Sahil Lavingia: Building Gumroad While Angel Investing in 100+ Startups

How Sahil Lavingia balances running Gumroad with an active angel portfolio. His investment criteria and founder-friendly approach.

How Sahil Lavingia balances running Gumroad with an active angel portfolio. His investment criteria and founder-friendly approach.

Written by Sahin Boydas — serial entrepreneur, 2x exited founder, and angel investor in 207+ startups including OpenAI, Anthropic, Scale AI, and Hugging Face. Ranked #1 most active angel investor in 2024 by Crunchbase.

This article is part of my ongoing series on angel investing, based on real experience from building a portfolio of 207+ investments across AI, fintech, robotics, developer tools, and more.

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