AngelList Syndicator
Financial History
Leadership Team
Key people at AngelList Syndicator.
Key people at AngelList Syndicator.
AngelList Syndicator is a platform feature within AngelList that enables lead investors to create and manage syndicates—investment groups pooling capital from multiple accredited investors to invest collectively in startups. The syndicate model simplifies early-stage startup funding by allowing lead investors to source, vet, and manage deals, while backers can invest smaller amounts across curated opportunities, gaining access to high-quality deals that might otherwise be unavailable. This approach democratizes venture investing, lowers barriers for new angel investors, and streamlines fundraising for startups by consolidating multiple investors into a single Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) on AngelList’s platform[1][4][6].
AngelList Syndicates primarily serve accredited angel investors and venture capitalists interested in early-stage tech startups, offering a diversified portfolio with reduced risk and administrative burden. The platform supports a broad range of sectors but is especially strong in technology and software startups. By providing infrastructure for deal sourcing, investment management, and legal administration, AngelList Syndicates have become a central mechanism in the startup ecosystem, facilitating capital flow and enabling more efficient startup financing[1][3][4].
AngelList was founded in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi as a platform to connect startups with angel investors. The syndicate feature emerged as part of AngelList’s evolution to streamline and democratize startup investing. Since its launch, syndicates have become the dominant way to invest on AngelList, with thousands of investors participating across hundreds of syndicates. The platform’s CEO since 2019, Avlok Kohli, has overseen continued growth and innovation in syndicate offerings, including the launch of dedicated funds like Maiden Lane and AngelList Select Fund to back syndicate deals[2][3].
The syndicate model evolved to address the complexity and inefficiency of traditional angel investing by enabling lead investors to pool capital via SPVs, simplifying cap tables for startups and providing investors with curated deal flow and portfolio diversification. Early traction was strong, with AngelList syndicates quickly becoming a preferred method for both investors and startups to engage in seed and early-stage funding rounds[1][4].
AngelList Syndicates ride the trend of democratizing venture capital by lowering entry barriers for angel investors and streamlining startup fundraising. The timing aligns with growing demand for accessible, diversified startup investment opportunities and the increasing complexity of traditional venture capital. Market forces such as the rise of remote investing, digital platforms, and the need for efficient capital deployment favor the syndicate model. AngelList’s platform influences the ecosystem by enabling more startups to raise capital efficiently and more investors to participate in early-stage deals, thus accelerating innovation and startup growth[1][3][4].
Looking ahead, AngelList Syndicates are poised to deepen their influence by expanding fund offerings, enhancing platform tools for syndicate leads and investors, and integrating more services that reduce friction in venture investing. Trends such as increased interest in rolling funds, international investor participation, and data-driven deal sourcing will shape their evolution. As the startup ecosystem grows more complex, AngelList’s syndicate infrastructure will likely remain a critical enabler of early-stage funding, fostering broader participation and innovation in venture capital.
The syndicate model exemplifies AngelList’s mission to build infrastructure that powers the startup economy, making venture investing more accessible, efficient, and scalable for all participants.
Key people at AngelList Syndicator.
| Date | Company | Round | Lead Investor(s) | Co-Investor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | VitVio | $8.0M Seed | — | Earlybird Venture Capital, LDV Capital, Zehan Wang |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Flow Engineering | $23.0M Series A | — | Acequia Capital, Air Street Capital, Backed VC, Entrepreneur First, foobar.vc, Seedcamp, Sequoia Capital, Andy Chung, Charlie Songhurst, John Collison, Nicolas Berggruen, Patrick Collison, Richard Fearn, Vincent Jacobs, Zehan Wang |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Attio | $52.0M Series B | — | 01 Advisors, 20VC, Accel, Acequia Capital, AirAngels, Balderton Capital, Coinbase Ventures, FJ Labs, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Point Nine Capital, Prototype Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Akash Garg, Akhil Paul, Aston Motes, Bobby Goodlatte, Charlie Cheever, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dylan Field, Gideon Valkin, Gloria Baeuerlein, Immad Akhund, Jeff Chang, Jonas Huckestein, Julia DeWahl, Koen Bok, Lauren Loktev, Marc McCabe, Michael Wax, Mike Hudack, Philipp Herkelmann, Robert Gentz, Stewart Butterfield, Tikhon Bernstam, Tom Blomfield, Vinay Hiremath |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Lyra | $6.0M Seed | — | 20VC, 468 Capital, Antler, Felix Capital, True Ventures, Chris Murphy, Darius Contractor, Jan Deepen, Jeremy Yap, Pete Koomen, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek |
| May 1, 2025 | koppla | $7.0M Seed | — | Earlybird Venture Capital |
| May 1, 2025 | sensmore | $7.0M Venture Round | — | 20VC, Acequia Capital, Antler, Cherry Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Felix Capital, Flex Capital, Frontline Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Point Nine Capital, Prototype Capital, Seedcamp, Super Ventures, SV Angel, True Ventures, Y Combinator, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Murphy, Darius Contractor, Hanno Renner, Jan Deepen, Jan Erik Solem, Jason Lemkin, Jeremy Yap, Julius Köhler, Kevin Stumpf, Luc Vincent, Mario Götze, Michael Wax, Oliver Cameron, Pete Koomen, Philipp Herkelmann, Ron Pragides, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek |
| May 1, 2025 | trawa | $27.0M Series A | — | Acequia Capital, Alpine Space Ventures, Balderton Capital, Band of Angels, btov Partners, Headline (formerly e.ventures), Norrsken VC, Point Nine Capital, Prototype Capital, Guy Podjarny, Mandeep Singh, Michael Wax, Philipp Herkelmann, Steve Anavi |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Heizma | $3.0M Seed | — | Christian Rebernik, Heini Zachariassen |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Jolly | $17.0M Series A | — | 20VC, AirAngels, AIX Ventures, Antler, Felix Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Long Journey Ventures, Mana Ventures, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, True Ventures, Aravind Bharadwaj, Chris Murphy, Darius Contractor, Gokul Rajaram, Jan Deepen, Jeremy Yap, Pete Koomen, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek |
| Feb 1, 2025 | ScorePlay | $13.0M Series A | — | 20VC, Antler, Convoz, Felix Capital, Greylock, Heretic Ventures, Seven Seven Six, True Ventures, Chris Murphy, Darius Contractor, Jan Deepen, Jeremy Yap, Pete Koomen, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek |
| Feb 1, 2025 | LANCH | $27.0M Series A | — | byFounders, Felix Capital, HV Capital, Possible Ventures, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Julius Göllner, Mario Götze, Patrick Andrae, Philipp Kloeckner, Phillip Chambers |
| Jan 1, 2025 | Sereact | $26.0M Series A | — | Acequia Capital, Air Street Capital, Backed VC, Cherry Ventures, Coatue, Creandum, Earlybird Venture Capital, Entrepreneur First, foobar.vc, Matrix, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp, Sequoia Capital, Sunfish Partners, Andy Chung, Charlie Songhurst, Christian Hülsewig, Christian Vollmann, John Collison, Lukas Brosseder, Nicolas Berggruen, Oliver Cameron, Oliver Roskopf, Ott Kaukver, Patrick Collison, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Richard Fearn, Robert Maier, Rubin Ritter, Vincent Jacobs, Zehan Wang |
| Dec 1, 2024 | Stackfix | $3.0M Seed | — | 42CAP, Acequia Capital, Amino Collective, Chalfen Ventures, Connect Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Exceptional Ventures, Faber, Fuel Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Point Nine Capital, Propel Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Stellar Capital, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Andre Haddad, Andy Chung, Charles Delingpole, Charlie Songhurst, Guillaume Luccisano, Mandeep Singh, Mik Attisani, Paul Forster, Rachel Star, Rene Reinsberg, Romain Lapeyre, Tom Blomfield, Will Martin, Will Prendergast |
| Dec 1, 2024 | Jentic | $4.0M Seed | — | 20VC, Antler, Elkstone, Felix Capital, Molten Ventures, True Ventures, Darius Contractor, Jan Deepen, Jeremy Yap, Pete Koomen, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek |
| Oct 1, 2024 | StromNow | $270K Seed | — | High-Tech Gründerfonds, Thomas Dohmke |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Tako | $6.0M Seed | — | Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Alumni Ventures, Autopilot Fund, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark, CapitalX, Coalition Operators, Cyberstarts VC, FirstHand Alliance, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, Kepler Operator’s Fund, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Logos Labs, Long Journey Ventures, Lux Capital, Monochrome Capital, New Form Capital, NFX, No Label Ventures, Not Boring Capital, OCA Ventures, Pantera Capital, Polygon, Project A, Prototype Capital, Sarona Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SRB Ventures, Starship Ventures, Stratus Ventures, Susa Ventures, Techstars, The Club, The Hit Forge, Tiger Global Management, Tioga Capital Partners, Village Global, Vitalize Venture Group, Y Combinator, Abe Burns, Adam Jackson, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Cheng, Christian Reber, Cristina Cordova, D’Arcy Coolican, Dharmesh Shah, Fareed Mosavat, Felipe Navio, Frederic Kerrest, Gil Elbaz, Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch, Jan Deepen, Job Van Der Voort, Johnny Boufarhat, Julian Shapiro, Kanjun Qiu, Kevin Weil, Koen Bok, Mandeep Singh, Mark Ghermezian, Mike Giampapa, Paul Yacoubian, Richard Burton, Scott Belsky, Stanley Druckenmiller, Stefan Jeschonnek |
| Sep 1, 2024 | Distribusion Technologies | $80.0M Series C | — | Alpine Space Ventures, Calm/Storm Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Insight Partners, Lightrock, Picus Capital, Sequoia Capital, TQ Ventures, Hanno Renner, Johann "Hansi" Hansmann, Julius Göllner, Julius Köhler, Max-Josef Meier, Robin Behlau, Tarek Muller |
| Aug 1, 2024 | VoiceLine | $3.0M Seed | — | 14Peaks Capital, Bornschein & keine Töchter, byFounders, Cavalry Ventures, Embedded Ventures, HV Capital, Possible Ventures, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Christian Rebernik, Florian Huber, Julius Göllner, Lucas Cranach, Marc Stilke, Patrick Andrae, Philipp Kloeckner, Phillip Chambers |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Soda | $14.0M Venture Round | — | AI Fund, CRV, Index Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Notion Capital, Point Nine Capital, RTP Global, Sequoia Capital, Sierra Ventures, Singular, Visionaries Club, Augusto Marietti, Berkay Mollamustafaoglu |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Steep | $4.0M Seed | — | Connect Ventures, Andy Chung, Paul Forster, Rachel Star |
| Jul 1, 2024 | bunch | $16.0M Series A | — | High-Tech Gründerfonds, Roland Fassauer, Thomas Dohmke |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Etched.ai | $120.0M Series A | — | Accel, ARCH Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, First Round Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greycroft, Hanabi Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix, Colin Bryant, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Verified Capital, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Adrian Aoun, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Daniel Kan, Drew Houston, Greg Brockman, James Beshara, Jonathan Swanson, Kyle Vogt, Mei Z., Mike Krieger, Naveen Jain, Roland Fassauer, Scott Belsky |
| May 1, 2024 | Wiz | $1.0B Series E | — | Accel, Aglae Ventures, AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blossom Capital, Cornerstone Venture Partners, CRV, Cyberstarts VC, Double Prime LLP, Earlybird Venture Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Openview Venture Partners, Operator Collective, Predictive VC, QED Investors, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Theory Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Ameet Patel, Bernard Arnault, Guy Podjarny, Michael Fey, Nedelcho Spasov, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Stanimir Vassilev, Svetozar Georgiev |
| May 1, 2024 | Unify | $8.0M Seed | — | 8VC, Ada Ventures, Adverb Ventures, Aglae Ventures, Alt Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Jana Messerschmidt, Ben Taft's Genius Ventures, C2 Investment, Concept Ventures, Craft Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, First Round Capital, Fuel Capital, Haatch, HV Capital, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, KRM Interests LLC, LDV Capital, Lerer Hippeau, LGF, Matrix, Northzone, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Placeholder, Playfair Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seedcamp, sequel, Seven Seven Six, Soma Capital, Striking Markets, The Hit Forge, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, Daniel Kan, Dan Siroker, Desigan Chinniah, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Florian Huber, Guillaume Luccisano, Johan Lorenzen, Kulveer Taggar, Marcus Exall, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Mik Attisani, Musaab Hakami, Omid Ashtari, Paul Yacoubian, Pete Koomen, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Sarah Drinkwater, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao |
| May 1, 2024 | Purple Dot | $10.0M Series A | — | Connect Ventures, Notion Capital, Andy Chung, Christina Cacioppo, Louis Jonckheere, Paul Forster, Pieterjan Bouten, Will Martin |