How to Reach Angel Investors in the San Francisco Area for Agentic AI Startup?

17 points by ttsemih 14 days ago

Hi 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!

chunky1994 14 days ago

I'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.

  • ttsemih 13 days ago

    We’ve converted some of them, but I want to provide a better user experience.

MobzAlex 14 days ago

Plenty of angels on HN. Whats the startup?

horizontech-dev 11 days ago

Even 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.

pbiggar 14 days ago

Make 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.

  • ttsemih 13 days ago

    I have so many founder friends in SF, but their investors expect them to focus and work solely on their own thing.

    • pbiggar 13 days ago

      I 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.

listeven12 13 days ago

Hey, happy to take a look - shoot me an email at levensti@gmail.com?

  • jasfi 13 days ago

    I'm not OP, but I'm working on an AI powered NoCode platform. Could I contact you once I have a prototype going?

    • bansheeps 13 days ago

      Ask for forgiveness rather than permission.

      • jasfi 13 days ago

        I'll probably take a chance when I'm ready.

  • uma08 11 days ago

    i'm building in the ai infra layer, could I reach out too?

  • stafino 9 days ago

    guys: if you feel a need to ask for a permission to reach out - frankly I don't think you are "that guy"