Top 50 Crowdfunding Angel Investors in United States in January 2026

Part entrepreneur, executive, sales, marketing, branding, mentor and coach. Medium IQ, High EQ, High AQ (Adversity Quotient).Enjoys traveling, teaching, yoga, hanging out with friends and family. Shares observations and lessons from experience on Wall Street, fin-tech and online lending in presentations at conferences globally, at emergingcompanies, at universities and on white boards. History of creating and executing successful strategies, raising debt and equity for fin-tech ventures, collaborating and having fun on winning teams. Enjoys engaging with entrepreneurs to help with their marketing, product development, sales process, hiring, focus and execution of key metrics. President Emeritus and Senior Advisor to Prosper, Executive Vice Chairman and member of the board of directors of Credible. Advisory board member to Docusign, Juvo, Unison, Money360 and eOriginal.Married 26 years, two grown children and living in San Francisco.

Blaine Vess is the Founder of Immeasurable. He previously worked at Solve as a Co-Founder and CEO. Blaine Vess attended San Jose State University.

Nihal Mehta is a Co-Founder at Eniac Ventures. He was an Angel Investor at Uber. He attended the University of Pennsylvania.

Payam Past is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at One Planet Group.

Max Levchin is the Founder and CEO of Affirm. He previously worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an Advisory Board Member. Max Levchin attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Amir Banifatemi is the Responsible AI Chair at GPAI. He is also Taskforce member for the Open Quantum Initiative at GESDA Amir BanifatemiAmir is an entrepreneur, investor, and innovation strategist. He is the General Manager of Innovation and Growth with the XPRIZE foundation. He is a co-founder of the AI Commons, and co-founder and curator ofthe AI for Good Global Summit with the ITU and UN Agencies. He has managed two venture capital funds and continues to support and advise companies and initiatives with a focus on the transformation of humanity and society. Mr. Banifatemi is a guest lecturer and an adjunct MBA professor at UC Berkeley, Chapman University, Claremont McKenna College, UC Irvine, and HEC Paris. He holds Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology of Compiègne, a Doctorate in System Design and Cognitive Sciences from the University Paris Descartes, as well as an MBA from HEC Paris.

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.

Bill Ullman

Seed Investor - Managing Partner at Menagerie Investments & HoldingsStrategic Advisor - Chief Strategist at 396West, the strategic advisory arm of Menagerie Investments & Holdings. 369West serves startups and emerging growth companies by providing high level strategies and execution for marketing, business development, operating plans,crisis management, and pivots. Film/TV Producer - President of Production at Busted Buggy Entertainment. BBE is a dynamic, independent film and television production company. Their NY TIMES Critic's Pick, THE GIRL IN THE BOOK, can be seen on Netflix, and their recent micro-budget success, RESCUE DOGS, can be seen on Showtime. Small Business Advisor - Founder of Worth Becoming Consulting. Worth Becoming provides hands-on advisory and execution services for small, local businesses. Leveraging the vast experience in the start-up world to help small businesses get the edge in their community by thinking high level strategy at a global level, while executing at a local level.

Dan Schryer was formerly CEO of DCI Data Centers, a Blackstone backed technology real estate company. Together with Guru Gowrappan, formerly CEO of Verizon Media, he co-founded Bali Venture Partners, LLC to invest in seed and growth stage debt and equity opportunities.

Paul Graham is the Founder of Y Combinator.

Steve Schoettler is the Founder and CEO of Junyo and an angel investor. At Junyo, Steve combines a passion for education with two decades of experience in early-stage tech companies that have the power to transform industries. Previously, he was co-founder, employee #1 and VP Platform Services at Zynga, one of the fastest growing companiesever, where he led the development of payment processing, virtual currency purchases, and fraud detection. Prior to Zynga, Steve led teams at GO, General Magic, and Kontiki to develop innovative technologies in mobile, security, and distributed computing. He is a board member of both Full Circle Fund and Indiegogo, and he is actively involved in social entrepreneurship. Steve earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley.

Dave Shaver Founded Corepoint Health LLC in 1997 and also serves as its Chief Technology Officer.

Tikhon Bernstam is an American entrepreneur who cofounded the companies Scribd and Parse.

Ankur Nagpal Founder of Fedora and Co-Founder of Vibe VC. He attended University of California, Berkeley in 2006.

Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader.

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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Marc Benioff is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Chair, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Salesforce. Marc previously worked at Oracle as a Senior Vice President. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California. Marc Benioff has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.

Jennifer Hyman is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rent the Runway, a fashion company with a technology soul that is disrupting the way women get dressed. In her role, she sets the strategic priorities of the business and leads the company in growing all areas of the business, including marketing, technology, product, and analytics.She co-founded Rent the Runway in 2009 with Jennifer Fleiss, and has since raised $126 million in venture capital, growing the business to over 6 million members, 950 employees and 400 designer brands.Jennifer has been honored with numerous recognitions including: Forbes' "Women Entrepreneurs to Watch", TriBeCa Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Awards”, Fortune Magazine’s “Trailblazers, 11 People Changing Business in 2013,” “Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs,” and “40 Under 40”; Inc. Magazine’s “30 Under 30”; and Fast Company’s “Most Influential Women in Technology.” She has been a featured speaker at Fortune Brainstorm Tech, the Forbes Women’s Summit, Tech Crunch Disrupt, and Marie Claire’s Power Trip, and has appeared as a guest on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, and CNN Money, among many others.In 2015, Jennifer launched the Rent the Runway Foundation with Jennifer Fleiss to inspire and ignite the next generation of female entrepreneurs. The foundation’s first initiative, in partnership with UBS, is Project Entrepreneur, a venture competition and educational program designed to provide women entrepreneurs nationwide with the tools to build high-growth, high-impact businesses.Prior to Rent the Runway, Jennifer was the Director of Business Development at IMG where she focused on the creation of new media businesses for IMG's Fashion Division. She also ran an online advertising sales team at WeddingChannel.com and was an in-house entrepreneur at Starwood Hotels, creating Starwood’s first wedding business which was recognized on the Oprah Winfrey Show for its innovation. She received her BA from Harvard University and MBA from Harvard Business School. Jennifer is a Bloomberg Fellow, a TechStars mentor, and a member of both the Entrepreneurship Board at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Women in Business Board at Harvard University. She is an investor in and advisor to several high-growth startups throughout the U.S.

I start, run, advise, and invest in technology companies. My experience has been in financial services (real estate, trading, credit, payments, wealth management) and technology (internet, software) companies. My passions outside of business are in math, technology, music, real estate and education.Specialties: Fintech, Investing, Acceleration,Starting Companies & Building Products MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT.

Jonathan Golden is a Partner at NEA.

Chris Dixon is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and co-leads its $350M crypto fund. Previously, Chris was the cofounder and CEO of two startups, SiteAdvisor and Hunch. SiteAdvisor was an internet security company that warned web users of security threats. The company was acquired by McAfee in 2006. Hunch was a recommendation technologycompany that was acquired by eBay in 2011.Chris has been a prolific seed investor, cofounding Founder Collective, a seed venture fund, and making a number of personal angel investments in various technology companies. Chris started programming as a kid, and was a professional programmer after college at the high-speed options trading firm, Arbitrade. He has a BA and MA in Philosophy from Columbia and an MBA from Harvard. He has written about his theories and experiences as an entrepreneur and investor on Medium, and before that at cdixon.org; his a16z Podcast appearances can be found at https://a16z.com/author/chris-dixon/

Ihar Mahaniok is the Managing Partner at Geek Ventures. Ihar Mahaniok attended Belarusian State University.

Customer and Product Obsessed Technical Leader. Investor. Wine Collector.Full Stack Engineering, Product, and Technology leader experienced in a variety of environments including LAMP, MEAN/MERN, EFK hosted on AWS. Extensive experience with a wide array of High-Growth Startups ($5M-$100M/yr) as well as Larger E-Commerce Companies($100M+/yr).Technologies utilized: Shopify Plus, LAMP, MEAN/MERN, EFK, AWS (EC2, S3, ElasticSearch, Kibana, RDS-MYSQL, RDS-PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Route53), NGINX, PHP (Laravel, Lumen, Twig, Wordpress), Javascript (Express, Node, React, Angular, Vue), HTML, CSS (Bootstrap 4, Material), Payment Processors and Payment Gateways (Stripe, Paypal, Braintree, Amazon Payments), CDN (Cloudfront, Cloudflare, Akamai, and InstartLogic), Fraud and Chargeback Prevention (Signifyed, Forter, Stripe Radar), Email (MailChimp, SailThru, SendGrid), Automated deployment (Git, Github, and Jenkins), Fluentd, Nagios, Pingdom, Heroku, Twilio, Google Tag Manager, Slack.

Garry Tan is the incoming President and CEO of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Posterous.com as a Co-Founder. Garry Tan attended Stanford University.

Joe Greenstein is the Co-Founder and Assistant Zookeeper at Innerspace. He attended the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania.

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Caterina Fake is the Co-Founder and General Partner and Investor of Yes VC. She previously worked at Should This Exist? as a Host. Caterina Fake attended The New School.

Ben Barokas is the Founder and CEO of Sourcepoint Technologies, Inc. Ben attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Virginia Tech.

Greg Framke is a firm believer that high-performing organizations have to think bigger and bolder about technology, especially when it comes to accelerating delivery of best-in-class experiences to their customers. In this day and age, meeting this challenge requires quick, strategic advances.

Derek Schueren is the CEO and co-founder of Akorda where he is working to bring the market together to transform how businesses contract. Previously, he founded Recommind, a big data analytics company where he worked with Global 2000 clients, global law firms, and technology partners in the areas of eDiscovery and Information Access. He is afrequent speaker at industry events and has been named one of the top 100 Global Tech Leaders by Citytech Magazine. He is also an active investor and advisor to various start-ups with a focus on enterprise software and artificial intelligence. Derek holds a BS in Molecular Biology from Brown University and a Masters from University of Oregon.

James Hong

Bill Boyle - Board Member @ DivvyCloud

David VanEgmond is a Head of Strategy & Corporate Development at Barstool Sports.

Eric is the author of New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, The Startup Way, and The Leaders Guide (funded by one of the top Kickstarter book campaigns of all time). He's also the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, practiced by individuals and companies around the world and the inspiration behind the LTSE. He has founded a numberof startups, including IMVU, where he served as CTO, and has advised on business and product strategy for startups, venture capital firms, and large companies across many industries.

Anand Agarawala is the creator of BumpTop, an irresistible new desktop interface with a satisfyingly three-dimensional physicality and a fresh approach to interactivity.Anand completed his Master thesis in 2006 which pioneered a novel physically based desktop interface leveraging expressive power and casual nature of real desks. His Masters ofComputer Science was completed at the University of Toronto. He completed his undergraduate thesis in 2004 at the University of Calgary. In his free time, Anand enjoys competitive team sports such as hockey and basketball. He often travels to India and across Europe and North America.

Founder Esalen Ventures, LLC which has made more than 75 private/angel investments from pre-seed to mezzanine stages and is an LP in 8 PE Funds. Tom is also an International Fine Art Dealer with a focus on paintings of 20th century American, European and Asian artists.Prior to his current roles, Tom was an experienced executive with over 20years in cross-disciplined leadership roles in Advertising-General, Digital and Mobile, Ad Tech, Emerging Media, Technology and Early Stage Venture. Co-Founder FCB Sports Marketing, FCB/SF, IDG, Flycast (IPO), McGrath Rentcorp (IPO) and Ad Infuse (acq by Velti).

Mark Kolokotrones - Co -Founder @ Knight & Bishop

Jack Dorsey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Block, Inc. He previously worked at Elliott Investment Management as a CEO.

Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee David Cross is an inventive performer, writer, and producer on stage and screens both big and small.Named one of the Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time by Comedy Central, Cross last toured the world with “Make America Great Again!,” which took him across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Thetour spawned a Netflix special which premiered in August 2016 and a Grammy-nominated CD of the same name. The set, which discussed then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump, gun control laws, and religion, was the comedian’s first standup tour in nearly six years. He had last toured in 2009 with a solo standup show in support of his New York Times Bestseller, I Drink for a Reason. That hugely successful comedy show was filmed at Boston's Wilbur Theater for a special, entitled “Bigger and Blackerer,” which premiered on EPIX in April 2010 before being released on CD and DVD by Sub Pop. His previous comedy special, "David Cross: The Pride is Back," aired on HBO in 1999, and was named one of the 25 best stand-up comedy specials and concert films of all time by ROLLING STONE in July 2015.Cross has released two other comedy albums – the Grammy Award- nominated, “Shut Up You Fucking Baby” and “It's Not Funny.” In 2003 he released the DVD, "Let America Laugh," a documentary film of his groundbreaking stand up tour of alternative, indie rock clubs.He recently wrapped production on “Bliss,” a new comedy for Sky in the UK. Serving as writer and director, Cross’s “Bliss” stars Stephen Mangan as a man who must find a way to balance his two separate families.Cross is currently in production on the Pentagon Papers film “The Papers,” helmed by Stephen Spielberg and co-starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.Last year, IFC premiered the long-awaited third season of the comedy “Todd Margaret,” created by and starring Cross as an ill-equipped American who finds himself running the London sales office of the energy drink company for which he works. IFC aired six episodes over the span of two weeks. The original iteration, “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,” aired on IFC from 2010 to 2012.Cross re-teamed with his “Mr. Show” collaborator and co-creator, Bob Odenkirk, to create “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” a four-episode revamp of the iconic sketch comedy series, which premiered November 2015 on Netflix.In September 2013, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk released the book, Hollywood Said No! Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show. Written with friend and fellow “Mr. Show” alum Brian Posehn, “Hollywood Said No!” is a collection of never-before-seen scripts, orphaned sketch ideas, and reminiscences. In support of the book, Cross and Odenkirk embarked on a multi-city tour, performing their first official stand-up comedy shows together since their sold-out national tour in 2002.In 2014, Cross released the indie film Hits, which he wrote and directed. A black comedy about the nature of fame in the YouTube era, the film is set in a small town in upstate New York and stars Matt Walsh and Meredith Hagner. It first premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and then helped raise funds for its theatrical distribution via a successful Kickstarter campaign. In addition to a traditional theatrical release, the film was also available to fans across the nation on BitTorrent, where they were able to pay what they wanted to view it.On the big screen, Cross has appeared in the independent features, Kill Your Darlings alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Michael C. Hall, and the dramedy It's a Disaster, opposite Julia Stiles and America Ferrera. Other film credits include Abel, Year One, Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman, Men in Black and Men in Black II, Ghost World, Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pitch Perfect 2, I’m Not There, and provided his vocal talents for several animated films, including Megamind, the Kung Fu Panda series, and Curious George.On television, Cross reprised his beloved role as Dr. Tobias Fünke' on the fourth season of “Arrested Development” on Netflix, which will begin filming its long-awaited fifth season this summer. During its original critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning run on FOX, Cross was twice-nominated as part of the ensemble cast for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He will next be seen in the third season of Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” reprising his guest arc as lawyer Russ Snyder.Cross’s introduction to the TV scene came with "The Ben Stiller Show," where Cross honed his comedy writing skills and shared a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program.The original “Mr. Show with Bob and David” received three Emmy Award nominations for both Writing and Music & Lyrics. Cross also served as a writer and contributor for “Tenacious D.” He also wrote, produced and starred in the Comedy Central animated series "Freak Show," which he co-created with H. Jon Benjamin.Cross currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Kevin Hale was a partner at Y Combinator. He worked with their portfolio companies on user experience design, product development and customer support. In 2006, he co-founded Wufoo, which was one of the earliest Y Combinator funded startups. The online form builder was later acquired by SurveyMonkey. He attended

David O. Sacks is the Co-Founder and Partner of Craft Ventures. He previously worked at Zenefits as an Investor, COO, and Interim CEO. David Sacks attended the University of Chicago Law School and Stanford University.

Matt Mullenweg is the CEO at Automattic Inc. Matt Mullenweg attended the University of Houston.

Global Business Development and Various Technical Consultancy/ Management & Operational Positions in Asia, Africa & All Over Americas for over 15+ yrs Global Experience with MNCs. Bachelor of Computer Applications (B.C.A) Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A)

Kamran founded Bestcovery.com in 2008 to help consumers quickly and easily find the best of everything. Kamran oversees the day to day operations and growth of the company and is responsible for its overall vision and strategic direction.Prior to Bestcovery, Kamran was the co-founder, President and CEO of PriceGrabber.com, where his visionfostered a culture of success and achievement. PriceGrabber was consistently recognized by critics and consumers alike as the leading and most innovative comparison shopping engine. With a strong reputation for consumer advocacy, PriceGrabber became the most trusted comparison shopping service for over 24 million users per month.PriceGrabber was acquired by Experian in December of 2005 for approximately $500 million. In recognition of the company’s growth and performance, Kamran was named Ernst & Young’s 2005 “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the Los Angeles area.Kamran is a member of the board of directors for Legalzoom.com and Oversee.net. He holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado.

Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.

Alan Matthew is an Active Angel Investor, investing in over 24 companies in the past year and a half. He has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade since 1977 and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs for over 30yrs.As a published photographer in the New York Times, Alan has explored over 85 countries in his life and has been a ShamanicHealer for over 17yrs. His company, Tribal Ventures, LLC invests in a vast array of companies and their core values lie within investing in the people of the company, not just the idea. This has been proven to be very successful for him and Tribal thus far.

Halle Tecco is an active angel investor and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. Previously she founded and ran Rock Health, the first seed fund devoted exclusively to digital health companies, and worked at Intel and Apple. Tecco has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. She was named as one of GoldmanSach’s Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs and listed on the Forbes 30 under 30. Tecco has spoken at Aspen Ideas Festival, CES, SXSW, TechCrunch Disrupt and has guest lectured at Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Case Western Reserve University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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.