Elizabeth Yin: a single $5k angel check traced to $700k of a 50% oversubscribed round
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-05
Hustle Fund GP Elizabeth Yin shares lessons from her upcoming book The $1000 Angel, drawn from reviewing 100k pitches and investing in 1000 startups including Anthropic, Olipop and Mejuri. Case in point: founder Steven Fitzsimmons tracked every check and intro analytically, and found over $700k of his 50% oversubscribed round traced back to a single $5k angel check. Her core thesis: make 50-100 bets over 5-10 years, expect 100x outcomes rather than 2x, and accept that the best deals look weird at first.
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