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Making Sense of AngelList #1: Investors
- habosa 14y agoWow I love that investor connection graph, especially the colored/labeled one. Any way you could release a super-high res version that would let me zoom in and actually read all of the names?
- soleun 14y agoI will create one and share.
- prakster 14y agoAnd for this one too: http://soleun.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/brad_holden.png http://soleun.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/brad_holden.png
- soleun 14y agoThis is a seadragon export https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5085657/1_investors/angellist_1_investor.html https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5085657/1_investors/angellist_1_inv...
- omegant 14y agoI don't quite get it, what can be seen in those graphs?
- argonaut 14y agoTwo things to note: 1. Co-investment is a poor way of measuring a connection between two investors. Just because you have invested in the same company as another investor does not indicate you have ever spoken to the other investor. In fact, the greater # of "connections" you have (companies you invest in), the less likely it is that you actually play an active role in the company. This is especially true for investors/funds that invest in hundreds of companies. 2. Since the data comes from AngelList, the data is particularly skewed towards 1) angel investors, and 2) people on AngelList. It under-estimates the influence of people who have networks beyond just angel investing (Andreessen), and completely leaves out others (Ron Conway).
- randall 14y agoDavid Lee, for all intents, is Ronco on this, I'd wager. http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/22/ron-conway-makes-it-clear-that-sv-angel-is-david-lees-fund-and-it-might-be-raising-another-400m/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/22/ron-conway-makes-it-clear-t...
- argonaut 14y agoSure. I'm well aware of the SV Angel/David Lee/Ron Conway dynamic. But I guess that also proves my point that the graph is misleading.