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What does Band of Angels invest in?
Band of Angels invests most often at Seed and Venture (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as High-tech and Startups.
Band of Angels highlights
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79 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 64% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 16 rounds, median $1.0M
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12 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Band of Angels was the first high-tech angel investment group in the USA and continues today, with weekly member events, monthly deal pitch dinners, and millions of dollars of annual investment into 20+ startups each yearFrom their own website
- Type
- Angel network (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Up to $750K as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- High-techStartups
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first79 appearances
- 2019
3 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- 2017
1 round
- Mar
- 2016
1 round
- Apr
- 2015
7 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Jul
- May
- May
- Apr
- Feb
- 2014
5 rounds
- Aug
- Jul
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2013
8 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2012
15 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Mar
- Jan
- Jan
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named
IPIan Patrick SobieskiManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 21 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
37 of 60 we have independently watched raise
AEyeAidenAirbnbAlgenesisAtraverse MedicalAutomotusBasilard BioTechCNoteCollective OSDeep BlueEIO DiagnosticsEarthGridEchoPixelEverykeyHLRBOHealionicsLambdaVisionLimeadeLuxury Travel HackersMaterna MedicalMilkifyON24OtoSenseOverlord LabsPractice FusionPromaxoRock Paper CoinSeven StarlingSharper SenseShazamSkidattlStrados LabsTandem PVTelestreamThe Detection GroupUNestVerivendBMI OrganBankBerri OrganicsBluejaÿC212Car IQClinical Maestro® by StrategikonCodeTogetherCroftDrobotEn Verite AIExumHilltop Bio'IlluminareJiminy’sLoopieMuRevaNordic to acquireNuvOx PharmaOneForceOsteoboostOsteoporosisOzeQorvoand 17 more
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed12 in all
nScaledBought by AcronisUndisclosedSept 2014
CareinSyncBought by Hearst CorporationUndisclosedApr 2014
UppidyBought by ArmorTextUndisclosedApr 2014
100PlusBought by Practice FusionUndisclosedFeb 2013
Delve NetworksBought by Limelight NetworksUndisclosedAug 2010
Consorte MediaBought by AudienceScienceUndisclosedMay 2010
JobFlashBought by Taleo$3.0MMar 2007
SeaDragon SoftwareBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedJan 2006
ChipWrightsBought by AD GroupUndisclosedMay 2005
HipboneBought by KANA SoftwareUndisclosedJan 2004
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.