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this is only true for larger multi-stage funds who compete with each other, not for Seed or Series A-only funds
> Martin and Mike both advised strategic angels instead of friends and family to fill out the round, so that’s what we did. How is Kevin Durant (pro basketball player) a strategic angel for a monitoring/observability company?
He's a retired pro basketball player. He's since made early investments in companies like Hugging Face[1], Coinbase, and Robinhood.[2] If you earn millions in your 20s, didn't spend it, and have a killer work ethic, you can flip careers to professional investor. Idk why nobody's done a good feature on him. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kevin-durant-investment-portf... [2] https://parlemag.com/2025/04/kevin-duran…
And sorry for opening a political can of worms, but I wouldn't touch anything that touches Andreesen with a 10 foot pole at this point. He's taken a serious heel turn and is openly endorsing Fascism.
In the spirit of finding the right person through serendipity:
I’m actively looking for intros to angels who are interested in B2B lending. The tariffs have completely disrupted the US SMB lending ecosystem and automation is going to have to ramp up rapidly to close the gap.
Myself and my team have a AI automation tool, we are revenue generating, technical founding team with 2x maths PhDs
Please email me (email in profile) if relevant to someone you know
> Martin and Mike both advised strategic angels instead of friends and family to fill out the round, so that’s what we did. How is Kevin Durant (pro basketball player) a strategic angel for a monitoring/observability company?
He's a retired pro basketball player. He's since made early investments in companies like Hugging Face[1], Coinbase, and Robinhood.[2] If you earn millions in your 20s, didn't spend it, and have a killer work ethic, you can flip careers to professional investor. Idk why nobody's done a good feature on him. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kevin-durant-investment-portf... [2] https://parlemag.com/2025/04/kevin-duran…
Aside: Saquon Barkley's (pro football player) portfolio is insane https://www.readtheprofile.com/p/saquon-barkley-investment-p...
> if a VC investor is doing their job well, they will make sure to keep investing in your company until they have a good amount of ownership. This means it is against their incentives to introduce you to other investors or do anything else that interferes with their ability to buy more shares in your company for a good price. this is only true for larger multi-stage funds who compete with each other, not for Seed or…
I like this in general but I think it’s sad the friends and family who helped you don’t get any financial upside. I also take issue with calling this angel investing: > I angel invest primarily through my scouting relationship with the VC firm Andreesson Horowitz. They give me a budget for investing in each fund and I get a fraction of the carry.
I like this in general but I think it’s sad the friends and family who helped you don’t get any financial upside. I also take issue with calling this angel investing: > I angel invest primarily through my scouting relationship with the VC firm Andreesson Horowitz. They give me a budget for investing in each fund and I get a fraction of the carry.
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He's a retired pro basketball player. He's since made early investments in companies like Hugging Face[1], Coinbase, and Robinhood.[2] If you earn millions in your 20s, didn't spend it, and have a killer work ethic, you can flip careers to professional investor. Idk why nobody's done a good feature on him. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kevin-durant-investment-portf... [2] https://parlemag.com/2025/04/kevin-duran…
Not retired (plays for Houston) but doesn’t lessen your point one bit.
That's wild.
I like this in general but I think it’s sad the friends and family who helped you don’t get any financial upside. I also take issue with calling this angel investing: > I angel invest primarily through my scouting relationship with the VC firm Andreesson Horowitz. They give me a budget for investing in each fund and I get a fraction of the carry.