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We're in this together, investing in bold ideas and the founders brave enough to chase them.
The posts and insights here reflect our collective hunch, that the future's full of unknowns, and no one can predict it. But with shared perspectives and a little optimism, we just might back the ones who get it right.
Why the problem statement is the most important slide in any angel pitch and how angels separate fundable niches from society-sized traps, with regtech as the elegant exception.
MooCoo backs indi, the medtech company putting parents and allied health professionals on the same page through a child’s developmental journey.
Australia’s smelters are closing one by one. Bailouts won’t reverse it, and politics won’t either. Here’s where the catalyst comes from and what angels should watch for.
The sentences that will matter most in the AI S-1s won’t be the ones everyone reads. What an angel investor brings to the room, and why the AI vintage will need it.
Why AI-driven unemployment will not end in depression, the savings generated by productivity improvements, and why that matters for angel investors.
MooCoo backs Enaxiom, the Australian startup turning data centre cooling on its head, cutting energy consumption and generating ultra-pure water as a by-product.
Why the smartest consumer product founders build patent commercialisation companies, not manufacturing empires, and why angels who understand the difference back more winners.
The more capable AI becomes at analysing deals, the clearer it becomes that analysis was never the hard part: conviction is. Here’s why the final choice is still human-led.
MooCoo backs Wellumio, the New Zealand medtech company bringing MRI-quality stroke diagnostics to the bedside and better outcomes to patients.
In 2000, a simple formula revealed the internet’s commercial structure. Here’s what 600,000 domain names taught one angel investor and why it still matters.
Why micro nuclear, Australian uranium enrichment, and angel investing are about to collide.
Is the stagflation paradox actually an opportunity? The collision of an oil shock and the AI megatrend may create the best angel vintage in a generation.
As an angel investor, I’m not buying into the SaaS sell-off as proof that software is dead. What is happening is public markets are repricing software based on what is actually defensible in an AI-native world – that distinction matters.
Where do angel investment ideas come from? Richard Moore shares how decades of pattern recognition, daily walks, and 5,000+ podcasts shape his thinking.
Angel investing offers exited founders a rare second act. It’s intellectually stimulating and purposeful. Richard Moore shares how he found his next chapter and how you might find yours.
AI second-order effects will create entirely new industries as roles disappear and new work emerges. History shows where investors should look next.
