Term for venture capitalists who invest early
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Super angel (or "super-angel") was a term used in the early 2010s to describe venture capital investors who had once been angel investors and subsequently raised small venture capital funds.[ 1]
Super angels share some characteristics of both angel investors and venture capitalists . According to Fast Company ,[ 2] [ 3]
Features
Some common features of super angels include:
Creating a professionally managed investment fund [ 1]
Serial investing (investing in numerous startup companies)
Investing at a seed round in startup companies
Funding rounds in the (approximate) range of $50,000 to several million dollars, larger than typical "friends and family" rounds but smaller than most venture rounds Taking an active role in portfolio companies [ 4]
Raising money from general partners and other principals, without passive investors in the fund
Fund principals who are experienced entrepreneurs
Avoid joining boards as a long-term investor.
Close investments in several weeks, considerably faster than venture funds.[ 2]
List of investors described as super angels
Name of fund
Key people
Selected portfolio companies
Canvas Ventures[ 5]
Rebecca Lynn ,[ 6] LendingClub
500 Startups [ 7] Dave McClure
SlideShare , CrowdFlower , Udemy
Felicis Ventures[ 8]
Aydin Senkut
Meraki , Mint.com
Floodgate Fund [ 9] Mike Maples Jr., Ann Miura-Ko
Chegg , Dasient , Digg , Twitter
Founder Collective[ 10]
Caterina Fake , Chris Dixon , David Frankel , Eric Paley , Micah Rosenbloom
Uber , Coupang , Trade Desk , PillPack , SeatGeek
Founders Fund [ 11] Peter Thiel , Sean Parker , Ken Howery , Luke Nosek
Gowalla , Causes , Facebook , Quantcast , SpaceX , Spotify
Harrison Metal [ 12]
Michael Dearing
AdMob , Lumosity , Aardvark
Lerer Hippeau Ventures[ 13]
Kenneth Lerer , Ben Lerer
Lowercase Capital [ 14] Chris Sacca
Twitter , bit.ly , Uber
Luminar Ventures[ 15]
Magnus Bergman
Truecaller , Prezi
SoftTech VC
Jeff Clavier[ 16]
Tapulous , RapLeaf
SV Angel [ 17] Ron Conway , David Lee , Mike Ghaffary, Brian Pokorny (former)
Google , Ask Jeeves , Facebook , BuzzFeed , PayPal
Thrive Capital [ 18] Joshua Kushner
Vostu
References
^ a b Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Who Are The Super Angels? A Comprehensive Guide" . Business Insider . ^ a b Farhad Manjoo (February 2011). "How "Super Angel" Investors Are Reinventing the Startup Economy" . Fast Company. ^ Pui-Wing Tam and Spencer E. Ante (August 16, 2010). " . Wall Street Journal. ^ Ingram, Mathew (October 7, 2010). "Fred Wilson on AngelGate and Where the Web Is Going" . GigaOM. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. ^ Szkutak, Rebecca. "Canvas Ventures Raises $350 Million To Help Bring Intentionality Back To Early-Stage Investing" . Forbes . Retrieved 2022-06-14 . ^ Gage, Deborah (2015-03-02). "How a Female Partner Rose to the Top of Canvas Venture Fund" . Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2022-06-14 . ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Dave McClure" . Business Insider. ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Felicis Ventures" . Business Insider. ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Floodgate" . Business Insider. ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Founder Collective" . Business Insider. ^ Ricadela, Aaron (April 2, 2007). "VCs Aim to Out-Angel the Angels" . Business Week. Archived from the original on April 6, 2007. ^ Loizos, Connie (2018-03-27). " . TechCrunch . Retrieved 2022-11-05 . ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Lerer Ventures" . Business Insider. ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Lowercase Capital" . Business Insider. ^ Taylor, Dan (January 20, 2022). "Luminar Ventures" . Tech.EU. ^ Destin, Fred (August 6, 2010). "Super Angels, Lean VCs, Proto-Incubators, Whatever" . Fast Company. ^ Tomio Geron (October 18, 2010). "Ron Conway's Big Deals: How He Found Google And Facebook" . Wall Street Journal. ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Thrive Capital" . Business Insider.
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