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Oct 2, 2026
What it Takes to Raise an Angel Round: A Conversation with Colin Magne, Founder of Japan Angels
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0:53Lee JeanHOST
How did you get to become an angel investor and what has that journey been like for you?
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0:58Colin MagneGUEST
So I was born and raised in France and my studies were in France, but I was lucky to completely randomly get an internship offer in the US in the Silicon Valley because at that time, my background was software engineering.
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1:14Colin MagneGUEST
So I started to work for the first time in my life in the Silicon Valley as a software engineer.
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1:21Colin MagneGUEST
So intern and then I graduated and stayed in the same company as a software engineer for three years.
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7:24Lee JeanHOST
Were there any startups that you can talk about maybe in general at the beginning of your investment career where it's like, oh, that was such a mistake investing in them or maybe like a win or like a startup that you remember investing in and it paid off in the end? Any stories that you can share?