One common thread I noticed is AngelList. It's hard to overstate the important role AngelList has these days in connecting early startups with valuable mentors and investors.
Hi Josh, you are absolutely right, AngelList has been crucial for us and it is an amazing platform, we are hugely thankful for Nivi and Naval who are putting all the hard work in!
I think the most important thing is having this number of strategic allies. People might not know but Hiten was actually building a competing product (I cannot remember the name).
So is anyone of them joining the board? was there any lead investor?
So a few days before getting kicked of of the US you pick up this loot? Awesome!
Yes, there is actually no lead investor, we just collected smaller checks, so we can stay in control. At the same time, we have given up no board seat! :)
You got it exactly right, we did all the most important things one should be doing in Silicon Valley and are now leaving (the money comes with us), but we will be back in a few months! :)
I'm curious to know: have you had or do you anticipate administrative headache/timesuck in having to liaise with 19 different investors + previous investors (via Angelpad)? Or since you've expanded, do you have 1 person dedicated to this?
They bundled Thomas Korte and Gokul Rajaram since they're the founders of AngelPad and they bundled Gady Nemirovsky and Robert Fanini since they're the founders of Inspiration VC.
