# Top 50 Cannabis Angel Investors in United States in June 2026

## Robert Stavis
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

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.

## Paul Buchheit
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

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.

## Jason Calacanis
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Michael Lazerow
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Advertising

Michael Lazerow is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures.

## Bruce Macfarlane
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Insurance

Bruce Macfarlane is a angel investor.

## Justin Kan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS

Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

## Adam Zeplain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, B2B, Retail

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.

## Clark Valberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## Jack McCue
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Women's, Cannabis, Wellness

Jack McCue is the Co-Founder of Fabletics.

## Stanley Tang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stanford, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Finance, E-Learning

Stanley Tang is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at DoorDash. He attended Stanford University.

## Harry Rubin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, Food and Beverage

Harry Rubin is the Co-founder of Planet Classroom Network.

## Kingsley Advani
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Biotechnology, Financial Services

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.

## Samara Hernandez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, CRM, Cannabis

Samara Hernandez

## Roger McNamee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Convertible Note, Seed
- Focus: Software, Social Media, Video

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.

## Louis Beryl
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.

## Rick Thompson
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Software

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.

## Kat Cole
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion

Kat Cole is Group President at FOCUS Brands and 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 franchiseevolution 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.

## Namek Zu'bi
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Software

Namek is a Founder and a Managing Partner of Silicon Badia. A seasoned technology investor, Namek has personally led investments in over 60+ technology companies globally across 15+ different industries. De facto the group’s Chief Investment Officer, he is involved in the entire investment life cycle from sourcing and analyzing pipelineopportunities to structuring and closing investments and taking board positions.Namek started his career building technology on Wall Street and then went on to become the founding investment principal of an early stage venture capital fund based in NYC. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with honors and distinction from Carnegie Mellon University.

## Scott Robinson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Bitcoin, FinTech

Scott Robinson is an investor and entrepreneur

## Michael Cohn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Social, Software, E-Commerce

Michael Cohn serves as a Managing Partner at Overline VC. He attended Emory University - Goizueta Business School.

## Mark Opel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

## Efrain Sanchez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SEO, Advertising, Web Development

Founder and CEO of Growth Logiq Inc.

## Justin Wong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Manufacturing, Food Processing

Justin Wong

## Tobias Lütke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

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.

## Shiva Rajaraman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Shiva Rajaraman is currently advising companies. He previously held product leadership roles at Spotify, Google, YouTube, and WeWork.

## Greg Wirsen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Cannabis

Greg Wirsen

## Sunmeet Jolly
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Software

Managing Partner @ Jolly VC, LLCFounder and Patent holder - GROTU mobile app @ 101 Islands LLC. Angel investor in 44 pre-IPO technology startups. Frequently invited by accelerators and angel forums to Judge startup competitions and discuss technology innovation. Former IT Consulting industry executive who sold hundreds of millions of dollars inconsulting services to Fortune 500 companies working for Cap Gemini, HCL, L&T, NTT data.

## Jay Brown
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series E
- Focus: SaaS, Food Processing, Laundry and Dry-cleaning

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."

## Josh Abramson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Pet, Freelance, Enterprise Software

Josh Abramson

## Hiten Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Hiten Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nira. He attended the University of California, Berkeley.

## Carter Comstock
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Sales, Fitness, Cannabis

Co-Founder of Freshly.com

## Assia Grazioli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, E-Commerce

Assia Grazioli-Venier is the Co-Founder at Muse Capital.

## David Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

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 
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## Lorenzo Lamadrid
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Food and Beverage

Lorenzo Lamadrid

## Kate Miller
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, E-Commerce

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.

## Prateek Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Cannabis, Analytics

Director of Developer Content @Pusher, ex-Director @Pluralsight, Class 1 @mit Bootcamp, ex-COO @airpair, Board Member @TheStartupBus, @DEMO Alumni & family guy.

## Jonathan Keidan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software

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.

## Steve Sacks
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Audio

Steve Sacks is Chairman at Sonnant. He attended Australian Institute of Company Directors.

## Justin Waldron
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile

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.

## Julie McDermott
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology

Early-Stage Tech Investor; Sustainability; Ex-Mortgage Backed Securities Trader, Columbia MBA, 50 countries.

## Rhonda Kallman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Food and Beverage

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

## Patrick Spaulding Ryan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Mobile Apps

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.

## Peter Rahal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Fashion

Peter Rahal has 2 current jobs as Managing Director at Litani Ventures and Co-Founder at RXBAR.  Peter Rahal attended the American University of Beirut.

## Shawn Carpenter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
- Focus: Cyber Security, Security, Software

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.

## Carmelo Anthony
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Internet, Consumer Goods

Carmelo Kiyam Anthony, of the New York Knicks, is a nine time NBA All-Star and has been an All NBA team member six times. He has been a member of the United States Olympic men's national team three times, winning a bronze medal in 2004 and gold medals in 2008 and 2012. In 2012, Carmelo set the USA men's Olympic team record for most pointsin a single game when he scored 37 points against Nigeria.Carmelo was born in the Red Hook projects in Brooklyn, New York. He was born to a Puerto Rican father and an African American mother. His father, after whom he is named, died of cancer when Carmelo was two years old. When he turned eight, his family moved to Baltimore, where he honed not only his athletic skills, but also his survival skills. Sports would serve as an important diversion from the violence and drug dealing that were pervasive in the housing projects a few blocks from the homes of Carmelo and his friends.Carmelo attended Syracuse University.  In his freshman year, he led the Orangemen to their first ever National Championship and was named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.Carmelo also has a broad array of business interests.  With Stuart Goldfarb, he is co-founder and partner of Melo7 Tech Partners, LLC, which invests in and develops opportunities primarily in early stage digital media, consumer internet and technology ventures.  Stuart and Carmelo have also partnered in other ventures, including the award winning Vice Sports Clubhouse.    Carmelo is the owner of Puerto Rico’s only professional sports team, the Puerto Rico Football Club (PRFC), which plays in the North American Soccer League (NASL).  Carmelo is one of only three current NBA players who have a Jordan Brand signature shoe line.

## Ross Mason
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Ross Mason is based out of Geneva, Geneve and is the Founding Partner of DIG Ventures . Ross previously worked at MuleSoft as a Founder. Ross Mason attended the University of the West of England. Ross Mason has been awarded as a Top 25 CTO.

## Steven MacDonald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tampa, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Cannabis, Internet

Steven founded myMatrixx in 2001 to originally serve the needs of one client seeking a better solution to manage its workers’ compensation pharmacy benefits. This led to the creation of one of the first online tools for the industry. Since then, he has been instrumental in the development of new myMatrixx solutions designed to take the complexityout of workers’ compensation and to provide better outcomes for injured workers.A serial entrepreneur, Steven previously co-founded and served as the CEO of TechHealth where he was instrumental in developing a proprietary web-enabled technology for ancillary medical services. Additionally, he partnered with The Christopher Reeve Foundation to promote research for a cure for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. Steven has focused the majority of his career in workers’ compensation and formerly served in numerous leadership positions with PMSI and Pharmerica. He also served in the Air National Guard.Over his career, Steven has combined an innovative approach with technology and a passion for “doing the right thing” to address the numerous challenges facing a complex market. The end result has been numerous technological advances which have significantly impacted the clients he has served.Steven was named the 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year by Business Observer and  was a finalist in the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. He is active in Tampa Bay Technology Forum, Society of International Business Fellows and Young Presidents’ Organization. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and attended the School of Management at the University of Texas.

## Steve Huffman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps

Steve Huffman is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the CEO of Reddit. Steve previously worked at Hipmunk as a Co-Founder and CTO. Steve Huffman attended the University of Virginia.

## Wayne Chang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Wayne Chang is the Founder and CEO of Reasoner. He previously worked at Crashlytics as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Wayne Chang attended the University of Massachusetts.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

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