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Super angel investor (or "super-angel") is a term sometimes used to describe a group of serial investors in early stage ventures who are perceived to be particularly sophisticated, insightful, or well-connected in the startup business community, particularly with respect to technology companies in Silicon Valley, California and other technology centers.[1]
There is no universally recognized set of criteria for distinguishing among 'super angels', traditional angel investors, and venture capitalists.[1] Some common features that have been proposed include:
- Creating a professionally managed investment fund[1]
- Serial investing (investing in numerous startup companies)
- Investing at a seed round in startup companies
- Funding rounds in the (rough) range of $50,000 to several million dollars, larger than typical "friends and family" rounds but smaller than most venture rounds
- Taking an active role in portfolio companies[2]
- Raising money from general partners and other principals, without passive investors in the fund
- Fund principals who are experienced entrepreneurs
Partial list of investors who might be considered 'super angels'
[edit]| Name of fund | Key people | Portfolio companies |
|---|---|---|
| Floodgate[3] | Mike Maples Jr., Ann Miura-Ko | Chegg, Dasient, Digg, Smule, Twitter |
| Felicis Ventures[4] | Aydin Senkut | Meraki, Mint.com |
| 500 Startups[5] | Dave McClure | SlideShare, CrowdFlower, Recurly, Udemy |
| Founders Collective[6] | Bill Trenchard, Caterina Fake, Chris Dixon, David Frankel, Eric Paley, Mark Gerson, Micah Rosenbloom, Zach Klein | Minyanville Media |
| SofTech VC | Jeff Clavier[7] | Tapulous, RapLeaf, |
| SV Angel[8] | Ron Conway, David Lee, Mike Ghaffary, Brian Pokorny (former) | google, Ze Frank, AppNexus, Ask Jeeves, Aster Data Systems, Attributor, Blippy, Bring Light, BuzzFeed, CastTV, Digg, Foursquare, Kaboodle, Knewton, MerchantCircle, Mint.com, PayPal, PBwiki, ScanScout, Seesmic, Square, Swipely, Twitter, Weebly, Zooomr |
| Greylock Partners | Reid Hoffman[9][10] | LinkedIn, Friendster, Zynga, Flickr, Kongregate, Ping.fm, Tagged, Nanosolar, Knewton, |
| Founders Co-op[11] | Andy Sack, Chris DeVore | |
| Thrive Capital[12] | Joshua Kushner | co-founder of Vostu |
| The Founders Fund[9] | Peter Thiel, Sean Parker, Ken Howery, Robert May[disambiguation needed], Luke Nosek | Gowalla, Causes, Collaborative Drug Discovery, Clickable, Facebook, Friendster, Geni.com, Ironport, Mint.com, OLX, Palantir Technologies, Pathway Genomics, Powerset, Quantcast, Rapleaf, Raptr, Slide.com, SmartDrive, SpaceX, Spotify, Yammer, YouNoodle |
| Harrison Metal[13] | Michael Dearing, Erik Rannala | AdMob, Lumos Labs, Inc., Aardvark |
| Keith Rabois[14] | Xoom[disambiguation needed], Vendio, LinkedIn, yelp.com, YouTube, Alter-G, ThinkCash, Geni.com, Yammer, Slide.com, FanIQ, Handipoints, Decorati, TokBox, TownHog, Milo.com, eventbrite, Counsyl, Circle of Moms, AirBnB, Palantir Technologies, Apture, Sococo, SkyBox Technologies, SkyGrid, Scoopler, Fqix, Treehouse, Specialty's Café & Bakery, Crave (blog), Movity, Homeboodle, Swipely, Miso (online service), MusicLab, GoGoBot, Qwiki, Hitpost, TopGuest, ZimRide, Wavii, Udemy, The Fridge (social network), Indinero, FutureAdvisor, OhLife, Formative Labs, Votizen, Causes, Square (application) | |
| IA Ventures[15] | Roger Ehrenberg, Brad Gillespie | Recorded Future |
| K9 Ventures[16] | Manu Kumar | CrowdFlower |
| Lerer Media Ventures[17] | Kenneth Lerer, Ben Lerer | gdgt, |
| August Capital Partners[18] | Sameer Narula, | Etable.in, Rent-a-Keg.com |
| Lowercase Capital[19] | Chris Sacca | twitter, bit.ly, Auctomatic |
| Social Leverage[20] | Howard Lindzon | TweetDeck, bit.ly, |
| Wesley Clover International [21] | Sir Terry Matthews | Mitel, Newbridge Networks, FastLane Technologies, Bridgewater Systems, Cambrian, Abatis, CounterPath Corporation, Solace Systems, Pixstream, Skystone Systems, Vienna Systems, TrueContext, Ubiquity... |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Who Are The Super Angels? A Comprehensive Guide". Business Insider.
- ^ Ingram, Mathew (October 7, 2010). "Fred Wilson on AngelGate and Where the Web Is Going". GigaOM.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Floodgate". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Felicis Ventures". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Dave McClure". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Founder Collective". Business Insider.
- ^ Destin, Fred (August 6, 2010). "Super Angels, Lean VCs, Proto-Incubators, Whatever". Fast Company.
- ^ Tomio Geron (October 18, 2010). "Ron Conway's Big Deals: How He Found Google And Facebook". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ a b Ricadela, Aaron (April 2, 2007). "VCs Aim to Out-Angel the Angels". Business Week.
- ^ Weston, Julien (September 28, 2010). "Hoffman & Greylock launch $20m Greylock Discovery Fund". Wired.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Founders Co-op". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Thrive Capital". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Harrison Metal". Business Insider.
- ^ Carlson, Nicholas (August 18, 2010). "Secret Silicon Valley Super Angel Keith Rabois Explains His Startup Portfolio". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "IA Ventures". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "K9 Ventures". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Lerer Ventures". Business Insider.
- ^ Chanchani, Madhav (December 6, 2011). "August Capital Partners". VC Circle.
{{cite news}}: External link in(help); Text "ur" ignored (help) - ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Lowercase Capital". Business Insider.
- ^ Saint, Nick (October 4, 2010). "Social Leverage". Business Insider.
- ^ "Sir Terry Matthews". Profit Magazine. September 25, 2012.
