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orange_puff | 1 year ago

May I ask how you got the opportunity to invest in this company? If you are a VC, makes sense, just wondering how normies can get access to invest in companies they believe in. Thanks

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zachthewf|1 year ago

If you're an accredited investor (make sure you meet the financial criteria) you can cold email seed/pre-seed stage companies. These companies typically raise on SAFEs and may have low minimum investments (say $5k or $10k).

YC lists all their companies here: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies.

Many companies are likely happy to take your small check if you are a nice person and can be even minimally helpful to them. Note that for YC companies you'll probably have to swallow the pill of a $20M valuation or so.

taylorwc|1 year ago

I do indeed work in VC. But as another reply mentions, any accredited investor can write small checks into startups, and most preseed/seed founders are happy to take angel checks.