Angel investor extraordinaire David Rose has more than 80 companies in his portfolio. David Tisch, former managing director of Tech Stars NYC, told a conference audience last year that he had stakes in 51 companies. Brian Cohen, chairman of the New York Angels, has money in dozens of young startups.
The three are among a handful of "super angels" operating in New York City for the past few years. Also known as mini-VCs, super angels are active, experienced investors who make upwards of five or 10 investments a year, often with their own dollars but sometimes with other people's. What characterizes them is the size of their investments (up to about $250,000), the number of companies they invest in, and the stage where they specialize (the seed, or startup, stage).
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