Angel
also referred to as: #angels · angels
10 statements across 10 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Mar 30, 2015 by Tom Britton · said 27 times in 6 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (16), Katie Stanton (7), Jeremy Liew (2), Sarah Smith (1), Brianne Kimmel (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2020 11 mentions in 1 episode
2019 14 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
- 20VC: How Founders Can Gain Leverage in Fundraising Negotiations, The Metrics You Need To Raise Your Series A in Consumer & What We Have To Change About Cap Table Construction with Jana Messerschmidt, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners
- 20VC: Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew on Why It Is More Important To Be Right Than Contrarian, The Most Common Mistakes Made By Hyper-Growth Companies & 3 Characteristics That Make An Individual Incredible At Sourcing
- 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
- 20VC: Why Lead Lime's Series D Funding Round, Why Engineers Are Underpaid & Why 74% of US Venture Firms Still Do Not Have Female GPs
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
Everything said about Angel, oldest first
Mar 30, 2015 positive
Jun 27, 2016 negative
Nov 14, 2016 neutral
Jul 21, 2017
Jul 17, 2018 negative
Nov 19, 2018 bullish
Jeff Morris Jr.: Angels cannot afford to be overly price sensitive
“I think for an angel looking at companies, you can't be too price sensitive because really the opportunities are fewer and harder to find. So when I see a dealer company that I love, I'm normally not as price sensitive just because I want to get in business wi…”
Sep 2, 2019 neutral
Messerschmidt: #Angels syndicate has invested in over 100 startups
“And now, nearly five years later, we've invested in more than a hundred companies as a group, and those companies include Bird, Cameo, Gusto, Carta, Airtable, Lambda School, Carrot Fertility, Modern Fertility, Vector Space, and countless more.”
Dec 21, 2022
Stebbings: Give larger check allocations to fewer angels to maintain engagement
“A massive mistake I see often, is founders who try to cram down all their angels to their smallest allocation so they can fit in as many as possible. Do not do this. Give less people More allocation. It's really important that the check size that you give them…”
Mar 17, 2023 negative
Aug 7, 2026 negative
Frankel: Angel networks can increasingly bypass traditional venture firms
“It may just be in, like, angels putting money all over the place, and some of those angels are going to know people that worked with them or for them, and they're going to, you know, I think you can bypass traditional venture to a great extent, and that's the …”