"startup investing" depends on your definition of startup. For example, a person that has applied for a patent - no VC would call that a startup, but perhaps t

"startup investing" depends on your definition of startup. For example, a person that has applied for a patent - no VC would call that a startup, but perhaps those with intimate knowledge of what the patent will lead to may indeed call that a startup. Another example are "stealth startups" - we explicitly refer to them as startups yet many are merely patents with maybe a partially working prototype but no product yet. There are instances where both of those examples are combined (sole inventor + operating in stealth). Just because the entity doesn't fit the profile of "startup" for VC's doesn't mean there isn't room for that type of "startup investing".