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Summary

The web content provides a curated list of tools, venture capital (VC) firms, and angel investors, along with resources for startups seeking funding in the post-pandemic era.

Abstract

The provided web content offers an updated compilation of resources for entrepreneurs navigating the post-pandemic investment landscape. Despite ongoing global economic challenges, investors are showing renewed interest in riskier ventures. The content categorizes resources into three main sections: tools for connecting with investors, such as Signal by NFX, OpenVC, and Pitchsee; lists of angel investors, including those from the Angel Capital Association and Mountside Ventures; and a variety of venture capital firms, with a focus on specialized fields like deep tech, health tech, climate, impact, and open-source ventures. The content also includes a call to subscribe to a mailing list for ongoing insights.

Opinions

  • The author suggests that the investment climate is becoming more favorable to startups, despite current economic uncertainties.
  • Signal by NFX and OpenVC are recommended as efficient platforms for startups to connect with potential investors.
  • Pitchsee is endorsed as a valuable and free tool for startups to use in their funding efforts.
  • The author directs readers to existing comprehensive lists of angel investors rather than recreating one, implying these lists are sufficiently thorough and reliable.
  • The Forbes Midas list and Wikipedia are highlighted as starting points for researching venture capital firms.
  • Specialized lists for venture capital firms in specific sectors such as deep tech, health tech, climate, impact, and open-source are provided, indicating a recognition of the importance of sector-focused investments.
  • The author emphasizes that while the list provides valuable contacts, securing investment requires significant effort from the entrepreneurs themselves.
  • A subscription to the author's mailing list is suggested for those interested in ongoing insights and updates in the investment world.

Post-pandemic list of investors

tools, VC and angels

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The pandemic seems ended or at least manageable, despite other bumps (inflation, conflicts, banks falling apart, etc) investors are again open-minded for risky business. Here is my updated list:

Tools to connect with investors

Signal (nfx.com)

Signal is like a tinder/linkedin system to connect large fund investors to startupers.

https://www.openvc.app/

OpenVC is an app to make more straightforward the interactions in funding

https://www.pitchsee.com/

Pitchsee is anothe free platform which I recommend

Angel Investors

There are many lists available on internet, so instead or recreating a the list here, I simply re-address you to the most complete ones:

Angel Capital Association

https://www.angelcapitalassociation.org/directory/

MousideVenture list

https://www.mountsideventures.com/list-of-angel-networks

Trace Cohen made a list on an Excel Google Doc, explaining also details as the seed size:

Active investor list by Trace Cohen — Google Sheets

Other links which are free upon registration are

Gritt

https://www.gritt.io/

First Round

https://angels.firstround.com/?t=home

Mercury (Angels mixed with VC)

https://mercury.com/investor-db

Venture Capital

Some of these lists are GoogleDoc or Airtable, some are general while others are specific for fields or approach (opensource and impact dependent),

a good starting point is the Forbes Mida list

https://www.forbes.com/midas/

and wikipedia

Wikipedia even has a list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_venture_capital_firms

The “Docsend” list

https://airtable.com/shrkohpeE2AO2ldeq

The “NY City Founder” list

https://www.nycfounderguide.com/investors (don’t worry it is sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank)

The “Europe VC” list

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cRdFZhXLqat04xe7qO-p48wXQ00GWJyrzgHSb3YVIp0/edit#gid=0

Deep Tech VCs

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BqNO7l4kXRhjG5jcB89FwRlhuRKBwBKtV7ZHwwLjPhk/edit

Health tech VCs

https://airtable.com/shrdqT0dM0vaIeO9u/tblyAK2VE4dS8O4dZ/viwiaTchRnMLqZqsS?blocks=hide

Climate VCs

https://climatescape.org/capital/

Impact VCs

https://impactassets.org/ia50/?filters=

Open Source VCs

https://github.com/CrowdDotDev/awesome-oss-investors

This is just a list of people with money, the rest of the work is up to you

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