Sridhar: Targets four angel checks annually between $15K and $25K
Sravish Sridhar · 849: SaaS: Kinvey Acquired for $50m To Help Frontend Devs Be Backend Devs · Nov 20, 2017 · at 8:50
Kinvey founder Sravish Sridhar explains his personal angel investing pace and check size framework.
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“So I try to do about one investment a quarter. So about four, four a year. And it's usually anywhere from 15 to 25,000 dollars per investment. It's usually part of the first money that goes into a company, so it's super early stage. Yeah, it's, about 50% of the time it's a convertible note, 50% of the time it's a small price round.”
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