AngelList: What do people think of AngelList?
AngelList (angel.co) is a community of high-quality startups raising money and investors who invest in them.
Does AngelList actually work? How many companies actually raise significant capital from AngelList?
Does AngelList actually work? How many companies actually raise significant capital from AngelList?
107 Answers
Ming Yeow Ng, AngelList is the second best thing th...
97 votes by Lim Yung Hui, Ben Chow, Dru Wynings, (more)Loading...
Update: The best way to summarize AngelList is that they are uniquely placed to match high quality deals with high quality investors, bringing structure to a formerly very nuanced, inefficient and opaque process. These is due to them bringing together these 3 rare assets in a very simple manner that just works:
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I have spoken extensively to several of the principals, angels, and startups involved in AngelList. Honestly, it adds an amazing amount of value to the community and an increasingly important piece to the valley
One of the most important factor in a startup ecosystem is matching quality startups with quality capital.
There are 3 main difficulties in doing so, and Naval and Nivi solves them very elegantly by tapping into their network and reach.
1) Getting the best entrepreneurs to send in deals: With Venture Hacks's very credible and far-reaching reader base, they have built up a reach to entrepreneurs of all stripes that VC firms can only dream of. Most importantly, entrepreneurs trust Venturehacks, since it is the one of the best source of no bullshit fundraising tips.
2) Getting the best angels to invest: From my observation, they started with the very best/prominent angels (Dave McClure, Aydin Senkut, Mitch Kapor, Ariel Poler, CRV etc). This can be done obviously only by valley powerhouses like Naval and Nivi. They are now expanding that base by including more and more less prominent (but high quality angels). One very important component of that is former entrepreneurs - Matt Mullenweg (wordpress), Aaron Patzer (mint).
3) Exclusive yet inclusive vetting/filtering. Naval is one of the smartest people you will ever meet, and his understanding of what will take off in the consumer web is probably unmatched. So he knows how to keep the quality very high. At the same time, he understands that he does not have all the time in the world, and there are plenty of startups outside of his domain expertise — so he is always aiming to expand the people who can send deals into the list. This bodes well for keeping the quality high, yet trying the best to be inclusive of quality deals that the principals might not understand that well.
Summarizing, I am extremely excited about AngelList. This is just the beginning — as transparency, relevance to matching, even better outreach to longer tail angels and entrepreneurs happen, this has huge potential to change the investing game forever.
As an entrepreneur, do try your best to get a meeting with the AngelList guys, or folks who have the ability to send deals into the list. At the very least, you will get some excellent tips on what angels are looking for.
- Outreach to emerging entrepreneurs through a very credible and far-reaching channel at Venture Hacks.
- Getting participation of top angels, including former entrepreneurs. This is through the principals' personal network and credibility in the valley.
- Very high quality vetting, starting with the principals' own domain expertise in consumer internet. Constantly upgrading the vetting process by allowing more veteran angels with excellent track record to send in deals.
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I have spoken extensively to several of the principals, angels, and startups involved in AngelList. Honestly, it adds an amazing amount of value to the community and an increasingly important piece to the valley
One of the most important factor in a startup ecosystem is matching quality startups with quality capital.
There are 3 main difficulties in doing so, and Naval and Nivi solves them very elegantly by tapping into their network and reach.
1) Getting the best entrepreneurs to send in deals: With Venture Hacks's very credible and far-reaching reader base, they have built up a reach to entrepreneurs of all stripes that VC firms can only dream of. Most importantly, entrepreneurs trust Venturehacks, since it is the one of the best source of no bullshit fundraising tips.
2) Getting the best angels to invest: From my observation, they started with the very best/prominent angels (Dave McClure, Aydin Senkut, Mitch Kapor, Ariel Poler, CRV etc). This can be done obviously only by valley powerhouses like Naval and Nivi. They are now expanding that base by including more and more less prominent (but high quality angels). One very important component of that is former entrepreneurs - Matt Mullenweg (wordpress), Aaron Patzer (mint).
3) Exclusive yet inclusive vetting/filtering. Naval is one of the smartest people you will ever meet, and his understanding of what will take off in the consumer web is probably unmatched. So he knows how to keep the quality very high. At the same time, he understands that he does not have all the time in the world, and there are plenty of startups outside of his domain expertise — so he is always aiming to expand the people who can send deals into the list. This bodes well for keeping the quality high, yet trying the best to be inclusive of quality deals that the principals might not understand that well.
Summarizing, I am extremely excited about AngelList. This is just the beginning — as transparency, relevance to matching, even better outreach to longer tail angels and entrepreneurs happen, this has huge potential to change the investing game forever.
As an entrepreneur, do try your best to get a meeting with the AngelList guys, or folks who have the ability to send deals into the list. At the very least, you will get some excellent tips on what angels are looking for.
Mark Suster, Venture Capitalist, Angel investor & ...
69 votes by Zal Bilimoria, Keith Rabois, Jody Sherman, (more)Loading...
Matt Mireles, Founder/CEO of SpeakerText.
43 votes by Gordon Zhu, Eghosa Omoigui, Brendan McManus, (more)Loading...
Thomas Korte, Using AngelList since 2009
39 votes by Kartik Agaram, Jüri Kaljundi, Adam Bossy, (more)Loading...
Shafqat Islam, CEO and Cofounder of NewsCred, a vent...
16 votes by Dan Kaplan, David Haddad, Jüri Kaljundi, (more)Loading...
Hadi Partovi, founder/investor guy
18 votes by Marc Bodnick, Anon User, David Haddad, (more)Loading...
Dave McClure, I run a small (<$30m) venture capital...
20 votes by Jüri Kaljundi, Zal Bilimoria, Ranvir Gujral, (more)Loading...
Aaron Krane, works @hitpost, www.hitpost.com
10 votes by Dan Kaplan, Sean Harper, Sam Odio, (more)Dan Kaplan, Sean Harper, Sam Odio, Gregory B Carlson, Keith Rabois, Antone Johnson, Kevin Li, Marcio von Muhlen, Sangeeta Narayan, and Anon User
Jody Sherman, CEO & Co-Founder, EcoMom.com
9 votes by Sean Harper, Sam Odio, Jüri Kaljundi, (more)Sean Harper, Sam Odio, Jüri Kaljundi, Antone Johnson, Dave McClure, Ranvir Gujral, Kevin Li, Mark Suster, and Clark Landry
Roger Ehrenberg, Managing partner at IA Ventures, form...
6 votes by Antone Johnson, Jüri Kaljundi, Lee Hower, (more)Antone Johnson, Jüri Kaljundi, Lee Hower, Michael Kim, Steffany Boldrini, and Nathan Ketsdever
Joe Greenstein, Co-founder & CEO at Flixster
9 votes by Keith Rabois, Antone Johnson, Ben Chow, (more)Keith Rabois, Antone Johnson, Ben Chow, Sho Tabata, Jüri Kaljundi, Kevin Li, Adam Rifkin, Lauren Flanagan, and Anon User
Tim Hyer, Founder and CEO at Rentcycle
9 votes by Nick Huber, Alex Friedberg, Babak Nivi, (more)Nick Huber, Alex Friedberg, Babak Nivi, Anon User, Ryan Lackey, Joe Wallin, Graham Jenkin, Lauren Flanagan, and Darron Padilla
Danny Moon, CEO & co-Founder of UpNext
15 votes by Michael T. Nguyen, Jordan Lyall, Brandon Wu, (more)Loading...
Jeff Hammerbacher, Curious.
6 votes by Anon User, Christopher Golda, Jüri Kaljundi, (more)Anon User, Christopher Golda, Jüri Kaljundi, Sangeeta Narayan, Adam Rifkin, and Pejman Nozad
Rafael Corrales, CEO of LearnBoost
7 votes by David Haddad, Erik Eliason, Erik Howard, (more)David Haddad, Erik Eliason, Erik Howard, Albert Sheu, Constantine Vetoshev, Conor Neill, and Julian Wimbush
Richard Price, Founder of Academia.edu
6 votes by Babak Nivi, Ben Mathes, Adam Gering, (more)Babak Nivi, Ben Mathes, Adam Gering, Naval Ravikant, Kevin Rood, and Mario Sundar
Rick Marini, Founder & CEO of BranchOut
5 votes by Andrew Stivers, Dave Morin, Antone Johnson, (more)Andrew Stivers, Dave Morin, Antone Johnson, Rey Flemings, and Elizabeth Knopf
Jüri Kaljundi, Have raised angel & VC financing mult...
10 votes by Dru Wynings, Brandon Leonardo, Sam Odio, (more)Dru Wynings, Brandon Leonardo, Sam Odio, Dave McClure, Tommy Payne, Kevin Li, Bo Brustkern, Ty Danco, Mariya Yao, and Julian Wimbush
David Lifson, Co-founder and CEO of Postling
6 votes by Jeff Miller, Antone Johnson, Bernard Moon, (more)Jeff Miller, Antone Johnson, Bernard Moon, Jeff Heuer, Matt Mireles, and Julian Wimbush
Rey Flemings, My company is an angel list alum.
6 votes by Ming Yeow Ng, Jüri Kaljundi, Lina Egutkina, (more)Ming Yeow Ng, Jüri Kaljundi, Lina Egutkina, Dennis Mangalindan, Matthew Carroll, and Julian Wimbush
Josh Stein, Managing Director at DFJ. Investor/Bo...
6 votes by Bryan Scott, Joshua Greenough, Babak Nivi, (more)Bryan Scott, Joshua Greenough, Babak Nivi, Bernard Desarnauts, Richard Shaffner, and Conor Neill
Tim Ferriss
9 votes by Anon User, Zal Bilimoria, Adam Rifkin, (more)Anon User, Zal Bilimoria, Adam Rifkin, Shanky Surana, Paul Stamatiou, Cameron Ellis, Jeff Huber, Anon User, and Julian Wimbush
Satish Dharmaraj, ex-CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder, Ventur...
4 votes by Keith Rabois, Abinash Tripathy, Shanky Surana, and Adam Smith
Anon User
5 votes by Naval Ravikant, Kris Haamer, Jüri Kaljundi, (more)Naval Ravikant, Kris Haamer, Jüri Kaljundi, Trevor Fiatal, and Julian Wimbush
Sean Harper, I was an associate for Longworth Vent...
3 votes by Sam Odio, Antone Johnson, and Sheel Mohnot
Geoffrey Lewis, Co-Founder & CEO of Topguest
3 votes by Antone Johnson, Matt Mireles, and Julian Wimbush
Sizhao Zao Yang, Used AngelList to fund BetterWorks
5 votes by Cameron Ellis, Jonathan Chang, Brendan Baker, (more)Cameron Ellis, Jonathan Chang, Brendan Baker, Darryl Collins, and Arnold Lee
Jon Callaghan, Founder, General Partner at True Vent...
3 votes by Jüri Kaljundi, Zach James, and Adam Rifkin
Ryan Graves, GM / VP Operations at Uber
6 votes by Sean Harper, Sam Odio, Jüri Kaljundi, (more)Sean Harper, Sam Odio, Jüri Kaljundi, Tanner Powell, Kevin Li, and Danny Stull
Michael Karnjanaprakorn, CEO & Co-founder of Skillshare
3 votes by Kevin Rood, Marc Bodnick, and Conor Neill
Daniel Ha, Raised angel & VC rounds for Disqus
4 votes by Mark Bao, Gustaf Alstromer, Navin Kumar, and Al Abut
Bill Lee, Bored Angel Investor
7 votes by Jaco Joubert, Jüri Kaljundi, Raymond Lau, (more)Jaco Joubert, Jüri Kaljundi, Raymond Lau, Kyle Olbert, Kevin Li, Avlok Kohli, and Lauren Flanagan
Bertram Meyer, CEO Taulia Inc
4 votes by Shanky Surana, Jonathan Lowenhar, Jüri Kaljundi, and Andrew Hoag
Rajil Kapoor, Managing Director at Mayfield Fund
3 votes by Keith Rabois, Jüri Kaljundi, and AbdulKarriem Ali Khan
Alexa Andrzejewski, Cofounder and CEO of Foodspotting
9 votes by Yadong Liu, Jaco Joubert, Brendan Lee, (more)Yadong Liu, Jaco Joubert, Brendan Lee, Anthony Yim, Elizabeth Yin, Mariya Yao, Pat Hu, Pamela Day, and Julian Wimbush
Ethan Austin, Co-Founder of GiveForward.com
4 votes by Babak Nivi, Raj Vir, Alex Yim, and Kevin Rood
Andrew Weissman, New York, just like I pictured it
3 votes by Eghosa Omoigui, Matt Mireles, and Anon User
Nikhil Sethi, CEO Adaptly
5 votes by Antone Johnson, Rick Wittenbraker, Chris Yin, (more)Antone Johnson, Rick Wittenbraker, Chris Yin, Joe Wallin, and Jasmine Gu
Wade Roush, Xconomy Chief Correspondent and San F...
3 votes by Jüri Kaljundi, Rafael Corrales, and Julian Wimbush
Lawrence Coburn, CEO DoubleDutch.me
4 votes by Jody Sherman, Ranvir Gujral, Kevin Li, and Neal Hansch
Ken Tola, I have been in the startup game for t...
2 votes by Jerry Flanagan - CredentialedCare Founder and C.E.O. and Toni Wagner
Daniel Ruben Odio-Paez, Technology Entrepreneur
1 vote by Seung Bak
Here's an interview with Naval of AngelList: http://go.DanielOdio.c... (more)
David Graham, Arizona Bay builds and invests in tec...
1 vote by Sheel Mohnot
We have just funded our first AngeIList sourced deal (FeeFighters.c... (more)
Anon User
7 votes by Ralph Barbagallo, Anon User, Anon User, (more)Ralph Barbagallo, Anon User, Anon User, Anon User, Anon User, Anon User, and Adam Podolnick
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