Talk:AngelList

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

California: San Francisco Bay Area Low‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject California, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of California on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CaliforniaWikipedia:WikiProject CaliforniaTemplate:WikiProject CaliforniaCalifornia Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by San Francisco Bay Area task force (assessed as Low-importance). Companies Low‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Companies, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of companies on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CompaniesWikipedia:WikiProject CompaniesTemplate:WikiProject Companiescompany Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. WikiProject Companies To-do: Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Companies Assess : Category:Unassessed company articles Copyedit : Category:Company articles needing attention Infobox : Category:Company articles needing infoboxes Maintain : Portal:Companies Stubs : Help expand stub articles located at Category:Company stubs Other : Tag company articles with the {{portal|Companies}} template Tag company talk pages with the {{WikiProject Companies}} project banner Answer requests for comments Finance & Investment Low‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Finance & Investment, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Finance and Investment on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Finance & InvestmentWikipedia:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentTemplate:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentFinance & Investment Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. Technology This article is within the scope of WikiProject Technology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TechnologyWikipedia:WikiProject TechnologyTemplate:WikiProject TechnologyTechnology Websites: Computing Low‑importance This article is part of WikiProject Websites, an attempt to create and link together articles about the major websites on the web. To participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page.WebsitesWikipedia:WikiProject WebsitesTemplate:WikiProject WebsitesWebsites Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale. This article is supported by WikiProject Computing.

Would it be impolite to say that this article is utter crap? Will someone either delete it or improve it? 86.132.221.224 (talk) 21:48, 1 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

I'm doing the research to improve the article. There are so many news and scholarly articles surrounding this. Vinhloc30796 (talk) 17:57, 26 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Can AngelList really be classified as a crowd funding service? Dexterous1802 (talk) 20:11, 7 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

→I think yes, because although most investment deals are private and for accredited investors only, they are still a "crowd" of investors, not just one or two. Vinhloc30796 (talk) 07:47, 6 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

This article is awful promotion and needs real pruning. What are all these bold marks? I have cut a lot of fluff out of this article. I guess this has been added by a PR firm, so you need to write it more concisely before you add it again. Its way too much detail that is not suitable for wikipedia, we dont follow ever small detail about a company. Read WP:NOTADVERTISING before you add more promo content again. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 15:03, 6 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

I am a Sri Lankan. I am Chanaka Sadaruwan. I want to expand my small business currently running in the Sinharaja World Heritage Site into a large-scale foreign tourism business. I am currently running my business, which is registered with the Sri Lankan government, and I am looking for an investor to expand it. For that, we will give them a special offer. If anyone is interested in joining hands with this business, please contact us at *94 770841830(plus)@ 45.121.88.97 (talk) 16:07, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined.

Disclosure: I am an employee of AngelList and have a conflict of interest regarding this article. See my user page for full disclosure.

Proposed change: Add information about CEO Avlok Kohli's description of AngelList's 2019 transformation to the History section.

Rationale: This information provides important context about AngelList's strategic pivot in 2019, which represents a significant milestone in the company's evolution. The quote comes from an independent interview with an established fintech industry publication.

Source:

• Sokolin, Lex (2025). "Podcast: Inside the Platform Powering +$171B in Private Capital, with AngelList CEO Avlok Kohli". The Fintech Blueprint. Retrieved 09/29/25.

Proposed text:

"In a 2025 interview, CEO Avlok Kohli described 2019 as a "founding moment" for AngelList, when he spun out the company's syndicates business and transformed it into a fintech platform focused on fund management infrastructure. Kohli stated that AngelList "started off as a place for startups to come raise capital from VCs" and had evolved into "the go-to fintech platform for [general partners] that are looking to raise or scale their fund""

Suggested placement: This text could be added to the History section, either near the beginning to provide context for the company's evolution, or after the paragraph discussing the 2019 CEO transition.

I believe this addition would improve the article by providing encyclopedic context about the company's strategic direction while maintaining NPOV. I welcome feedback from uninvolved editors and am open to modifications that better serve Wikipedia's standards.

MTLuera (talk) 21:41, 29 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Meh, we dont really need podcasts as our sources. Find a mainstream source. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 08:43, 30 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Jtbobwaysf - Thank you for the feedback on podcasts as sources. As the proposed text above included direct quotes from that podcast interview, we'll pursue an alternate source and proposal separately. MTLuera (talk) 22:31, 30 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

== COI Edit Request: History Section - CEO Transition and Strategic Shift ==

Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented. I partially implemented this, I was unclear from the source in techcrunch if the company completely changed its focus, or if it just added a new product/service. I added it to the history section

Disclosure: I am an employee of AngelList and have a conflict of interest regarding this article. See my user page for full disclosure.

Proposed change: Add information about AngelList's strategic shift under CEO Avlok Kohli to the History section.

Rationale: This information provides important context about AngelList's transformation beginning in 2019, which represents a significant milestone in the company's evolution. The information comes from a TechCrunch article based on an exclusive interview with the CEO.

Source: * Azevedo, Mary Ann (July 28, 2023). "AngelList expands into private equity with acquisition of fintech startup Nova". TechCrunch. Retrieved 10/01/25.

Proposed text:

"After Avlok Kohli became CEO in 2019, AngelList shifted its focus from serving startups and early-stage investors to building infrastructure for fund management. Kohli described the company's mission as "building the infrastructure that powers the startup economy, including all the infrastructure needed to run venture funds." Under his leadership, AngelList expanded from syndicates and SPVs to larger venture funds.^[1]"

Suggested placement: This text could be added to the first History section after the description of the company's founding in 2010, providing context for the company's evolution. I believe this addition would improve the article by providing encyclopedic context about the company's strategic direction while maintaining NPOV. I welcome feedback from uninvolved editors and am open to modifications that better serve Wikipedia's standards.

~~~~ MTLuera (talk) 15:54, 1 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Normally we dont like these PR like quotes and prefer it to be in summary. Probably a summarized version would be fine. The source looks ok to me. Probably only this: "After Avlok Kohli became CEO in 2019, AngelList shifted its focus from serving startups and early-stage investors to building infrastructure for fund management." Comments? Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 08:09, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Ah, thank you for letting me know about the preference to keep it in summary. I'm fine with what you suggested above! Thank you @Jtbobwaysf 2601:283:5101:75E0:998:4050:B015:6906 (talk) 14:59, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Ah, thank you for letting me know about the preference to keep it in summary. I'm fine with what you suggested above! Thank you @Jtbobwaysf MTLuera (talk) 15:00, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

• I partially implemented the request above. Didnt seem clear from the tech crunch article (which appeared to be PR heavy) if the article subject was adding a new product or service, or if doing a full pivot. So I errored on caution, as this is what we do in wikivoice. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 05:49, 8 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

My edit has been reverted by @Jtbobwaysf. I removed the reference to Republic.com as a subsidiary because it is not a subsidiary, per the citation. The edit was reverted because of a conflict of interest but I am not associated with any of the parties, directly or indirectly, I was just doing research on AngelList and the relationship to Republic stood out as worth investigating. Republic is not a subsidiary and should be removed, per my edit. 382697f8 (talk) 16:50, 7 May 2026 (UTC)Reply