angel investing

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2021 by Chris Dixon · across every show →

Everything said about angel investing, oldest first

Jan 11, 2021
Insight
Dixon: Angel investing is 98% about founders and 2% about the idea
“What I've come to believe in retrospect is that early stage angel investing is, you'll often hear that it's 80% about the people or something and 20% about the idea or something like that. I think it's like 98% I've now learned about the people and like two pe…”
Chris Dixon Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 17:25 Chris Dixon – The Future of Blockchain at a16z (Capital Allocators, EP.172)
Jan 24, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Grinda: Auto-signed angel legal documents to exit without reading them
“And in fact, I wouldn't even read any of the legal docs they ever sent me. I auto signed or docu signed every single doc they sent me from the investment docs all the way to the exit without even reading them.”
Fabrice Grinda Jan 24, 2022 ▶ 30:28 Fabrice Grinda – Canvassing Seed Stage Marketplaces at FJ Labs, Venture is Eating the Investment World 4 (Capital Allocators, EP.232)
Mar 14, 2022 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Sethi: Early-stage angel rounds typically see an 80% failure rate
“The same loss ratio that you see typically at the early, early stage angel rounds, which is 80% of the stuff you invest in fails.”
Arjun Sethi Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 16:51 Arjun Sethi – A Technology Company that Deploys Capital at Tribe, Venture is Eating the Investment World 10 (Capital Allocators, EP. 240)
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