Term for venture capitalists who invest early
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Super angel (or "super-angel") was a term used in the early 2010s to describeventure capital investors who had once beenangel investors and subsequently raised small venture capital funds.[ 1]
Super angels share some characteristics of bothangel investors andventure capitalists . According toFast Company ,[ 2] [ 3]
Some common features of super angels include:
Creating a professionally managedinvestment fund [ 1] Serial investing (investing in numerous startup companies) Investing at aseed round in startup companies Funding rounds in the (approximate) range of $50,000 to several million dollars, larger than typical "friends and family" rounds but smaller than mostventure rounds Taking an active role inportfolio companies [ 4] Raising money fromgeneral partners and other principals, without passive investors in the fund Fund principals who are experiencedentrepreneurs Avoid joining boards as a long-term investor. Close investments in several weeks, considerably faster than venture funds.[ 2] List of investors described as super angels [ edit ] Name of fund Key people Selected portfolio companies Canvas Ventures[ 5] Rebecca Lynn ,[ 6] LendingClub 500 Startups [ 7] Dave McClure SlideShare ,CrowdFlower ,Udemy Felicis Ventures[ 8] Aydin Senkut Meraki ,Mint.com Floodgate Fund [ 9] Mike Maples Jr., Ann Miura-Ko Chegg ,Dasient ,Digg ,Twitter Founder Collective[ 10] Caterina Fake ,Chris Dixon ,David Frankel ,Eric Paley , Micah RosenbloomUber ,Coupang ,Trade Desk ,PillPack ,SeatGeek Founders Fund [ 11] Peter Thiel ,Sean Parker ,Ken Howery ,Luke Nosek Gowalla ,Causes ,Facebook ,Quantcast ,SpaceX ,Spotify Harrison Metal[ 12] Michael Dearing AdMob ,Lumosity ,Aardvark Lerer Hippeau Ventures[ 13] Kenneth Lerer , Ben LererLowercase Capital [ 14] Chris Sacca Twitter ,bit.ly ,Uber Luminar Ventures[ 15] Magnus Bergman Truecaller ,Prezi SoftTech VC Jeff Clavier[ 16] Tapulous ,RapLeaf SV Angel [ 17] Ron Conway ,David Lee , Mike Ghaffary, Brian Pokorny (former)Google ,Ask Jeeves ,Facebook ,BuzzFeed ,PayPal Thrive Capital [ 18] Joshua Kushner Vostu
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