Wannabe Angels

In this episode Colin and Harry talk with Andrew Gluck.  He is the Founder & Solo GP of irrvrnt. He spent over a decade in digital marketing, including founding WITHIN where he spent $1B+ on Google and Facebook for brands like Nike, Intuit, Goop, Rothy's and more. After a successful exit in 2018, he transitioned into an early-stage venture.irrvrnt is an ~$10MM early-stage fund with a strong focus...

In this episode, Colin and Harry talk to Sam Huleatt.  Sam is a seasoned professional in the startup and venture capital scene who is taking some time off to explore and actively invest. Most recently, he built and ran the On Deck Angel (ODA) program and was part of On Deck's fund team, where he also helped develop the capital network strategy.   In the past, Sam co-founded Workstreamer, a B2B sal...

In this episode, Colin and Harry talk with Kyle Richless. Kyle is a hands-on, GTM advisor/investor, with a particular focus towards optimizing the commercial machine of 2-sided marketplaces, verticalized SaaS plays & and consumer businesses (e.g. leveraging a capital-efficient growth marketing motion).  The first 9 years of his career, post law school, he helped to build the commercial machine at...

In this episode, Colin and Harry talk to Sammer Singh.  Sameer is an early-stage investor focused on network effects. "Creator" of Breadcrumb.vc and Applied Network Effects (one of the highest rated courses on Maven) — both are globally renowned resources to learn about network effects. He is  also a Venture Partner at Speedinvest and part of the Atomico Angel Program, where he invests in early-st...

In this episode, Colin and Harry talk with Amber Illig.  Amber Illig is an angel investor turned solo General Partner at The Council Fund, where she invests in founders that are transforming traditional industries. Fund I has a $5m target to invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies across Vertical SaaS, Fintech, and Healthcare. Before investing full time, Amber was an operations leader at Eli L...

In this episode, Colin is joined by Nick Tippmann. Nick Tippmann is a successful angel investor focusing on early-stage B2B Vertical SaaS companies. He has invested in over 50 startups and is an LP in various emerging funds. Nick was previously the CMO and part of the founding team at Greenlight Guru, a pioneer in the vertical SaaS (vSaaS) model for MedTech companies. With his experience building...

In this episode of Wannabe Angels, Harry, and Colin fly solo, and they discuss their updates in angel investing. Harry discusses his new fund, and Colin talks about his latest syndications with yonder.vc . Don’t worry; they also cover some trending Twitter topics. Where to Listen and Watch: Apple - Spotify - YouTube - Segments: 0:00 - Intro 01:09 - Harry’s Big “Fund” News 9:02 - Colin’s Syndicate...

In this episode, Colin and Harry are joined by swyx aka Shawn Wang. Shawn is a well-known angel investor actively involved in the developer relations and developer tools community. He has made a name for himself as a blogger, speaker, and community organizer. Get ready to learn everything you wanted about Devtools, Devrel, becoming a scout, and much more! Where to Listen and Watch: Apple - Spotify...

In this episode, Harry and Colin are joined by Dennis Hegstad. Dennis is an angel investor and the founder of Vigilance. The company protects direct-to-consumer brands from coupon leaks. Before that, he co-founded Live Recover, which was later acquired. Dennis is an expert in the Shopify ecosystem and all things DTC. He invests through his aptly named business Fake VC. We go into Dennis’s portfoli...

Gale Wilkinson joins Harry and Colin to discuss her journey into angel investing and what she does to make it open to everyone.  Gale is VITALIZE's founder and Managing Partner, a seed fund and angel community investing in transformative WorkTech software. Previously, Wilkinson worked at IrishAngels, one of the largest angel groups in the world. Gale has led $70M+ in early-stage deals across 125+...

In this bonus episode, Harry and Colin discuss their interview from episode 8 with Kirk Ouimet. The original episode can her found here . Where to Listen and Watch: Apple - Spotify - YouTube - Segments: 0:00 - Intro 3:30 - Will Harry change his investments based on what he learned from Kirk? 4:39 - Thoughts on investing beyond your network/area of expertise 7:09 - Colin’s story about investing in...

In this episode, Harry and Colin talk to Kirk Ouimet. Kirk Ouimet is a successful entrepreneur, inventor, and investor who founded Scan, a computer vision company that created a popular app downloaded over 250 million times. He sold the company to Snap Inc., helped scale their engineering team, and launched an office in Utah. Kirk authored over 20 patents and provided his team and investors $100M+...

Brian is the co-founder and lead for the Lyft syndicate UpLyft, which has 3,500+ members, and a Co-Founder of Hustle Fund's Angel Squad. Across all of his syndications, they have raised $55M+. He has also been an operator working at Lyft, Zoox, and Blackbird and co-founded two companies. Where to Listen and Watch: Apple - Spotify - YouTube - Segments: 0:00 - Intro 08:11 - What is the story behind...

In this episode, Harry and Colin speak with Andrew Arruda. Andrew is a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor. Andrew is the CEO/Co-founder of Flexpa . Andrew speaks internationally on the subjects of startups, innovation, and entrepreneurship and has been featured in publications such as The New York Times , BBC , Wired , CNBC , CBS , Bloomberg , Fortune , Forbes , TechCrunch , The Washing...

In this episode, Harry and Colin talk with Scott Paul. Scott is a long time angel investor based in Utah and focused in Utah, he is well known startup comedian, hair-influencer and general fun and irreverent personality. He is also a founder/partner of Convoi Ventures with Trent Mano which is a Utah focused pre-seed fund. In this episode, Scott discusses what he has learned over the last 9 years a...

In this episode, Colin and Harry discuss what they have recently been up to in the world of angel investing, a recent twitter thread, and what types of companies they chose to invest in and why. 0:00 - Intro 01:00 - What did Harry do recently in the World of Angel Investing? 01:51 - What did Colin do recently in the World of Angel Investing? 03:24 - Featured Twitter Thread- Should you invest only...

In this quick episode of Wannabe Angels, Harry and Colin discuss the interview with Jack Greco from Episode 2. What went right, what went wrong and how they can do better in the future. 0:00 - Intro 01:07 - Passion and Skin in the Game 02:36 - Investing in Public Company 04:30 - Angel Investing is an Extension of Workforce 06:34 - Early Angel investing, Consider being an LP or Emerging Manager 07:...

In this Episode of Wannabe Angels, Harry and Colin are joined by guest Jack Greco. Jack is from Buffalo, New York, and co-founded one of the area’s most successful startups, ACV Auctions. He currently runs a Pre-seed/Seed venture fund focusing on B2B marketplaces. He also is a founding partner at Far Out Ventures. A former super angel with 120+ direct investments and 50+ LP positions under his bel...

In this episode, Harry and Colin discuss the meaning of Angel investing, their goals with this podcast, and how they got started. They also discuss topics such as Pro Rata, and some recent trending twitter threads related to Angel Investing. 0:00 - Introduction 01:50 - Colin Gardiner Introduction 04:00 - Harry Campbell Introduction 05:56 - What to expect from this podcast 07:59 - What is an Angel...