# Blake Byers: angel investments and portfolio

> Blake Byers is an angel. 3 investments on record, latest Jul 2021. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/blake-byers (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Blake Byers

Last cheque observed Jul 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Angel

Venture Series C

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **1915** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$205M** Rounds led **0 of 3**

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## Blake Byers highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series C: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2021** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Neuralink](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuralink)** Series C · US · Firms' own news pages **$205M** With 11 others
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[Womply](https://millionrounds.com/company/womply)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 11 others
- **Jan** **[Womply](https://millionrounds.com/company/womply)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 9 others

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.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**12** of 18 we have independently watched raise

[Anthropic](https://millionrounds.com/company/anthropic)[Arcus](https://millionrounds.com/company/arcus-biosciences)[Chai Discovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/chai-discovery)[Denali](https://millionrounds.com/company/denali-therapeutics)[Gusto](https://millionrounds.com/company/gusto)[IonQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/ionq)[Neuralink](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuralink)[OpenAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/openai)[OpenEvidence](https://millionrounds.com/company/openevidence)[Robinhood](https://millionrounds.com/company/robinhood)[SOFI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sofi)[Vial](https://millionrounds.com/company/vial) Coinbase Factory Forty Seven Grail Harmonic Xaira

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.

## The cheque

Venture Series C

Median round joined **$205M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2021

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2021

Often in the room with

- [ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asset-management-company) 2
- [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) 2
- [Merus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/merus-capital) 2
- [Practical Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practical-venture-capital) 2
- [Rising Tide Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rising-tide-fund) 2
- [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Blake Byers. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asset-management-company)[**DCVC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**Merus Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/merus-capital)[**Practical Venture Capital** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practical-venture-capital)[**Rising Tide Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rising-tide-fund)[**Streamlined Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Blake Byers put money into.

[**Neuralink** $205M · Jul 2021](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuralink)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Blake Byers in their description, not their title.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 28 Apr 2017 · 28 min 20VC: Why Move Fast and Break Things Is Not Right, How To Instil Radical Candor In Your Organisation & What Founders Must Ask For From Their Investors with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally Mentions [Blake Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blake-byers)[Cowboy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures)[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Blake Byers

### What does Blake Byers invest in?

Blake Byers invests most often at Venture and Series C (100% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Blake Byers?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2021.

### What has Blake Byers invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Neuralink (Series C, Jul 2021).

### How big are Blake Byers's cheques?

The median round it joins is $205M.

### Is Blake Byers investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2021.

### Who does Blake Byers invest alongside?

Most often ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY (2 rounds together), DCVC (2 rounds together) and Merus Capital (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Blake Byers?

Blake Byers is an angel.

### Where does this information on Blake Byers come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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