Top 50 Android Angel Investors (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Raymond Tonsing
Angel
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5 | United States, Canada, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software | $1M–$25M |
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Patrick Lütjens
Angel
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4 | Switzerland | Seed, Angel, Series A | iOS, SaaS, Mobile | |
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Paul Buchheit
Angel
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4 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $100k–$8.5M |
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Xavier Niel
Angel
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4 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $643k–$19M |
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Don Dodge
Angel
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4 | United States, Germany | Seed, Angel, Series A | Mobile, Software, Apps | $550k–$3M |
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Dharmesh Shah
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $125k–$6M |
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Reid Hoffman
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Social Media, Internet | $500k–$65M |
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Jarl Mohn
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, Internet, SaaS | $800k–$12M |
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Dave Morin
Angel
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3 | United States, France, Finland | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Internet, Software | $1M–$13M |
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Geoff Entress
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada, The Netherlands | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $500k–$6.3M |
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Brian McClendon
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, iOS, Analytics | $245k–$1.2M |
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Renato Profico
Angel
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3 | Austria, Switzerland | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Software, iOS, SaaS | $2.1M–$3.3M |
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Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
Angel
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3 | Austria, United Kingdom, Spain | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Fitness, Software | $300k–$2.7M |
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Ashton Kutcher
Angel
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3 | United States, Germany, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $800k–$112M |
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Mitchell Kapor
Angel
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3 | United States, Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Angel | Mobile, Software, Education | $300k–$9.2M |
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Haresh Chawla
Angel
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3 | India, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Software, Education | $24k–$22M |
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Naval Ravikant
Angel
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3 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Blockchain | $800k–$25M |
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David Helgason
Angel
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3 | United States, Denmark, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Gaming, Information Technology | $230k–$4.6M |
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Adeyemi Ajao
Angel
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3 | United States, Spain, Chile | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Internet | $770k–$45M |
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Kevin Mahaffey
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $550k–$25M |
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Paul Graham
Angel
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3 | United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software | $1M–$12M |
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David Blitzer
Angel
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2 | United States, The Netherlands | Seed, Series A, Series C | Sports, Media and Entertainment, Mobile Apps | $3.6M–$17M |
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Mark Pincus
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Internet, Software, FinTech | $750k–$40M |
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Christian Hernandez
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Portugal | Series A, Series B, Seed | Mobile, Energy, Apps | $5M–$46M |
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Pejman Nozad
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Mobile, Software, Enterprise Software | $1M–$26M |
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Justin Kan
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Financial Services | $500k–$5.7M |
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David Assia
Angel
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2 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | SaaS, Mobile, Internet | |
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Rakesh K. Loonkar
Angel
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2 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Cyber Security, Network Security, Security | $2M–$34M |
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Jaan Tallinn
Angel
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2 | United States, Estonia, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $386k–$10M |
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Garry Tan
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $600k–$67M |
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Sebastian Knutsson
Angel
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2 | Sweden, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, Music, Public Transportation | $369k–$5M |
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Jean-David Blanc
Angel
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2 | France, United States, Israel | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, Internet, Android | $410k–$4M |
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Yuri Milner
Angel
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2 | United States, China, United Kingdom | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $250k–$74M |
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Tim Draper
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Mobile | $350k–$32M |
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Scott Banister
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Internet, Mobile | $500k–$7.8M |
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Andrew Wright
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada | Seed, Angel | Mobile, Apps, CRM | $100k–$1.3M |
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Justin Mateen
Angel
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2 | United States, Mexico, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $400k–$14M |
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Aviram Jenik
Angel
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2 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security | |
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Aloke Bajpai
Angel
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2 | India, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Mobile, SaaS, Apps | |
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Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Angel
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2 | Sweden, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $829k–$3.2M |
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Paige Craig
Angel
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2 | United States, Iceland | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $91k–$6.1M |
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Maneesh Arora
Angel
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2 | United States, Japan, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps | $260k–$1.7M |
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Henrik Lindemann
Angel
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2 | Denmark | Seed | Art, iOS, Android | |
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Reuven Agassi
Angel
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2 | United States | Angel, Series A | iOS, Mobile, Android | |
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Rick Marini
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $1M–$50M |
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Jed Carlson
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A | iOS, Apps, Mobile | |
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Ram Shriram
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Series A, Seed | Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology | |
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Jonathan Kraft
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Advertising, Internet | |
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Livingstone Ian
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Android, Video Games, PC Games | $950k–$2.1M |
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Ratan Tata
Angel
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2 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care | $419k–$14M |
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Raymond Tonsing is a San Francisco based venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He founded Caffeinated Capital, an early stage venture capital firm, and now serves as its managing director. Raymond holds a bachelor's degree in Arts from University of Colorado Boulder.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3.4M; Series A $4.2M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Polywork — A network that doesn’t restrict you to telling your story through a list of arbitrary job titles; that doesn’t let any random stranger you’ve never even met endorse you for skills you never knew you had. They want to build a network that empowers you and gives you control over your identity and your future opportunities.
- Blowfish — Blowfish makes it easy to identify & stop fraud before it happens. Join the leading wallets protecting their users funds with the blowfish security engine
- Merkle Manufactory — Merkle Manufactory is a software company contributing to the Farcaster protocol and working on clients.
Patrick Lütjens is an investor, an Experienced Senior Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the venture capital and private equity industry.
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- Industry: iOS, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uepaa® — Uepaa AG is the Lone Worker Safety and Peer2Peer (P2P) communication pioneer for mobile devices. After 10+ years of research, Uepaa AG has developed a revolutionary wireless P2P communication technology. Its first product - the Uepaa! Safety app - launched in 2013, successfully showcased this technology’s leadership position. This award-winningproduct evolved into today's industry standard for mobile-based lone worker safety protection. The daily companion for thousands of employees and field forces - working at risk or alone. Uepaa AG, founded in January 2012 by Mathias Haussmann and Dr Franck Legendre, is a Swiss ETH spin-off, headquartered in Zürich.
Paul Buchheit co-founded social network aggregator FriendFeed, along with three other former Google employees. He is also an investor in FriendFeed and participated in a $5 million Series A round in February 2008.He was the 23rd employee at Google, where he created Gmail and implemented many of its innovative features. He developed the originalprototype of Google AdSense, and was responsible for Google's famous "Don't be evil" motto in a meeting.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Angel $100k–$1M; Series A $650k–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SiPhox Health — SiPhox offers a handheld testing device with RNA/DNA and protein testing for point-of-care and At-Home solutions. The company's kit is made by multiplexing RNA, antibody, and antigen tests on a single silicon photonic chip which is amplified by plasmon resonance and silicon photonic resonator readout, enabling users to undertake tests fordisease safely and in a disposable point-of-care and at-home manner.SiPhox was founded in 2020 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- Character.ai — character.ai is bringing to life the science-fiction dream of open-ended conversations and collaborations with computers.
- Perplexity AI — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.
Xavier Niel currently works as the Co-Founder & CEO for NJJ Capital. Xavier Niel is the Iliad Group's majority shareholder and founder. He has been involved in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 1993, before dedicating himself full-time to developing the Group, he founded Worldnet,the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech (LDCom Group) in December 2000. He has been responsible for the Group's major strategic developments, from the launch of the ANNU service and the development of Internet access services based on France Télécom’s repayment scheme as a financial model to the launch of the Freebox project.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $643k–$11M; Series A $3M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skarlett — Skarlett is a real estate firm that provides purchasing power to the old age people by releasing the wealth blocked in real estate assets.
- Mistral AI — Mistral AI is a platform that assembles team to develop the generative AI models.
- Poolside — Poolside is an artificial intelligence platform intended to offer cutting-edge foundation concepts and infrastructure.
Don Dodge
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $550k–$3M; Angel $1M–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nimble CRM — A G2 Crowd Market Leader, Nimble helps you build relationships everywhere you engage -- from your inbox to across the web. Try it free - no credit card required.
- addapptation — The ABM library of tools and workflows designed to maximize your ABM strategy. Easy to set up, easy to use, easy to scale.
- Hubble Network — a Satellite network connecting billions of bluetooth devices. GLOBALLY.
Dharmesh Shah is the Founder and CTO at HubSpot. Dharmesh Shah attended University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.8M; Angel $125k–$1M; Series A $1.5M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Entre — Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Network, Entrepreneur Community, Startup network, startup community, Creator Economy, Creator Community, Freelancers, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Start a business, How to start a business, Startup jobs, Startup events, Cofounder, Find a cofounder, Find a mentor, Find an Investor, meet entrepreneurs, host virtual event, host virtual meeting, entrepreneur events, tech events, entrepreneurship, find gigs, freelancing jobs, online business
- Peerlist — Peerlist is a platform for professionals to discover, connect & collaborate based on their projects, mutual skills, and interests.
- Vellum — Vellum is the development platform for production-worthy large language model applications.
Reid Hoffman is a Partner at Greylock and a Co-founder and Board Member at Inflection.AI. He was a Chairman and CEO at Linkedin. Reid attended the University of Oxford and Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, Social Media, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 131
- Round size: Seed $500k–$30M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $8.3M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JusticeText — JusticeText is a software platform that makes it easier for public defenders to process and incorporate crucial audio and video evidence in defense of their clients.
- Inflection AI — We are an AI studio creating a personal AI for everyone.
- Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.
Jarl Mohn is the President and Chief Executive Officer at NPR, one of the country's most iconic news and cultural content organizations. In this capacity, Jarl oversees NPR's strategy to continue NPR's mission to create a more informed public by working in partnership with Member stations across the country. Today NPR contentreaches: 32 million people who visit npr.org every month, 26 million people who listen to NPR programming every week, and listeners who download NPR podcasts 72 million times each month. Jarl's deep media experience has spanned all media platforms as well as rapid changes in audience trends. Jarl spent almost 20 years in radio, many as a disc jockey at stations including WNBC in New York. In addition to his on-air work in radio, Jarl served as a programmer, general manager, and owner of a group of radio stations. Jarl created E! Entertainment Television and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer for almost a decade. Jarl is the former Executive Vice President and General Manager of MTV and VH1 where he architected the strategy of long-form programming at the heart of the network today and diversified the networks' audiences by developing innovative programming around alternative music formats. Jarl was also founding President and Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in cable networks, the Internet and online businesses. Prior to joining NPR in July of 2014, Jarl served the as a Member of the Board of Trustees at Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) for more than a decade, including two years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Jarl also spent over 12 years on the board of The Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, including six years as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jarl has also been a Corporate Director and Advisor to a number of media companies, making direct early stage angel and seed investments in digital media/technology ventures. Since 2008 he has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Scripps Networks Interactive. Jarl and his wife Pamela created The Mohn Family Foundation in 2000. Jarl attended Temple University, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.2M; Series A $800k–$3.8M; Series B $6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dack — DACK is the smartest and most complete software solution for optimizing guest experience.
- Lantern — From proactively planning your end-of-life wishes to navigating what to do after experiencing a loss, Lantern has got your back.
- Abstract — Abstract is a software-as-a-service company that is developing a next-generation tool for experts to influence politics and policy.
Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.
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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.2M; Series A $1M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
- Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.
- Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS
Geoff Entress is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of PSL. He was formerly a venture partner with Voyager Capital and Madrona Venture Group. Prior to PSL, Geoff was the most active angel investor in the region and has invested in over 200 private Pacific Northwest companies during the last two decades.Geoff represents PSL on the Board ofDirectors for JetClosing. He is also a current investor in over eighty private companies in the region and is a board member of Hiya, Meritage Soups, Bonanza, Foodee and LiquidPlanner.Geoff is also a long-time member of the Executive and Screening committees of the Alliance of Angels, the largest angel investor organization in the Pacific Northwest, as well as serves on the advisory boards of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington, the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Notre Dame and the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.A former securities lawyer and financial analyst, he has also held positions at Perkins Coie, Jones Day, UrbanEarth.com, Salomon Brothers, The Prudential Home Mortgage Company, Mellon Bank, Priority Investment Management and Duquesne Capital Management. Geoff is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Notre Dame.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.3M; Series A $1M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Migo, Inc. — Get Migo, the free search app for all your transportation options, in the App Store or Play Store. Compare times, prices and service information across mobility providers including rideshare, taxis, bikes, scooters, and public transit.
- Lockstep — Connected accounting starts at Lockstep. Eliminate cash traps with our AR automation software and discover our modern, easy-use accounting API platform.
- Trainiac — Trainiac by Gympass helps you get into an effective exercise routine by pairing you with a dedicated fitness coach for a personalized fitness plan and weekly workouts you can do anywhere. Available exclusively for Gympass members.
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Browse database — It's Free!Brian McClendon is the Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Niantic and previously founder and VP engineering Keyhole Inc. He attended in The University of Kansas.
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- Industry: Software, iOS, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $245k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Teleo — Teleo is revolutionizing the mining & construction industries by turning heavy equipment into semi-autonomous robots.
- uMake — Design in 3D. Anywhere. The first 3D design app for the iPhone & iPad. Explore your ideas in 3D. Simple. Get uMake Now for iPhone & iPad.
- Klarismo — Klarismo offers health conscious consumers and amateur athletes a new way to explore their physiology and understand their body composition in unprecedented detail.Their software converts a user’s full body magnetic resonance scan (MRI) into a 3D virtual model of their body in the cloud. The model is annotated with explanatory information so theycan easily explore and learn about different parts of their body.They provide users with a detailed analysis of their body composition, including accurate volumetric measurements of muscle and fat tissues. These show how well different muscle groups are developed and the distribution of subcutaneous and visceral fat deposits.MRI is a safe technology, and with regular scanning Klarismo updates a user’s 3D body model to highlight exactly where and how much muscle or fat has been gained or lost. This can be used to monitor the effectiveness of their training or diet programme and help them focus their efforts accordingly.
Renato Profico
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- Industry: Software, iOS, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Austria, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uepaa® — Uepaa AG is the Lone Worker Safety and Peer2Peer (P2P) communication pioneer for mobile devices. After 10+ years of research, Uepaa AG has developed a revolutionary wireless P2P communication technology. Its first product - the Uepaa! Safety app - launched in 2013, successfully showcased this technology’s leadership position. This award-winningproduct evolved into today's industry standard for mobile-based lone worker safety protection. The daily companion for thousands of employees and field forces - working at risk or alone. Uepaa AG, founded in January 2012 by Mathias Haussmann and Dr Franck Legendre, is a Swiss ETH spin-off, headquartered in Zürich.
- Firstbird — Firstbird, the digital employee referral program, connects people with jobs and companies worldwide with suitable candidates. With Firstbird, employees become brand ambassadors, and referrals become a company’s most successful recruiting channel. Firstbird integrates easily with your ATS to make your life easier.
Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.
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- Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Austria, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2.7M; Angel $321k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Storebox — Storebox is the first fully digitized self-storage solution in Europe, with more than 140 locations in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. We offer storage spaces for private and business purposes, which are automatically accessible at any time. With our successful and recently awarded franchise system, we manage to grow and will continueto expand within Europe.Storebox is more than just a self-storage system. FULL-SERVICE CLICK & COLLECT Click & Collect directly in your neighbourhood? Storebox allows you to quickly and easily expand the Click & Collect offer for your customers to new districts, cities and countries. We coordinate the transport and customer communication for you.MICRO-HUBS FOR THE LAST MILE Use central warehouse locations in urban areas as a starting point for the last mile. Storebox as a micro-depot offers you the fastest way to your customers, allowing you to save time, money and emissions. Customer proximity and responsiveness through local storage: Benefit from our strategically positioned storage units and serve the needs of your customers as quickly as possible. At the same time, you can reduce unnecessarily driven kilometres by your employees in the field and thus save time and money.SPARE PARTS WAREHOUSE FOR SERVICE TECHNICIANS With Storebox you can store spare parts and goods directly where they will be used. In this way, you are in close proximity to the customer and save yourself long travel times for collecting the materials from a central warehouse. Create more efficiency by receiving deliveries of goods 24/7 directly to the Storebox and returning them if necessary.
- Ada Growth — Deine Mentorin in der Tasche. Gewinne, binde und entfalte die Potenziale der weiblichen Talente in deinem Unternehmen.
Ashton Kutcher is an actor, investor, entrepreneur, producer and philanthropist.Kutcher has been named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” as well as being honored by Vanity Fair ‘s “New Establishment List,” which identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigiesand entrepreneurs. Twice, Kutcher was named one of Forbes magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities,” as well as one of Fast Company magazine’s “Most Creative People.”Kutcher has been investing in technology for over a decade, both as an angel investor and a founding partner of A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures. His fund portfolio includes Airbnb, Uber, Flexport, Brex, Robinhood, Bird, Airtable and Affirm among others.Kutcher is also the co-founder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children (www.thorn.org). Thorn drives technology innovation to fight the sexual exploitation of children.Kutcher currently stars in the Netflix original series, The Ranch. He also serves as Executive Producer. Until 2015, Kutcher starred in the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men. The show ranked as the second most-watched comedy on all of network television. Kutcher first gained recognition as Michael Kelso on the Fox series That 70’s Show, and went on to star in a variety of box office hits on the big screen – including What Happens In Vegas with Cameron Diaz, The Guardian with Kevin Costner, No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and the cult hit Dude, Where’s My Car.Kutcher served as co-creator and producer of MTV's hit series, “Punk'd,” and The CW's reality series “Beauty and the Geek” and “True Beauty.” He has also produced films such as No Strings Attached, Killers and The Butterfly Effect. Additionally, Kutcher co-founded APlus, a digital media company devoted to spreading the message of positive journalism, a kind of storytelling that focuses on our shared humanity. In 2016, APlus was purchased by Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $800k–$4M; Series A $5.5M–$87M; Series B $4.6M–$112M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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- QD-SOL — QD-SOL uses nanoparticles to produce green hydrogen in half the time.
- HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
- The Fabricant — A digital fashion house leading the fashion industry towards a new sector of digital-only clothing.
Mitchell David Kapor was the founder of Lotus Development Corporation (/organization/lotus-development-corporation) and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the "killer application" often credited with making the personal computer ubiquitous in the business world in the 1980s. He is known as an entrepreneur, investor, social activist,and philanthropist.Kapor has been the Chair of the In 1990 Kapor's new company On Technology introduced their new product On Location, an application designed for the Macintosh that contained an indexing system that permit quick retrieval and display of text on the Mac's hard disk. "We think we're being cagey by bringing it out on the Mac first," Kapor said. "It's a richer medium than MS-DOS, and if we have a hot product in the Mac market, it will be easier to get into the PC market."In 2001, Kapor founded the Open Source Applications Foundation, where he is now working on Chandler, a modern personal information manager built using open source tools and methods.In 2006, Kapor founded his latest startup,
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.4M; Angel $300k–$400k; Series A $2M–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
- Spreadsheet.com — The spreadsheet you know with the power of a database and project management system. Gantt, Kanban, Forms, and Automations. Get started free.
- DuckDuckGo — The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Education
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Angel $24k–$300k; Series A $2M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
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- FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.
- Onmove — Zast is a high speed long distance trucking aggregator enabled through technology.
- Adaptive — Privileged access management for infrastructure resources including Kubernetes clusters, VMs, databases, data warehouses and more, without compromising on security
David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Denmark, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $230k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Isometric — Isometric is a carbon removal registry and science platform
- TreesPlease Games — TreesPlease Games develops various computer and online games. The company is headquartered in London.
- Scriptic — Scriptic, interactive story games on mobile.
Adeyemi (“Ade”) is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Base10 Partners. Before Base10, Ade had a successful career as an entrepreneur and investor.Ade was the co-founder and CEO of Tuenti (The “Spanish Facebook” which was acquired by Telefonica in 2010 for $100M), co-founder and CEO of Identified (“AI for HR” acquired by Workday in 2014) and afounding investor of Cabify (the largest ridesharing company in Latin America currently valued at over $1B). While at Workday, Ade led launch to Workday Ventures, the first fund focused on Applied AI for Enterprise Software and was VP of Technology Strategy.Ade is originally from Spain and half Nigerian. He holds an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He also holds a J.D. in Law and a M.S in Economics from Icade University in Spain and studied a certificate on Machine Learning at Stanford.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Spain, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $770k–$2.2M; Series A $5.2M–$29M; Series B $3.6M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dropbox DocSend — Try our secure document sharing platform for free. Instantly know when documents are opened & what pages are read. Easy-to-use eSignatures.
- StockGro — Learn stock market trading and investing from industry experts. Use our virtual trading platform to build your social trading circle and understand the stock market.
- Job&Talent — Jobandtalent is an on-demand staffing marketplace that aims to make the labor market much more liquid and transparent, helping companies to hire in a more flexible way and with the mission of being part of the reduction of unemployment in the world. The labor market has evolved from a very structured state into an extremely flexible one. Companiesare demanding flexibility which has resulted in the growth of liquidity in the market. However, the flexible state of the labor market is also leaving the workers in a vulnerable and unprotected employment situation. Jobandtalent has created a Workforce as a Service (WaaS) platform in order to make this labor flexibility beneficial for both companies and workers alike.The company has offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, and Colombia, and has plans for further expansion to France and Italy by the end of the year.
Kevin Patrick Mahaffey is the Founder of Lookout and SNR. He is also the Executive Chairman of Stork Club and an Investor.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $550k–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $2.2M–$2.2M; Series A $2.5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- dcbel — dcbel's mission is to deliver energy that lets people live a life without compromise.dcbel™ (formerly known as Ossiaco) sits at the nexus of residential solar power, electric vehicle charging, the smart home, and customer-centric utilities. The dcbel team has a proven history of rethinking energy distribution for everything from largeutility customers to distributed energy resource providers.dcbel's AI-driven sustainable technologies enable people to leverage solar energy to power their cars, their homes, and their lifestyles.dcbel has numerous worldwide patents in power electronics and power conversion and is backed by a number of globally respected investors.
- Uno — Uno is making the internet easier to use, starting with identity.
- Pano — Pano offers hardware and software technology solutions for fire professionals to detect threats and respond faster.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.8M; Series A $3.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Novig — Novig is a peer-to-peer sports betting exchange and the first platform to offer commission-free bets.
- Manara — We identify and thoroughly vet undiscovered talent. You hire them directly for onsite or remote jobs, diversifying and accelerating your team. Our mission is to accelerate the growth of the Arab tech sector by untapping its human potential. Did you know that 52% of computer science graduates in Palestine are women? Follow us and visit our websiteto learn more.
- Roforco — Roforco runs a Roblox game accelerator that makes games successful by providing funding, resources and hands-on support. It's YCombinator for Roblox games, built by two YCombinator Alumni. Co-founders Artem and Brain have been building games together since they were 14 were developers on 12 top grossing titles, accounting for over 2.74billion plays/downloads.Prior to building the accelerator, Roforco was a game studio with a portfolio of games that reached benchmarks including 10 million monthly active users and 16,000 concurrent users. Roforco also worked with notable brands such as Unilever, for whom they made an branded game with over 50 million plays.In 2022, Roforco joined YCombinator's coveted startup accelerator and went on to secure a $1.5 million seed funding round from investors including Paul Graham, Dentsu Group, the prev. COO of Activision and the CEOs of Guilded and Jellysmack. Learn more about us at https://roforco.com/For press: tom@roforco.com Based and founded in San Francisco, CA
David S. Blitzer is a Senior Managing Director & Head of the Tactical Opportunities group. David Blitzer is based in New York, having established Blackstone’s corporate private equity investment efforts in Europe. Since joining Blackstone in 1991, David Blitzer has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Spirit Group,SULO, Allied Waste, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Houghton Mifflin, Universal Orlando, Centerplate, Cadillac Fairview, Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, Southern Cross, NHP, Orangina, and United Biscuits. David Blitzer graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. David Blitzer serves as a Director of United Biscuits and Jack Wolfskin.
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- Industry: Sports, Media and Entertainment, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $3.6M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Athletes Unlimited — Athletes Unlimited is a network of pro sports leagues where athletes compete in basketball, softball, volleyball, and lacrosse.
- Just Women's Sports — Visit JWS for women's sports news coverage, scores, schedules, stats, and standings for NWSL, WNBA, WTA, NCAA Basketball, and more.
- League One Volleyball — One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $750k–$5M; Series A $1M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tract — Tract is the first for kids, by kids online community for student-directed learning. We are reimagining education by giving kids full control and making learning fun. We offer members (kids age 8+) unlimited on-demand courses (learning paths) and vibrant weekly live events, taught by our inspiring community of accomplished creators. Together, theyenable kids to develop passions through meaningful, real-world lessons giving them the skills and mindset to address 21st-century challenges and opportunities.Tract is based on TRICK, the philosophy pioneered by our co-founder Esther Wojcicki. Esther has positively impacted the lives of thousands of children from her award-winning student-run journalism program and is a mother of three successful women (CEO of YouTube, CEO, and founder of 23andMe, and top UCSF medical researcher) all by applying TRICK.TRICK stands for Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. These five pillars are at the core of Tract and our mission to empower all kids to become tomorrow's innovators, leaders, and global citizens.Our team is unified by Esther’s lifelong work to evolve education for the 21st century and comes from top Consumer and Education Technology companies (Uber, Microsoft, and Instracture).What We Believe:- The secret to getting kids interested in learning is giving them control - Kids are much smarter and capable than most people think - Successful people believe in themselves and aren’t afraid to take risks - Creative people with great passions don’t follow the rules - Current rates of depression and lack of career-readiness is a global epidemic - Our education system of standardization and obedience limits creativity and a growth mindset - Education is not equitable and the achievement gap is widening - We need a generation of community-minded global citizens to make the world a better place - Education that works for kids, not against them is the silver bullet for the world’s problems
- Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.
- Bravado — An exclusive Sales Community for the Best Sales Professionals
Christian is a technologist and experienced venture capitalist. He is a founding Partner of 2150, a venture capital fund seeking to make our urban environment more efficient and sustainable through technology.
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- Industry: Mobile, Energy, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Series A $5M–$9M; Series B $20M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mitoo Sports — The platform for the world's sports. > Players, Parents, Friends, Teams, Clubs, Leagues > Governing Bodies, Brands
- Ampd Energy — Ampd Energy is driven by its vision for an emission-free future for construction. Ampd Energy pioneered the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in urban construction with its flagship product, the "Enertainer". The Enertainer electrifies construction sites and provides clean, quiet and fully automated energy delivery, allowingconstruction to transition away from fossil fuels.Compared to fossil fuel generators, the Enertainer: reduces carbon footprint by up to 85%; is 32x quieter; emits zero diesel fumes; eliminates diesel handling and usage risks; has zero maintenance and refuelling downtime; and is economically justified for operational cost savings. As an IoT enabled device, the Enertainer can be remotely monitored anytime and anywhere, providing a deep level of data-transparency for data-driven decision making.Website: www.ampd.energy LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ampd_energy
- Kelvin — The Radiator Labs system provides room level temperature control and eliminates overheating in all radiator-heated buildings
Pejman Nozad is the Founding Managing Partner at Pear Ventures. Pejman has over 17 years of experience investing in early stage high tech start-ups. Pejman has invested in over 100 startups and has seeded several multi-billion dollar companies such as Dropbox, Lending Club, Gusto, Addepar, Danger. Pejman was named by Forbes in 2012 as "one ofthe most successful angel investors."Pejman co-founded Pear Ventures with Mar Hershenson, with the mission of helping exceptional entrepreneurs build category-defining companies. The firm embodies Pejman’s values of ambition and conviction, and hold integrity, humility, and trust as central tenets how it operates. Through Pear, Pejman has invested in companies such as DoorDash, Guardant Health, Gusto, Branch Metrics, and One Concern.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.4M; Series A $2.4M–$13M; Series B $10M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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- Evergive — Evergive harnesses technology to build stronger communities. We operate a local, trust-based network to foster engagement among members of churches, schools, and community groups.
- Fieldbook — Fieldbook is the fastest and easiest way to create custom information tools. It’s as easy to get started with as a spreadsheet, but gives you all the power of a database-driven business application. Teams use it to track projects and clients, implement data collection workflows, and create custom content management systems.Our long-term visionis to unlock the long tail of enterprise applications.
- SoundHound — SoundHound Inc. is the only company offering an independent voice AI platform that delivers a custom branded voice assistant, allowing companies to keep their brand, customers, and data.
Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Fractal. He attended Yale University.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5.7M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Whop — One-stop-shop for all the latest and greatest digital products to help you earn online. From trading software to reselling communities, we've got you.
- ShopMy — Connecting the world's leading content creators with the top brands in beauty, fashion, home decor and more.
- Scenario — Community-led library of experiences providing Metaverse user-generated content. Capture, edit and share 3D experiences from your phone.
David Assia is a Chairman at iAngels. David Assia, a member of their Board of Directors since October 2006, is a co-founder of Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., and served there in various positions, including as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, from 1983 until 2007. Mr. Assia is currently the CEO of Nadyr Investments,a privately held investment company. Mr. Assia was managing director of Mashov Computers Ltd. between 1980 and 1986 and has served as the Chairman of its Board of Directors since 1989. Mr. Assia also serves as a director of the First International Bank, eToro Group Ltd., Biocatch Ltd., MobeeArt, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Yeda Research & Development Company and The Israel Association of Electronics and Software. Mr. Assia holds a B.A. degree in economics and statistics and an M.B.A. degree, both from Tel Aviv University.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- CodiPark — CodiPark is a mobile-payment platform that focuses on parking lots. CodiPark users scan a barcode, pay, and go without waiting in lines or seeking payment machines. The process speeds up entrance and exit times, resulting in increased revenue opportunities for parking-lot owners, who also no longer have to collect cash.
- Drippler — Drippler is a personalized tech assistant, helping people make the most of their technology
- BrandShield — Your brand protection tool should do more than detect counterfeits. BrandShield will detect and takedown all manner of frauds, protecting your company.
Rakesh is the President and Co-Founder of Transmit Security. At Transmit, Rakesh is responsible for the sales team, services, support, and pre-sales engineering. Prior to Transmit, Rakesh was the Co-Founder of Trusteer, the market leader in fraud prevention, protecting billions of transactions per day from malware based threats. Trusteer wasacquired by IBM in 2013 and is now the basis of IBM’s risk management and anti-fraud product lines. Prior to Trusteer, Rakesh was the CEO and Co-Founder of OneSecure (co-founded with Nir Zuk, the founder of Palo Alto Networks), the first inline intrusion prevention system, which was acquired by Juniper Networks and is the basis of all application layer security in the Juniper network security product line. Rakesh is also a very active cyber security investor and was an early investor in many cyber-security leaders such as Palo Alto Networks, zScaler, Armis Security, Imperva, and many smaller companies such as Aorato (acquired by MSFT), Hyperwise (acquired by CHKP), RiskRecon (acquired by MasterCard), FireGlass (acquired by Symantec), and others. Rakesh earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
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- Industry: Cyber Security, Network Security, Security
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Series A $7M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neosec — Neosec API software is the intelligent way to protect your APIs from business abuse and data theft. Try our API Security platform now.
- Entro — Entro is an enhanced solution for keys and secrets security management, with total control over all lifetime cycles and entitlements.
- Silk Security — Silk Security is a platform that enables businesses to adopt a comprehensive strategy for addressing code, infrastructure, and application risk. It incorporates AI technology to automate prioritizing, combining, and contextualizing data from various detection systems.
Jaan Tallinn is the Co-founder of Future of Life Institute.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $386k–$2.5M; Series A $3.3M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aerones — Robotic wind turbine service company offering maintenance, inspection and repairs worldwide. Reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your wind park
- Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
- TENYX — Tenyx is developing the next generation of voice-based intelligent systems based on proprietary neuroscience-inspired AI technology
Garry Tan is the incoming President and CEO of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Posterous.com as a Co-Founder. Garry Tan attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 168
- Round size: Seed $600k–$7M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $15M–$67M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sol — Sol is a reading technology company making tools to illuminate the mind.
- Parcha AI — Parcha is an AI-powered enterprise software that enables businesses to automate their scale compliance and operations.
- ResearchHub — We're a community seeking to improve prioritization, collaboration, reproducibility, and funding of scientific research. Discuss and discover academic research on ResearchHub
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Browse database — It's Free!Sebastian Knutsson is one of our founders and has served on our Board of Directors since October 2003, as our chief creative officer since June 2004 and as our executive product developer from February 2003 to June 2004. Sebastian has more than 18 years of experience in the Internet industry. As chief creative officer, he leads the productstrategy, games development and service offerings for King. Sebastian has designed more than 100 games for King.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, Public Transportation
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $369k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ark Kapital — ArK is a precision financing company that empowers technology businesses to grow faster, enables owners to maintain control, and reduces risk for investors. ArK is founded by a world-class AI technology developer, a six-time-founder, and the veteran banker you always wanted.
- Anotherblock — access music ownership in the world's biggest tracks.
- Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.
Jean-David has always been a tremendous entrepreneur since he started his first company at the age of 16. At that time, he created an interactive service company (Concerto Telematique) for brands such as Coca Cola, Marlboro or Renault. In 1993, he created AlloCine, an internet multimedia movie guide service which rapidly became France #1destination for movies, cinema and entertainment and one of France’s most famous internet success stories. AlloCine was sold to Vivendi in 2001. Prior co-founding Molotov with Pierre Lescure in 2015, he invested in several successful companies such as Meetic, Amalto technologies, Restopolitan, Veoprint, Square Inc. or The Cools.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Internet, Android
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $410k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZenGo — Zengo is the most secure crypto wallet: The only self-custodial wallet with no private key vulnerability. Powered by MPC, always recoverable, never hacked.
- Purchasely — In-App Subscription tool from subscription management to interface. Our Paywall builder gives Mobile Marketers full control to grow & retain subscribers.
- Aula — Aula is a social learning platform built for education. Aula replaces emails and learning management systems (e.g. Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, D2L) with digital infrastructure designed to encourage conversation and participation. A digital campus that complements an institution’s physical campus, Aula enables new ways to teach, learn, and createcommunity.
Yuri Milner is the Founder of the Breakthrough Prize. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Moscow State University.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, China, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $250k–$2.5M; Series A $2.5M–$30M; Series B $4.6M–$74M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HiNOTE — Hinote is a unique, expressive method of mobile communication for people who enjoy flexing, staying still, and delighting.
- Lori Systems — Lori is a venture-backed start-up building the cutting-edge logistics infrastructure for trucking in Africa. The start-up is tackling a massive issue - $180 billion is spent annually on haulage across Africa, which means that up to 75% of a product’s cost is due to logistics (compared to 6% in the US).Lori’s tech-enabled and operations-drivenmarketplace efficiently connects transport to cargo. The supply chain management system brings transparency and has pushed significantly improved flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (savings upwards of 18%).The company has experienced 30% month-over-month compounded growth since product launch in May 2017. The market demand for Lori’s platform is increasing exponentially. To continue this pace of growth, Lori recently closed a landmark raise from globally leading institutional and strategic investors. The company won Techcrunch Battlefield Africa.
- XiaoBangGuiHua — XiaoBangGuiHua is an intelligent investment advisory service platform. Through intelligent robot algorithm and advanced asset allocation model, it provides investors with scientific and systematic financial management solutions, including small help investment app, Bin Xu said investment series, love said finance and economics
Tim Draper is the Founder of Draper Associates. He was a Member of the Advisory Board at Mode Media. He attended Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 216
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3.7M; Series A $2.3M–$20M; Series B $3M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EtherMail — EtherMail is the Web 3.0 Email Solution setting the standard for anonymous and encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication.
- Arkam Intelligence — See intelligence on the addresses, entities, individuals, and assets most important to you.
- SignalRank Corporation — SignalRank Corporation is a FinTech company in the Venture space. It focuses on the seed stage asset class and uses data analytics to allocate capital to the best seed fund managers for their top performing companies. GPRank and CompanyRank are two proprietary algorithms it leverages to automate capital allocation. The company invests from balancesheet. Its customers are seed stage investors with outstanding companies in their portfolio.
Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal.Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired byMicrosoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million.Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $650k–$2.8M; Angel $500k–$1M; Series A $1M–$7.8M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TipTop — Buying stuff is easy, selling it is hard. But maybe there is a world where you don't have to sell things any longer? Curious?
- Together — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
- Highlight — highlight.io is the open source monitoring platform that gives you the visibility you need.
Andrew Wright is the Managing Director of Wright Ventures. He attended the University of Southern California.
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- Industry: Mobile, Apps, CRM
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $100k–$1.3M; Angel $250k–$825k
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blok24 — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
- Trainiac — Trainiac by Gympass helps you get into an effective exercise routine by pairing you with a dedicated fitness coach for a personalized fitness plan and weekly workouts you can do anywhere. Available exclusively for Gympass members.
- Magicflix — Magicflix is a safe, curated video service for kids 12 years and younger. Magicflix aggregates videos from award-winning, original content creators from across the world. Magicflix provides a safe environment for children to view videos by curating them to be safe, age-appropriate and positive. Magicflix is now live on the App store. Magicflixis a Techstars Seattle 2014 startup and is based out of Seattle, WA. Magicflix is led by a strong technology team and 3 of Magicflix' 4 founders are moms including the CEO, Mamtha Banerjee. Together with it's content partners, Magicflix' mission is to make the mobile world a safer place for our children.
Justin Mateen is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. In 2021, Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on thetop 100 list of US Seed Investors. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $841k–$7M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1M; Series A $4.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Whop — One-stop-shop for all the latest and greatest digital products to help you earn online. From trading software to reselling communities, we've got you.
- Slash — Tens of thousands of online businesses use Slash to track their profits, earn cash back, and get faster payouts from platforms like GOAT and Amazon. No LLC required, no account fees, no minimum balance, and no credit checks.
- Somethings — We connect your teen with a professional, trained 20-28 year old mentor who supports your teen via text and video call whenever they need. Start today.
Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FROGED — Discover afforable Customer Experience tools to scale your business. Reduce churn, improve onboarding & offer amazing customer support - all in one platform.
- Apolyta — Threat simulators use playbooks and checklists. Adversaries don't. Prepare for the real threats of tomorrow with adaptive attack emulation.
- Vicarius — Consolidate vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation in a single automated solution.
Aloke Bajpai is ixigo.com’s Co-Founder and CEO. Aloke graduated from IIT Kanpur in 2001 and started his career at Amadeus in Europe where he held key product and technology roles, building and managing large scale web-based products and networks for the first four years of his career. He then went to INSEAD for his MBA, and returned to India tolaunch ixigo.com in 2007. Under Aloke’s leadership over the last 7 years, ixigo has gone from a bootstrapped startup to India’s leading travel search and planning business, with over 20 million active users every month across mobile and web. Aloke is a TiE charter member and a mentor and advisor with several startups and accelerators.
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- Industry: Mobile, SaaS, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- AppVirality — AppVirality is a plug-and-play growth hacking toolkit for mobile applications that helps app developers in identifying and implementing the right growth techniques, no coding required. Its referral marketing solution helps customize, launch, and automate referral campaigns for mobile apps and SaaS products. Its tools work through a softwaredevelopment kit and dashboard and customizable application referral programs to help boost a brand its app installs and engagement that enable mobile-focused companies to identify and implement the right growth techniques without having to write new code.AppVirality was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
- OnlineTyari — OnlineTyari.com helps you prepare and take online mock tests for govt exams like SSC, IAS, Bank PO, Railways. We keep student updated with latest study material including GK and current affairs 2019 in India. We provide study material (online Mock tests, E-Books, Video classes and Practice questions). Highly recommended for students preparing for competitive exams like civil services (IAS, CSAT), engineering services, PSU jobs exams.Get current affair 2019 and free mock tests to start preparation.
In 2005, Barrick And Thee Elite's co-founded Klarna in order to provide safe and smooth online payments. He currently serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Over the past decade, he has overseen the company’s rapid growth across Europe and more recently into North America. Klarna is a now fully licensed bank with 60mn consumer and 170,000merchant user base. Barrick has received multiple awards for his leadership, including runner up in the 2015 global EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, Leader of the Year by Adecco, and European Entrepreneur of the Year Award by TechTour. He holds a master’s degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $829k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nylas — Unlock the power of your communications data. The Nylas APIs remove complexity & empower teams to create seamless user experiences.
- Prion — Prion makes it quick and easy for the preschool staff to give parents insight into what happens at preschool - together with the children. The app is available free for iPhone, Android and iPad.
- Klarna — Einkaufen, was du willst. Bezahlen, wie du willst. Klarna bietet dir verschiedene Zahlungsarten an. Du entscheidest, welche am besten zu dir passt.
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Browse database — It's Free!Paige Craig Is The Partner at Outlander.He attend to the United States Military Academy at West PointUnited States Military Academy at West Point 1992.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2.4M; Angel $91k–$1M; Series A $115k–$6.1M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- StackStr — Real time monitoring of machine learning systems.
- Qualified — Qualified is the most effective platform for evaluating and training world-class engineers. Utilizing real-world assessment methodology we enable companies to identify high-performing hires.
- Spaceship — A platform for Continuous Delivery. Turn your code into containers automatically. Get it running on Kubernetes instantly.
Maneesh Arora is CEO & co-founder of MightyText. He is a product builder who previously worked at Google and Zynga.
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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Japan, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $260k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HOOKED — HOOKED (formerly Telepathic) is redefining entertainment for the Snapchat generation. We’ve pioneered a new media format called chat fiction, which has become a phenomenon among teens and millennials in the past year. Hooked has reached 50MM readers and has hit the #1 spot in the App Store in 25 countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany,Italy, Japan, and S. Korea. We’re building the media company of the future - the next Netflix, the next Disney. Hooked has raised venture funding from top investors in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, including Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, William Morris Endeavor, SV Angel, Founders Fund, Cowboy Ventures, Greylock and many more.
- CloudPeeps — CloudPeeps is a community, marketplace and platform that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. Hire a team of quality professional freelancers to get the job done. Work the way you want, wherever you are!
- Flex Finance — Flex Finance is a simple, accessible mobile platform that allows SMEs manage and track their expenses, with little-to-no financial knowledge required. Using our inbuilt AI, business owners also receive insights that help them stop waste, save money and make smarter spending decisions. Flex is committed to enabling more SMEs make it past their thirdbirthday, so they can continue to provide the income and jobs that sustain the vast majority of Nigerians.
Henrik Lindemann
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- Industry: Art, iOS, Android
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Artland — Artland is a dedicated platform for contemporary art. Discover, buy from galleries on a global scale and connect with art lovers and art collectors.
Chairman at EZSource
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- Industry: iOS, Mobile, Android
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Drippler — Drippler is a personalized tech assistant, helping people make the most of their technology
Rick Marini is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Catapult Capital.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M; Series A $4M–$10M; Series B $10M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pray.com — Pray.com is the #1 app in the world for daily prayer and Biblical audio content. Share inspiration, sleep better and be inspired. Make prayer a priority with Pray.
- Stronghold — Stronghold creates virtual payment networks that enable instant settlement and interoperability between legacy and new payment networks.
- Grove Collaborative — Launched in 2016 as a Certified B Corp, Grove Collaborative is transforming consumer products into a positive force for human and environmental good. Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first products across household cleaning, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, and pet, serving millions of households across the U.S. The Grove Co.brand helped create the zero-waste home care category and continues to be the market leader. Every item Grove offers, from both brands they craft — like their flagship brand Grove Co., plastic-free personal care line Peach, and clean skincare brand Superbloom — and from exceptional third-party brands, has been thoroughly vetted against strict standards for clean ingredients, efficacy, sustainability, cruelty-free formulas, and ethical supply chain practices. Grove, a public benefit corporation, is on a mission to move Beyond Plastic. Grove is the first plastic neutral retailer in the world and is committed to being 100% plastic-free by 2025. For more information, visit grove.co/beyondplastic.
Jed is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology and marketing. He is the CEO of Adwerx, a company committed to providing digital marketing tools that are affordable, effective and accessible to everyone. Previous ventures include SmartPrint, a division of AmeriDisc Inc, and ReverbNation, the music-marketing platform with 3.5 million users.Jed is obsessed with taking on the digital challenges that face small businesses, and building scalable, simple and affordable products to solve them. He is also a trusted advisor and investor in the startup community. He has an MBA from Duke University and lives in Durham with his wife and three children.Before earning his MBA from Duke University, Jed was a successful entrepreneur in Minneapolis with a focus on technology and marketing. His past ventures include The Carlson Print Group, a commercial printing and packaging company, and SmartPrint, a division of AmericDisc Inc. Jed continues to be obsessed with taking on the digital challenges that face small businesses, and building scalable, simple and affordable products to solve them. He is also an active angel investor, mentor and advisor to over ten tech startups.Jed Carlson is also a frequent speaker and panelist at conferences on technology and digital marketing. Jed’s commitment to leveling the playing field for small businesses is equal only to his devotion to guiding other entrepreneurs to success.
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- Industry: iOS, Apps, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WedPics — After nearly 8 years of being the leading wedding photo and video sharing app, WedPics will be shutting down on February 15, 2019. We greatly appreciate you choosing WedPics to be a part of your special day, and want to thank you for being a part of our journey. You can download all your full resol
Ram Shriram has served as a member of our board of directors since September 1998. Ram has been a managing partner of Sherpalo Ventures, LLC, an angel venture investment company, since January 2000. From August 1998 to September 1999, Ram served as Vice President of Business Development at Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce company. Prior tothat, Ram served as President at Junglee Corporation, a provider of database technology, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 1998. Ram was an early member of the executive team at Netscape Communications Corporation. Ram is also on the board of trustees of Stanford University. Ram holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Madras, India.
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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- NocoDB — Free & Open Source Airtable alternative. Turns any SQL database into a smart spreadsheet. Supports MySQL, Postgres, SQL server, MariaDB & SQLite.
- Arta Finance — Arta Finance is a network of innovators, researchers, finance specialists, and business executives who help people get the most of their finances. Arta offers access to financial opportunities that help people to plan and enjoy their financial future but with less complexity and lower fees. It was founded by Caesar Sengupta.
- Moonhub — Hire Top Talent On Demand With Expert Recruiters and AI
Upon graduation from Williams College in 1986, Jonathan started his career at Bain & Co. After earning his MBA at Harvard Business School, he joined The Kraft Group in 1990. Since that time, he has worked to help drive the growth and diversification of the Group. In his role as President, he is actively involved in the day to day operations ofthe Group's companies.Jonathan serves on the board of directors for several organizations including the Children's Hospital Trust and Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. He is also currently serving as a member of the Overseers' Committee to Visit Harvard Business School and on the Board of Trustees for Williams College, the Belmont Hill School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Additionally, Jonathan coaches Little League baseball and youth soccer in the Boston area.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Advertising, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Pillar — Build a beautiful website and monetize with a media kit that saves you time.
- Searchable.ai — Stop wasting 20% of your workweek clicking through emails, chats, cloud and local storage for the files you need. Introducing Searchable.ai - one search for all your files.
- Mythical Games — We are Mythical Games, a Venture-backed next-generation game technology company at the intersection of video games and economics led by industry veterans.
Ian Livingstone CBE is one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry. He co-founded iconic games company Games Workshop in 1975, launching Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer in Europe.He co-authored The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson in 1982, writing 14 titles in the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series which has sold over18 million copies worldwide. He designed Eureka, the first computer game published by Domark in 1984. He joined the Domark board in 1992, overseeing a merger that created Eidos plc in 1995 where he served as Executive Chairman until 2002, and as Creative Director until 2006. At Eidos he launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. He co-authored the influential Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review published by NESTA in 2011, recommending changes in ICT education policy. Following publication, he chaired the Next Gen Skills campaign, working with government to introduce the new Computing curriculum in schools in 2014. In the Wired 100 list for 2012, he was ranked the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy. He was listed in the 2015 Debrett’s 500 of most influential people in UK.Roles (as of May 2016): Founder and Chairman of the Livingstone Foundation, Chairman of Playdemic, Chairman of Midoki, Chairman of Sumo-Digital, Chairman of PlayMob, Chairman of Antstream, Chairman of The Secret Police, Chairman of Flavourworks, Vice Chair of UKIE, Patron and Non-executive director of Creative Skillset, a Member of the Creative Industries Council, Non-executive director of Creative Industries Federation, Non-executive director of Creative England, Non-executive director of Young Rewired State, GamesAid Trustee, Advisory Board Member of GameCity, and Adviser to the British Council.
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- Industry: Android, Video Games, PC Games
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $950k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NURVV — Free shipping in the UK
- Magicave — Magicave is a digital toy, game, and hobby startup.
- Whitbread — Whitbread PLC is a hospitality company. The Company operates hotels, coffee shops and restaurants. The Company operates in two segments: Hotels & Restaurants, and Costa. The Hotels & Restaurants segment provides services in relation to accommodation and food. The Costa segment consists of operations of its branded, owned and franchisedcoffee outlets. Premier Inn is the Company's hotel business. The Company's restaurant brands include Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Whitbread Inns. The Company operates over 730 Premier Inn hotels and over 64,000 rooms across the United Kingdom. The Company operates over 2,000 coffee shops across the United Kingdom, over 1,200 coffee stores in approximately 30 international markets and over 5,200 Costa Express self-serve units.
Heading the Tata Group since 1991, Ratan Tata is the Chairman of Tata Sons, holding company of the Tata Group and major Group companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power and more. He is also Chairman of two of the largest private sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India. During his tenure, the Group hasfurther expanded its global reach, with its revenues growing over eleven-fold to around USD$70 billion, after the most recent acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover. Tata joined the Tata Group in December 1962. After serving in various companies, he was appointed the Director-in-Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in 1971. In 1981, he was named Chairman of Tata Industries, the Group's other holding company, which he was responsible for transforming into the Group's strategy think-tank and a promoter of new ventures in high-technology businesses. He is associated with many organizations in India and abroad in varying capacities, some of which are the government of India’s Investment Commission, the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, South Africa’s International Investment Council, several prestigious universities and several philanthropies. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1962, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.The government of India honored Tata with one of its highest civilian awards, the Padma Vibhushan, this year.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $419k–$6.7M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GOQii — GOQii is headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen. It is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world's leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem asa single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world's leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii's goal is to enable millions of people across the world to "be the force" by helping them unleash their untapped potential.
- Repos energy — Repos Energy is redefining the energy distribution system by making all fuels available at your doorstep with just a click on the Repos app! Contact us now!
- Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.
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