Top 50 Cannabis Angel Investors in United States (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Judith Fitzpatrick
Angel
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4 | United States | Seed | AgTech, Cannabis, Agriculture | $60k–$260k |
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Robert Stavis
Angel
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4 | United States, Canada, Germany | Series C, Series B, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $3.9M–$126M |
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Paul Buchheit
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $100k–$14M |
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Bruce Macfarlane
Angel
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3 | United States | Seed | Cannabis, Insurance | $3M–$3.1M |
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Jason Calacanis
Angel
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3 | United States, Australia, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$14M |
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Michael Lazerow
Angel
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3 | United States, Israel, Nigeria | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Advertising, SaaS | $1.6M–$45M |
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Louis Beryl
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $31k–$14M |
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Rick Thompson
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Gaming, Mobile | $41k–$43M |
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Jon Oringer
Angel
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2 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $175k–$56M |
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Baron Davis
Angel
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2 | United States, Sweden, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Mobile, Apps | $2M–$50M |
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Justin Kan
Angel
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2 | United States, Nigeria, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $890k–$23M |
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Kingsley Advani
Angel
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2 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Biotechnology | $120k–$183M |
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Adam Zeplain
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A | Cannabis, B2B, Retail | $4.1M–$9.2M |
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Clark Valberg
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $323k–$72M |
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Jack McCue
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, DIY | $2M–$2M |
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Kat Cole
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series C, Venture - Series Unknown | Nutrition, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage | $1M–$5.3M |
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Patrick Spaulding Ryan
Angel
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2 | United States, Mexico, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Software, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$10M |
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Samara Hernandez
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed | B2B, CRM, Cannabis | |
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Roger McNamee
Angel
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2 | United States, France | Series A, Convertible Note, Seed | Software, Social Media, Video | $500k–$22M |
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Harry Rubin
Angel
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2 | United States | Pre-Seed, Series A | Cannabis, Food and Beverage | |
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Stanley Tang
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Finance, E-Learning | $1.1M–$60M |
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Rachel Springate
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Women's, Cannabis | $1.5M–$4M |
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Mark Opel
Angel
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Efrain Sanchez
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | SEO, Advertising, Web Development | |
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Tobias Lütke
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | |
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Assia Grazioli
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Cannabis, Wellness, E-Commerce | |
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Lorenzo Lamadrid
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | Cannabis, Food and Beverage | |
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David Lee
Angel
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1 | United States, Japan, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Kate Miller
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Cannabis, Wellness, E-Commerce | |
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Prateek Gupta
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | SaaS, Cannabis, Analytics | |
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Jonathan Keidan
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software | |
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Steve Sacks
Angel
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1 | United States, Australia | Seed, Angel, Series A | Food and Beverage, Software, Audio | |
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Justin Waldron
Angel
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1 | United States, Japan, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | |
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Rhonda Kallman
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | Cannabis, Food and Beverage | |
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Julie McDermott
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Mexico | Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology | |
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Keisuke Honda
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $1M–$100M |
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Scott Robinson
Angel
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1 | United States, Kenya, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Bitcoin, FinTech | $230k–$20M |
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David Stern
Angel
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1 | United States, Spain | Series A, Seed, Series B | Sports, Gaming, Software | $3.6M–$33M |
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Ben Lamm
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.5M–$10M |
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Carmelo Anthony
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Mobile, Internet, DIY | $500k–$25M |
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Jay Brown
Angel
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1 | United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series E | SaaS, Cannabis, Delivery | |
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Shawn Carpenter
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Convertible Note, Angel | Cyber Security, Security, Software | $120k–$3.5M |
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Michael Auerbach
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Cannabis, Marketplace, B2B | $1.7M–$43M |
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Henry Davis
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Consumer Goods, Beauty, Fashion | |
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Avichal Garg
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Blockchain, Financial Services | $1.7M–$33M |
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Elad Gil
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$117M |
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Katie Stanton
Angel
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1 | United States, The Netherlands | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $200k–$60M |
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James Kinsella
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Information Technology, Cannabis, Computer | $6M–$9.5M |
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Andreas Penna
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, FinTech, Machine Learning | $400k–$34M |
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Mark Kingdon
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $120k–$3M |
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Judith Fitzpatrick
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- Industry: AgTech, Cannabis, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $60k–$260k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Prolific Earth Sciences — On-site soil test for microbial biomass/fungal to bacterial ratio in 20 min. Data saved in the cloud by GPS location. Patented, accurate, rapid and inexpensive.
Robert Michael Stavis is based out of Larchmont, New York and is the Partner of Bessemer Venture Partners. Robert previously worked at NewSchools Venture Fund as a Director. Robert Stavis attended the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series C, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$38M; Series B $9.8M–$126M; Series C $10M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atarraya Inc — Explore Atarraya Farms commitment to sustainability and ethical seafood production. We create the most sustainable protein in the world through innovative aquaculture practices. Join us in revolutionizing the future of seafood
- Flower Company — We sell weed on the internet. Thousands of products delivered overnight throughout California from Humboldt to San Diego
- Bespoke Financial — Bespoke Financial is a licensed lender supporting cannabis companies. They alleviate working capital constraints across the entire cannabis supply chain. Bespoke supports their clients as they scale and grow with unique financing solutions and cannabis business loans.
Paul Buchheit is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital. Paul Buchheit attended Case Western Reserve University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Angel $100k–$1.6M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SiPhox Health — Painless, 5-minute biomarker testing at home. Clear insights, trend tracking, and a personalized plan built around your results.
- BuildForever — BuildForever build products that feel personal, magical and deeply human.
- Perplexity — 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.
Bruce Macfarlane is a angel investor.
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- Industry: Cannabis, Insurance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $3M–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.
- Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.
Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 757
- Round size: Seed $525k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dexla — Build B2B apps quickly with an AI-powered front-end software engineer. Type in what your company does and watch Buck build your app for you.
- Contraline — Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible.
- howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
Michael Lazerow is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures.
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- Industry: Software, Advertising, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$15M; Series A $3M–$26M; Series B $7.3M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Torre.ai — Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities.
- Mint Songs — Music artists create NFTs with Mint Songs. Our toolkit and marketplace helps you mint 1/1 music NFTs that you can sell to fans and collectors. Own your creative, own your community in web3.
- WatchBox — WatchBox is the global leader in pre-owned luxury watches. Buy, Sell or Trade the most popular watch brands including Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Panerai and more.
3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $31k–$3.5M; Series A $2.2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
- Deepgram — Deepgram helps enterprises unlock the potential of their audio data with custom-trained speech recognition for accuracy and scale. Deepgram's deep learning speech recognition system searches for keywords in transcripts by sound and text within audio and video files, used for transcribing calls, meetings, and voicemails for searchable notes,providing businesses with a fast, high accuracy speech-to-text on an easy-to-use API.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Shred Video — Make awesome GoPro movies from raw footage in seconds. Download now on the Mac App Store! http://t.co/huKZsX8RBY
Rick Thompson is the Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director of Signia Venture Partners. He previously worked at Idle Games as a Chairman and Co-Founder. Rick Thompson attended the Wharton School.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $41k–$5.5M; Angel $1.5M–$1.8M; Series A $3M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cloud9 — Home of Cloud9, an esports organization with championship teams participating in Apex Legends, Chess, Fortnite, Halo, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Overwatch, Super Smash Bros, Teamfight Tactics, Valorant, World of Warcraft, and more!
- Stringr — Stringr combines a powerful cloud-based video software suite with a videographer network for on-demand video sourcing. On the same platform you can leverage Stringr's editing and enhancement tools, asset managent and sharing and streaming features to create video content faster and easier than ever before.
- Kush Marketplace — Wholesale Marketplace for the Legal Cannabis Industry
Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $175k–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$56M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SLUSHY — SLUSHY is a secure mobile web based platform for content creators to find, grow, & monetize their audiences. A creator first, tech-driven tool, designed with key discoverability features and audience insights. In a market where existing solutions (OnlyFans, Patreon) fall short of their creators' demands, SLUSHY provides an alternativesolution for professional content creators that prioritizes their monetization, support and management needs. SLUSHY incorporates a powerful legal framework, with robust compliance tools including simplified consent, ID verification, and content moderation. The new home of unrestricted content, SLUSHY is here.
- Unsloth AI — Unsloth is an open-source, no-code deskop UI for training and running open models on your local hardware.
- OneImaging — OneImaging makes life-saving diagnostics affordable, accessible, and personal. We connect employers, health plans, and members to a trusted national network of imaging centers, delivering faster answers with transparent pricing and premium care across MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, X-rays and more. We serve organizations looking to control medical spend and individuals who need reliable results without delays. Every scan booked through OneImaging is proof that healthcare can be simpler, cheaper, and kinder.
Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Sweden, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $5.7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KiddieKredit — Kiddie Kredit is a mobile app designed to educate children on the credit system by completing chores.
- COMMUNITYx — COMMUNITYx connects likeminded changemakers with another, as well as around calls-to-action. You can create events and petitions all from within the App! Whether you care about Environmental Justice, Black Lives Matter, Universal Healthcare, Poverty, and more, COMMUNITYx is the place for you!
- The Gathering Spot — The Gathering Spot is an invitation only, private membership club redefining the traditional club model & experience.
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Browse database — It's Free!Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Pre-Seed $890k–$20M; Series A $7.5M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Convex — All gas, no breakages. Convex is the reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.
- FLORA — FLORA is an applied AI HCI company building creative tools.
- Samepage — Building your second brain for product leaders
Kingsley Advani (born October 24, 1993, in London, United Kingdom) is a British tech entrepreneur, investor, and author based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is the Founder and CEO of Allo, an exchange for tokenized stocks managing over $2 billion in tokenized real-world assets, and the founder of Allocations, a fintech platform that has grownto administer more than $2 billion in assets across 30,000+ high-net-worth clients.Advani began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 13, launching a digital commerce business on eBay, before discovering Bitcoin in 2011 while studying finance and economics. In 2013, he allocated his IBM internship savings into Bitcoin and other emerging cryptocurrencies, becoming an early investor in what later became a multi-billion-dollar asset class. By his mid-twenties, he had invested in more than 200 companies, including unicorns such as SpaceX, Solana, Coinbase, Robinhood, and eToro.In 2017, he co-founded a global investor syndicate that collectively managed more than $4 billion in assets. Two years later, he launched Allocations, a platform providing infrastructure for fund administration, SPVs, and private market investments. CNBC recognized him as the “Blockchain Oracle” for his early insights into cryptocurrency adoption and market trends.Through his ventures, Advani has become a leading voice in fintech, blockchain, tokenization, private markets, and Web3, with frequent speaking engagements at global conferences including the SF Blockchain Summit, Beyond Blocks, Coinfest Asia, and the Ritossa Summit in Dubai. His commentary emphasizes how blockchain and emerging technologies can democratize access to alternative assets and reduce the barriers to launching micro-funds.Advani is also the author of The Blockchain Oracle: How Technology, Finance, and Vision Shape the Future of Global Investing (2025), a book that explores the intersection of blockchain, fintech, and global finance.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $120k–$8.3M; Pre-Seed $120k–$4.5M; Series A $4M–$183M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Checkstep — CheckStep provides a AI-powered Trust & Safety and UGC management software to online platform worldwide. It enables company to manage the full policy management life-cycle.
- Allocations — 10,000+ investors and fund managers build, onboard and close funds on Allocations - the fastest and most advanced fund platform in the world
- Ashvattha Therapeutics — Ashvattha Therapeutics creates products that selectively target and treat human diseases. Ashvattha enables precision targeting for therapeutics eliminating off-target toxicity, systemic side effects, and immunogenicity seen in other platforms. Ashvattha has a pipeline of nine therapeutics in neurology, oncology, and ophthalmology.
Adam Zeplain is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mark Ventures. He focused on investing early-stage in areas such as Consumer Internet/Media, Consumer Packaged Goods, Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, and E-commerce. Adam serves on the Board of Advisors of Soma Capital (Ranadive's seed-stage YC focused fund), data. world, Umbel.Adam also serves on the Advisory Council of Andela.
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- Industry: Cannabis, B2B, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $4.1M–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Herb — Herb is the go-to destination for weed discovery, dispensaries, strains, education, culture and community for cannabis and marijuana enthusiasts around the globe.
- Prima — Prima is a best-in-class, purpose-driven holistic wellness brand elevating hemp-based CBD and functionally innovative botanicals. Its core mission is to rise up against the modern day stress epidemic through education and products made with the highest standards of purity, potency and transparency. Prima is built on the essential principle thatbalance is a critical part of health and happiness — and that we all deserve better. Prima is a privately held Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) based in Santa Monica, CA.
- Full Harvest — Waste less, profit more. Source imperfect and surplus fruits and vegetables up to 10-30% off.
Clark Valberg Clark Valberg is the Managing Partner at Tiferes Ventures. He previously worked as the CEO and Co-Founder of InVision, the digital product design platform used to make the world’s best customer experiences. InVision is the cornerstone of the product design process for more than 3 million people at tens of thousands of companies,including eighty percent of the Fortune 100 and brands like Airbnb, Amazon, HBO, Netflix, Slack, Starbucks and Uber. He is a former Co-Founder of Epicenter Consulting.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $323k–$1.3M; Series A $4.8M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Keye — Perform better diligence in less time with AI. Empower deal teams with cutting edge LLMs. Now in beta.
- Root — Root is a next-generation social platform that combines communication tools with a customizable app framework, allowing communities to organize, coordinate, and extend their functionality through apps.
- Voiceflow — Visually design, prototype and publish voice and chat apps across channels like Alexa, Google or any custom channel/modality. Get started today, with no code.
Jack McCue is the Co-Founder of Fabletics.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, DIY
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $2M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- House of Wise — Luxury, full-spectrum CBD products for women by women. All natural. gluten-free. and ethically sourced products from the U.S. A Wise Woman takes control of her sex, stress, sleep, strength, and wealth.
- Character — The next-gen home improvement destination.
Kat Cole is CEO and a member of the Board of Directors at AG1 (formerly Athletic Greens). She was appointed to this role succeeding company founder Chris Ashenden in July 2024. Cole joined AG1 in December 2021 as President and Chief Operating Officer.Cole is a seasoned business leader and sought-after advisor with more than 20 years ofoperational, brand, and executive leadership experience. Prior to AG1, she was President and COO at Focus Brands, where she oversaw the company’s nine presidents and businesses generating billions in sales around the world, and was responsible for building FOCUS Brands revenues and profits through global licensing, manufacturing, and ecommerce. Previously, she was President of Cinnabon, Inc. accountable for leading and growing the multi-channel brand team that drove record comp sales growth, brand expansion and franchise evolution during her tenure. Prior to her role with FOCUS Brands at Cinnabon, Inc., Ms. Cole was a Vice President at Hooters of America, Inc., a multi-channel brand which operates company and franchise restaurants. She received her MBA from Georgia State University, and sits on the advisory boards of Project Pie, a QSR Pizza Chain and Orpheus Brewing, an Atlanta-based Craft Brewery. Kat is presently the incoming Board Chair of the Women’s Foodservice Forum.Her story is often shared for inspiration as she moved up from working as a hostess at 17 years old to traveling globally to open new franchises. At 19, Kat dropped out of college, advanced to various management and leadership positions, and at the age of 26, became a Vice President at Hooters. She later completed her MBA at Georgia State University.She is widely known for legacy business model innovation, building brands, humanitarian work in the US and Eastern Africa and mentorship and development of emerging leaders.
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- Industry: Nutrition, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series C, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Immi — Rich, satisfying ramen with bold flavor. Packed with protein and fiber, with fewer carbs.
- PlantBaby — We are developing a portfolio of clean-label, organic, plant-based foods and beverages to support families on the nutritional journey from infancy to adulthood.
- JUICER — JUICER is helping restaurants automate their pricing within their existing technology stack using machine learning algorithms. By taking a data-driven approach to pricing, restaurants can significantly increase revenue and profitability. With dynamic pricing, restaurants can increase profits during peak periods, increase volume during slowerperiods, and improve the customer experience by providing deals to price-sensitive customers, and by lowering wait times for customers during busy periods.
Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $100k–$10M; Angel $222k–$300k; Pre-Seed $125k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CurveCatch — CurveCatch brengt de voordelen van een kleine lingerie speciaalzaak en online shoppen samen. Enerzijds nemen we je bij de hand en nemen we alle complexiteit rond maten en pasvormen weg door deze voor jou uit te kiezen o.b.v. 15 jaar ervaring. Anderzijds ben je op 5min klaar met bestellen en kan je thuis lingerie passen alvorens deze te betalen. Je betaalt achteraf alleen wat je houdt. Bestel nu jouw box en ervaar deze nieuwe manier van shoppen!
- Arrenda — Arrenda is a fintech startup that provides market-specific insurance and financial products to the real estate markets of Latin America. It also offers advance payments to landlords upfront to lower barriers to renting in the country. Arrenda was founded in 2021 and is based in Mexico City.
- My Little Mascara Club — Meet the little mascara everyone is subscribing to, exclusively at My Little Mascara Club. Seriously smudge proof, packed with clean ingredients, and just the right size for you to always have a fresh, clump-free mascara. Delivered!
Samara Hernandez
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- Industry: B2B, CRM, Cannabis
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leaf Trade — Leaf Trade simplifies the entire wholesale cannabis process by providing a cannabis wholesale marketplace that makes ordering, fulfillment, and payments easier.
Roger McNamee is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners. Prior to Elevation, Roger was a co-founder of Prior to SilverLake, Roger was a co-founder of [ntegral Capital Partners. Integral is a leading technology investor in late-stage venture and public company investments. Founded in 1991 by Roger, John A. Powell, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Integral pioneered the crossover investment strategy, which seeks maximum capital appreciation by making investments in expansion-stage private companies and growth-stage public companies in the technology and life science industries.Prior to founding Integral, Roger managed the T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund and co-managed the T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, which was at that time the largest emerging growth fund in the U.S. Roger serves as a trustee of Bryn Mawr College, an overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, a director of the Rex Foundation, Move, Forbes Media LLC and Palm. Roger holds a B.A. from Yale College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
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- Industry: Software, Social Media, Video
- Stage:Series A, Convertible Note, Seed
- Geography: United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $8M–$22M; Convertible Note $500k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flow Cannabis Co. — Flow Kana partners with independent multi-generational farmers who cultivate under full sun, sustainably, and in small batches. Using only organic methods, the result is an unparalleled product that simply cannot be found anywhere else.
- MJ Freeway — MJ Freeway Business Solutions provides cannabis compliance software for the marijuana industry. We offer professional consultations for operators.
- Jumbo Privacy — We want to help build an internet we can all trust. Learn how to take back control of your online privacy and security today.
Harry Rubin is the Co-founder of Planet Classroom Network.
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- Industry: Cannabis, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncle Arnie's — Uncle Arnie's: your party captain serving award-winning THC drinks and cannabis beverages. Life's a trip. Drink it up. Non-carbonated, bold flavors, good vibes.
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Browse database — It's Free!Stanley Tang is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at DoorDash. He attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, Finance, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$25M; Series A $5M–$40M; Series B $31M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nas.com — Nas.io helps anyone go from idea to revenue in 1 minute with AI. Create digital products, build engaged communities, and automate marketing—all in one intuitive platform. Nas.io puts community first. Challenges, events, social feed, and memberships drive revenue growth for your business. Join 200k+ entrepreneurs and build your dream digitalbusiness with AI in 1 minute, no technical skills required.
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- NavigateAI — An AI copilot for every person in the field. NavigateAI upskills and coaches your team, runs real-time quality control, manages the project in the background, and provides expert knowledge, instantly.
Rachel Springate is the Founding General Partner at Muse Capital.
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- Industry: Health Care, Women's, Cannabis
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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- Ohai.ai — Say ohai to your AI assistant. Your new assistant, O, is just a text message away.
- Miss Grass — MISS GRASS IS WEED FOR THE TIMES If you listen real hard, your inner voice is telling you what you need. Time for inspiration or restoration. Time for introspection or play. Time for connection or release. Whatever you need, Miss Grass enhances the Time of your life. Fast Times, Quiet Times, All Times.
- Queens Gaming Collective — Queens Gaming Collective is a global gaming property for the 21st century. We will become the first established, female-driven, gaming lifestyle organization. Our Mission is to provide the tools, resources and platform for women in gaming. The Queens will change the game.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Wiz Distro — PicaPuff offers a wide selection of high-quality, fresh THCa flower in buds and prerolls. Third-party tested for potency and purity.
Founder and CEO of Growth Logiq Inc.
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- Industry: SEO, Advertising, Web Development
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Canopysync — CanopySync helps dispensaries launch high-ranking websites with real SEO infrastructure, no-code control, and UX designed to convert.
- Growth Logiq — Growth Logiq is a multinational team of SEO experts headquartered in Phoenix Arizona. They work in highly competitive Sectors like Cannabis, SAAS and Ecommerce. Their goal is to help their clients dominate Page One rankings and grow Organic SEO as a Customer acquisition channel.
Tobi Lütke founded Shopify in 2004. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer since 2008. Tobi worked on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created many popular open source libraries such as Active Merchant.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Foxglove — Foxglove is visualization and management for temporal and multimodal data. It's used by robotics companies to scale and accelerate development.
- Anything — Anything is your AI agent for turning ideas into apps. Build sites, apps, tools, products and more just by describing what you want
- Manifold Labs — Manifold Labs is a decentralized AI infrastructure company.
Assia Grazioli-Venier is the Co-Founder at Muse Capital.
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- Industry: Cannabis, Wellness, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Miss Grass — MISS GRASS IS WEED FOR THE TIMES If you listen real hard, your inner voice is telling you what you need. Time for inspiration or restoration. Time for introspection or play. Time for connection or release. Whatever you need, Miss Grass enhances the Time of your life. Fast Times, Quiet Times, All Times.
- Queens Gaming Collective — Queens Gaming Collective is a global gaming property for the 21st century. We will become the first established, female-driven, gaming lifestyle organization. Our Mission is to provide the tools, resources and platform for women in gaming. The Queens will change the game.
Lorenzo Lamadrid
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- Industry: Cannabis, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Uncle Arnie's — Uncle Arnie's: your party captain serving award-winning THC drinks and cannabis beverages. Life's a trip. Drink it up. Non-carbonated, bold flavors, good vibes.
David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google,David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC.David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations).BloombergBusinessweek “Google’s Real Power” flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/2UEQAujDecoding Silicon Valley: goo.gl/ZFAefzTechcrunch: goo.gl/9q9chzTop Angel Investors: goo.gl/4eqfbm“New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent” goo.gl/ZwFCu6"[슈퍼리치]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈퍼리치" goo.gl/WBQOf0“스타트업 눈앞 이익만..." goo.gl/KB78mCSina News: bit.ly/2QaCqAc
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Japan, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Bolt Labs — Bolt Labs provides instant private payments for everyday purchases. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Story Protocol — Story is AI-native infrastructure for the intellectual property economy.
- The Plug Drink — The Plug Drink is made with 100% natural ingredients. Bounce-back faster than ever.
Kate Miller is the Co-Founder and CEO at Miss Grass. She was a Founder and Co-President of MKPresents and Senior Manager & Director of Enterprises at Broadway Video. Ms. Miller graduated from the University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management.
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- Industry: Cannabis, Wellness, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Miss Grass — MISS GRASS IS WEED FOR THE TIMES If you listen real hard, your inner voice is telling you what you need. Time for inspiration or restoration. Time for introspection or play. Time for connection or release. Whatever you need, Miss Grass enhances the Time of your life. Fast Times, Quiet Times, All Times.
Director of Developer Content @Pusher, ex-Director @Pluralsight, Class 1 @mit Bootcamp, ex-COO @airpair, Board Member @TheStartupBus, @DEMO Alumni & family guy.
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- Industry: SaaS, Cannabis, Analytics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- GD Analytics — Marketing & analytics SaaS provider for cannabis dispensaries.We help dispensaries get more customers and increase profits by using best-in-class marketing tools and our custom built analytics & reporting platform, Butterfly™.Gupta Daniel combines experience in cannabis and technology sectors to bring dispensaries the best possiblemarketing and analytics software services available.
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Browse database — It's Free!Jonathan is the Founder of Torch Capital. A long time entrepreneur and investor, he has spent his career at the intersection of the media, technology and entertainment industries. He is the Co-Founder of digital media company InsideHook and has spent a decade as an active early stage investor and advisor to a number of New York and LA's topstart-ups.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- dot.LA — dot.LA is a digital newsroom covering L.A.'s startup and tech community. dot.LA’s mission is to celebrate and empower the Los Angeles startup and tech community, fueling innovation around the world.
- Afropunk — Afropunk is an organization that celebrates Black culture and diversity through music, art, and community.
- Arcade — Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate.
Steve Sacks is Chairman at Sonnant. He attended Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Software, Audio
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sonnant — Discover how Sonnant transforms the audio advertising landscape with innovative programmatic technology, empowering publishers and advertisers to maximise revenue and contextual targeting effortlessly.
- motiveOS — motiveOS automates compensation for businesses and their sales teams.
- Spiceology — Join us on our mission to eliminate dull flavors from the kitchen. Experiment with flavor using our 300+ fresh ingredients and bold spices.
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Japan, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
- Proof of Play — Proof of Play helps you create high-performance, serverless apps and games that can be extended or remixed by anyone.
- Uncharted — Uncharted is a cryptocurrency-based gaming platform helps game developers and companies.
2012: Founder and CEO of Boston Harbor Distillery2011: Featured in book Inspiring Women of Boston, Received Draft Magazine’s “Innovation Award” and recipient of Beer Industry “Maverick Award”2001-2011: Founder and CEO of New Century Brewing Co.2010: Featured subject in documentary “Beer Wars”2004: Featured as one of INC Magazine’s“25 Entrepreneur’s We Love” 2001: Represented the City of Boston during the 2001 Winter Olympic Games Relay.1999: Completed Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program1988: Recipient of “Pioneering Woman in the Beer Industry” by Brewing Institute1984- 2000: Founding Partner and Executive Vice President of Sales and Brand Development of the Boston Beer Company
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- Industry: Cannabis, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Uncle Arnie's — Uncle Arnie's: your party captain serving award-winning THC drinks and cannabis beverages. Life's a trip. Drink it up. Non-carbonated, bold flavors, good vibes.
Early-Stage Tech Investor; Sustainability; Ex-Mortgage Backed Securities Trader, Columbia MBA, 50 countries.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Brandefy — Dupe Alert | The app helping beauty enthusiasts find affordable alternatives to cult-favorite products through extensive comparative reviews.
- TomoCredit — TomoCredit is building the next generation credit card designed for Millennials with no credit history or credit score by analyzing alternative data sources through its proprietary algorithm. founding team is made up of immigrant founders who all felt the challenge of getting a credit card as foreign nationals. The team is comprised of alum fromCoinbase, The Kenetic Hedge Fund and Google and have attended schools including MIT and UC Berkeley.
- Matriark Foods — Matriark Foods is a social enterprise business that captures surplus produce and upcycled fresh-cut remnants within local food systems and creates nutritious and affordable value-added products for food service businesses, schools and hospitals.
Keisuke Honda is the Founder & CEO of Now Do.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $5M–$35M; Series B $15M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
- Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
- MainFunc — MainFunc is a technology company building AI‑driven productivity tools, with a focus on enabling users, including knowledge workers and teams, to get real work done via autonomous AI agents. The company’s flagship product is Genspark, an AI workspace that automates tasks by collecting information from web searches, emails, meetings, and calls,processing it through a “Super Agent” that orchestrates many specialized AI sub‑agents, and generating outputs like full reports, slide decks, spreadsheets, or even prototype applications.In addition to productivity automation, MainFunc markets Genspark as an enhanced search and research tool: when users query the web, Genspark generates consolidated, bias‑reduced summaries using multiple underlying large‑language or multimodal models rather than relying on traditional keyword‑based ranking.
Scott Robinson is an investor and entrepreneur
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- Industry: Blockchain, Bitcoin, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $230k–$3.5M; Series A $6.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nabis — Nabis is a licensed cannabis wholesale marketplace that distributes cannabis products to retailers. It provides a lightning-fast distribution, sales, marketing, financing, and data analytics services. The company's technology coordinates the entire cannabis distribution lifecycle from production to delivery.
- Cognito — Cognito identity verification provides instant KYC and AML compliance, watchlist screening, and more, globally, with just a few lines of code.
- Cadera Brands — A producer and marketer of cannabinoid-based consumer goods, focusing on health and wellness.
David Stern completed his three-decade tenure as NBA commissioner on February 1, 2014.As commissioner, Mr. Stern built the model for professional sports in league operations, public service, global marketing and digital technology. He oversaw the NBA’s extraordinary growth with seven new franchises, a more than 30-fold increase in revenues, adramatic expansion of national television exposure and the launch of two leagues, the Women’s National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League. He implemented the first anti-drug agreement in professional sports and introduced the salary cap system and revenue sharing to the NBA.The NBA experienced tremendous global growth during Mr. Stern’s tenure, and that growth continues today: The NBA has 12 offices outside the United States; its games and programming are televised and streamed in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages; and it offers fans 19 international online destinations. The NBA was the first U.S. professional sports league to stage regular-season games outside North America, and the league has played more than 150 international preseason and regular-season games to date.
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- Industry: Sports, Gaming, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $3.8M–$5M; Series A $3.6M–$23M; Series B $5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cargo — Ara Screens is a digital out of home network solution provider, DOOH smart signage operator, and the world's leading car-top and in-car advertising placement provider for Rideshare & Taxi.
- Overtime — Overtime is the leading brand for the next generation of sports fans. As both a publisher and an influencer, we've built the inclusive world of sports we all wish was the norm by giving a platform to our community to be seen AND heard.
- ShotTracker — ShotTracker is a complete suite of AI driven video, stats, and analytic tools that enhance team performance and increase fan engagement.
Ben Lamm is based out of Dallas, Texas and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences. He previously worked at Hypergiant as a Founder & Board Member. Ben Lamm attened the Baylor University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.2M; Series A $3M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AnthemIQ — Digital Commercial Real Estate Transaction Management for Brokers
- Prima — Prima is a best-in-class, purpose-driven holistic wellness brand elevating hemp-based CBD and functionally innovative botanicals. Its core mission is to rise up against the modern day stress epidemic through education and products made with the highest standards of purity, potency and transparency. Prima is built on the essential principle thatbalance is a critical part of health and happiness — and that we all deserve better. Prima is a privately held Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) based in Santa Monica, CA.
- Carbon Counts — You play. We plant. The world prospers. Escape into the EverForest, a brand new Play-to-Plant merge adventure game from the Carbon Counts game studio. In the EverForest game, you'll play to grow a flourishing forest and we'll plant real trees on your behalf.
Carmelo Kiyam Anthony is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder of STAYME7O™ Cannabis. Carmelo Previously worked at National Basketball Association as a Professional Basketball Player. Carmelo Kiyam Anthony attended Syracuse University.
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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, DIY
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$7M; Series A $500k–$25M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Goalsetter — Goalsetter is a goal-based savings and gifting platform, made just for kids and powered by those who love them. It combines the best of goal-based savings platforms like Digit and Acorns with the best of gift-registries like Zola and Honeyfund, and in so doing, targets the millennial mom with a platform that enables families to contribute to kids’future goals instead of buying them more consumer goods. In turn, Goalsetter becomes a savings vehicle for kids, turning first-time savers into all-the-time savers and giving kids healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime.
- Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.
- Unicorn Auctions — Unicorn Auctions offers rare spirits auctions to buyers, sellers, and collectors. They provide ios and android apps in addition to their web bidding platform for digital auctions. To ensure examination of every asset listed, they must take physical possession of their items.
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Browse database — It's Free!Four years after he helped Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter launch his Roc Nation imprint, president Jay Brown, 38, is still hungry for success. Alongside Jay-Z, John Meneilly and Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith, Brown has built a tiered company with branches in management, touring and publishing for a roster that includes Jay-Z, J. Cole and Rita Ora.Even though Roc Nation partnered with electronic dance music management company Three Six Zero Group and established the StarRoc label with production duo Stargate, the former senior VP of A&R at Def Jam still doesn't feel like he's made it yet. "That's why I keep working as hard as I do," says Brown, who started out as a music publisher at Quincy Jones Music Publishing/Qwest Records. "Once I start thinking that I made it, I'm going to put up a ceiling and can't get no higher."Recent signees to the management division include M.I.A. and Meek Mill. There also are rumblings of a new album by Jay-Z and a sequel to his and Kanye West's Watch the Throne. For Brown, it's not about learning on the job but rather from other executives. "We grew up looking up to people like Berry Gordy, Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen and watching those guys do what they were doing," he says. "We're respectfully moving through their footprints."
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- Industry: SaaS, Cannabis, Delivery
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series E
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flowhub — Flowhub cannabis dispensary pos system, inventory management, compliance and analytics platform boosts revenue for cannabis retailers. Get started today.
- Therabody — Therabody is a developer of medical devices for targeted vibration therapy and pain relief. The company is the maker of the massaging device Theragun. Therabody is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
- Impossible Foods — Impossible Foods focuses on developing plant-based substitutes for meat, dairy, and fish products. It selects specific proteins and nutrients from greens, seeds, and grains to recreate the experience of meats and dairy products. Founded by Patrick Brown and Monte Casino in 2011, Impossible Foods is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
Shawn Carpenter is the Founder and Chairman of the Board at Three Tree Ventures, an early-stage technology startup investment fund that backs exceptional entrepreneurs that are applying technology to market segments with high caps that have had a historically incorrect, ineffective and/or insufficient level of technology application. ThreeTree Ventures prefers to invest in startups as early as possible, has historically only invested in product companies, and prefers to invest in organizations with one or more U.S. military veteran founder(s). Since early 2014, Shawn has also been an LP and Advisor to Crosscut Ventures (https://www.crosscut.vc) in Los Angeles, CA, where he is also a Crosscut Scout.Mr. Carpenter is a globally respected cyber security expert with a broad range of successful early-stage investments, including Compass (IPO on NYSE #COMP 4.1.2021 @ $8.22B valuation), Privateer Holdings (acquired by Tilray), Awake Security (acquired by Arista Networks), Left Coast Ventures (acquired by Subversive Capital), GroupSense, White Ops (now known as "HUMAN" acquired by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking) ThreatGRID (acquired by Cisco), RideScout (acquired by Daimler AG), InAuth (acquired by American Express) and Efflux Systems (acquired by NETSCOUT Systems). Mr. Carpenter is known for his acumen in advising early stage innovators. He has successfully helped Three Tree Ventures portfolio entrepreneurs and their companies raise capital for pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A investment rounds, navigate rough waters, acquire key talent and customers, and help develop short and long-term business strategies. He currently advises CrossCut Ventures, Trinity Cyber, TruSTAR Technology (acquired by Splunk 5-2021), AgentHero, GroupSense, uStadium, Tokn and NetSwitch Technology Management. He has held key positions at startups where he was an early employee — Principal Forensics Analyst at NetWitness, Chief Technical Analyst at iSIGHT Partners, Chief Strategy Officer at Invotas, and Senior Vice President of Cyber at Cybraics. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at Acronym Investment. One of his passions is being the Technical Advisor for a non-profit 501(c)3 founded by his wife, Dr. Jennifer Jacobs, and a close friend, Jessica Stern — Connect Our Kids (https://www.connectourkids.org). The organization is applying modern technologies like artificial intelligence and data science to the United States foster care system to improve outcomes. His experience and successful entrepreneurial background are coupled with deep technical skills honed while pioneering cyber security protocols for the federal government and working at NetWitness and iSIGHT Partners over the past two decades. Shawn is also a veteran of the US Navy, and qualified as a nuclear operator and chemist during his six years of service in the US Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPS Class 9203). Shawn also worked as a senior cyber security analyst for almost six years as a Member of the Technical Staff (MTS) at Sandia National Laboratories. After joining NetWitness as one of the first employees, he helped architect, implement and stand up the Justice Security Operations Center (JSOC) — at that time the largest deployment of NetWitness gear for a federal client. Mr. Carpenter also worked as a principal senior analyst at the US Department of State's Cyber Threat Analysis Team (CTAD) from 2004-2007; he was a key member of the 2005 CTAD team that was awarded the prestigious Frank B. Rowlett Trophy For Organizational Achievement by the National Security Agency. Shawn has been tinkering with computers since he bought his first computer, a TRS-80 Model I, in late 1978 at the age of 10. He has been curious about almost everything since he was born, and enjoys playing slide guitar, banjo and trumpet, metal detecting with his kids, climbing tall trees, building forts, lucid dreaming, experimenting with brain/machine interfaces, building robotic banshees, and hacking all of the things. Mr. Carpenter has a particular affection for blues and jazz, and is an investor and minor partner in a John Coltrane biography — "Chasing Trane" (https://www.coltranefilm.com). His investments span everything from technology-enabled real estate, to being the first money in at Rumi Spice (https://www.rumispice.com), a sustainable saffron growing enterprise founded by three West Point graduates that served in Herat, Afghanistan, that three years later is the largest private employer of Afghan women in the world, with over 2000 women employees. In May 2017, Mark Cuban became an investor in Rumi Spice. In September of 2018, Rumi Spice's saffron became available nationwide in all Whole Food Markets. Shawn is a native of Sioux Falls, SD, and credits his very patient wife -- Dr. Jennifer Jacobs, his Mother, Jan, his brother, Shane, his South Dakota roots, and mentors and friends like Aaron Walters, Amit Yoran, Paul Garrett, Fraser Verrusio, Jeff Cesnik, Mischel Kwon, Kendall Millard, Gary Golomb, Paul Kurtz, Dave Haugen (his high school band director) and many, many others for his scrappiness, successes and ability to recover from failures.
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- Industry: Cyber Security, Security, Software
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $120k–$2M; Convertible Note $1.1M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dark Cubed — Easy-to-use, cybersecurity solution, deploys in 15 minutes and delivers enterprise-grade threat protection at a fraction of the cost. Get a demo today.
- Arista NDR — Get a security solution built on an AI platform that acts like the human brain to sense, detect, and respond to threats you may not even know exist.
- Three Tree Ventures — Seed-stage venture capital fund
Michael Auerbach is the Chairman at The Parent Company.
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- Industry: Cannabis, Marketplace, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$2.5M; Series A $5M–$7M; Series B $40M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Roomer — Roomer is the peer-to-peer marketplace for hotel rooms. Traveling soon? Use Roomer to book your hotel room at a great price from someone who can't use theirs.
- Pure Beauty — Pure Beauty is an independent cannabis brand based in Los Angeles, California.
- Privateer Holdings — Privateer Holdings is a private equity firm shaping the future of the global legal cannabis industry, developing a portfolio of world-leading brands.
Henry Davis is the Chief Executive Officer of Sakara Life. He previously worked at arfa, Inc. as a Co-founder and CEO. Henry Davis attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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- Industry: Consumer Goods, Beauty, Fashion
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Amicole — Amicole is a cosmetics manufacturer that aims to provide customers with a wide range of skin care and formula items.
- Wiz Distro — PicaPuff offers a wide selection of high-quality, fresh THCa flower in buds and prerolls. Third-party tested for potency and purity.
- 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.
Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$7M; Series A $10M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- Bluenote Health — Bluenote Health operates as an AI platform for life sciences.
- Magrathea — Magrathea is rebuilding Western magnesium production with breakthrough electrolytic technology. $100M+ backed to end China's 95% supply dominance.
Elad Gil is the Co-Founder of Color Genomics. He previously worked at Twitter as a Vice President. Elad Gil attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 262
- Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $9.5M–$50M; Series B $27M–$117M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NavigateAI — An AI copilot for every person in the field. NavigateAI upskills and coaches your team, runs real-time quality control, manages the project in the background, and provides expert knowledge, instantly.
- Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
- Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
Katie is the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures. Prior to Moxxie, Katie served in numerous executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color. She has led teams in marketing, comms, recruiting, product and media. In addition to working in Silicon Valley, Katie served in the (Obama) White House and State Department andbegan her career as a banker at JP Morgan Chase. Katie sits on the Board of Vivendi, a French multinational media company headquartered in Paris, and previously served on the Board of Time Inc. Katie started her venture career as a Founding Partner of #Angels and has invested in 40 early-stage companies including Airtable, Cameo, Carta, Coinbase, Literati, Modern Fertility, Shape Security and Threads.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M; Series A $11M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gardenio — Boldest - Webflow Ecommerce website template
- Sora — Connect HR tools, automate tasks, and deliver great employee experiences
- 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.
James Kinsella is a Founding Partner at D4 Investments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Cannabis, Computer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $6M–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Elevát — Elevát is an industrial IoT platform helping manufacturers across a broad range of industries gain visibility across their deployed fleets. The company has come up with the industry’s first complete out-of-the-box Enterprise ready system for tackling the problems of managing intelligent assets throughout their entire life cycles. elevat is aholistic solution that is agnositic able to work seamlessly with any gateway or connected device. The elevat platform has been designed, built, and deployed to be infinitely scalable for both storage and performance with the highest achievable degree of uptime, availability. and accessibility across the globe.
- Radiant — Manufacturing, distribution, and technology for premier brands.
Andreas Penna - Co-Founder & General Partner @ West Quad Ventures
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $400k–$8.6M; Series A $5M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bonsai — Bridging content and commerce. Bonsai brings together products people love and the content they can't get enough of.
- Rain — Rain Instant Pay Earned Wage Access grants you a chance to get an advance on your salary before thepay date right into your bank account. Get your Salary Today!
- Public — Invest in stocks. Learn from others. Public lets you invest in stocks with any amount of money and see what others invest in.
Mark Kingdon joined Quixotic Ventures as Founder in 2010.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3M; Pre-Seed $120k–$540k
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Usko Privacy — Usko Privacy provides a suite of analytics tools that enable consumers to monitor their spending.
- Friendly Apps — Friendly Apps is to create a suite of apps with a different set of values that are targeted toward helping people with both their physical and mental health in new ways.
- OnChain Studios — OnChain Studios is a software company that intends to bring ownership to interactive experiences. The company was founded in 2021 by Will Weinraub and is headquartered in Miami Shores, Florida, United States.
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