Charlie Songhurst is a former Microsoft head of corporate strategy who led over 80 acquisitions and has since invested in roughly 500 companies, treating angel investing as a way to systematically map the future rather than just seek financial returns. He focuses on edge-of-knowledge investing in spaces where even experts don't have clear answers yet, using pattern recognition from hundreds of startup interactions and emphasizing uncompetitive markets where few others are looking. Charlie Songhurst is a former Microsoft head of corporate strategy who led over 80 acquisitions and has since invested in roughly 500 companies, treating angel investing as a way to systematically map the future rather than just seek financial returns. He focuses on edge-of-knowledge investing in spaces where even experts don't have clear answers yet, using pattern recognition from hundreds of startup interactions and emphasizing uncompetitive markets where few others are looking.