Colin Boey
@colinboey.bsky.social
Angel investor, adviser and syndicate lead, investing $150k into B2B SaaS globally, especially in automation/productivity/efficiency. 👨👩👦🏂🥘🍷☕️🎮
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Colin Boey
@colinboey.bsky.social
· Jan 7
G'day folks! Former investment banker turned full time angel investor, deploying $150k into B2B SaaS companies globally with a community of like minded investors.
Looking forward to discussing tech, investing, parenting, food, coffee, winter sports and chess with you all.
👨👩👦🥘☕🏂♟️
Looking forward to discussing tech, investing, parenting, food, coffee, winter sports and chess with you all.
👨👩👦🥘☕🏂♟️
Feeling a bit guilty for neglecting BlueSky these past few months, but I’m looking forward to reconnecting and learning from you all again
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Feeling a bit guilty for neglecting BlueSky these past few months, but I’m looking forward to reconnecting and learning from you all again
To age verify my account, BlueSky let me choose between a face scan and a 5p charge. Turns out my privacy is worth less than a Freddo.
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
To age verify my account, BlueSky let me choose between a face scan and a 5p charge. Turns out my privacy is worth less than a Freddo.
Just got back from an incredible two-week holiday in China 🇨🇳 Some quick impressions that stuck with me:
#ChinaOnTheRise
#ChinaOnTheRise
April 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Just got back from an incredible two-week holiday in China 🇨🇳 Some quick impressions that stuck with me:
#ChinaOnTheRise
#ChinaOnTheRise
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Few things make me livid when I see them online seeing parents proudly say they have no regrets after letting their child die of measles, a fully preventable disease, I lose it for a bit.
That’s child neglect.
CPS has taken Black kids for far less, and it’s infuriating to watch this go unchecked.
That’s child neglect.
CPS has taken Black kids for far less, and it’s infuriating to watch this go unchecked.
March 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Few things make me livid when I see them online seeing parents proudly say they have no regrets after letting their child die of measles, a fully preventable disease, I lose it for a bit.
That’s child neglect.
CPS has taken Black kids for far less, and it’s infuriating to watch this go unchecked.
That’s child neglect.
CPS has taken Black kids for far less, and it’s infuriating to watch this go unchecked.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
It’s no John le Carré novel, but the unfolding Deel Rippling story is pretty juicy
March 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It’s no John le Carré novel, but the unfolding Deel Rippling story is pretty juicy
March 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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I don’t recall Elon Musk ever thanking taxpayers for his tens of billions of dollars in subsidies.
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I don’t recall Elon Musk ever thanking taxpayers for his tens of billions of dollars in subsidies.
I'm on v52 of a script and at this point I think Claude 3.7 is just straight up trolling me when it says "I see that you're still trying to run processDeal directly, which is causing the error."
Mate, I'm not trying anything. It's your bloody code I am pasting into the script manager. #vibecoding
Mate, I'm not trying anything. It's your bloody code I am pasting into the script manager. #vibecoding
February 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm on v52 of a script and at this point I think Claude 3.7 is just straight up trolling me when it says "I see that you're still trying to run processDeal directly, which is causing the error."
Mate, I'm not trying anything. It's your bloody code I am pasting into the script manager. #vibecoding
Mate, I'm not trying anything. It's your bloody code I am pasting into the script manager. #vibecoding
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MSNBC worries about the perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds.
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
February 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
MSNBC worries about the perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds.
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage.
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
Question for VCs and angels - how egregious is it for a company to market themselves as having AI agents in their fundraising deck, when under the hood it's just If/Then algos?
Follow up question - Do you call it out as misleading?
I mean, they are actively fundraising off that deck. #VCinvesting
Follow up question - Do you call it out as misleading?
I mean, they are actively fundraising off that deck. #VCinvesting
February 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Question for VCs and angels - how egregious is it for a company to market themselves as having AI agents in their fundraising deck, when under the hood it's just If/Then algos?
Follow up question - Do you call it out as misleading?
I mean, they are actively fundraising off that deck. #VCinvesting
Follow up question - Do you call it out as misleading?
I mean, they are actively fundraising off that deck. #VCinvesting
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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“You insult us. You threaten us. You break your promises to us. Then you think you’re going to come up here and play your national fight song and we’re going to just, what, smile and nod?”
Booing the American anthem is our patriotic duty right now
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
Booing the American anthem is our patriotic duty right now
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
Booing the American anthem is our patriotic duty right now
We are helping the average American understand that nobody likes them any more
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“You insult us. You threaten us. You break your promises to us. Then you think you’re going to come up here and play your national fight song and we’re going to just, what, smile and nod?”
Booing the American anthem is our patriotic duty right now
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
Booing the American anthem is our patriotic duty right now
www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
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apropos of ::waves hands::
can you help shout?
any federal employee who is let go under these circumstances would probably want to immediately apply for UCFE (Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees)
fact sheet from DOL that details eligibility and how to apply for it:
can you help shout?
any federal employee who is let go under these circumstances would probably want to immediately apply for UCFE (Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees)
fact sheet from DOL that details eligibility and how to apply for it:
oui.doleta.gov
February 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
apropos of ::waves hands::
can you help shout?
any federal employee who is let go under these circumstances would probably want to immediately apply for UCFE (Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees)
fact sheet from DOL that details eligibility and how to apply for it:
can you help shout?
any federal employee who is let go under these circumstances would probably want to immediately apply for UCFE (Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees)
fact sheet from DOL that details eligibility and how to apply for it:
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How unfillable is the hole in your soul that one could be the literal richest person in the world and then be upset that America has an agency that helps the poorest in the world?
February 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
How unfillable is the hole in your soul that one could be the literal richest person in the world and then be upset that America has an agency that helps the poorest in the world?
I tend to shy away from public speaking, but will always have time to share some of the learnings from the many years investing in startups. Here is an interview I did recently for another angel group www.angelinvestmentnetwork.net/global-inves...
Meet the Investor: Colin Boey
In our latest Meet The Investor Interview we speak to Colin Boey, a global investor and syndicate lead B2B SaaS sector.
www.angelinvestmentnetwork.net
February 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I tend to shy away from public speaking, but will always have time to share some of the learnings from the many years investing in startups. Here is an interview I did recently for another angel group www.angelinvestmentnetwork.net/global-inves...
While the DeepSeek approach to low cost LLM is encouraging, I will bet my last dollar that the EU’s €54m investment to build OpenEuroLLM will be a joke of a product.
February 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
While the DeepSeek approach to low cost LLM is encouraging, I will bet my last dollar that the EU’s €54m investment to build OpenEuroLLM will be a joke of a product.
Fact!
If you could boil the corporate down to one thing it’s minority protection. Minority investors rely on the fact that the corporate law provides a baseline protection against oppression and unfair treatment by the majority. Once that goes, not much is left
February 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Fact!
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maybe stop spending so much effort trying to find common ground with people who aren't acting in good faith
February 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
maybe stop spending so much effort trying to find common ground with people who aren't acting in good faith
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
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Draw your own conclusions, but Donald Trump is not behaving like a leader who expects democratic accountability for himself or his party next year or in 2028.
February 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Draw your own conclusions, but Donald Trump is not behaving like a leader who expects democratic accountability for himself or his party next year or in 2028.
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I know there are some tech savvy journalists following me, let me know if you're interested in the security outcomes of random computers being plugged into federal government department networks and I'll try to get you in touch with someone with explicit expertise who can tell you how bad it is
February 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I know there are some tech savvy journalists following me, let me know if you're interested in the security outcomes of random computers being plugged into federal government department networks and I'll try to get you in touch with someone with explicit expertise who can tell you how bad it is