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Top 50 Wine and Spirits Angel Investors in United States (May 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United States Wine And Spirits startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United States Wine And Spirits startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Fabrice Grinda
Angel
3 United States, France, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace $600k–$65M
Jason Calacanis
Angel
2 United States, Australia, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$13M
Matthew Kaness
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Software, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
Kevin Weil
Angel
2 United States, India, Germany Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, FinTech $2.7M–$8M
Rahul Vohra
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $1.2M–$75M
Pankaj Jain
Angel
2 United States, India, Jordan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Analytics, SaaS, Mobile $50k–$1.1M
Arianna Simpson
Angel
2 United States, Philippines Series A, Seed, Series B Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $3.1M–$60M
Arielle Zuckerberg
Angel
2 United States, Mexico, Norway Seed, Series A, Angel Analytics, Productivity Tools, Gaming
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
2 United States, Australia, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $650k–$53M
Casey Neistat
Angel
2 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Apps, Cryptocurrency
Balaji Srinivasan
Angel
2 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $125k–$18M
Matt Caspari
Angel
2 United States, Pakistan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Software, Information Technology $4.5M–$5.7M
Zach Segal
Angel
2 United States Seed Internet, Software, FinTech $4.3M–$4.5M
Michael Ströck
Angel
2 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Health Care, Medical, Information Technology $250k–$1.5M
Dave McClure
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software $100k–$30M
David J. Adelman
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports $3.6M–$7.5M
Jen Rubio
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Fashion, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce $2.8M–$4.5M
Peter Hunn
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Software, Internet, SaaS $4.3M–$4.5M
Joanne Wilson
Angel
2 United States, Poland, Germany Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail $500k–$11M
Ligaya Tichy
Angel
2 United States Seed, Angel, Series A Food and Beverage, Apps, Marketplace
Christine Tsai
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Spain Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Mobile, SaaS, Software $205k–$1M
Austin Rosen
Angel
2 United States, Israel, Singapore Seed, Series A Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Magdalena Kala
Angel
2 United States, Sweden Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, Retail, Blockchain
Charles Hudson
Angel
2 United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Mobile $850k–$18M
Bedy Yang
Angel
2 United States, Spain, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed iOS, Marketplace, Social Media Marketing
Justin Waldron
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Chile Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Mobile $150k–$5.3M
Christen O'Brien
Angel
2 United States Seed SaaS, Logistics, Accounting
Niv Dror
Angel
2 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Internet, Marketplace $1M–$4.5M
Russel Simmons
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, News, Mobile $750k–$4.5M
Parker Thompson
Angel
2 United States, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Software, SaaS, Restaurants
Gil Fuchsberg
Angel
1 United States Seed Video, E-Commerce, Publishing
Erik Juhl
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Gaming, Internet, Software
Ben Bear
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed GovTech, Internet, Software
Frederick Warren
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B Mobile, Ad Retargeting, Mobile Advertising $5M–$9M
Nik Sharma
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Michael Kives
Angel
1 United States, Canada Series A, Seed Information Technology, Blockchain, Productivity Tools
Margaret Stewart
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Paul Heydon
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Finland Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps $600k–$12M
Web Smith
Angel
1 Canada, United States Seed, Series B Marketing, Distillery, Social Media
Gerry Ruvo
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Brian Carr
Angel
1 United States Seed SaaS, Mobile, E-Commerce
Taz Patel
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A SaaS, Information Technology, Mobile
T.J. Rodgers
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A Solar, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Bryan Mahoney
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Wellness
Mike Kruzeniski
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Justin Wong
Angel
1 United States Seed Cannabis, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Elizabeth Colton
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Joseph Plumeri
Angel
1 United States Series A, Private Equity E-Commerce, B2B, Delivery
Fred Shilmover
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Sales, FinTech, Internet
Lars Albright
Angel
1 United States, Sweden, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Angel Mobile, Financial Services, iOS
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, France, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 129
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$4M; Series A $2.3M–$9.1M; Series B $2.7M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
  • PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
  • Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
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Jason Calacanis
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 333
  • Round size: Seed $722k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.9M; Series A $2.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
  • Bonjuur — Housekeeping Membership that tidies up your house daily and cleans room by room, for a serene life. Welcome to Bonjuur Life.
  • CyberFilm — Bring your story to life!
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Matthew Kaness
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Matthew Kaness

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Italic — Atelier-grade essentials from the same manufacturers as top brands with zero markups and logos.
  • Maker Wine — Craft canned wine, delivered to you. Maker works with the best small producers to bring you award-winning, zero sugar, minimal intervention wines in cans.
  • Interlace Ventures — Interlace Ventures is a seed stage fund partnering with ambitious founders in their first round of financing in the future of retail. We leverage our years of international entrepreneurial experience to help bring companies from seed to growth with time and care.
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Kevin Weil
Angel · Portola Valley, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Kevin Weil is the Head of Product at Instagram, overseeing consumer and monetization products. Prior to Instagram, Kevin was the SVP of Product at Twitter, overseeing product development and design across Twitter's consumer and ad products, as well as Vine and Periscope. Between 2010 and 2014, he led product development for Twitter'sadvertising platform, as well as the development of Fabric. Before joining Twitter in 2009, he was the first employee at web media startup Cooliris, working in user growth and analytics. He also worked worked at municipal wireless network provider Tropos Networks, Microsoft Research, and in a past life as a Physics Ph.D. Student, at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Kevin graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. In Mathematics and Physics, and holds an M.S. in physics from Stanford

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $2.7M–$2.7M; Series A $8M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OSlash - Text Expander and Keyboard Shortcuts — Transform long URLs into memorable shortcuts. Make information easy to access, find, & share with others in an instant with a complete URL management solution
  • Slay — Slay is a positive social media network for teenagers
  • SLAY — SLAY is a social gaming company.
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Rahul Vohra
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Rahul Vohra is the Founder and CEO at Superhuman. He is also the Technical Advisor at BOLDstart Ventures and Investor & Advisor at Partender and Investor of sendwithus and EasyPost.Rahul Vohra is a former CEO and Co-Founder of Rapportive and Game Designer at Jagex. Rahul received a bachelor of arts in Computer Science at the University ofCambrigdge.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.5M; Series A $14M–$15M; Series B $31M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NexHealth — Join thousands of doctors, hundreds of developers, and millions of patients using NexHealth for EHR-integrated real-time online scheduling, patient communications, digital paperwork, and more.
  • Bubbles — Bubbles is a collaboration tool that lets you tag anything on your screen and invite your teammates to discuss in-context. Get excited by organic growth and viral loops, and less so by paid advertising. Are active on one or more social platforms like Medium, Twitter, Product Hunt, etc.
  • Zed Industries — Code at the speed of thought. Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
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Pankaj Jain
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Jordan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WhizAI — One of the augumented analytics platform used for consumers purpose. Attend a trained session on life sciences data and other patient analytics as a sole! Hurry up to take a weekly demo on the life science by the best expertise on this field.
  • Cypherock — Welcome to Cypherock, where we are dedicated to building the world's safest cold wallet to protect your crypto. Discover Cypherock X1 with cutting-edge technology and robust security features.
  • Paperstreet — Write beautiful company updates to engage your investors, advisors, and users.
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Arianna Simpson
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Arianna Simpson is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a Founder at Autonomous Partners company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$7.5M; Series A $20M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Celo — Celo is global payments infrastructure that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone
  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
  • Freedom Robotics — Freedom Robotics creates powerful control and monitoring software to enable the next generation of robotics companies to build, operate, and scale robots and robotic fleets.
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Arielle Zuckerberg
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Arielle Zuckerberg the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in October 2015, in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners. (TechCrunch)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Analytics, Productivity Tools, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Norway

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Libermans Co — We are the Liberman Siblings: David & Daniil, Anna, and Masha.
  • Riogrande — Unimos fuerzas con emprendedores de e-commerce para crecer y fortalecer marcas que la gente ama.
  • The Ticket Fairy — The Ticket Fairy is a marketing and analytics solution that helps events to get more, relevant attendees and secure their ticket income in advance. Running events is a huge risk. Costs can be massive (in the millions of dollars) and multiple factors affect attendance - even something as simple as rain can result in a 25% drop in on-the-door sales.They are used by large events to: - Increase revenue (typically by 10-25%) - Lower marketing costs - Increase social reach, to the right people - Manage and optimise advertising campaigns across multiple channels, including automating audience targeting - Reduce ticket resale fraud/scalping - Automate day-to-day business admin - Gain insights into customer demographics & brand engagement via social profile analytics - Plan future events via data-driven decision making, increasing event relevancy
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations. In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s localliquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period.During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years.Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings.Outside of being the Chairman and CEO of his own companies, Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook,Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 50 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook.Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am onIn addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also houses The Gallery, a new publishing company started after acquiring leading women’s lifestyle property PureWow in January 2017. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and restaurant reservations app Resy.Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$3.1M; Series A $2M–$25M; Series B $8.3M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
  • Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
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Casey Neistat
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Casey Neistat is a Youtube sensation with 9.5 million subscribers and over 2 billion views. Neistat is also the co-founder of Beme, a video-editing social app.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Commsor — Commsor is the world's only full-stack company, providing Community-Led companies with the software, resources, and education to unlock the full power of community.
  • Notch — We are the first insurance designed specifically to cater the unique needs of the businesses and assets that make the digital economy. Get an instant quote today!
  • Creator Now — film school, reimagined for creators
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Balaji Srinivasan
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups, 43 in the past 12 months

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the cofounder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

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  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 164
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $125k–$4.2M; Series A $1.7M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Induced AI — Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities.
  • Parallax — Receive money as if you were abroad. Save big with best rates and lowest fees. Withdraw instantly.
  • Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
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Matt Caspari
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Managing Partner at Strawberry Creek Ventures, an Alumni Ventures fund. AngelList syndicate lead. 2x venture-backed founder/CEO. Former Innovation @ Nike

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Pakistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $4.5M–$5.7M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Clover — Notes, Tasks, Whiteboards and a Daily Planner in a streamlined workflow
  • Cabinet Health — Cabinet Health is a sustainable healthcare company, starting with over-the-counter medicine. Cabinet sells 30+ OTC medicines and dietary supplements with a focus on environmental sustainability, quality, and personalized care.
  • The Better Meat Co. — The Better Meat Co. is a B2B ingredients company that offers plug-and-play plant protein formulations that quickly and cost-effectively enhance (or even replace) your meat products while improving nutrition, flavor, and yield.
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Zach Segal
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Zach Segal is the Head of Listings at Coinbase. Previously, he was a Product Manager at Earn, LendUp, and SendHub. Segal holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Florida State University College of Business. He lives in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Command E — Command E develops an easy keyboard shortcut to open any document, contact, file or record from the cloud. Command-E on Mac and Control-E Windows. Your data never leaves your computer.
  • Atmos — Atmos is building a managed marketplace for homebuilding, connecting home buyers that want to build a house with builders who can help them do just that and the financing to make it happen.
  • MainStreet — Tax credits, contract negotiations, software discounts, and more. Let us do the work, while you grow your business. Free to see how much you'll save.
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Michael Ströck
Angel · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Founding partner and investor at Calm/Storm Ventures. Previously founded companies in consumer e-commerce (KochAbo; exit to Marley Spoon in 2015) and enterprise SaaS (Gustav; YC S17). Launched and grew successful open source projects (Vienna RSS; over 10 million downloads), as well as various community and charity projects (FounderTalks.org,Chancen:reich).I‘m especially passionate about the very early stages of company-building and have a track-record of early stage investments in my own companies, as well as healthcare and health-tech startups like Mediclass, hi.health and Probably Genetic (YC W19). Other notable investments include Flaviar (YC S14), Joblocal.de (Exit 2015), Kiko, Biloba and an investment as one of the first limited partners in Austrian venture fund Speedinvest.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $578k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Catch — Set aside for taxes and retirement. Save thousands on health insurance. Free personal payroll and benefits for freelancers, contractors, and the self-employed.
  • Flaviar — Flaviar, a spirits tasting club, offers a subscription service that helps members discover new liquor products through sample tasting packs.Subscribers are given access to rare and original spirits, invite them to great events, and keep them educated and entertained with booze-themed content and receive personalized samples and complimentarybottles every month.Flaviar was established by Grisa Soba and Jugoslav Petkovic and was headquartered in London, England since 2012.
  • Glidian — Glidian understand the trouble of finding forms, tracking multiple authorization requests, and faxing out documents. Glidian is designed to solve all of your prior authorization needs.
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Dave McClure
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm and startup accelerator with over $500M in assets under management. Dave has invested in hundreds of companies around the world,including more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. He was named by Forbes as one of the top VCs in the world in 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List). Before 500 Startups, Dave worked at Founders Fund and PayPal, and he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988 with a BS in engineering and applied mathematics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $1.2M–$6.5M; Series B $2.2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ezra AI — Ezra provides full-body MRI screening for potential early cancer and abnormalities in up to 13 organs. Book a scan today.
  • Tribal — Tribal Credit is a corporate charge card specially designed for startups in emerging markets. Using a proprietary AI-driven approval process, the San Francisco based startup provides small and medium companies with access to payments and complete control over their spending. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, data scientists and fintech execs whohave built and led startups in both emerging markets and Silicon Valley, the startup aspires to bridge the business financial inclusion gap between the two. Tribal Credit is backed by BECO Capital, Global Ventures, Endure Capital, 500 Startups, Rising Tide Fund, AR Ventures, Off The Grid Ventures, RiseUp, and Tribe Capital.
  • Terraformation — Terraformation creates partnerships to scale reforestation with hardware, software, and knowledge based solutions.
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David J. Adelman
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

As CEO of Campus Apartments, David J. Adelman is one of the nation’s leading experts on university-affiliated real estate development. Under his leadership, Campus Apartments has grown into one of the nation’s largest providers of on- and off-campus student housing with more than $2 billion in assets under management across 24 states.Mr. Adelmanis an active private investor, entrepreneur, and member of his community. He has served in leadership positions at Franklin Square Capital Partners, a leading manager of alternative investment, as well as FS Investment Corporation and FS Energy and Power Fund, both publicly registered business development companies focused on investing in the debt securities of private U.S. companies.Mr. Adelman also serves on the Actua Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTA) Board of Directors; Penn Medicine Board of Trustees; Wheels Up Board of Directors; Board of Councilors of the USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education; Vice Chair of University City District Board of Directors; and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).David is also the CEO and Founder of Darco Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • Framebridge — Framebridge makes online custom picture framing ridiculously easy, fast, and affordable.
  • Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment — Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), founded by Josh Harris & David Blitzer in 2017, is a proud family of diverse, global brands and sports properties including the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils among many others.
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Jen Rubio
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Jen Rubio is the Co-Founder and CEO at Away.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • The Expert — Book consultations with the world's top design experts
  • Medley — Medley is a membership for curious, growth-minded people who want a structured, social, and accessible way to invest in themselves.
  • tvg hospitality — Venue Group is an entertainment and hospitality operator in the United Kingdom and the United States. The company was founded in 2019 by Ben Lovett and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Peter Hunn
Angel · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Peter Hunn is Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Clause, Inc. The Accord Project (now a Linux Foundation project) from Clause, Inc. is the leading organization for the development of techno-legal standards for smart legal contracts and distributed ledger applications in the legal industry. Peter is also an angel investor in earlystage startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Command E — Command E develops an easy keyboard shortcut to open any document, contact, file or record from the cloud. Command-E on Mac and Control-E Windows. Your data never leaves your computer.
  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
  • MainStreet — Tax credits, contract negotiations, software discounts, and more. Let us do the work, while you grow your business. Free to see how much you'll save.
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Joanne Wilson
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Joanne Wilson has had many careers. She started out in retail, eventually moving to the wholesale arena. She then transitioned to the media side of the technology world, before once again reinventing herself as an investor. She is currently an active angel investor with a portfolio of over 90 companies such as Food52, Sweeten, Vengo, Nestio, Phinand Phebes, Makers Row, Clutter, and Union Station. She has been involved in numerous real estate transactions from beginning to end and continues to make investments in that world. She is also an investor in a few restaurants in the New York area. In addition to these endeavors, Joanne has been involved in various education projects and served as chairperson at Hot Bread Kitchen, non-profit committed to increasing access to the culinary industry for woman and minority entrepreneurs. She also sits on the board of The Highline. Joanne has maintained her very popular blog, www.gothamgal.com for over 11 years and has recently take her talents to the airwaves on her podcast, ""Positively Gotham Gal"". She loves to bake, cook, throw a good party, travel, read, collect art, do the crossword and stay on top of what's happening around the globe and in NYC.Her most successful venture is being married to her best friend, Fred and raising their three kids- Jessica, Emily and Josh

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Poland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$3.7M; Angel $500k–$1.2M; Series A $1M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Manufactured — Manufactured is a product sourcing platform that provides access for entrepreneurs to manufacturing companies to find the perfect product and help build and operate digital manufacturing supply chains.
  • Beckley Waves — Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem.
  • Porter Road Butcher — Pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken delivered straight to your door. Free of antibiotics, hormones, and GMOs. All of our beef is dry aged for 14 days! Shop better meat per piece or per month with Butcher's Choice Subscription Boxes at Porter Road.
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Ligaya Tichy
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Ligaya launches new markets for consumer technology companies. She kickstarted Airbnb's international development as Global Head of Offline Marketing & Community during their most rapid growth phase. Prior to that, she was a Marketing Manager for Yelp, helping the company expand their footprint across the US. Ligaya now angel invests andadvises startups and serves as a mentor for 500 Startups. She is also a regular speaker at SXSW, various TEDx, and CMX Summit. Ligaya was also selected as a 2014 TechWomen by the US Department of State.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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!
  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
  • Holey Grail Donuts — Holey Grail Donuts is a producer of taro donuts fried in coconut oil, hand-harvested, and crafted. Its services also include catering, orders for groups or parties, outdoor seating, takeaway, and walk-in services.
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Christine Tsai
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Startups. Since the firm’s inception in 2010, she grew 500 Startups to over $600M committed capital, 2,400+ portfolio investments, 140+ team members, 26 accelerator batches, and a vibrant community of founders spanning 77 countries around the world. Christine has spent her entire professional careerbuilding and investing in Silicon Valley.Christine was the Product Marketing Manager of Google before that. She attended the University of California, Berkeley.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $205k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
  • Barn & Willow — A Simpler Way to Buy Window Coverings - drapes, curtains, blinds and shades. Crafted from the most exclusive and premium Belgian linen and organic cotton fabrics. Delivered in 10 days.
  • Headout — Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds.
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Austin Rosen
Angel · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Austin Rosen is the founder and CEO of Electric Feel Entertainment and Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Last Crumb — Luxury cookies born in LA. Handmade & baked in weekly limited batches and delivered nationwide. Do people even read these anymore? Smack the link already.
  • Actual Veggies — Filling, Colorful & Delicious burgers Made With Fresh Veggies.
  • Creative Intell — Real education for the real music business
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Magdalena Kala
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Ms. Kala joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 2013. She is a Vice President in the Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical and is a member of the North American Private Equity team. Ms. Kala has also worked extensively in Bain Capital Private Equity’s Industrial Vertical. Ms. Kala received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business whereshe was an Arjay Miller Scholar. She graduated cum laude with an AB in Economics from Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Retail, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GOALS — Goals is a provider of an online football game. Goals is a multiplayer-first football game primarily for PC and consoles that offers a way for gamers to own in-game digital assets as they play.
  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
  • Wilder World — An immersive 5D Metaverse built on Ethereum, Unreal Engine 5 & ZERO.
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Charles Hudson
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures and a Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to that, he was a Venture Partner at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC). He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $850k–$2M; Series A $1.8M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BevSuite — Create promotional emails 10x faster with BevSuite. Purpose-built for beverage alcohol marketing. BevSuite uses the latest AI technology to generate catchy, high-performing subject lines and product notes. Start with a premade design and give it your own twist.
  • Maker Wine — Craft canned wine, delivered to you. Maker works with the best small producers to bring you award-winning, zero sugar, minimal intervention wines in cans.
  • Salut — Join the creator platform for fitness pros.
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Bedy Yang
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Bedy Yang is a Managing Partner at 500 Global, a Fellow at Kauffman Fellows, and a Lecturer at VC Unlocked at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the Founder of +INNOVATORS. Prior to that, he was a Management consultant at Integration Consulting. He attended FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas and the University ofPennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: iOS, Marketplace, Social Media Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Spain, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps
  • Pick1 — While whoever doing polls/surveys focus on how to create the questions, Pick1 focuses on how to leverage the answers: social insights crunched to deliver actionable data.A Brand using Pick1 gets an highly customizable, flexible and integrated solution that connects seamlessly with third party technologies (SalesForce, MailChimp, Lithium),enabling the brand to process this information in an automated way: a "survey/marketing intelligence suite".The result of this is that: a) the Brand doesn't need to go through the pain of integrating a polling tool into its own properties, because Pick1 is taking care of that via API, b) any other solution would be not providing any kind of context data anyway, which Pick1 instead provides.The Brand can then leverage this further layer of data to create clusters of users, matching them with a more specific content/advertising to generate higher engagement and conversion.
  • Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
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Justin Waldron
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors youngentrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Chile

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$5.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tippsy — Largest selection of sake delivered to you. Tippsy makes finding good sake easy and fun! Free shipping 6+ bottles. Sake club subscription offers special perks such as member-exclusive discounts, virtual sake tasting as well as a beginner's guide.
  • Breakr — Breakr connects artists and influencers to break new music through the culture. Music influencers can set up profiles, update their music preferences, and create digital campaigns available across all platforms. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
  • Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
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Christen O'Brien
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Christen O'Brien

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Logistics, Accounting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
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Niv Dror
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Niv Dror is a Managing Partner at Shrug Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Eight Sleep — The #1 Smart Mattress with bed cooling technology, designed to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep. Try it at home for 100 nights, risk-free.
  • Command E — Command E develops an easy keyboard shortcut to open any document, contact, file or record from the cloud. Command-E on Mac and Control-E Windows. Your data never leaves your computer.
  • Levels — Levels helps you see how food affects your health with data from biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs)
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Russel Simmons
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Russ co-founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 with former colleague and friend Jeremy Stoppelman.Prior to Yelp, Russ was one of the early employees and the lead software architect at PayPal. He led a team of top engineers on critical projects related to security, scalability, stability, and internationalization as the company scaled rapidly. Followinghis time at PayPal, Russ joined Max Levchin's (co-founder of PayPal) incubator, where he teamed up with Jeremy.Russ holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, News, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Circa — More and more people are relying on mobile as their primary source of news yet the content itself continues to be produced in a format that translates very poorly to mobile devices. Rather than trying to shoehorn existing content into a new environment, Circa is creating the first born-on-mobile news experience. It will deliver news in a uniqueformat – native to mobile devices with an experience intuitive to mobile users. Through comprehensive yet to-the-point news updates paired with an engrossing mobile experience, Circa redefines how news is produced, delivered and consumed. Circa is news reimagined.Circa was founded by
  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
  • ShareWell — Struggling with mental health issues? ShareWell provides online peer support, a proven mental health alternative for therapy. Get group support when you need it.
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Parker Thompson
Angel · Alameda, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Parker Thompson - General Partner & Founder @ Tnt Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Restaurants
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lish — Lish specializes in corporate catering, office catering, online catering delivery, and workplace food solutions. We serve companies in Seattle & Bellevue/Eastside, including Redmond and Kirkland.
  • Primeloop — Primeloop makes it easy to track your press, and receive notifications about new comments, shares and engagement on all your PR clippings.
  • Free Agency — Hollywood-style career management for tech talent.
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Gil Fuchsberg
Angel · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Gil Fuchsberg - Head of Corporate Development @ Roku

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, E-Commerce, Publishing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VinePair — VinePair is the best place to learn about wine, beer & spirits. Helpful expert guides, infographics, maps & more make learning about drinking fun and easy!
  • Thirty Labs — Thirty Labs is a brand new, video-focused NYC startup studio, collaboratively creating companies for the 40% of our waking lives spent watching video.
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Erik Juhl
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Entrepreneur, Investor and Operator. Built multiple unicorns from zero revenue up. Love building and helping the community advance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GawkBox — GawkBox enables content creators to build a community with their audience.- Creators can recruit their audience onto their team and play games together. A new game starts every 24 hours. - Compete against other creators for the highest team score in daily competitions. Prizes are awarded to the top teams. - Cultivate a community through safe anddedicated live chat. Community members who play the most are recognized through a system of ranks and rewards. - Collect donations from the community and win prizes to support the channel. Teams have a chance to win every single day!
  • Libation Labs — Libation Labs, Inc. is a technology-focused game studio founded in early 2022.
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Ben Bear
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

As Chief Business Officer, Ben is responsible for overseeing market expansion, public policy, business development, and public affairs at Spin. Prior to Spin, Ben was the founding VP Sales of Vungle, a mobile advertising company recently acquired by Blackstone. Ben began his career in Chicago, where he worked as a political consultant for theStrategy Group after graduating from nearby Northwestern University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: GovTech, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Automotus — Curb management for cities, airports and fleets. Real-time data. Automated payments. Smart loading zones. Zero emissions delivery zones.
  • Libation Labs — Libation Labs, Inc. is a technology-focused game studio founded in early 2022.
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Frederick Warren
Angel · Newport, Rhode Island, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Frederick Warren is the founder of Warren holds an MBA and an engineering degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Ad Retargeting, Mobile Advertising
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Root Metrics — Root Metrics formally Root Wireless, is the developer of Root Coverageâ„¢ service, cellular network performance mapping created by patent-pending technologies that audit and analyze cellular network and device performance. The Bellevue, WA-based company's products include Root Mobileâ„¢, a network scouting and crowdsourcing applicationthat turns smartphones into network monitoring devices that measure the quality and reliability of cellular voice and data connectivity services, as well as the over-the-air performance of handsets connecting to the networks. Root Wireless, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.
  • FinTron — FinTron is on a mission to make investing, saving, and budgeting accessible, understandable, and doable for the Mobile Generation through our all-in-one investing, and investment education app. We strive to promote the financial freedom of the Mobile-First Generation through better education, accesible financial products, and philanthropicgive-back programs. FinTron Invest was founded in 2019 by Wilder Rumpf (CEO and President)
  • WX Brands — Winery Exchange was founded in 1999. Headquartered in Novato, California, USA, they maintain regional sales offices around the United States and international offices in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Spain. Of its founding group of three, Peter Byck continues as Winery Exchange's President and CEO and John Crean is an observing member ofthe Board of Directors and an investor.The company was founded with the intent of blending extensive industry expertise with cutting-edge business practices. The result is a dynamic, fast-growing company poised to take advantage of new trends in the beverage alcohol industry.
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Nik Sharma
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Nik Sharma is a Founder of Superhuman.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
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Michael Kives
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Michael Kives is a Founder of K5 Global.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Blockchain, Productivity Tools
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Audius — Audius is a music streaming and sharing platform that puts power back into the hands of content creators.
  • Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
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Margaret Stewart
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Margaret Stewart is the VP, Product Design & Responsible Innovation at Meta.She attended New York University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
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Paul Heydon
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

30 years as a founder, operator, investor, and advisor. Previously Paul was a Co-Founder and General Partner at LVP. Paul has invested in Supercell (majority acquired by Tencent), Unity (NYSE:U), Matchmade, Radiant Entertainment (acquired by Riot Games), Boomlagoon (acquired by Wargaming), Peak (acquired by Hachette Livre), AppOnboard, FRVR,Starform, Gameclub, Coherence, Lucid Sight, Doppio Games, Capture, Flick, EvenPrime, Tellie & Litho and others. Previously, he was an investment banker at Avista Partners, Commerzbank Securities & ING Barings. He has both a HBA & MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in Canada.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $600k–$660k; Series A $3.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tellie — Create a free website/link-in-bio to market your art, release new music, increase your followers, sell merchandise, and share your portfolio/resume/EPK. Token Gate all.
  • Coherence — Unlock your multiplayer possibilities
  • Glean AI — Glean AI is the only Accounts Payable solution that combines smart automation with spend intelligence and powers Finance teams to drive material savings.
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Web Smith
Angel · Columbus, Ohio, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Formerly, I led eCommerce operations for Gear Patrol. There, I worked to bridge media and commerce with partnerships formed with the likes of top men’s brands. During our time, we launched the Patrol vertical brand for the men’s lifestyle site.Prior to Gear Patrol, I implemented commerce operations at Uncrate. Before this, I was the founding CMOof a startup called Mizzen+Main. There, I worked extensively to find a founder-product-market fit, voice, and cost-effective approach to establishing Mizzen+Main in a competitive space to include Ministry, Theory, and others. I got my start in eCommerce by handling digital marketing for Rogue. There I learned from a few of the best in the business.I’ve been featured in AdWeek, New York Times, Fast Company, Pando Daily, Wall Street Journal, and Esquire. I’ve written on retail for Forbes, TechCrunch, and the Wall Street Journal. I’ve consulted over a dozen digitally native vertical brands (DNVB’s) and a handful of publicly-traded retailers.I have a wife, Lindsey, and two great kids in Alexis and Adriana. I am the fourth best athlete in my house.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Distillery, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
  • #Paid — #Paid is a tech company that operates a creative marketing platform that combines brand and creator collaboration. The platform allows brands to collaborate with relevant artists, travelers, storytellers, and photographers from all over the world for product placement on social media platforms.
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Gerry Ruvo
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Gerry Ruvo is a former CEO of Campari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
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Brian Carr
Angel · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Brian leads all marketing initiatives at Springpad. He was previously CMO at the Washington Post-owned Avenue100 Media Solutions, and held marketing and product management positions at NameMedia.com, Lycos.com, AltaVista.com and start-ups such as SportsLine USA, which became CBS SportsLine.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Drync — Drync Wine has been the top downloaded mobile app for wine in the world. Drync has received accolades from the New York Times, Mashable, Macworld, and others. Today, Drync manages 600,000 bottles of virtual wine for 300,000 affluent wine enthusiasts and has served over 2 million wine searches.
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Taz Patel
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Taz Patel is a serial entrepreneur with multiple exits over the past decade who continues to support the startup ecosystem via mentorship, advisory and investing. Most recently, Taz co-founded Captiv8, an Influencer marketplace and SaaS platform funded by Social Capital, Liquid 2, Visionnaire, Jason Calacanis, Cyan Banister and strategic Angels.Before this, Taz was the Chief Revenue Officer of Republic Project, a startup funded by Google Ventures and later acquired by DG Sizmek in 2013. Before that, Taz led monetization efforts at Showyou App funded by True Ventures that was acquired by Vevo in 2015. His knowledge in social marketing, mobile/video advertising, and SaaS/Marketplace businesses is a personal passion that stems from early sales leadership roles at Interclick and BlueLithium, both of which were acquired by Yahoo! for $270 Million in 2011 and $300 Million in 2007. A Chicago native, Taz studied at the University of California, Berkeley and currently lives with his wife, son and dog in San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CloudAdmin.io — CloudAdmin is a cost-optimization platform that helps executives save money in hidden cloud instance buying options.
  • Ampleforth — Ampleforth is the name of a character in George Orwell's 1984 who is responsible for translating poetry into Newspeak, a language designed to limit freedom of thought. When tasked to replace the word “God” in a Kipling poem, Ampleforth refuses, not out of righteousness, or subversiveness, but rather, a simple love for language and respect forthe truth. To Ampleforth, no other word makes sense in context and therefore no other word should replace it.
  • Marigold Health — Marigold Health is an anonymous social network where people with mental health and substance use conditions support each other.
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T.J. Rodgers
Angel · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

T.J. Rodgers

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Solaria — The Solaria Corporation, a solar technology company, manufactures cells and modules for the optics and semiconductor industries. The company develops cell and module technologies that fit into the existing value-add chain. It uses a low-concentration solar PV multiplying technology that produces PV cells from silicon material.
  • Lumenari — Lumenari is an advanced materials discovery company founded in Silicon Valley and currently operating in Lexington, KY. We develop novel materials that enable new applications and facilitate new device architectures.
  • Bespoken Spirits — Buy a bottle to enjoy. Sustainability is at the forefront of what we do thanks to a proprietary system that uses less than 3% of the wood, 1% of the energy and a fraction of the water required by traditional barrel aging.
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Bryan Mahoney
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Bryan started his career in Montreal, pursuing a degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship at McGill University. In 1998, during his sophomore year, he founded Dynamo, a digital design studio that would later become his full-time job with a team of thirty-five. Over the course of 15 years, Dynamo established itself as a go-to partner forventure-backed startups in the e-commerce space, including brands like Blue Bottle Coffee, Samsung, the Honest Company, and Glossier. After Glossier launched in 2014, Bryan was tasked with helping the New York-based company build out their own in-house tech team. He ended up taking on the job himself and now serves as their Chief Technology Officer. At Glossier, Bryan’s focus has shifted to overseeing an international team of developers and data analysts as they work to create a forward-thinking experience for customers and build a technology infrastructure from the ground up. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York City.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Waeve — Beginner friendly, high quality wigs in trend-forward styles. We've created a brand that helps you with everything to do with wigs. Shop exclusively at thewaeve.com.
  • Maker Wine — Craft canned wine, delivered to you. Maker works with the best small producers to bring you award-winning, zero sugar, minimal intervention wines in cans.
  • Lucky Sweater — Welcome to the ultimate slow fashion community closet. Explore different styles, discover independent designers, and try new things with the slow fashion community.
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Mike Kruzeniski
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Mike Kruzeniski is a Head of Design at Twitter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
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Justin Wong
Angel · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Justin Wong

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cannabis, Manufacturing, Food Processing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • California Dreamin — California Dreamin is a food and beverage start up that manufactures all natural cannabis infused sodas for a light social high. It is simply made of fruit juice, cannabis, and carbonation. It was on their first date that the founders, Amy and Peter discovered their mutual love for starting companies. Amy and Peter knew then wanted to startsomething, but weren't sure what. With a little reseach, it became clear that the cannabis market was on it's way to becoming huge while only catering to your typical pothead.
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Elizabeth Colton
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Elizabeth Colton is a senior PR & Events Manager Campari America.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
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Joseph Plumeri
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Joe Plumeri is vice chairman of the First Data Board of Directors. Plumeri was originally appointed to the Board and as a senior advisor to KKR in August 2013. Since then he also has been serving as senior advisor to First Data Chairman and CEO Frank Bisignano, and as the head of First Data’s client delivery, innovation and marketing organization.He assumed the vice chairman role in May, 2014.Since joining First Data, Plumeri has played a pivotal role in the company’s transformation from a transaction processor to a payments technology company and solutions provider to merchants and financial institutions. He has spearheaded company-wide efforts to become more client-centric, including realigning how the company delivers solutions to and serves its global and strategic accounts, national merchants and enterprise clients, financial institutions, small business clients, bank partners and agents and ISO clients. Creating a superior client experience is part of this effort to better serve clients, build stronger relationships that foster business growth for clients, and deliver innovative solutions, including the Clover™ Station, a transformational point-of-sale solution for small and medium sized businesses.Prior to joining First Data, Plumeri served as chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis Group Holdings plc. Under his leadership, Willis strengthened its position as one of the world’s leading insurance brokers through sector-leading organic growth and operating margins, strategic expansion, a dedication to transparency and passionate client service.Appointed to lead Willis in 2000, Plumeri returned the company, which was privately held by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), to public ownership in 2001. When he assumed leadership of Willis, the company’s share price was $3, rising to $43 when he stepped down as chairman in 2013. Among Plumeri’s notable milestones while at Willis, in addition to the extraordinary return to shareholders, was his public leadership against conflicts of interest in the insurance industry. He also spearheaded Willis’ $2.1 billion acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) in 2009, which was one of the largest transactions in the insurance industry in the last decade, and drove the deal to rename the Sears Tower as Willis Tower, then the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.Before joining Willis, Plumeri had a 32-year career at Citigroup and its predecessor companies. As CEO of Citibank North America, he led the integration of the consumer businesses at Citicorp and Travelers Group. He also served as chairman and CEO of Travelers Primerica Financial Services, vice chairman of the Travelers Group, and president and managing partner of Shearson Lehman Brothers.A widely admired leader in the insurance industry, Plumeri was named to Treasury & Risk magazine's list of "100 Most Influential People in Finance" in 2009 and 2010. He was also recognized by St. John's University School of Risk Management as Insurance Leader of the Year in 2006.Plumeri’s generous philanthropy over the decades has drawn many accolades, including appointment as the Grand Marshal of the 2011 Columbus Day Parade by the Columbus Citizen’s Foundation. Plumeri also serves on the boards of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse; Mount Sinai Medical Center; the Jackie Robinson Foundation; and the Churchill Museum at the Cabinet Ward Rooms in London.An avid sportsman and baseball entrepreneur, Plumeri is an owner of the Trenton Thunder, the AA-affiliate of the New York Yankees, and the Trenton Blue Claws, the A-affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.In 2015 Plumeri published his first book, a national best seller, The Power of Being Yourself: A Game Plan for Success – by Putting Passion into Your Life and Work. In his book, based on his life experiences, Plumeri offers simple yet profound guidance on how to stay positive, motivate yourself and others and, achieve success in your life and work. All of the author’s proceeds from the book will be donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.Born in Trenton, N.J., Plumeri received his Bachelor of Arts in history and education from the College of William and Mary and attended New York Law School. In 2011, William and Mary awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service in honor of his philanthropic endeavors, where Plumeri delivered a speech to the 2011 graduates, titled "Go Play in Traffic (and Follow the Signs Along the Road)," that was recognized as one of the best commencement addresses of the year by the New York Times.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, B2B, Delivery
  • Stage:Series A, Private Equity
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Thirstie — Thirstie builds three-tier compliant e-commerce and data solutions for beverage alcohol brands
  • First Data Corporation — Fiserv is a global fintech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale.
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Fred Shilmover
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Prior to InsightSquared Fred headed global IT and was an associate at Bessemer Venture Partners. His background includes an SMB consultancy he founded as well as corporate development at Salesforce.com.Fred has a B.A. from Tufts and an MBA from Harvard Business School. In his off time Fred is an avid wakeboarder.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sales, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Drizly — Drizly is an alcohol marketplace that offers a variety of beer, wine and, spirits online.With the speed and convenience of on-demand delivery and shipping, Drizly partners with retailers in 235 markets to offer consumers of legal drinking age unrivaled selection and a transparent, personalized shopping experience. Backed by institutionalinvestors, Drizly partners with retailers to bring their shelves online, helping them to reach new customers, tap into key market and customer insights, and diversify their business to grow sales.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Acenna Data — Acenna data uses machine learning to increase sales productivity for field sales
  • Own Up — Own Up provides a software solution that enables residential lending from various lenders. The company allows consumers to finance their homes by eliminating the salesperson and providing a solution to compare, choose, and close with lenders. It supports primary residences, second homes, and investment properties, including single-family andmulti-family homes, condos, and townhomes. Own Up was founded by Mike Tassone, and Patrick Boyaggi in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Lars Albright
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Lars Albright is the General Partner at Unusual Ventures. He attended Harvard University and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Financial Services, iOS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Button — Button empowers the world's biggest Brands to supercharge their mobile marketing and ad performance using identity, deep linking, and machine learning technology.
  • Drizly — Drizly is an alcohol marketplace that offers a variety of beer, wine and, spirits online.With the speed and convenience of on-demand delivery and shipping, Drizly partners with retailers in 235 markets to offer consumers of legal drinking age unrivaled selection and a transparent, personalized shopping experience. Backed by institutionalinvestors, Drizly partners with retailers to bring their shelves online, helping them to reach new customers, tap into key market and customer insights, and diversify their business to grow sales.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Remix Media — Remix Media is building a mobile app that allows its users to mashup video content and overlay animations, text, and audio. It also provides services related to internet video, pop-culture, satire, mobile first, and more for its users. Remix Media is based in San Francisco, C.A.
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Wine and Spirits Angel investor funding in United States at a glance

Stats across 81 deals from 187 investors.

187
investors
in United States Wine And Spirits startups
81
deals
in United States Wine And Spirits startups
$3M
median round
in United States Wine And Spirits startups
5%
lead investors
lead at least one round
42%
Seed
most common funding stage

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