Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by alibova » Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 11:52 PM UTC

Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016
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Re: Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by person_of_color » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 12:27 AM UTC

Anyone angel on a FAANG salary, not FB IPO millions?

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Post by cellis » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

person_of_color wrote: post #2

Anyone angel on a FAANG salary, not FB IPO millions?

You have to be an accredited investor, most even non-faang-but-sv-sfbay senior swes can demonstrate this after 3 years.

Re: Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by person_of_color » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 12:47 AM UTC

cellis wrote: post #3

person_of_color wrote: post #2

Anyone angel on a FAANG salary, not FB IPO millions?

You have to be an accredited investor, most even non-faang-but-sv-sfbay senior swes can demonstrate this after 3 years.

How? do vests count as income here?

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Post by pavlov » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 1:11 AM UTC

cellis wrote: post #3

person_of_color wrote: post #2

Anyone angel on a FAANG salary, not FB IPO millions?

You have to be an accredited investor, most even non-faang-but-sv-sfbay senior swes can demonstrate this after 3 years.

Isn’t the requirement $2M net worth? Or did that change?

Re: Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by shajznnckfke » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 1:11 AM UTC

person_of_color wrote: post #4

cellis wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to be an accredited investor, most even non-faang-but-sv-sfbay senior swes can demonstrate this after 3 years.

How? do vests count as income here?

Anything that shows up on your tax return.

Re: Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by smabie » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 1:16 AM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #5

cellis wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to be an accredited investor, most even non-faang-but-sv-sfbay senior swes can demonstrate this after 3 years.

Isn’t the requirement $2M net worth? Or did that change?

250k/yr in income or 1m in net worth. So many (most?) SV engineers are qualified.

Re: Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by SoSoRoCoCo » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 1:20 AM UTC

The author lists ETFs as performing as well as a conservative estimate. I think that is the key takeaway.

Re: Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by jhardy54 » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 1:24 AM UTC

smabie wrote: post #7

pavlov wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn’t the requirement $2M net worth? Or did that change?

250k/yr in income or 1m in net worth. So many (most?) SV engineers are qualified.

Maybe at FAANGs, but $250K is far above the median SWR salary in SV.

Re: Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

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Post by oneearedrabbit » Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 1:26 AM UTC

smabie wrote: post #7

pavlov wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn’t the requirement $2M net worth? Or did that change?

250k/yr in income or 1m in net worth. So many (most?) SV engineers are qualified.

Correction: an individual income - 200k/yr as of Oct-15, 2020 [1]

> Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year

[1] https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=&SID=8edfd12967...