 20241 shared rounds · 1 companies
Latest shared round Oct 20241 shared rounds · 1 companies
Latest shared round Oct 2024Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.
First investment comes first.
Amounts refer to that entry round.
| Company | First backed | Entry stage | Total entry round | Same investor again? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gradium ↗Paris | Dec 2025 | Seed | $70M | No later round recorded |
Samaya AI ↗Mountain View | May 2025 | Series B | $44M | No later round recorded |
SandboxAQ ↗Palo Alto | Dec 2024 | Series A | $300M | No later round recorded |
Workhelix ↗Beaverton | Oct 2024 | Series A | $15M | No later round recorded |
Perplexity ↗San Francisco | Aug 2024 | Series C | $250M | No later round recorded |
DatologyAI ↗Redwood City | Feb 2024 | Seed | $12M | No later round recorded |
Wayve ↗London | Jan 2022 | Series B | $235M | No later round recorded |
Metronaut ↗Paris | Feb 2019 | Series A | $4.5M | No later round recorded |
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Kept in the 8-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.
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