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We analyzed over 2000 angel investors on factors such as network strength, rate of follow-on investment, # of exits, brand and more. Here's how angel investors stack up. We previously looked at assessing corporate VCs and AngelList syndicates using the same algorithms we use to assess financial or pure-play VCs and today we're turning our Investor Mosaic algorithms onto individual angel investors. Specifically, we analyzed 2000 individual angel investors and looked at Investor Mosaic factors such as an investor’s stage of entry, past exits, network centrality, and brand, among other things, in order to understand who the top angels really are. The top-ranked angels included well-known names such as Naval Ravikant, Ashton Kutcher, Tim Ferriss, and David Tisch as well as some lesser-known names as you will see below. As always, the data in this brief all comes from CB Insights. The analysis is broken down as follows:

Strength of Network - Alexis Ohanian Leads

Academics have found that the strength of a VC's network is a key determinant of investor success. Having a strong network for an angel investor means better deal-flow, access to better information, syndicate partners and follow-on investors. The network centrality algorithm is akin to the initial Google Pagerank algo. Simplistically, it measures the breadth of connections an investor has (the sheer # of connections) and the quality of those links, i.e. having investments get follow-on funding from Sequoia Capital is worth more than Joe Schmoe VC. Below are the top 20 angel investors based on their Network Centrality scores. Using the CB Insights Investor Syndicate Dashboard, we can also see which VCs tend to follow-on to each angel's companies most frequently. Alexis Ohanian, founder of social news site Reddit, ranked first in Network Centrality among all angels, with New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures, and First Round Capital following-on to his investments most frequently. Also of note, 6 of the top 20 angels by network centrality had affiliations with famed accelerator Y Combinator. These angels included Y Combinator's current President, Sam Altman, current/past Partners Garry Tan, Geoff Ralston, Paul Buchheit, and Harj Taggar, and Ambassador Alexis Ohanian. Of the follow-on investors, First Round Capital was the most-frequent indicating the firm's strong ties to prominent angel investors. Andreessen Horowitz and SV Angel rounded out the top 3.