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Super angel (or "super-angel") was a term used in the early 2010s to describe venture capital investors who had once been angel investors and subsequently raised small venture capital funds.[1]
Super angels share some characteristics of both angel investors and venture capitalists. According to Fast Company, super angels "raise funds like venture capitalists but invest early like angels and in sums between the two, on average from $250,000 to $500,000."[2] Unlike traditional angel investors, they are typically professionals for whom investing is their primary occupation.[3]
Some common features of super angels include:
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Name of fund | Key people | Selected portfolio companies |
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Canvas Ventures[5] | Rebecca Lynn,[6] Paul Hsaio | 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 Rosenbloom | Uber, 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 Lerer | |
Lowercase Capital[14] | Chris Sacca | Twitter, bit.ly, Uber |
SoftTech VC | Jeff Clavier[15] | Tapulous, RapLeaf |
SV Angel[16] | Ron Conway, David Lee, Mike Ghaffary, Brian Pokorny (former) | Google, Ask Jeeves, Facebook, BuzzFeed, PayPal |
Thrive Capital[17] | Joshua Kushner | Vostu |
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