I invest in seed-stage dev tools startups alongside others (most of them are also on HN - here’s a list of people[1]) and I’m also a part of the Uber alumni investment syndicate[2].
Genuine Question: For somebody not working in the US/SF (and not in a well known startup) but with the desire to invest small amounts into startups (made money with side projects, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26604106) how would one go about finding a group like that?
Seattle Angel Conference. That's what it's all about. Teaching investors and entrepreurs - with actual deals.
I'm building fDeploy[1] which is a dev tool similar to Octopus Deploy, but more simplified in order to keep it lightweight and more affordable. I never intended to make money off this (started building it when Octopus Deploy removed their free tier), but if there is enough interest, I wouldn't mind switching to fulltime...