Top 50 Consumer Angel Investors in United States in May 2026
Top 50 Consumer Angel Investors in United States in May 2026
| Investor | Consumer United States investments |
|---|---|
| Jason Calacanis | 26 |
| Robert DeMaio | 25 |
| Mark Cuban | 24 |
| Bryan Rosenblatt | 24 |
| Scott Belsky | 24 |
| Mark Cuban | 20 |
| Shervin Pishevar | 20 |
| Wei Guo | 19 |
| Daniel Curran | 19 |
| Edward Lando | 17 |
| Brendan Wallace | 13 |
| Joanne Wilson | 13 |
| Brian Spaly | 13 |
| Fabrice Grinda | 13 |
| Sunmeet Jolly | 12 |
| Cyan Banister | 12 |
| Kevin Lin | 11 |
| Alexis Ohanian | 11 |
| Naval Ravikant | 11 |
| Paul Buchheit | 11 |
| Ashton Kutcher | 11 |
| Kevin Moore | 11 |
| Justin Mateen | 11 |
| Rick Marini | 10 |
| Kevin Hartz | 10 |
| Andy Dunn | 10 |
| Lachy Groom | 10 |
| David Tisch | 10 |
| Brian Lee | 10 |
| Baron Davis | 10 |
| Scott Banister | 10 |
| Rick Marini | 10 |
| Dave Morin | 9 |
| Vijay Chattha | 9 |
| Shana Fisher | 9 |
| Clark Landry | 9 |
| Louis Beryl | 9 |
| Bradley C. Harrison | 9 |
| Kal Vepuri | 9 |
| Spencer Rascoff | 9 |
| Marc Benioff | 9 |
| Justin Kan | 9 |
| Wayne Chang | 8 |
| Peter Thiel | 8 |
| Scooter Braun | 8 |
| Sam Altman | 8 |
| Mitchell Kapor | 8 |
| David E. Weekly | 8 |
| Jeff Kearl | 8 |
| Will Herman | 8 |
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Find investors — It's Free!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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- Software, Internet, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Orreco — Orreco Their mission is to deliver a cutting edge biomarker program to optimise player performance, recovery and welfare. A tailored biomarker program can optimise player health and welfare and use sports science resources to target key or “at risk” players which will lead to increased player availability. Tailoring of recovery and playermanagement strategies to individuals’ own biomarker profiles backs up decision making processes with data giving your team an informed recovery strategy.
- Bonjuur — Housekeeping Membership that tidies up your house daily and cleans room by room, for a serene life. Welcome to Bonjuur Life.
- latchkey — Latchkey helps software teams ship faster by eliminating CI/CD investigations.
Robert DeMaio is the founder, CEO, and controlling and majority shareholder of Phinge® Corporation. He is an inventor with over 30 granted patents, including software (Such as App-Less technologies and hardware verification) and patents for modular hardware and devices.
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- FinTech, Software, Health Care
- Convertible Note
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Phinge — About Phinge Corporation. Phinge's patented Netverse App-less technology, user-centric platform and verified Netverse Intelligence™ (NI)™, accesible through its patented, innovative modular mobile hardware and devices is launching to the world in 2026. All users will own, control and monetize their own data. The Netverse platform and NetverseIntelligence™ (NI)™ wiil be a safer, verified and rewarding alternative app-less platform and technology for third party businesses and developers to today's app-based technologies including the App stores, operating systems and ecosystems of Apple and Google. Netverse will not be an App or Super App that resides on the major technology platforms of today. Instead, it will be a standalone, all-in-one, app-less, verified platform and AI, accessible only through Phinge's revolutionary mobile hardware and devices. It will benefit all approved, verified third party businesses, developers and platforms on Netverse in ways not possible with today's technology including total verification of all users, businesses, organizations, entities and their IP. Third-party developers as well as individuals and businesses that would like to be beta testers for Netverse and its hardware may sign up today.
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
- Clipbook — Clipbook is an AI-powered research and analysis platform designed for public relations, communications, and public affairs teams. It monitors over 1 million sources including news, social media, policy documents, broadcasts, podcasts, and newsletters to deliver actionable media intelligence.
- The Renatural — Get rollercoaster proof wig security while protecting your hairline.
Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Anvara — Anvara is a private sponsorship marketplace for sports and live events. We help brands discover opportunities, compare options with full transparency, and execute end-to-end: from outreach and offers to contracts, payments, and measurement. Our mission is to make sponsorship buying centralized, transparent, and measurable.
- Feastables — Feastables is setting out to build the most engaging brand on the planet, bringing the games, stunts and spectacle.
- Jomboy Media — A creator-led media company that breaks down sports at the expense of no one (except ourselves). Click to read Jomboy Media, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Scott Belsky is currently a Partner at A24, where he leads technology and innovation projects. He previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products at Adobe. He attended Harvard Business School.
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- Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Simile — Simile is an artificial intelligence company that provides a platform for automating and improving communication and collaboration through AI-driven tools. It offers solutions for creating and managing conversations, generating content, and analyzing interactions to support business workflows. The company integrates AI models to assist teams indrafting messages, responding to queries, and enhancing productivity across digital communication channels. Its platform combines natural language processing, automation, and data analysis to streamline communication tasks and improve organizational efficiency.
- Doctronic — Doctronic is the first D2C AI doctor working with human doctors in all 50 states in the US (and moving into other countries quickly). Get immediate AI diagnosis and then ask a human doctor to verify / act on that diagnosis if needed.
- The General Intelligence Company — Automate your life with natural language. Cofounder plugs into your existing tools, writes automations, and organizes workflows. Driving the software you're already familiar with.
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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- Blockchain, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
- ESAI — ESAI is the viral storytelling platform for Gen Z college applicants and young professionals.
- FORT Robotics — FORT Robotics enables OEMs & end users to build and operate smart machines safely and securely, while maximizing productivity and reducing risks.
- Advanced Machine Intelligence — AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence - builds world-model-based AI that understands the real world. We develop safe, controllable intelligent systems for industry, robotics, healthcare, and beyond.
Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.
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- Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Pipe — Get up to the full annual value of your booked monthly and quarterly contracts. Scale your business without dilution or debt.
- NUE Life Health — NUE Life aims to improve mental wellness by enhancing brain function, performance, and longevity through evidence based and scientifically proven mental health treatments and products.
- Alchemy — Whether you're a beginner, working on a side project, or one of the largest teams in the blockchain space, Alchemy makes Ethereum development easy with enhanced APIs, node infrastructure, and developer tooling. Get started for free!
Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, China, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
- Bungalow — Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. It utilizes existing housing supply by signing long-term leases with homeowners, and offers multi-bedroom homes in some of the most desirable neighborhoods in cities throughout the United States.Bungalow offersprivate bedrooms with handpicked housemates in beautifully furnished homes across seven major cities. Each home comes furnished and includes wifi, utilities, housekeeping, and monthly community events for members.Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty founded Bungalow in 2016. Its headquarters is in San Francisco in California.
- Raydiant — Raydiant empowers brick-and-mortar organizations to deliver engaging, personalized, and measurable on-screen digital experiences to delight in-store customers and engage back-of-house employees.
Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- RentoMojo — RentoMojo is an online furniture rental platform that was incorporated in November 2014.It currently operates in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.RentoMojo was founded by Geetansh Bamania, an ex-IITM, in November 2014 in India. Like many other young working professionals, he was living in rented apartments,working long hours and found it inconvenient to equip the house with furniture when he moved. RentoMojo was developed to provide an alternative to buying and selling furniture in rental properties.
- Shred Video — Shred Video, a new startup launching out of Y Combinator, allows users to take footage from their iPhone, GoPro or drone and simply match it with a song from the user’s iTunes library. That’s all. Shred Video does the rest of the work.Taking into account the acceleration of the camera itself, Shred Video can pin-point the moments of action forsurfers, snowboarders, skaters and other acceleration-based sports to highlight all of the coolest clips in your footage. And beyond that, Shred Video matches those epic moments with the beat-drop of the song.
- GC Plus — Find Your Next Home Service Expert With Ease
Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Flent — Flent offers fully furnished designer homes.
- Swaive — Swaive operates a financial firm that invests in risk-free instruments. The organization allows you to park your money without risk.
- ToolBelt — The only platform built specifically for licensed pros in residential construction looking for work or finding labor.
Brendan Wallace is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall. Brendan Wallace attended Princeton University.
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- E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Spain, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Rinse — We personally pick up, professionally clean, and hand deliver your clothes to your door. Rinse gives you superior quality and personal service. Guaranteed.
- 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.
- Vocate — Vocate is the online upgrade of the student career center. The key feature is a matching marketplace for student jobs and internships, supported by tools that guide customers along their path.
Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College.
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- E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Canada, Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Lately — Lately uses AI to create your social media content and manage your social media marketing and social selling programs.
- Switchboard — Switchboard's service design, coaching, and software offerings generate real results for higher ed teams and institutions.
- Manufactured — Manufactured is a product sourcing platform that provides access for entrepreneurs to manufacturing companies to find the perfect product and help build and operate digital manufacturing supply chains.
Brian Spaly is the General Partner of Brand Foundry Ventures and Executive Chairman of Tecovas. He is a former CEO at TrunkClub. He attended Princeton University and Stanford University.
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- E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cann — Cann is a social beverage that comes in three award-winning flavors - Blood Orange Cardamom, Lemon Lavender, and Grapefruit Rosemary. Shop today and get 15% OFF your first order!
- Prefix — Welcome to PreFix. Our home maintenance membership saves you money and time. Learn more about us here.
- Hello Cake — 18K Followers, 6,705 Following, 859 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cake (@hellocake)
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Alpagga — Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments.
- OTPless — Authenticate customers with WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Biometrics, and more, with a 98% conversion rate on signup and sign-in.
- Accumulator — Accumulator is a U.S. private equity firm regulated by the SEC, operating as an index-like fund covering a wide range of privately held, growth-stage tech companies.
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.
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- Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Rentberry — Find your next home for long-term rent in any country at Rentberry.
- AtomBeam — AtomBeam is a software company that is developing an artificial intelligence driven ecosystem of algorithms and computational paradigms that will transform the way data is transferred and stored, dramatically reducing the size of data transferred but without adding latency, using only modest computing power. This technology has profound benefitsfor a very large number of applications, in particular IoT and edge computing. The technology's advantages are unmatched and give it a wide range of uses: a) it can act on very small packet sizes, enabling it to stream data, b) computational latency is near zero, c) it is not sensitive to data errors, and c) it provides random file access. It has the potential to be virtually universal, especially in IoT.
- Pops Diabetes Care — If you are an employer, caregiver, or just someone who wants an easy diabetes management system, Click here to learn how we can help!
Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber,Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer.
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- Software, Internet, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom
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- Remynt — Remynt is revolutionizing debt recovery by enabling creditors to recoup revenue from non-performing delinquencies and empowering consumers to rebuild their credit.
- Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
- Mother Science — Discover Mother Science, a revolutionary biotech skincare brand with a clinically proven serum for hyperpigmentation and sun damage.
Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.
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- Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
- Asterix — Asterix offers digital ownership and unlocks new possibilities.
- Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps
Alexis Ohanian is the President and Founder of 776 Foundation. He previously worked at reddit as an Executive Chair and Board Member. Alexis Ohanian attended the University of Virginia.
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- Software, Mobile, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- GammaTime — Premium Verticals. Anytime. Anywhere.
- Pulp Culture — Pulp Culture is hard pressed juice, enhanced by superfoods and adaptogens, that supports active, healthy lifestyles.
- Screen Skinz — Shop Screen Skinz for the #1 trusted custom screen protectors for iPhone and Samsung. Design your own or choose from officially licensed screens from NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Colleges, and Sanrio. Disappearing designs within the glass combine premium protection with personalization.
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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- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Canada, India
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- SiPhox Health — Painless, 5-minute biomarker testing at home. Clear insights, trend tracking, and a personalized plan built around your results.
- Character.ai — Chat with millions of AI Characters on the #1 AI chat app. Where will your next adventure take you?
- 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.
Ashton Kutcher is an actor, investor, entrepreneur, producer and philanthropist.Kutcher has been named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” as well as being honored by Vanity Fair ‘s “New Establishment List,” which identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigiesand entrepreneurs. Twice, Kutcher was named one of Forbes magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities,” as well as one of Fast Company magazine’s “Most Creative People.”Kutcher has been investing in technology for over a decade, both as an angel investor and a founding partner of A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures. His fund portfolio includes Airbnb, Uber, Flexport, Brex, Robinhood, Bird, Airtable and Affirm among others.Kutcher is also the co-founder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children (www.thorn.org). Thorn drives technology innovation to fight the sexual exploitation of children.Kutcher currently stars in the Netflix original series, The Ranch. He also serves as Executive Producer. Until 2015, Kutcher starred in the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men. The show ranked as the second most-watched comedy on all of network television. Kutcher first gained recognition as Michael Kelso on the Fox series That 70’s Show, and went on to star in a variety of box office hits on the big screen – including What Happens In Vegas with Cameron Diaz, The Guardian with Kevin Costner, No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and the cult hit Dude, Where’s My Car.Kutcher served as co-creator and producer of MTV's hit series, “Punk'd,” and The CW's reality series “Beauty and the Geek” and “True Beauty.” He has also produced films such as No Strings Attached, Killers and The Butterfly Effect. Additionally, Kutcher co-founded APlus, a digital media company devoted to spreading the message of positive journalism, a kind of storytelling that focuses on our shared humanity. In 2016, APlus was purchased by Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
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- QD-SOL — QD-SOL uses nanoparticles to produce green hydrogen in half the time.
- Spicewell — Spicewell develops and creates food seasoning products that includes various kinds of micronutrients. It uses modern science to infuse healthy and organic additions to food meals. Spicewell is based in California, USA.
- HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
Kevin Moore has 10 years experience as an angel/opportunity investor and operator. Prior to that, he has over 15 years of progressive technology i-banking, corp dev, and CFO experience at startups and $Bn corporates.
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- Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, India, Canada
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- Redbird — Redbird is an operating system that empowers data driven teams to easily create custom applications that automate advanced analytics work in minutes, without writing code.
- SilkChart — SilkChart helps growth teams improve campaigns based on what users are doing in product - without relying on expensive data scientists. We do this through a no code analytics tool that combines marketing and product usage data to identify which channels, audiences, and content maximize revenue growth.
- Augmend — Create documentation and an AI assistant from any video.
Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
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- Mason America, Inc. — Mason is the device innovation platform for product leaders who dare to deliver the next innovation in their field.
- Urbanic — Hey! Check out this product I discovered on urbanic
- Hidden Studios — Hidden Studios develops and advertises Fortnite Creative games, with 100M+ plays monthly. The company collaborated with prominent brands and creators, including Skydance, Snoop Dogg, and CaseOh, to deliver engaging gaming experiences. Hidden Studios maintains an active presence on YouTube, sharing content related to their Fortnite Creativeendeavors.
Rick Marini is the Co-Founder, President and COO of Rails. He previously worked at Grindr as a Chief Operating Officer. Rick Marini attended Harvard Business School.
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- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Pray.com — Pray.com is a social impact company driven by a mission to grow faith & cultivate community. Started by Steve Gatena and his three co-founders in 2016, the company is comprised of people from all backgrounds and is building Pray.com as the digital destination for faith. At Pray.com prayer is the priority and the Pray.com app is the easiest wayto incorporate prayer into your daily life. The Pray.com app is the world's #1 app for Daily Prayer and faith-based media content. In 2020, Pray.com became the highest-grossing religious media app in history. In addition to its explosive growth in revenue and subscribers, Pray.com became the first and only mental & spiritual health app federally approved to host the President of the United States as well as other elected officials on the platform so they could promote the power of prayer, highlight the health benefits of faith, and promote religious equity, diversity, and inclusion. As an inter-faith platform, Pray.com has brought together religious, celebrity, and political leaders across industries for major events that pray for, discuss, and act on social issues like: race relations, forced migration, and religious inclusion. Pray.com's marque events include participation from the White House, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the Vatican City state, the Southern Baptist Convention, and more. In addition to the success of the Pray.com app, Pray.com's marquee events, and fundraising for social causes, Pray.com's studio division has produced the largest library of Biblically inspired original content in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and its content has been syndicated across broadcast media platforms and new media platforms like SiriusXM Satellite Radio, DirectTV, and YouTube. Pray.com's mission is to grow faith & cultivate community and its vision is to create a world where everyone leaves a legacy of helping others.
- Tough Day — Tough Day enables companies to provide employees with a safe place for candid conversation and expert guidance to resolve their workplace issues before they become messy, costly problems.When work gets tough, the tough get working.
- Grove Collaborative — Grove Collaborative delivers home essentials, including household cleaning, personal care, beauty, and pet products, for a more eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle.
Kevin Hartz is a Co-Founder and Chairman of Sauron. He is also a Co-Founder and General Partner at A*. He previously worked at Eventbrite as Co-Founder and Chairman. Kevin attended Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts & Science in History and Applied Earth Science, and the University of Oxford, where he completed an MSt inHistory.
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- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Mecka AI — Mecka AI is a data infrastructure company that builds large scale human datasets and tools to train and deploy AI and robotics systems.
- Wabi — Create, discover, and remix any mini-app in minutes. The era of personal software is here.
- Polymarket — Bet on your beliefs
Andy Dunn is co-founder and CEO of Bonobos, an apparel brand renowned for exceptional fit, high energy and great customer experience. Launched in 2007, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand in the United States ever launched over the web. Previously, Dunn worked as a private equity analyst at Wind Point Partners and as a consultant at Bain& Company. He is a founding board member of education social enterprise Blue Engine and the founder of Red Swan Ventures, an angel investment firm.
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- E-Commerce, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- OffDeal — OffDeal is building an AI-native investment bank for buying and selling small businesses. We use custom AI agents and big data to screen thousands of SMBs each day, matching buyers with the perfect acquisition target in days instead of months. Unlike legacy M&A advisors, we can search for targets for hundreds of buyers concurrently, 24/7.
- Sanarai — Sanarai is a mental health online platform for the Latinx community. Online platform that connects the Latinx community to mental health professionals in Latin America to provide culturally sensitive Spanish-language emotional support at accessible prices
- Ours — Modern-day virtual couples therapy and premarital counseling trusted by thousands. Get started with world-class couples therapists today!
Lachy Groom is the Co-Founder of Physical Intelligence. He previously worked at Stripe as the Head of Stripe Issuing.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Airbound — Welcome to Airbound, where we're reaching the unreachable with our zero infrastructure deliveries. Discover our innovative solutions for efficient and sustainable delivery systems.
- Netic — Netic provides an AI-driven platform designed to automate and optimize customer engagement and operational workflows for essential service industries, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and appliance services. The platform autonomously handles inbound communications across various channels—such as calls, texts, and web chats—by bookingappointments and managing inquiries directly within existing CRM or field service management systems . Utilizing generative AI models, Netic's system assesses customer interactions to prioritize urgent requests, predict maintenance needs, and initiate targeted outreach campaigns based on factors like weather patterns and service history . This approach aims to enhance technician utilization and reduce missed revenue opportunities during periods of fluctuating demand . Additionally, Netic offers analytics tools that provide insights into customer interactions and operational performance, supporting data-informed decision-making .
- Yuzu Health — Automating health plan administration
David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shopdirectly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014.In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program.David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City
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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Israel
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- PillPack — PillPack is a full-service pharmacy that sorts medication by dose and offers door-to-door delivery. They fill, sort, and deliver all medications in personalized packets based on when you need to take them. Their service helps you take the right meds at the right time, every time.
- Vengo — Massive national network of digital screens accessible through every major SSP. Buy retail and point-of-purchase screens on your preferred platform.
- Even.com — Even offers an affordable on-demand pay product that allows employees to access their paychecks when they need it most—without confusing, hidden, or predatory fees. With a proven track record of reducing employee turnover and increasing retention and productivity, Even is the highest-rated on-demand pay app and has helped employees save more than$82 million to date.
Brian Lee is an entrepreneur. He is co-founder and former president of LegalZoom.com, co-founder and former CEO of ShoeDazzle.com, and co-founder and former CEO of The Honest Company. Formerly an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Brian co-founded LegalZoom in 2001. LegalZoom has since become the nationwide leader inonline legal services.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
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- HostGPO — A members-only buying group for vacation rental hosts, owners, and managers.
- Rivet Work — Control labor chaos with RIVET's workforce management platform. Forecast demand, schedule workers, track productivity, and eliminate margin erosion.
- Maximus — Consumer health startup that maximizes masculinity using science and psychology.
Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.
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- E-Commerce, Mobile, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Sweden, Hong Kong
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- 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.
Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal.Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired byMicrosoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million.Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan.
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- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, India, Canada
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- Justpoint — Justpoint is a venture-backed AI-first company redesigning the medical malpractice industry. Our first product allows for a faster and better understanding of the legal merits of a claim as well as an instant understanding of its likely settlement amount.We have previously created companies that effectively changed their industries, fromhealthcare insurance to clinical trial recruitment. To advance the medical malpractice industry, we have put together a team with extensive achievements in healthcare technology, medical malpractice litigation, and artificial intelligence.
- Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
- Valid — Validated tests product ideas against real users before you launch. We measure the feasibility of your product idea rank value propositions and test messaging.
Rick Marini is the Co-Founder, President and COO of Rails. He previously worked at Grindr as a Chief Operating Officer. Rick Marini attended Harvard Business School.
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- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada
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- TrueFacet — Shop and sell top designer brands up to 70% off. Use this link to get $70 off on your first order of $200+
- Grove Collaborative — Grove Collaborative delivers home essentials, including household cleaning, personal care, beauty, and pet products, for a more eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle.
- Jaanuu — Shop for women's performance scrubs and face masks at Jaanuu, the leading provider for medical uniforms and PPE. Backed by science. Premium comfort and fit.
Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.
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- Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, France, Finland
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- Zeel — Zeel delivers Massage On Demand:registered: - top-quality massages from licensed, vetted massage therapists to homes, hotels, workplaces, and events in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. With Zeel, customers enjoy a massage in the comfort, convenience, safety, and privacy of the place and time of their choosing, 7 days a week, 365days a year, with start times as early as 8 am and as late as 10:30 pm. Services by app for iPhone or Android . Our first service offering is Massage On Demand:registered:. Zeel has been offering Massage On Demand since December 2012, launching the app on April 2, 2013. Massage On Demand:registered: is disrupting the $15B US and $80B global massage market.The Zeel app allows customers to get massage at their home, hotel, workplace or event in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. They choose between a soothing Swedish and invigorating deep tissue massage. Customers pay a set price (including tax & tip), charged to their credit card on file. All therapists are fully vetted in person, licensed in their state of practice, insured (minimum of $1M), background-checked and trained by the Zeel team to reach the highest levels of customer service and experience. In September 2013, Zeel launched Massage Zeelot, the first-ever same-day, on-demand massage subscription service. Customers receive at least one in-home, on-demand Zeel Massage per month at a preferred rate, along with a free professional-grade massage table, theirs to keep.
- Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.
- Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS
Vijay Chattha joined VSC Consulting as Founder / CEO in 2002.
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- Mobile, Software, Consumer Electronics
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
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- Rocean — Rocean makes smart appliances to change how we consume water. Our first product the Rocean One is a seamless, reusable water ecosystem with best-in-class filtration that carbonates, flavors and enhances tap water. The Rocean One gives consumers more choice and convenience than they will find in their local supermarket.
- Zume — Zume is spearheading the switch from plastic to compostable molded fiber packaging through its patent pending manufacturing technology and its network of global suppliers.
- Ancient Ritual — In a world obsessed with speeding up, we’re reinventing how humans slow down.
Shana Fisher is the Managing Partner of HLVP, a NY Based venture fund focused on early stage investments. From December 2003 to June 2010, Ms. Fisher served as IAC's Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Mergers and Acquisitions, and prior to that as the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for IAC. Previously, Ms. Fisherserved as Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for Allen & Company, LLC. In this capacity she led principle investments and advised publicly traded technology firms, private telecommunications firms and media companies. Prior to Allen & Company, LLC., Ms. Fisher was a program manager for the Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Fisher received her B.A. from Hampshire College with a triple major in Sculpture, Philosophy and Linguistics and attended the Master of Arts program at New York University's ITP.
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- Software, Machine Learning, Fashion
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, France, United Kingdom
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- Kiln — Stake your treasury directly, or bring staking to your users through our whitelabel product.
- Glean — Fast data exploration for data teams and everyone else. Empower your whole team to answer questions without SQL and start making better decisions faster.
- Hashboard — Hashboard is a business intelligence (BI) product built for data engineers to do their best work and easily spread the data love to their entire organizations. Define metrics on your data warehouse and let your whole team search, explore and find insights that drive your business.
Clark Landry is the Managing Partner of Clover Leaf Ventures.Most recently, Clark was co-founder and COO at CESPPA, a cybersecurity company. Formerly, Clark was co-founder and COO at Maple Media (raised $30 million from private equity investors), co-founder and executive chairman at SHIFT (acquired by Brand Networks), co-founder and CEO at TopLevel Domain Holdings (now Minds + Machines - publicly-traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM), co-founder and CMO at TagWorld (acquired by Viacom). Clark was a founding investor of Gradient X, a mobile DSP (acquired by SingTel), Traffic Marketplace, an advertising network (acquired by Vivendi), Adconion Media Group, a provider of digital media advertising solutions (acquired by Amobee), Conversion Logic, an advertising attribution company, and CREXi, a commercial real estate marketplace.Clark holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Yale University.
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- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Mexico, Bulgaria
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- Acquicent — Acquicent enables the issuance and trading of blockchain tokens linked to digital and real-world collectibles.
- PositivEnergy — We are energy architects driven by a desire to make the benefits of clean energy easy, risk-free and available to all. Learn about energy storage systems, EV charging infrastructure and backup power / UPS.
- Hopscotch — Hopscotch is a network of top therapists committed to supporting your child. Explore our directory to find the right provider for your family.
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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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- AnchorUSD — Unlike competing stablecoins, AnchorUSD holds all deposits in US-domiciled bank accounts. Because USDX can always be created for $1 or redeemed for $1, investors can trade with confidence and avoid the volatility of unbacked cryptocurrencies. We undergo regular audits to ensure that the number of USDX in circulation is exactly equal to the numberof dollars in our bank account.
- Tenant Turner — Tenant Turner helps property managers eliminate vacancy.
- Rescue Forensics — Customer service is our #1 priority. Get a premium domain for your website today. Financing available.
Brad is an entrepreneur and seasoned business development executive with a passion for technology, media, entertainment and lifestyle. Brad has a great deal of experience launching new ventures. While attending MIT, he worked as a Partner in a seed stage venture fund, ITU Ventures, and helped launch a joint MIT-Harvard incubator. During thisexperience, Brad worked at the earliest stages with many dynamic companies including Endeca Technologies.While serving as Director of Media Strategy and Development at AOL, Brad co-authored 3 patents in search, geo-tagging, and personalization, with Edmund Fish, Senior Vice President and General Manager at AOL. Following AOL, Brad helped raise $40M in venture funding for a contextual online advertising network. Prior to launching his business career, Brad was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the United States Army for five years, earning both Airborne and Ranger qualifications before retiring as Captain. He resides in Tribeca with his wife, Angie, his son, Elvis and his daughter, Scout.
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- Software, Mobile, SaaS
- Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- United States
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- Ampsy — The Ampsy (formerly Fliptu) platform offers brands a comprehensive suite of social aggregation tools to aggregate & curate their best brand & fan social content into beautiful, engaging social visualizations. In 60 seconds, a brand can build a campaign and have it live & embedded anywhere with a single line of iframe code. Our socialembeds are proven to increase fan engagement and time-on-site, solving a major leakage problem in the customer acquisition & retention funnel.***2014 SXSW Accelerator Finalisthttp://sxsw.com/interactive/news/2014/2014-sxsw-accelerator-finalists-revealed-startups-rock-austin-march***Named 1 of the 20 Most Interesting Technologies at SXSW by IPG Media Lab of Interpublic Group - IPG (NYSE)http://www.ipglab.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/SXSW2014_IPGMediaLab_Recap.pdf
- LiveNinja — Business communication solutions from net2phone streamline workflows, effortlessly collaborate, and build customer relationships that last.
- Funnel — Our revolutionary CRM property management software saves both time and money for agents and owners while making leasing more efficient.
Kal Vepuri is Founder and Chairman of Brainchild. Brainchild Holdings is Kal's personal direct investment vehicle. Brainchild & Company is a collective of engineers, operators, and designers that build physical products and digital services. Prior to forming Brainchild, Kal was a technology entrepreneur, a consultant at Bain & Companyand an institutional private equity investor. Kal earned a BSE in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Economics with High Distinction from Duke University and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in Economics.
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- Software, Internet, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Germany
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- Beams — Beams is a platform for people who like to listen and contribute to great conversations in their own time.
- Loveseat.com — Loveseat online furniture auction is the best way to get great deals on overstock, returned, vintage and used home furniture in Texas & California. Bid on our weekly online auctions for customer returns, retail overstock, shabby chic, danish modern, mid century modern and much more.
- Fruitful — Book a free session with an expert Fruitful Guide, take control of your money, and stop stressing.
Spencer Rascoff is based out of New York, New York and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Match Group and also the Board of Directors of Hinge. Spencer previously served as Co-Founder, Executive Chairman at dot.LA. Spencer Rascoff attended Harvard University.
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- Real Estate, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, Sweden, Canada
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- HostGPO — A members-only buying group for vacation rental hosts, owners, and managers.
- EasyKnock — Sell your home with EasyKnock. Enjoy the benefits of selling your home without the hassles of moving. Explore home equity loan alternatives on your time with your terms.
- Afterparty — Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships
Marc Benioff is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Salesforce. Marc previously worked at Oracle as a Vice President. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California. Marc Benioff has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- Whalar — Whalar is on a mission to Liberate the Creative Voice and make advertising more inclusive, diverse and effective.
- Parallel Bio — Using the immune system to cure disease. Parallel Bio uses a human immune system in a dish and AI to discover drugs more likely to work in patients.
- Jeeva AI — Jeeva AI provides a sales automation platform that delivers products and services centered on agentic-AI workflows for prospecting and engagement. The platform offers automated lead discovery that identifies decision-makers across numerous data sources and enriches records with missing contact and firmographic details. It includes tools forgenerating personalized outreach through email and LinkedIn, enabling consistent communication based on role, industry, and observed behavior. Jeeva AI also supplies inbox and calendar management services that draft replies, prepare meeting briefs, schedule calls, and record notes to reduce manual administrative tasks. These combined capabilities create a unified environment that supports sales teams and individual sellers throughout the prospecting and engagement cycle.
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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- Software, Financial Services, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Nigeria, India
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- Blue — An Operating System for your Personal Health. Join the waitlist here.
- FLORA — FLORA is an applied AI HCI company building creative tools.
- Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.
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.
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- Software, SaaS, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
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- tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
- T2 — T2 is in early alpha. 280 character text, replies, and likes - that's it for now. Browse content now and sign up for the waitlist.
- Ghost Message — Record and turn your classes into automated notes, quizzes, flashcards together with classmates.
Peter Thiel Is the Managing Partner of The Founders Fund. He previously worked at Stanford Law School as a Visitor. Peter Thiel attended Stanford University.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
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- STARK — EUROPEAN DEFENCE SOVEREIGNTY
- Plasma — Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin.
- Kriya Therapeutics — Kriya is a biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapy to address common diseases that impact millions of people worldwide. Learn more.
Scooter Braun is one of the entertainment industry’s biggest entrepreneurs and innovators and the founder of SB Projects, a diversified entertainment and media company with ventures at the intersection of music, film, television, technology, brands, culture, and social good. Braun has a roster of the top pop culture icons under his management,record label, and publishing companies that include Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Zac Brown Band, and Karlie Kloss.Braun has broken more new artists than any other music executive in the last decade and has expanded his reach by establishing a fund, which invests in some of the largest management, media, and rights companies in the industry. SB Projects houses a film and television production division and also continues to impact new verticals under its tech incubator, Silent Labs, which holds investments in Uber, Spotify, Songza, Casper, Waze, and Pinterest.Braun also leads Ithaca Holdings LLC., a fully integrated holding company with interests across multiple verticals. The company has built an elite portfolio of acquisitions and partnerships including the acquisition of Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label Group, Mythos Studios with Marvel Founding Chairman David Maisel, the acquisition of Atlas Publishing, and partnerships with management companies.Braun remains committed to SB Projects’ founding philosophy of giving back by serving on the boards of Pencils of Promise and Fuck Cancer, and he, his clients, and his companies have – together – granted more wishes for Make-A-Wish than any other organization in the history of the foundation.
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- E-Commerce, Wellness, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Egypt, Norway
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- Artie — Leverage change data capture to replicate data from databases to your data warehouse or data lake with low latency and no impact to database performance.
- Born — SLAY is a social gaming company.
- Spatial Labs — Spatial Labs is a technology infrastructure company that is powering the next generation of Augmented Reality, Blockchain, Omni-channel, and Immersive Experiences - collectively known as the Metaverse.
Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator. Sam attended Stanford University.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Ghana
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- NOYACK — NOYACK builds agentic AI technology for wealth management, starting with NOYACK.ai—the first AI agent for financial literacy - and Prophit.ai , the first opensource AI agent for portfolio optimizations of ALL asset classes. The fintech platform uses autonomous AI to deliver personalized financial guidance and construct tax-optimized portfolioscombining traditional accounts (IRAs, 401(k)s, HSAs) with private market investments in venture capital, fine art, and real estate for Millennials and Gen Z investors
- Boom Supersonic — Making the World Dramatically More Accessible
- Arcadia Medicine — Arcadia Medicine is a biotechnology company that creates psychedelic medicine to treat mental health issues.
Mitchell David Kapor was the founder of Lotus Development Corporation (/organization/lotus-development-corporation) and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the "killer application" often credited with making the personal computer ubiquitous in the business world in the 1980s. He is known as an entrepreneur, investor, social activist,and philanthropist.Kapor has been the Chair of the In 1990 Kapor's new company On Technology introduced their new product On Location, an application designed for the Macintosh that contained an indexing system that permit quick retrieval and display of text on the Mac's hard disk. "We think we're being cagey by bringing it out on the Mac first," Kapor said. "It's a richer medium than MS-DOS, and if we have a hot product in the Mac market, it will be easier to get into the PC market."In 2001, Kapor founded the Open Source Applications Foundation, where he is now working on Chandler, a modern personal information manager built using open source tools and methods.In 2006, Kapor founded his latest startup,
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- Mobile, Software, Education
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Japan, Singapore
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- Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
- Spreadsheet.com — The spreadsheet you know with the power of a database and project management system. Gantt, Kanban, Forms, and Automations. Get started free.
- DuckDuckGo — The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
David E. Weekly is the Head of The Capital One Lab of Capital One. He previously worked at Medcorder as a Founder and CEO. David E. Weekly attended Stanford University.
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- Robotics, Drones, Aerospace
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, Israel
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- Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.
- Sugarlogix — A precise reflection of human milk to provide the best nutrition for babies
- Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.
Jeff Kearl is a Managing Director at Pelion Ventures. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Stance. He previously Co-founded Precedent Investments in 2012. He previously served as a Venture Partner at Zetta Venture Partners.He previously served as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of Arteis, Inc. Hepreviously served as Director of Strategy and New Ventures for Hewlett Packard. Jeff previously worked as an Associate at vSpring Capital. Jeff founded Freeport.com, Inc. and served as its Vice President of Business Development & Product Marketing. He served as the Chairman of Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL) from 2005 to 2013. He is currently on the board of directors of Scopely, Just Water and Domo (NASDAQ: DOMO). Jeff Kearl holds a BA in Marketing from Brigham Young University.
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- Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
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- 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.
- BallerTV — Watch live and on-demand youth sports events. Stream basketball, volleyball, softball, football, and more.
- 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.
Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.
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- Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
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- VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
- Pristeem — The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today.
- Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.
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