Florida Angels Join $4.7M Hyperspectral Imaging Round, AI Writes up to One-Third of Microsoft's Code, and Why Clarity is Kindness

Happy Thursday.

Here are your angel deals of the week, some bookmarks I think you’ll enjoy, and the best nugget from my conversation with Angel Capital Association Chair Emeritus, Marcia Dawood.

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week

Angel funding rounds announced in recent weeks, compiled from public sources. These deals represent the elite few that survived an angel network’s vetting process. Note: I have not personally analyzed these companies and am sharing for informational purposes only.

🤝 Want more details on these companies or have an angel deal to share? Reply to this email - I’d be happy to connect you with the source angel group or feature your deal.

🤖 Deal summaries generated using dealmemo.ai.

🧾 Check out every deal we’ve tracked here.

Coologics | Drug-free vaginal infection treatment

Participating Groups: Ohio State Early Investor Network, Illini Angels

Coologics is developing a drug-free intravaginal cooling device called Vlisse to treat vaginal infections without antibiotics. The Cleveland-based clinical-stage medical device company recently secured $3M in Seed funding led by Prevail and Dream Ventures, with participation from Ohio State Early Investor Network and Illini Angels. Funds will be used to accelerate their ongoing clinical trial, FDA submission, and initial market release of Vlisse, which leverages patented cooling technology to restore the vaginal environment to a healthy state.

Kim Langdon, MD | $3M Seed | Cleveland, OH | April 2025 | Source

Hinalea Imaging | Intelligent hyperspectral imaging solutions

Participating Group: New World Angels

Hinalea Imaging Corp. develops AI-enabled hyperspectral imaging systems combined with machine learning to provide actionable insights for industrial quality control and contamination detection. The company recently secured $4.7 million in Series Seed financing led by Pangaea Ventures and TEL Venture Capital, with New World Angels contributing $575,000. Hinalea's technology is designed to improve inspection processes across food safety, toxin detection, and microbial detection markets by automating quality management through advanced optics and real-time data analysis.

Barry McDonogh | $4.7M Seed | Emeryville, CA | April 2025 | Source

Bagel AI | Product-GTM alignment platform

Participating Group: CS Angel

Bagel AI is developing an AI platform that connects product and go-to-market teams through customer-specific AI models that transform scattered data into actionable insights. The platform integrates with business tools like Jira, Gong, Salesforce, and Zendesk, helping teams align without switching platforms. A Google AI First accelerator graduate, Bagel AI recently secured $5.5 million in Seed funding led by at.inc/ with participation from Demo Capital, Loyal VC, CS Angel, and angels including former Zoom CPO Oded Gal and CyberArk founder Udi Mokady.

Ohad Biron, Itai Danino, Yuval Nachman | $5.5M Seed | Herzliya, Israel | April 2025 | Source

🔖 Bookmarks

1. Wow. On tuesday Microsoft’s CEO indicated up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI. 💻

2. Unexpected Findings: The #1 use for AI in 2025, according to a study from Harvard Business Review, was Therapy and Companionship. ❤️

3. I’m Loving This Book Right Now: After seeing Ilya Strebulaev present at the Angel Capital Association event this month, I picked up his book “The Venture Mindset”. I’m just a few chapters in, but I already recommend for anyone who wants to be a better angel investor. 🚀

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🥇 The Nugget: My Top Takeaway from This Week’s Conversation with Marcia

Clarity is Kindness 🚫

When entrepreneurs fundraise, they're juggling 2.5 full-time jobs - building their company, maintaining some semblance of personal life, AND courting investors.

This fundraising marathon becomes exponentially more painful when investors won't provide clear answers.

Marcia often asks founders on her Angel Next Door Podcast what feedback they’d give to angels. Here’s one of her takeaways:

Takeaway: Clarity is kindness. Be honest, and if you’ve come to a decision that you're not investing, communicate that decision quickly and directly. Every day an entrepreneur spends chasing a potential "yes" that's actually a "no" is a day they could have spent finding an actual "yes" elsewhere.

Want more? Check out my full conversation with Marcia 👇

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Until Next Week 👋

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-Andrew

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