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What is AngelList?
Founded in 2010, AngelList is a technology company that creates software for startups, angel investors, and fund managers to accelerate innovation.
What is an AngelList Syndicate?
A syndicate is a group of investors that pools their capital using a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to invest in a startup as one line entry on its cap table. AngelList provides the software for this investment vehicle to make it a cost-effective and attractive source of capital for startups.
Best AngelList Syndicates
There are over 200 active AngelList Syndicates on the platform. Here are the top ones and some of their notable public investments:
1. Flucas Ventures (by Ashley Flucas)
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $290,100
- Deals in the last 12 months: 18
- Unique LPs that have invested: 2,053
- Notable investments: Dababricks, Brex, AngelList, Rescale, Alto Pharmacy, Turing, GrubMarket, Maven Clinic, Hyperscience, Bungalow, Plastiq, Cover, and Hello Alfred.
2. Flight.VC (by Gil Penchina)
- Median investment (lead): $3,500
- Median investment (syndicate): $115,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 90
- Unique LPs that have invested: 4,452
- Notable investments: LinkedIn, Paypal, PagerDuty, Discord, Indiegogo, Dollar Shave Club, Sapho, Fastly, Wealthfront, AltSchool, Pillow, Cruise, Palantir, and Ripple.
3. Duro Ventures
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $121,300
- Deals in the last 12 months: 43
- Unique LPs that have invested: 3,089
- Notable investments: Sandbox VR, Sapho, Substack, Calm, Mosaic, Akido Labs, Opendoor, Postmates, Passport, and Goodreads.
4. Zach Coelius
- Median investment (lead): $5,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $278,300
- Deals in the last 12 months: 13
- Unique LPs that have invested: 1,830
- Notable investments: HelloSign, Cruise, Branch, Apprente, Loom.ai, OneSignal, Copper, and Glide.
5. SaxeCap (by Amrit Saxena)
- Median investment (lead): $10,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $161,700
- Deals in the last 12 months: 69
- Unique LPs that have invested: 2151
- Notable investments: Palantir, SpaceX, Flutterwear, Jeeves, Turing, Seso, TrueNorth, Dover, Flow Finance, Ripplematch, and Influent.
6. Operator Ventures (by Craig Hunter)
- Median investment (lead): $2,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $151,800
- Deals in the last 12 months: 2
- Unique LPs that have invested: 552
- Notable investments: Uber, Almanac, Clearco, Unit, Superhuman, Inspectify, Kabo, Panther, Clubhouse, Lime, Grove, Carta, and Lambda School.
7. Adapt Ventures (by Ammar Amdani)
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $130,200
- Deals in the last 12 months: 5
- Unique LPs that have invested: 528
- Notable investments: Welcome Homes, Pogo, On Deck, Italic, Clay, Standard Metrics, Plot, Vibely, Modernbanc, Lighthouse, Stagger, and Zelt.
8. Jonathan Wasserstrum
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $93,500
- Deals in the last 12 months: 43
- Unique LPs that have invested: 1,900
- Notable investments: Atmos, Eden Health, Morty, Nomad Homes, Porter Road, Room, Local Locker, and AlphaFlow.
9. Climate Capital II (by Sundeep Ahuja)
- Median investment (lead): $10,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $80,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 66
- Unique LPs that have invested: 1,032
- Notable investments: Mosaic, Iron Ox, WeaveGrid, Amperon, Rebellyous Foods, Shiru, Opus 12, and Atmo.
10. Rob Ness
- Median investment (lead): $25,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $152,300
- Deals in the last 12 months: 72
- Unique LPs that have invested: 2,046
- Notable investments: ClassPass, GrubMarket, VetPronto, Italist, Luxe, Sendbird, Neurable, Simplecast, and Foresight.
11. Better Capital (by Vaibhav Domkundwar)
- Median investment (lead): $3,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $208,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 44
- Unique LPs that have invested: 979
- Notable investments: Open Financial Technologies, Framebench, Fliptop, Testbook, Klub, Rpueek Fintech, Mudrex, Clarisights, and SuperGaming.
12. MyAsiaVC (by Sajid Rahman)
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $108,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 64
- Unique LPs that have invested: 2,361
- Notable investments: AltSchool, Pillow, MD Insider, Cozy, One Month, Cleanly, Sapho, Clutter, Exo, Orange Chef, Vango, Tradesy, and Zendrive.
13. Unpopular Ventures (by Peter Livingston)
- Median investment (lead): $25,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $139,400
- Deals in the last 12 months: 66
- Unique LPs that have invested: 2,005
- Notable investments: Jeeves, Zepto, Yassir, Belvo, Kyte, Outer, Blissway, Prodigy, Pallet, Yummy, Hint Health, Gable, Rinse, The Juggernaut, Sniffspot, Nelo, and Sleek.
14. Mana Ventures (by Morgan Schwanke)
- Median investment (lead): $15,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $184,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 139
- Unique LPs that have invested: 3,640
- Notable investments: Unity, Clara, Restream.io, JuneShine, Odeko, Superplastic, Onebrief, Blackcart, Playbook, Sanzo, and Frame Therapy.
15. Riverside Ventures (by Bryan Rosenblatt)
- Median investment (lead): $2,500
- Median investment (syndicate): $113,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 67
- Unique LPs that have invested: 2,617
- Notable investments: Slack, Lambda School, Meural, Yaypay, Density, Bonobos, Carta, Bitsbox, AppOnboard, Stackin’, Madison Reed, and Public Goods.
16. Calm Ventures (by Zachary Ginsburg)
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $254,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 110
- Unique LPs that have invested: 3,992
- Notable investments: Headspace, Thrive Market, Overtime, People.ai, Turing, Bungalow, ZenSports, Yumi, HelpNow, Nate, and Yotta Savings.
17. DVC (by Dan Hightower)
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $117,600
- Deals in the last 12 months: 75
- Unique LPs that have invested: 2,416
- Notable investments: MyCar, Tributi, Avenify, Natilus, Talkdoc, SafeStamp, Locomation, InnerPlant, geCKo Materials, and GO car subscription
18. Spacecadet (by Daniel Eckler)
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $154,000
- Deals in the last 12 months: 23
- Unique LPs that have invested: 802
- Notable investments: Levels, Campuswire, Ramp, Mem Protocol, Airhouse, Practice, Pawp, Toucan, Facet, Fion Technologies, Otis, Maker AI, Hyphen, Stagger, and Superplastic.
19. Tom Williams
- Median investment (lead): $10,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $205,100
- Deals in the last 12 months: 20
- Unique LPs that have invested: 1,029
- Notable investments: knixwear, Grove Collaborative, Layer 6, Blockstream, brightwheel, Aspect Biosystems, Glowforge, Branch, Joist, YesGraph, and Stasis Labs.
20. Ride Wave Ventures (by Oleksiy Ignatyev)
- Median investment (lead): $1,000
- Median investment (syndicate): $151,700
- Deals in the last 12 months: 45
- Unique LPs that have invested: 1,294
- Notable investments: Stonks, Lula, Techmate, Amboss, Oasis, Forever Labs, Profi, MayaEats, Thematic, AppBlind, and StormX.
