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The list of top angel investors. No. 1 Chris Dixon, 38 Co-founder, Hunch Chris Dixon’s blog No. of angel investments: 23 Companies funded (a sampling): Skype

The list of top angel investors. No. 1 Chris Dixon, 38 Co-founder, Hunch Chris Dixon’s blog No. of angel investments: 23 Companies funded (a sampling): Skype, Postini, Milo.com, Knewton, DailyBooth No. 2 Ron Conway Investor No. of Angel Investments: 190 Companies funded (a sampling): Google, Facebook, bit.ly, Digg, Mint.com, Twitter No. 3 Reid Hoffman, 42 Chairman, co-founder, LinkedIn Reid Hoffman’s LinkedIn profile No. of Angel Investments: 49 Companies funded (a sampling): Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Ning, Zynga No. 4 Esther Dyson, 58 Investor No. of Angel Investments: 60 Companies funded (a sampling): 23andMe, GridPoint, del.icio.us, Flickr, Meetup No.5 Peter Thiel, 42 Founder, President, Clarium Capital Management No. of Angel Investments: 26 Companies funded (a sampling): Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zynga No. 6 Marc Andreessen, 38 Investor No. of Angel Investments: 53 Companies funded (a sampling): Business Insider, Digg, LinkedIn, Qik, Scribd, Twitter No. 7 Jeff Bezos, 46 Chairman, founder, Amazon.com No. of Angel Investments: 18 Companies funded (a sampling): 37signals, Google, Linden Lab, Social Gaming Network, Twitter No. 8 Chris Sacca, 34 Managing Director, Lowercase Capital No. of Angel Investments: 32 Companies funded (a sampling): bit.ly, FanBridge, Gowalla, Posterous, SimpleGeo, Twitter No. 9 Mike Maples, 42 Investor No. of Angel Investments: 39 Companies funded (a sampling): Circle of Moms, Digg, Kongregate, Odeo, Twitter, Weebly No. 10 Andy Bechtolsheim, 54 Founder, Chairman, Chief Development Officer, Astra Networks No. of Angel Investments: 49 Companies funded (a sampling): Brightmail, Google, Granite Systems, Nvidia, Tapulous No. 11 Paul Graham, 45 Co-founder, Y Combinator No. of Angel Investments: 129 Companies funded (a sampling): Bump Technologies, FanChatter, Heyzap, Justin.tv, Scribd No. 12 Max Levchin, 34 Founder, Chief Executive, Slide No. of Angel Investments: 7 Companies funded (a sampling): Evernote, MixPanel, Raptr, Slide, Yelp No. 13 Aydin Senkut, 40 Founder, Felicis Ventures No. of Angel Investments: 65 Companies funded (a sampling): Foodzie, Mixer Labs, Rapleaf, The Auteurs, TwitVid No. 14 Bill Joy, 55 Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers No. of Angel Investments: 24 Companies funded (a sampling): Blazent, NeoPath Networks, Dantz No. 15 Kevin Rose, 33 Founder, Digg Kevin’s blog No. of Angel Investments: 12 Companies funded (a sampling): Twitter, 3Crowd Technologies, Foursquare, SimpleGeo No. 16 Dave Duffield, 69 Founder, Chief Executive, Workday No. of Angel Investments: 18 Companies funded (a sampling): Acta Technology, Bridgestream, Netcentives No. 17 Andrea Zurek, 39 Founding partner, XG Ventures No. of Angel Investments: 26 Companies funded (a sampling): Lotus Vodka, Facebook, Red Mango, and Vaxart No. 18 Marc Benioff, 44 Founder, Chief Executive, Salesforce.com No. of Angel Investments: 9 Companies funded (a sampling): Mashery, Qik, Tapulous, Zuora No. 19 Jeff Clavier, 42 Founder, Managing Partner, SoftTech VC Blog: Jeff Clavier’s blog, Software Only No. of Angel Investments: 52 Companies funded (a sampling): bit.ly, Circle of Moms, DNAnexus, Mint.com No. 20 Caterina Fake, 36 Co-founder Hunch Caterina’s blog No. of Angel Investments: 6 Companies funded (a sampling): Etsy, Maya’s Mom No. 21 Martin Varsavsky, 49 Founder, Chief Executive, Fon Martin Varsavsky’s blog No. of Angel Investments: 28 Companies funded (a sampling): 23andMe, Dopplr, Eolia, Joost, Plazes, Tumblr, Wikio No. 22 Naval Ravikant, 36 Founder, Chairman, Vast.com Blog: Startup Boy No. of Angel Investments: 21 Companies funded (a sampling): Chatterous, DotSpots, Fluther, Twitter, Vidly No. 23 Joe Kraus, 38 Partner, Google Ventures No. of Angel Investments: 5 Companies funded (a sampling): InfraSearch, Linkedin, Napster, Odeo No. 24 Eric Schmidt, 54 Chairman, Chief Executive, Google No. of Angel Investments: 9 Companies funded (a sampling): Citizen Effect, CX, iShake, PublishOne, Sendmail No. 25 Lauren Flanagan, 55 Co-founder, Managing Director, Phenomenelle Angels Fund No. of Angel Investments: 23 Companies funded (a sampling): Alice.com, Stealth Therapeutics, U.S. Trailmaps

paul 17y ago
How can Ron Conway not be at #1?
- bkudria 17y ago
  There's a detailed table of the rankings: http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/future_of_tech_2010/ http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/future_of_t...
  - paul 17y ago
    They should have included astrological information ;)
  - akkartik 17y ago
    Also the last paragraph here: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_10/b4169039642419_page_2.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_10/b41690396... Not very compelling, but that's their story and they're sticking with it.
  - wheels 17y ago
    I find that list really dubious -- it's very hard to believe that 97% of Ron Conway's investments have worked out. The only way I can imagine that being true is if there are strings pulled so that there's a fire-sale at the end that's being counted as an exit.
    - joshu 17y ago
      97% are "not dead" I also find this hard to believe. I've invested in ~ 20 companies over the last four years. - Two are insanely good, but no liquidity yet - One appears to be dead - One has been acquired The rest are in various stages of growth.
      - wheels 17y ago
        Right, as Paul pointed out, the numbers for Conway are way low (maybe these are just the SV Angels numbers?), but over the course of Conway's investments in the last 20 years, it's astronomically unlikely that 97% of them are "not dead".

paul 17y ago

How can Ron Conway not be at #1?

bkudria 17y ago
There's a detailed table of the rankings: http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/future_of_tech_2010/ http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/future_of_t...
- paul 17y ago
  They should have included astrological information ;)
- akkartik 17y ago
  Also the last paragraph here: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_10/b4169039642419_page_2.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_10/b41690396... Not very compelling, but that's their story and they're sticking with it.
- wheels 17y ago
  I find that list really dubious -- it's very hard to believe that 97% of Ron Conway's investments have worked out. The only way I can imagine that being true is if there are strings pulled so that there's a fire-sale at the end that's being counted as an exit.
  - joshu 17y ago
    97% are "not dead" I also find this hard to believe. I've invested in ~ 20 companies over the last four years. - Two are insanely good, but no liquidity yet - One appears to be dead - One has been acquired The rest are in various stages of growth.
    - wheels 17y ago
      Right, as Paul pointed out, the numbers for Conway are way low (maybe these are just the SV Angels numbers?), but over the course of Conway's investments in the last 20 years, it's astronomically unlikely that 97% of them are "not dead".