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Craig: Syndicate leads will use AngelList for Series A and B rounds

Paige Craig · 20VC: 'The Best Seed Investors Hunt' with Paige Craig @ Arena VC · Mar 30, 2016 · at 11:11

Paige Craig, founder and general partner of Arena Ventures, discusses the expansion of AngelList syndicates into later-stage investments with host Harry Stebbings.

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“A hundred percent. I think it, you know, it's not necessarily that AngelList moves into it, it's that the syndicate leads and other players will use AngelList to do pre-seed, to do seed, to do A, to do B.”

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The claim, plainly

Syndicate leads and investors will use AngelList to execute Series A and Series B funding rounds, expanding beyond pre-seed and seed investing.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require public evidence showing that AngelList syndicates were used to execute or participate in Series A and Series B funding rounds before the horizon date of March 30, 2021. Public evidence confirms multiple examples of AngelList syndicates participating in and executing allocations for Series A and Series B rounds prior to 2021, including LoungeBuddy (Series A), Cruise (Series A), Drop (Series A), Open (Series A and Series B), and Fund that Flip (Series B).

Cruise included a $100,000 AngelList syndicate allocation led by Zach Coelius as part of its Series A round in 2015.
Better Capital used AngelList syndicates to invest in neobank Open across Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds during 2019-2020.
Fund that Flip included an AngelList proptech syndicate allocation in its Series B round between 2019 and 2021.

Checked against

[1] wikipedia.org [2] grokipedia.com [3] superscout.co [4] allied.vc [5] holloway.com [6] qubit.capital [7] mainthread.blog [8] foundersnetwork.com

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