Angel Investors, a Field Guide
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Angel Investors, a Field Guide
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#2Unrelated to article, but I had a call with Jean when she was running Akita pre-acquisition, and she was so thorough and thoughtful. We didn't end up buying Akita for various reasons, but I remember walking away thinking, this person can not fail.
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#4> 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?
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#5Kevin Hartz is the most desirable angel in the valley IMO. His advice and generosity with his time is unparalleled.
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#6> 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?
Low time burden, low emotional burden, unlikely to interfere or micromanage?
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#7> 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-durant-business-ventures/
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#8Kevin Hartz is the most desirable angel in the valley IMO. His advice and generosity with his time is unparalleled.
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#9> 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…
Not retired (plays for Houston) but doesn’t lessen your point one bit.
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#10I 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.