How to Reach Angel Investors in the San Francisco Area for Agentic AI Startup?
By: ttsemihHi All! We’ve recently launched a San Francisco-based Agentic AI startup. So far, we’ve organically built a waitlist of over 1000 users and converted some of them into paying subscribers without any marketing spend. With this early traction, we’re eager to scale our platform and attract enterprise clients. Given our progress, what strategies or channels would you recommend for connecting with angel investors in the San Francisco area? Any insights or advice on approaching potential investors effectively would be greatly appreciated!
By: chunky1994
11 months agoI'd suggest investing your time in the product first and converting the waitlist to real users before trying to take on external investment. It will either make it much easier or you won't need to raise depending on what happens when your product goes out to the 1000 user list.
By: ttsemih
11 months agoWe’ve converted some of them, but I want to provide a better user experience.
By: MobzAlex
11 months agoPlenty of angels on HN. Whats the startup?
By: horizontech-dev
11 months agoEven though they are mainly for DevTools/Infra you can try https://buildrappo.com/
As an early-stage tech founder, I have met multiple leaders there who are also angels on the side. All the best.
By: pbiggar
11 months agoMake friends with other entrepreneurs. Impress them and ask them for intros to their investors. If you're good, and your product is good, they'll want to introduce you as it looks good for them.
By: ttsemih
11 months agoI have so many founder friends in SF, but their investors expect them to focus and work solely on their own thing.
By: pbiggar
11 months agoI think you might misunderstand what I'm saying. An introduction is an email. If you already knew that, then you either misunderstand how the game is played, or your friends won't introduce you because they don't believe in what you're building.
By: listeven12
11 months agoHey, happy to take a look - shoot me an email at levensti@gmail.com?
By: jasfi
11 months agoI'm not OP, but I'm working on an AI powered NoCode platform. Could I contact you once I have a prototype going?
By: bansheeps
11 months agoAsk for forgiveness rather than permission.
By: jasfi
11 months agoI'll probably take a chance when I'm ready.
By: JourneyJourney
11 months agoYou're already ready Neo.
By: uma08
11 months agoi'm building in the ai infra layer, could I reach out too?
By: stafino
11 months agoguys: if you feel a need to ask for a permission to reach out - frankly I don't think you are "that guy"
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