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Mexican Beauty Brand Raises $4M, HNW Investors Put 12% into Private Equity, and the Case for Starting in a Down Market

Apr 16, 2026

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4 min read

Mexican Beauty Brand Raises $4M, HNW Investors Put 12% into Private Equity, and the Case for Starting in a Down Market

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | April 16, 2026

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+5

Estate Sale AI, Why High Oil Prices Rattle Private Markets, and the Startup Loss Deduction Most Angels Miss

Apr 2, 2026

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8 min read

Estate Sale AI, Why High Oil Prices Rattle Private Markets, and the Startup Loss Deduction Most Angels Miss

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | April 2, 2026

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+4

Turkey Barn Robots, The 8 Moats of Enduring Software, and Why Context Is Everything in Angel Investing

Mar 19, 2026

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8 min read

Turkey Barn Robots, The 8 Moats of Enduring Software, and Why Context Is Everything in Angel Investing

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | March 19, 2026

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+5

AI Replaces Weeks of Elite Forensics Work, Claude Vending Machine Orders a Live Fish, and Why Younger Investors Don't Call Themselves Angels

Feb 19, 2026

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6 min read

AI Replaces Weeks of Elite Forensics Work, Claude Vending Machine Orders a Live Fish, and Why Younger Investors Don't Call Themselves Angels

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | February 19, 2026

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+3

Contactless Magnetic Gears, Anthropic Quietly Drops Opus 4.6, and Why Angel Groups Stall at 20-50 Members

Feb 12, 2026

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8 min read

Contactless Magnetic Gears, Anthropic Quietly Drops Opus 4.6, and Why Angel Groups Stall at 20-50 Members

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | February 12, 2026

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+4

Remote Asthma Monitoring Secures Seed Funding, INVEST Act Heads to Senate, and the Brutal Economics of Fridge Real Estate

Dec 18, 2025

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8 min read

Remote Asthma Monitoring Secures Seed Funding, INVEST Act Heads to Senate, and the Brutal Economics of Fridge Real Estate

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | December 18, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+5

Seizure Prediction Wearable Hits Clinical Trials, a16z's 14 Big Ideas for 2026, and Why Cleantech Isn't Dead

Dec 11, 2025

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7 min read

Seizure Prediction Wearable Hits Clinical Trials, a16z's 14 Big Ideas for 2026, and Why Cleantech Isn't Dead

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | December 11, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+8

24-Hour Healthcare Payment Platform Raises $4M, Analyzing 1929 vs 2025 Market Dynamics, and the Perils of Too Much Angel Deal Flow

Nov 13, 2025

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7 min read

24-Hour Healthcare Payment Platform Raises $4M, Analyzing 1929 vs 2025 Market Dynamics, and the Perils of Too Much Angel Deal Flow

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | November 13, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+5

IoT Showerheads Save Hotels $20 Per Room, How Being Rude to ChatGPT Boosts Accuracy, and Takeaways from Analysis of 101 Angel Deals

Oct 30, 2025

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8 min read

IoT Showerheads Save Hotels $20 Per Room, How Being Rude to ChatGPT Boosts Accuracy, and Takeaways from Analysis of 101 Angel Deals

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | October 30, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Enterprise

+6

AI Maternity Care Secures $8M, a16z's Prediction Economy Thesis, and why Guardrails are a Good Thing

Oct 16, 2025

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7 min read

AI Maternity Care Secures $8M, a16z's Prediction Economy Thesis, and why Guardrails are a Good Thing

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | October 16, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+7

AI Sleep Intelligence Secures $5.5M, Insider-only Boards Increase Catastrophic Risk, and the WealthTech Go-to-market Dilemma

Oct 9, 2025

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8 min read

AI Sleep Intelligence Secures $5.5M, Insider-only Boards Increase Catastrophic Risk, and the WealthTech Go-to-market Dilemma

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | October 9, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Enterprise

+5

A Mobile Carrier That Rewards Data Abstinence, Why AI Leaders are Really Selling Biology, and Volume as a Competitive Advantage

Oct 2, 2025

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7 min read

A Mobile Carrier That Rewards Data Abstinence, Why AI Leaders are Really Selling Biology, and Volume as a Competitive Advantage

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | October 2, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Enterprise

+7

AI-Powered Energy Savings, Data from 2,176 Startups on the SAFE Valuation Cap Spread, and Why Economics Always Win

Sep 25, 2025

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7 min read

AI-Powered Energy Savings, Data from 2,176 Startups on the SAFE Valuation Cap Spread, and Why Economics Always Win

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | September 25, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Enterprise

+3

Basketball AI Scores $500K, Bessemer Predicts 95% AI-Generated Code by 2030, and the Power of Coffee Shop Diligence

Sep 18, 2025

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7 min read

Basketball AI Scores $500K, Bessemer Predicts 95% AI-Generated Code by 2030, and the Power of Coffee Shop Diligence

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week September 18, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

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Gourmet Cocoa Raises $750K, the Perils of SAFE Stacking, and Angel Investing with a Double Bottom Line

Sep 11, 2025

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7 min read

Gourmet Cocoa Raises $750K, the Perils of SAFE Stacking, and Angel Investing with a Double Bottom Line

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | September 11, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+6

Saliva Diagnostics, the AI Safety Movement, and Why "Access to Capital" Isn't a Problem

Aug 14, 2025

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7 min read

Saliva Diagnostics, the AI Safety Movement, and Why "Access to Capital" Isn't a Problem

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | August 14, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+4

Special episode on what the "Big Beautiful Bill" means for angels, animal fertility control draws Texas investors, and 42% of businesses now pay for AI

Jul 10, 2025

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7 min read

Special episode on what the "Big Beautiful Bill" means for angels, animal fertility control draws Texas investors, and 42% of businesses now pay for AI

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | July 10, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+7

Athlete equity startup raises $1M, AI is super bad at Pokémon, and how angel investing is evolving beyond the "black art"

Jun 19, 2025

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8 min read

Athlete equity startup raises $1M, AI is super bad at Pokémon, and how angel investing is evolving beyond the "black art"

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | June 19, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+4

Bioelectronic Medicine Secures $15M, Angel Group Applications Spike 30%, and Why Sniffing Out the "Desperation" Raise is so Important

May 15, 2025

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7 min read

Bioelectronic Medicine Secures $15M, Angel Group Applications Spike 30%, and Why Sniffing Out the "Desperation" Raise is so Important

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | May 15, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Enterprise

+6

One-Click Payment Tech Secures $2.4M, Human-Powered 'AI' Startup Exposed, and why Angel Education Drives Capital Activation

Apr 17, 2025

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7 min read

One-Click Payment Tech Secures $2.4M, Human-Powered 'AI' Startup Exposed, and why Angel Education Drives Capital Activation

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | April 17, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+5

Michigan Angel Group Backs Nursing Home Logistics, AI Dominates Q1 Funding, and Why it Takes 500 Site Walks

Apr 10, 2025

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7 min read

Michigan Angel Group Backs Nursing Home Logistics, AI Dominates Q1 Funding, and Why it Takes 500 Site Walks

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | April 10, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+6

Advanced Color Perception Tech Gets Angel Backing, AI-Powered EV Charging Network Expands Globally, and Why Transparent Values Save Everyone Time

Apr 3, 2025

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6 min read

Advanced Color Perception Tech Gets Angel Backing, AI-Powered EV Charging Network Expands Globally, and Why Transparent Values Save Everyone Time

🔥 Angel Deals of the Week | April 3, 2025

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Enterprise

+4

📣Newsletter Update | Your Angel Deals of the Week

Mar 20, 2025

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8 min read

📣Newsletter Update | Your Angel Deals of the Week

Eardrum repair, blood transfusion tech, digital asset ops, and why water-cooled reactors are so darn common

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+6

Nuclear's Factory Future, AI-powered Housekeeping, and 20,000 Creators Find Their Digital Home

Mar 13, 2025

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8 min read

Nuclear's Factory Future, AI-powered Housekeeping, and 20,000 Creators Find Their Digital Home

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow

Deals

+5

📰BIG NEWS: Angel Deal Flow is Here

Mar 10, 2025

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7 min read

📰BIG NEWS: Angel Deal Flow is Here

Pelvic floor health, non-opioid pain management, niche beauty products, and a wedding coordinator marketplace

Andrew Kazlow
Andrew Kazlow
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