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Top 50 Celebrity Startup Investors in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Celebrity startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Celebrity companies. This investor list updates every month.

Top 50 Celebrity Startup Investors in May 2025

Investor	Celebrity investments
Adam Nash	2
General Catalyst	2
startup300	2
Harrison Metal	2
Speedinvest	2
Vine St. Ventures	2
Jim Moloshok	2
Larry Braitman	2
Dream Maker Ventures (DMV)	2
StartupXseed Ventures	1
Swati Mohan	1
Vinod Bhanushali	1
Vishal Ramchandani	1
Zubin Gandevia	1
Gregory Milken	1
TiE Pune	1
Darrell Cavens	1
Mark Attanasio	1
Angel Academe	1
Fuse Capital	1
Wayra	1
QF Capital	1
Lerer Hippeau	1
Tech Coast Angels	1
SOSV	1
Incisive Ventures	1
Supermorpheus	1
Mumbai Angels	1
Portugal Ventures	1
Seedrs	1
Export Development Canada	1
Marc Benioff	1
Aubrey Graham (Drake)	1
Inveready	1
Nexus Venture Partners	1
TBT	1
Sina Afra	1
Reid Hoffman	1
Troy Carter	1
Edgar Bronfman Jr.	1
Javier Martín Chocarro	1
Axel Serena	1
SoftBank Capital	1
Sequoia Capital	1
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship	1
Scrum Ventures	1
Slaight Communications	1
Joseph Tsai	1
Center for Creative Economy and Innovation	1
Pasadena Angels	1

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Adam Nash is the Co-Founder and CEO at Daffy. He attended Stanford University and Harvard Business School.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, France

Portfolio highlights

Cache — Holding on to individual stocks that make up a large percentage of your portfolio? Cache gives you access to the same advanced investing products used by the ultra-wealthy to manage concentrated wealth.
Matic — The world's most advanced floor cleaner. Your home's best helper.
Plenty — Plenty's closing to join Wealthsimple. Thank you for the opportunity to build for you.

Investing in powerful, positive change that endures

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Kouper Health — The transitions-of-care platform ensuring patients receive timely access to follow-up care.
Sprinter Health — Sprinter Health is an on-demand mobile health company that sends full-time nurses and phlebotomists (“Sprinters”) into the home.
TaleMonster Games — TaleMonster is a multinational mobile game firm that genuinely wants to provide millions of gamers experiences they won't soon forget. By putting our passion at the center of everything we make, we hope to reinvent what casual in mobile gaming means.

startup300 operates as an angel investor network and business accelerator offering services to Austrian startups.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Austria, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Fretello — Made by guitarists, for guitarists, Fretello started as a simple app that our CEO, Florian, created as a companion to help him improve his skills. Seven years and many iterations later, we’re now the app of choice for guitar players of all levels who have a genuine thirst to improve.Driven by a belief that anyone can learn guitar, but noteveryone is taught well, we cut through the noise to give guitarists a comprehensive education that actually sticks. We know that proper learning takes time. We’re not here to simply teach you a few riffs and the odd song. We’re here to teach you how to really play your instrument. For us, the goal is mastery but with continual improvement. So, we’ve combined the insights of educational experts and professional musicians with advanced AI technology to create a truly innovative learning tool. That’s why we offer a structured Learn Path alongside tailored practice plans, daily guitar workouts, a large song library, and interactive jam sessions. We tackle playing guitar from every angle because that’s how confident, versatile guitarists are made. As passionate musicians, we count being able to express ourselves through music as one of life’s greatest joys. Whether with or without us, we hope you find a way to experience some of that too.
Shopstory — boomerank is a SaaS that helps eCommerce companies grow automatically with help of a powerful AI and the creation of an immense data hub.
Mangomint — Mangomint is the highest rated scheduling software for hair salons, spas, nail salons, barbershops, tanning salons, massage studios, tattoo shops and more.

Harrison Metal invests in early stage technology companies led by exceptional founders.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Quilter — Physics-based automated circuit board design tools for professionals and the masses.
Crowdbotics, Inc. — Crowdbotics helps you build better apps faster and more securely with AI and systematic code reuse.
Vital Interaction — Vital Interaction uses patient engagement insights & intelligent medical scheduling to improve practice profitability & patient satisfaction

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

trawa — The partner for renewable and affordable electricity for businesses. Get electricity directly from solar and windparks with corporate PPAs.
remberg — The remberg software helps industrial companies become digital champions in customer & field service for their machines and equipment, moving from reactive and analog to proactive and digital, thereby eliminating paper chaos and preparing them for the age of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Riverse — The impact monetization platform enabling European green-techs finance their growth by valorizing their impact

Vine Street Ventures is a venture capital investment firm dedicated to investing in internet and mobile businesses.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Habi — Habi is a technology-driven real estate company that helps middle-class customers buy and sell their homes more quickly and efficiently, without the uncertainty of traditional real estate transactions. Using its proprietary pricing algorithm and scalable processes. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial.
Hunt Club — We're not like traditional recruiting firms. Hunt Club's recruiting network contains leaders, executives, founders, and entrepreneurs across all industries.
ActionStreamer — ActionStreamer delivers live streaming infrastructure, integrated wearable technology, and agnostic network topologies that power high-fidelity, low-latency video across multiple devices at scale.

Jim Moloshok serves on various digital media company boards, gives advice to venture capital firms in the evolution of media consumption and how consumers relate to content across multi-platforms, and has invested in companies that overlap his areas of expertise and passion.Before entering the investment and entrepreneurial world fulltime,Moloshok most recently was president, Digital Initiatives for Home Box Office.Before joining HBO, Moloshok was part of the turn-around team that went to Yahoo! in 2001 to help it recover from the dotcom collapse, building Yahoo! back to be the leading portal with all of its content areas ranking first or second in their categories.Prior to joining Yahoo!, Moloshok was one of the founders of Windsor Digital, a venture capital firm cofounded with Terry Semel, former Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Studios and then Chairman and CEO of Yahoo!Moloshok also spent eleven years at Warner Bros. as co-founder and president of Warner Bros. Online, and president and CEO of Entertaindom.com. Moloshok also served as SVP of Warner Bros. marketing and advertising.Moloshok started his professional career working in local television.

Investment focus

Apps, Film, Internet
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

SnapUp — SnapUp is a smartphone app and e-commerce platform that enables its users to collect and track products through screenshots. It alerts its members when a product of their preference is sold for a lower price. It enables its users to share these items as dynamic lists on web or mobile.SnapUp uses a patent-pending technology to recognize andprocess only screenshots taken of product pages. It was founded in 2013 by Eric Goldberg, based in San Francisco, California.
MovieLaLa — MovieLaLa is a social network for movie fans: discovering upcoming movies through friends and favorite stars. For marketers, MovieLaLa is a marketing platform to help movie marketers increase the buzz, awareness and engagement of upcoming movies to ensure strong first week sales.Marc Benioff's investment brings the startup to $750,000 infunding across its seed funding and angel rounds, and its other invetors include Machininma co-founder and CEO Allen DeBevoise, past HBO president of digital initiatives and Warner Bros Online co-founder Jim Moloshok, founding Flixster investor Larry Braitman and more investors from the entertainment industry. If the company succeeds, it could stengthen ties between Hollywood and Silicon Valley after an era of digital piracy tore them apart.
ElderSense.com — ElderSense - Senior Homes, Assisted Living Communities, Eldercare Homes & Local Caregivers in Phoenix and Arizona. Free Eldercare Service. ALTCS and Medicare paid Homes.

Larry Braitman - Angel Investor; Advisor @ Braitman & Company

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spacejoy — Transform your space with the best online interior design services. Work with expert designers, get 3D room designs & shop curated furniture effortlessly.
RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
LIT Videobooks — LIT is a new platform that allows you to view bestselling business books in a new video book format.

Investing in early-stage tech companies with founding teams inclusive of diverse entrepreneurs such as #Women and #PersonsofColour.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Fashion
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Trust & Will — Estate planning with Trust & Will is the easiest way to create, edit, store, and share your Trust or Will legal documents. Create an estate plan today!
GoBolt — Elevate your logistics game while reducing your carbon footprint with GoBolt, your trusted 3PL provider focused on sustainability.
NextGen Blockchain Technologies — Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Finance

StartupXseed Ventures LLP is the Investment Manager of “Aaruha Technology Fund” registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as Category I - under Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) Regulations 2012.StartupXseed is a Strategic programme, for supporting the aspiring entrepreneurs with great ideas. StartupXseed is a uniqueprogramme combined with Seed fund, Strategic support, Market Access, Mentorship and closely supported by the Investor/advisory board of StartupXseed. It acts as a “Co-Founder/Seed Partner” in helping innovation to succeed in the Technology and Technology enabled areas across sectors in India.Backed by the team of pioneers of IT, Entrepreneurs, Educationist and Industrialist, the StartupXseed provides small business innovators with a complete structured help of Startup eco system to help navigate the unique challenges of building the sustainable growth businesses in India.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.
plutos ONE — Get exclusive offers, vouchers, promo code, and coupon codes on top brands. Hurray! Grab it Today
Optiwise — Selling On Walmart through the optimized listing and Walmart SEO. Optiwise.ai helps you to list products in the most effective way possible.

Swati Mohan

Investment focus

Women's, Internet, Software
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.
Dubdub.ai — Google translate for videos
leap.club — we are a powerful and private network of women leaders.

Vinod Bhanushali

Investment focus

Internet, Celebrity, Social Media
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.

Vishal Ramchandani is the current Chief Executive Officer of Excel Entertainment. He previously worked at NDTV Imagine as an On Air Presentation. Vishal Ramchandani attended Welingkar Institute of Management.

Investment focus

Internet, Celebrity, Social Media
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.

Zubin Gandevia

Investment focus

Internet, Celebrity, Social Media
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.

Gregory Milken is Managing Director at March Capital Partners, where he focuses on investments in digital media, gaming and esports. Gregory has led March Capital’s investments in broadcasting solution Genvid Technologies, game mastery platform Dojo Madness, and game developers nWay and Wavedash. Gregory has over 15 years of entrepreneuriall and operational experience. He was the co-founder and COO of AltEgo, a cloud-based technology and gaming company. Prior to his work in technology, he worked in strategy and operations for Knowledge Universe Education, new business development at Warner Bros. in Hong Kong and London, and at Twentieth Century Fox.Gregory received his M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a M.A. in international policy studies from Stanford University. He also received a B.A. in international relations and Asian studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

Video Games, eSports, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, India

Portfolio highlights

MovieLaLa — MovieLaLa is a social network for movie fans: discovering upcoming movies through friends and favorite stars. For marketers, MovieLaLa is a marketing platform to help movie marketers increase the buzz, awareness and engagement of upcoming movies to ensure strong first week sales.Marc Benioff's investment brings the startup to $750,000 infunding across its seed funding and angel rounds, and its other invetors include Machininma co-founder and CEO Allen DeBevoise, past HBO president of digital initiatives and Warner Bros Online co-founder Jim Moloshok, founding Flixster investor Larry Braitman and more investors from the entertainment industry. If the company succeeds, it could stengthen ties between Hollywood and Silicon Valley after an era of digital piracy tore them apart.
Knock Knock — WEB3.0 is not just the next generation of the Internet. It is an evolution that combines decentralization, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts, bringing them into the world of game development.
Gunslinger Studios — Gunslinger Studios is a game studio bent on bringing the thrill of multiplayer gaming to mobile players in a minute or less-- something that fits a schedule but scratches the itch for competing and moving forward in a game world. The studio is creating quick, one-hand-controlled experiences for a ge

TiE Pune is a nonprofit network that fosters entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, and education.The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region. TiE Global is devoted to entrepreneurs in allindustries, at all stages, from incubation, throughout the entrepreneurial lifecycle.TiE connects the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem from early stage entrepreneurs, serial entrepreneurs, professionals at leading corporations, venture capital, angel investors, thought leaders among others. The organization emphasizes the spirit of giving in all aspects of their work.There are currently 11,000 members, including over 2,500 charter members in 60 chapters across 17 countries.

Investment focus

CRM, Internet, Software
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.
ExtraaEdge — Powerful CRM & Marketing automation software that helps education Institutions increase, manage and predict admissions.

Before founding zulily, Darrell spent almost a decade at Blue Nile, where he was CTO and SVP of Marketing. In 2009, he spent a year at Microsoft leading the BizTalk Server business. Previously, he was at Starwave, a Seattle-based internet company, working on large web properties including ESPN.com and ABCNews.com. He attended the University ofVictoria. When he's not at zulily, Darrell's favorite thing to do is spend time with his young son and daughter, especially on trips to visit family in Canada and Ireland.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Armoire — Rent an infinite closet, styled just for you. Armoire is a women's rental clothing membership that continuously styles you with curated, contemporary designs.
Shipium — Shipium is the supply chain platform for ecommerce.
Vouched — Discover Vouched's industry-leading digital identity verification solutions. Streamline your customer experience, integrate seamlessly, and unlock access to critical services. Get started for free.

Attanasio is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Crescent Capital and a member of Crescent Capital’s Management Committee. Prior to co-founding Crescent Capital, Mr. Attanasio was an investment banker and capital markets professional at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and an attorney at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Mr. Attanasio is theChairman and Principal Owner of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Heal the Bay, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The United Way of Milwaukee and the Harvard-Westlake School. In addition, Mr. Attanasio is a member of the Major League Baseball Finance and Compensation Committee, Investment Committee, and Labor Policy Committee. Mr. Attanasio received his JD from Columbia University School of Law and his AB from Brown University.

Investment focus

Mobile, Sports, Charity
Seed, Angel, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Prizeo — At Prizeo, donate as little as $10 to a worthy cause to enter to win unforgettable experiences with the biggest names in music, sports, and entertainment.
ON — Our ChatOS platform empowers brands and connects fans in new and interesting ways to what they like, what they’re passionate about, and what they’re craving to discover.
Remedy — Remedy is a prescriptive chronic care analytics platform employing artificial intelligence to help value-based health systems determine who should get what care, when, how, and by whom to maximize patient health outcomes per dollar spent. We are a design-driven company with core medical AI technology capable of diagnosing disease, catching hiddenhigh-risk diagnoses, and projecting the development of patient’s health into the future. Built around our core AI engine, our first product Remedy Sentinel helps value-based providers identify hidden chronic, co-morbid conditions and intervene by engaging high-risk patients prior to onset. We envision a world where healthcare marries the science of “health” with the art of “care”: scientific, data-driven decision making drives the best outcomes for each individual patient, and frees providers to focus on applying their human touch.Remedy combines novel artificial intelligence algorithms for predictive medical analytics with a healthcare-optimized product development process to give leaders the tools they need to transform their delivery networks and thrive in a value-based care environment. With this approach, Remedy builds a scalable suite of products that, when deployed, learn from experience, and grow into a solution optimized to fit the needs of specific provider groups and the populations they serve.Remedy systematically maximizes the patient health outcome achieved with each dollar spent by using AI to help determine what care is delivered to whom, when it is delivered, where it is delivered, how it is delivered, followed, and supported, and who should deliver it. We not only surface insights, but also build the necessary tools and helps coordinate step-by-step implementation processes to affect real change.

We're a fast-growing and award-winning angel network. We invest in female founders and introduce more women to angel investing.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Deployed — Scope of Work (SoW) and Statement of Work (SoW) authoring and automation for the #futureofwork
Cytochroma — Cytochroma manufacture genetically diverse stem cell-derived models to predict the safety and effect of drugs in a global population. Cytochroma’s automated cell manufacture, physiologically relevant models and rapid screening platform makes preclinical testing faster, safer and smarter.
Adora Digital Health — Adora provides access to trusted health experts and an AI menopause companion for each and every woman in the workplace. Adora combines human-led support with intuitive AI to guide, support, and nurture every woman on their unique menopause journey.

Fuse Capital (formerly Velocity Interactive Group and fused with ComVentures) is a leading investment and strategic equity management firm that focuses on digital media and communications. The firm brings a unique approach to investing by bringing not just financial capital, but also human capital to its investment companies. Fuse has a globalpresence with offices in Palo Alto, Los Angeles, India and China. For more information, please visit www.fusecapital.com.

Investment focus

Software, Web Hosting, Video
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, China, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Quantia — The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert commentary, and medical review.
MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.
Credix — CREDIX is a decentralized credit marketplace connecting investors with FinTechs in emerging markets. Learn more about the future of debt financing now.

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Wise CX — Wise CX specializes in leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance customer loyalty and satisfaction for businesses and institutions. The company offers solutions that are designed to improve customer experiences through personalized attention and smart solutions. Wise CX's services include the development of chatbots and conversationalchannels, aiming to make customer interactions more efficient and effective. With a focus on compliance with current data protection regulations, Wise CX ensures that its solutions adhere to legal standards, providing a secure environment for customer data. The company's offerings are tailored to meet the needs of professional services, aiming to transform customer service into a more engaging and responsive experience.
LetsData — Early discovery and response coordination to media anomalies
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.

QF Capital is a fund management company that focuses on private equity investments.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Angel, Seed
China, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tianlin — Tianlin Holdings provides robotic intelligent construction services, with a focus on creating an ecosystem that includes intelligent construction robots, green building materials, and intelligent construction digital platforms.
Traverser — Traverser is a commercial manned aerospace technology company that develops reusable manned spacecraft and operates space tourism activities.
Anqing Technology — Anqing Technology is a provider of UAV traffic management services and equipment, as well as safe and controllable autonomous flight technology. SafeSky UAV traffic management UTM software and over-the-horizon autonomous drones placed on UAVs are among its primary offerings. Smart box in flight, autonomous flying drone beyond sight range.

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

P-1 AI — P-1 AI is a technology company focused on developing an artificial general engineering intelligence (AGEI) designed to help humanity design physical systems with far greater efficiency and complexity than currently possible.
Teal — Free tools and resources to run a faster and better job search so you can focus your time and energy on finding and landing a job you will love.
Urban Sky — Urban Sky is developing the first-ever reusable 'micro-sat' version of a near-space balloon, armed with sensors that collect high-value Earth observation data over entire cities, serving a multi-billion dollar imagery market and making daily and weekly aerial imagery collection a cost-effective reality. Leveraging advances in componentminiaturization, first-of-its-kind balloon reusability, and the high vantage point of the stratosphere, the Microballoon drastically reduces the cost of high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture over broad areas, leading to more impactful data over more areas than ever before.With a new wealth of data from the stratosphere - this completely untapped layer of Earth’s atmosphere - we can fundamentally change the collective human understanding of the surface of our planet and urban centers.

Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor group in the United States, possessing more than 300 members in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Central Coast, and the Inland Empire. Its members provide funding and guidance to more early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California than any other investment group.Members invest in companies in a wide range of industries, including the life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, consumer products, and tech startups. TCA as a whole gives companies more than just capital; they also provide counsel, mentoring, and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners, and management talent. Tech Coast Angels has been ranked by CB Insights to be among the Top 20 Angel Groups in the US; TCA was also ranked as #1 for Network Centrality, meaning we have more connections than anyone! If you are in the game-changing business, we are here to help.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Convertible Note, Funding Round
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Giftpack — Giftpack is an AI-powered platform that helps HR, Marketers, and Sales streamline gifting operations globally and build up gifting automation from design, manufacturing, global onboarding, employee recognition, client retention, and sales enablement that drives the efficiency and engagement of the businesses.
Flyte — Flyte promotes cellular healing in pelvic floor muscles for lasting results. Flyte is fast, proven, safe, pelvic floor therapy for bladder control.
Nob Hill Therapeutics — Nob Hill Therapeutics is a Delaware Corporation, founded to develop and market DryNeb, a first-in-kind dry powder nebulizer to address large pulmonary drug delivery market opportunities. The company has exclusively licensed the technology from the University of New Mexico.DryNeb™ vs. Aerosol Mist Nebulizers Compact, handheld, portable DryNeb willreplace cumbersome aerosol mist nebulizers.The pulmonary route of drug delivery has been gaining much importance in the present day, as it enables targeted drug delivery directly to the lungs for both local and systemic treatment. Pulmonary drug delivery, as a noninvasive drug administration method, is characterized by its high bioavailability and fast action. It is increasingly used in modern clinical practice for improved treatment of local as well as systemic diseases.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Your partner for growth

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Grw AI — Grw AI offers scalable 1:1 coaching solutions that leverage AI to assist B2B sales teams complete deals.
LeaseUp — LeaseUp is a real estate software company.
LINK — Shoppinpal is a leading provider of connectors and integrations between cloud systems. Deep expertise in POS, ERP, Accounting, Ecommerce, Marketing, Stock replenishment, HR and Payroll systems. Shoppinpal builds seamless, scalable and low-cost integrations for global customers.

Supermorpheus is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Volt14 — Volt14 Solutions develops ultra-high performance materials for Li-ion batteries - which will double the energy density of batteries mass-produced today.Volt14's anodes will boost battery energy density by upto 70% - and such a radical improvement would eliminate range anxiety and $/kWh storage costs by nearly 40%In comparison to otherbattery materials startups, Volt14 uses a wet chemistry approach - meaning a battery producer can use their existing production lines to mass produce our anodes, without any manufacturing bottlenecks.
VS Mani & Co — Shop South Indian filter coffee, instant coffee that tastes almost like filter coffee, and wholesome snacks and spices at VS Mani & Co. Free delivery.
The Money Club — Money Clubs wants to make saving, investing and borrowing money more efficient.Evidently saving within a group is more efficient than doing it by yourself. Each one of us has a social equity that is usually leveraged to borrow money quickly and efficiently in times of need and if they have an option to park money where they make more returnsthan a fixed deposit wont they be interested?The simplest way for anyone today is to be able to do this is on the mobile and on the move! So, MoneyClub is creating a mobile app that enables people to form closed and highly trusted clubs within which they can Save, Invest and borrow money more efficiently!

Mumbai Angels is an angle stage investment firm. Mumbai Angels has served as a breeding ground for both plug-in businesses for larger corporations and financial investors seeking incubated businesses ready to scale.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bambrew — Bamboo Kraft Paper Bags | Eco-Friendly Food Packaging | Paper Mailer Bags | E-Commerce Packaging | Food Packaging
Dhruva Space — Creating exceptional small satellite systems to help space exploration technology meet human imagination
Celcius Logistics Solutions — India's Largest 'ONLINE " cold chain network.Book reefer vehicles, Cold Storages or get booking for your vehicle and cold storages across India instantly with the best price

Verticals:Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Networks, AI, VR/AR, Marketplace, Blockchain, Internet of Things, New materials, Electronics, Robotics, Cleantech, Agrotech, Seatech, Therapeutics, Digital Health, Diagnostics, Innovative Accommodation, Tourist Entertainment Companies, Tour Operators, Wine, Nautical and Equestrian Tourism, Theme ParksMobile, Robotics Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal. The firm is a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A stages

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Portugal, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
PluggableAI — Pluggable is the leading Meaningful Mobile Engagement solution where, through disruptive AI models and non-intrusive smartphone sensors, we maximize mobile app engagement.
Corium Biotech — Corium Biotech is an R&D company dedicated to the bioproduction of exotic leather destined to answer the current leather market needs for performant materials that respect both the environment and animal wellbeing.

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
Signature Brew — Signature Brew is a music bar and brewery that aims to bring people together. They provide beer, booze, and live music for their patrons, which enables them to bring the community together through the power of good beer, music, and memories.
SRSLY Low Carb — SRSLYLowCarb is a home for healthy, Keto and Low Carb friendly foods. Perfect for diabetic-friendly diets. Elevate your health journey with us!

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown corporation dedicated to assisting Canadian businesses of all sizes in achieving global success. It provides them with the tools they need to grow their business with confidence, including trade knowledge, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

VueReal — VueReal is making micro- and nano- technology a reality by developing and commercializing platforms that enable efficient, practical, and scalable production and integration of micro-and nano- devices.
SRTX — Discover Sheertex tights and stockings made with one of the strongest materials in the world. Sheers manufactured sustainably in Canada. No rips, runs or snags - Guaranteed.
Nanoprecise Sci Corp — Predictive Maintenance, Automated Ai Based Predictive Maintenance, Machine Doctor, Wireless Industrial Iot Sensors, Artificial Intelligence in Maintenance, Scaling Iot Solutions

Marc Benioff is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Fyxer — Technology focused Virtual assistance service
Norm AI — Norm Ai provides solutions for sludge problem by enabling compliance teams to delegate tasks to Regulatory AI via high-level instructions, while at the same time validating the resulting work product.
SandboxAQ — SandboxAQ is an enterprise SaaS company combining AI + Quantum tech to solve hard problems impacting society.

Aubrey Graham (Drake) is the Founder of OVO Sound.

Investment focus

eSports, Shopping, Gaming
Series A, Seed, Angel
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
Bullrider — There's cannabis then there's Bullrider. Legacy in the making since 2004. Cannabis dispensary selling and delivering legal weed in Brampton, Canada from 67 Shelby Road.
StatusPro — Completely rewrite the rules of the game and leave your legacy in the latest NFL and NFLPA-licensed VR experience, NFL PRO ERA 25

Inveready is a leading Spanish financial services firm focused on investment solutions and wealth management.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Spain, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Geniova — Geniova is a Spanish start-up that specializes in invisible orthodontics. The company’s patented method combines the power of a lingual nickel titanium arch and conventional aligners to obtain the fastest and most predictable technique in teeth alignment. Geniova’s innovative approach to orthodontics has earned it recognition as one of the mostinnovative start-ups globally in 2021. With remarkable international potential, Geniova is poised to revolutionize the field of orthodontics.”
Intelex Vision — INNOVATION AT THE CORE We embrace the latest open-source AI/ML science developed by Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Our solution is a unique blend of in-house technology and flexible system architecture, that is easy to maintain and engineered to expand and solve new problems. This allows us to integrate state-of-the-art
The Channel Store — The Channel Store is a company specializing in the creation, distribution, and monetization of various types of channels, particularly in the FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) and AVOD (Ad-Supported Video on Demand) sectors. It operates as a B2B service provider that manages content negotiations, integration, and monetization for its partners,enabling broadcasters, content owners, telcos, and streaming services to access and distribute a wide range of live and on-demand content globally.

Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm established by ex-entrepreneurs in enterprise technology and consumer internet. The firm was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Neysa — Neysa enables companies to effectively capitalize on the potential of AI/ML for their business users and end clients.
Kiwi — Kiwi offers all-in-one "Credit on UPI," which will enable users to pay through their phones using either a bank account or credit card.
Liquidnitro Games — India's flagship Games & Live Services Company. Founded by industry veterans who led some of the biggest and most iconic game franchises for over a decade.

TBT is an Adventure Capital.We are more than your average VC investor; we are always up for an adventure. Investment means more than just transfer of capital for us. We want to be a discussion partner that discovers possibilities beyond risk and aligns growth with progress. We want to share decades of industry knowledge and experience in internetand mobile services to build services and products that can make the world a better place.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty
Series A, Seed, Series B
South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

FREECO — FREECO is a content provider for businesses. Consultation, sales, and software development and supply Cosmetics wholesale and retail business Marketing consulting and advertising business.
Two Slash For — Two Slash For is a beauty brand.
Medistream — Medistream operates an integrated platform for oriental medicine.

Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
Turkey, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Vagon — Vagon is your personal high-performance computer on the cloud. Start Vagon instantly and run all challenging software from any device, anywhere.
MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
Firefly — Firefly is the next-gen car advertising solution, featuring taxi and rideshare top advertising, in-car advertising, holograms, car wraps and more.

Reid Hoffman is the Partner of Greylock. He previously worked at Convoy Inc as a Board Member. Reid Hoffman attended the University of Perugia.

Investment focus

Software, Social Media, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Resolve.ai — Resolve AI is a firm dedicated on automating software processes. The company creates AI solutions that can automatically troubleshoot and resolve manufacturing challenges.
World Labs — World Labs is an AI startup that can analyze visual data with comprehension akin to a person's, a substantial advancement above existing capacities.
Pacific Fusion — Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.

Troy Carter is the Founder and CEO of Venice Music. He previously worked at Atom Factory as a Founder and CEO. Troy Carter attended Fairfield University.

Investment focus

Social Media, Software, Music
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

NOVA — Connecting creatives with opportunity. Hire top creatives, grow your network, and find your dream jobs all on Nova.
Audioshake — AudioShake makes audio interactive, customizable, and accessible by using AI to separate sound recordings into their component parts and stems.
MobileCoin — Download the Sentz App to send and receive payments globally from anyone you can text in under five seconds for (basically) free!

Edgar Bronfman Jr. is the co-founder, Chairman, and General Partner at Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1.

Investment focus

Music, Real Estate, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series B, Angel
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shazura — Shazura is a unique Computer Vision with unsupervised patented Fingerprint AI. Edge to Cloud AI Platform. True Visual AI for images & videos.
Rentlogic — Rentlogic is a tech-enabled standards organization that grades every apartment building in New York City (A, B, C, and F) for health and safety. The grades are based on physical inspections and public data from city agencies. Rentlogic’s methodology was developed in collaboration with stakeholders from all facets of the housing sector to be fair,credible and objective.
Thread — Discover the service that only recommends clothes in your style, size and budget. All online and completely free.

Javier Martín Chocarro - Shareholder @ Appszoom

Investment focus

Celebrity, Recreation, Collectibles
Series A
Spain

Portfolio highlights

MyStarAutograph — MyStarAutograph is specialized in official celebrities products, signed with a personalized message in the star´s own handwriting.

Axel Serena is the Director and Investor of Alva House Capital and Alva Ventures

Investment focus

Events, Internet, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Viuing — Viuing is a portable device that allows spectators, fans, and followers to fully experience events and not miss any moment. It was launched in Barcelona, Spain.
Kloutit — Gestiona los chargebacks potenciando las defensas con IA
Tiendeo — Tiendeo is an online platform that groups together the digitalized and geolocalized catalogues and weekly ads of the major retailers. It is a multichannel solution that connects businesses with millions of active shoppers through machine learning and geo-profiling technology. Tiendeo was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and investacross a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages. Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Advertising
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

Birdie — Transform thousands of user feedback into insights with our Feedback Analytics Platform and take faster product decisions
Energy Vault — Energy Vault creates gravity and kinetic energy-based, long-duration energy storage solutions that are transforming the world's approach to energy storage.
Telexistence — TELEXISTENCE Inc. aims to be the systematic innovator of scale in robotics. Innovator means new stuff. And scale means big, systematic ways of looking things done in a way that’s reproducible.

We help the daring build legendary companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Clay — Clay's spreadsheet helps you find, enrich and act on people and company data from any source - without a line of code. Get started for free, today.
Formation Bio — Building the pharma company of the future.
Factory — Factory is bringing autonomy to software engineering.

The Dingman Center Angels is a Maryland based angel investment group that provides funding to early-stage companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Kaster — Communication between general contractors and trade partners on construction projects is complex and fragmented, yet it’s mostly handled through email, phone and text. Naturally, critical items get lost in the clutter. As a result, everyone suffers the financial impacts of project delays, disputes, claims, and issues. Kaster bridges the gap betweengeneral contractors and trade partners by connecting them through one communication workspace, so items never fall through the cracks and project teams avoid unnecessary risk.Learn more at www.kaster.app
BetterU — An all-in-one app that's help you improve your productivity and well being.
TargetDocs — TargetDocs is a communication workspace that collects and organizes all of your subcontractor's project files in one place so they never fall through the cracks

Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that has invested in over 80 startups across a range of industries in the U.S. and Japan. Based in San Francisco with extensive experience and networks in both Silicon Valley and Japan, Scrum Ventures accelerates portfolio companies with global opportunities. Scrum Studios is reinventing the traditional accelerator -- taking a stage-agnostic approach in connecting best-in-class startups with leading Japanese corporations.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Japan, China

Portfolio highlights

Athenic AI — Athenic AI is a data analytics platform that gets you mission critical insights in seconds, not days. Its platform also offers intuitive data infrastructure, data unification, creating pipelines that measure business, use machine learning for accurate predictions, and sharing dashboards to visualize results.
Lingopal — SaaS API Layer for translation
Olio Labs — Olio Labs utilizes AI for combo therapeutics, optimizing and minimizing side effects through automated discovery of protein interactions.

Slaight Communications, Inc. manages the internet radio portal Iceberg radio. The company has strategic alliances with Sirius Satellite Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Investment focus

Music, Retail, Big Data
Series B, Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

SHOP.CA — SHOP.CA is the first multi-merchant marketplace built for Canadians, and managed by Canadians.In June of 2012 the site launched and now has millions of products, across 28 categories, and includes over 5000 brands.SHOP.CA provides Canadians with the brands, products and services they need and want from trusted retailers, manufacturers andservice providers, all through one universal shopping cart and one account. Through a cloud based Marketplace-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, SHOP.CA makes it easy for approved partners to list, price and sell their products and services they have online and/or offline to Canadians, through a single destination.By integrating social elements into the eCommerce platform and user experience, SHOP.CA engages and rewards Canadians for every purchase and for social activities that lead to purchases.
LANDR — LANDR empowers musicians to create and get heard. As a pioneer in big data and machine learning for the music industry, LANDR provides millions of independent artists and labels with a single space to learn about, collaborate on, master, release and monetize music online. Since launching in 2014, LANDR has consistently built tools that level theplaying field for musicians, combining into a self-serve platform that is affordable and invaluable at every stage of the music creation lifecycle.
Influicity — Influicity works with brands and agencies on a wide variety of digital media aspects, from influencer marketing to custom podcasts and beyond.

Joseph Tsai is the current Executive Vice Chairman of Alibaba Group. He previously worked at Investor AB as a Vice President and Senior Investment Manager. Joseph Tsai attended Yale Law School.

Investment focus

Sports, Fashion, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, China, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cambium Carbon — Saving wood to save the planet. By revolutionizing supply chains, we introduce the world's first carbon smart material.
WNBA Enterprises — The official home of the Women's National Basketball Association. Keep up to date with news, scores, and standings for your favorite teams.
Premier Lacrosse League — Premier Lacrosse League is the biggest stars in the fastest growing sport pioneering a new future for lacrosse designed for the fans.

CCEI is a frontline post of creative economy to create new industries and markets.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Yoitang — Yoitang is a brokerage platform that combines online and offline real estate transactions by utilizing big data and artificial intelligence from public institutions. CEO Heo Ji-soo acquired the 26th certified real estate agent license in 2015 and experienced 20 real estate brokerage businesses.
Semos — Semos app offers water sports with certified trainers to enable users to learn anywhere anytime.
Cloud Stone — Cloud Stone provides delivery services for college students.

Entrepreneurial small businesses are major engines of job growth and key players in the commercialization of new technologies. However, most entrepreneurial ventures fail to achieve their goals. Among the most common reasons for such business failures are the inability to execute sound business plans and to access capital funding, particularly atcritical early stages of a company's development.Affiliated as Pasadena Angels, Inc., a nonprofit entity, the organization offers early-stage companies the opportunity to benefit from the knowledge of more than 100 experienced entrepreneurs, senior corporate executives, and skilled professionals from a variety of industries and venture capital affiliates.Approximately 80 companies from a broad range of industries are screened each year by Pasadena Angels members and are provided with invaluable counsel, including insights into developing business and financing strategies that are achievable and fundable. Companies also benefit from the group's feedback and the opportunity to connect with individuals who may offer more specialized expertise and advice.The organization's members provide up to $1 million in early-stage financing and seed money to emerging technology-based ventures located in Southern California. The group cooperates with other venture capital firms and angel investment groups to support companies that are raising between $1 to $5 million. Pasadena Angels members invest individually and directly, without any legal pooling of financial resources. The corporate entity, Pasadena Angels, Inc. does not invest or act as an investment agent in any manner.Pasadena Angels charges no fees and provides its services to companies which it believes have a significant potential for success and the potential to benefit from an association with the organization.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Everyset — Everyset is the easiest platform for employers to on-board, pay, and insure project workforces. Workers instantly onboard and track payments with a profile portable between employers. To increase density between employers & workers, we are initially focused within entertainment.
Autio — HearHere is a travel audio app that shares the depth and diversity of stories - cultural, geographical, historical, and mythological.
EventHub — EventHub offers virtual expos, a sponsorship marketplace, and a management dashboard for event organizers. Its platform enables organizers to manage exhibitor applications, payments, paperwork, and logistics through a clean, intuitive dashboard that also enables batch updates and messaging. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inSeattle, Washington.

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