Angel investors are rarely a founder's primary contact
Ilya Sukhar · 20VC: Matrix's Ilya Sukhar on How The Seed Ecosystem Could Be Optimised, Why The Bar For The Break-Out Series A Has Risen & The Art of Effective Referencing · Sep 9, 2019 · at 4:56
Ilya Sukhar, General Partner at Matrix Partners, reflects on the dynamics of angel investing versus being a lead institutional investor.
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“I really enjoy angel investing, but you know, sometimes you're one of many and you're not necessarily that one call that the founder has for any given thing.”
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