// vc

Angel investing

Advisor and angel investing from a builder seat

I invest and advise selectively as an operator who has built, raised, shipped, and sold. This page is for founders who want a direct pitch, not a manufactured portfolio wall.

approach.md

// how I look at deals

Operator first

Prefer founders who can explain the product, the loop, and the risk without a slide that does the talking.
Helpful on architecture, agent product surface, hiring, and the ugly middle between demo and durable system.
No invented check sizes, logos, or deal list here. If we talk, we talk about your company as it is.

// thesis (general)

Areas I am watching

Speculative framing, not a closed fund mandate. Useful as a signal of what I will read carefully.

AI agents

Teams turning agents into real product surface: run loops, evals, permissions, and the boring glue that keeps them from failing quietly.

Infra for builders

Developer tools and platforms that make shipping safer and faster when the unit of work is an agent, not a ticket.

Founder-led

Early teams where the founders still own the hard technical bets, and advice can compound because the product is still plastic.

pitch.form

// pitch

Send a pitch

Submits by email to pratik@pa.tel. I read these personally.