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Sure, but that is unrealistic. If I get an angel investor who then says "hey my buddy wants to get in as well", they aren't going to agree to split their own share by half.

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This is definitely anecdata, but sometimes they will. In particular, I've definitely been asked to reduce my own allocation to let someone else in.

Same here. As well as splits of tickets between related investors to spread risk.

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