How to Raise a Successful Angel Round: A Complete Guide

This article was originally posted on the OSlash blog in 2022. Updated for 2025 with current best practices. Back in November 2021, OSlash announced a $2.5 million pre-seed round led by Accel. This was followed by our post-seed round to the tune of $5 million in March 2022. The rounds saw participation from more than 50 angel investors and operators — the who’s who of business and technology — including Dylan Field (Figma), Akshay Kothari (Notion), Girish Mathrubootham (Freshworks), Olivier Pomel (Datadog), Nicolas Dessaigne (Algolia), Christian Oestlien (YouTube), Kunal Shah (CRED), and Cristina Cordova (First Round), among others. ...

March 15, 2022 · 21 min