Why I stopped angel investing after 15 years (and what I'm doing instead)

I’m testing out putting the entire article in the email vs making you click through to my blog. I think it will be easier for you to read (let’s just hope I don’t have any post-send edits). Let me know what you think by forwarding to a friend to subscribe 🙏 After 15 consecutive years of angel investing, I hit pause in 2024. It's now been a full 12 months without writing a check, marking the longest hiatus in my angel "career." There isn't enough transparency in angel investing, and my past posts on the topic have been reader favorites. So I decided to share why I stepped back from angel investing after backing 54 companies and what I'm doing instead. Next week, I'll follow up with the cold, hard data on my portfolio performance. My original motivations for angel investing A few years ago, people were trying to convince me to raise a fund. There was a lot of money going around for emerging fund managers, and I had enough of a track record to make a reasonable VC. I thought seriously ... Read full article.