Top 5 Franchise Angel Investors in United States in May 2026

Joey Katzen is an entrepreneur and attorney whose expertise has been instrumental in the founding, growth, and exit of multiple Inc-500 companies.He is a volunteer Lead Mentor at Hawaii-based Blue Startups and a Selection Committee member of Honolulu-based Hawaii Angels.A storyteller by trade, he now spends much of his time helpingentrepreneurs distill new or difficult concepts into readily accessible verbal and visual stories that others can’t say no to.Whether for a fundraising deck, a sales pitch, or product and onboarding conceptualization, Joey's process is aided by his varied background in angel investing, law, marketing, product development, engineering, and visual design.While earning his law degree at the University of Virginia, Joey was a member of the founding team of Atlanta-based Vendormate, a healthcare compliance platform later acquired by Cleveland-based Primus Capital and then Louisville-based GHX, Inc. He went on to serve as interim CEO of DC-based Roomtag, a commercial leasing and space-optimization tech suite later acquired by Austin-based Asure Software. Later, he cofounded Atlanta-based KidsLink, a child-management app for parents.His first claims to fame came while attending Georgia Tech in the 2000s when he founded--and promoted with early gonzo marketing--the university-oriented web portal Walksideways.com, visited weekly by a third of the Georgia Tech student body, and developed the Retail Alphabet Game, an early Internet branding puzzle which appeared in the New York Times, National Post, Detroit Free Press, and Christian Science Monitor.Let's build some FOMO.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, EdTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series C
United States, Puerto Rico

Portfolio highlights

Quibble — Price Optimization and Revenue Management Software and Consulting For Vacation Rentals & Alternative Accommodations - We created Quibble to address the gap in the market between the simple rules-based software applications currently available and a truly science-based optimization. Quibble bundles our software with a full service offering togive our clients complete Pricing Ease of Mind. With many years of revenue management experience in the travel and hospitality industries, we know the pains and uncertainty revenue management brings. At Quibble, we aim to increase your revenue performance by engineering and implementing your custom pricing strategy while developing long-lasting partnerships.
ClassCalc — Students can use their smartphones instead of using or buying a TI calculator, and teachers can ensure they only use the ClassCalc calculator app in class. We believe students and teachers should have a choice other than the same expensive, difficult to learn and use dedicated-purpose TI calculator they have been forced to use for decades.ClassCalc provides a multi-subject math calculator with scientific, graphing, and matrix functionality in an easy-to-use smartphone app. Teachers are able to lock down the student’s phone to only the ClassCalc app for class time, quizzes, tests… no cheating or outside distractions (social media, texting etc).
Turno, formerly TurnoverBnB — Find now a local Airbnb cleaning service; automatically schedule your existing cleaners. Integrated with all reservations platforms and channel managers.

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Daren was the Founder and CEO of InboxDollars, an online marketing company that connects consumers and advertisers in a way that benefits both. He founded the company as a Freshman in college in 2000 and bootstrapped the company to more than $25 million in annual revenues. InboxDollars was acquired by Prodege in 2019. Daren is active in the MNstart-up community as an investor, advisor and mentor.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Delfina — Intelligent pregnancy care for healthier moms and babies.
Bonsai — Bonsai is the first-party marketing intelligence platform that automates profitable growth. Trust your marketing data, make confident decisions, drive revenue.
Franzy — Franzy is the "Zillow for franchising"—a smarter, more transparent way to find, compare, and finance franchise opportunities. We match aspiring entrepreneurs with the right franchise brands based on their goals, experience, and budget, making the path to business ownership simpler, faster, and more accessible.

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Daniel Rutberg is a CoFounder & COO at MuteSix.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Franchise
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Skio — We help Shopify merchants sell subscriptions without ripping their hair out.
FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.

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Sean Fannan is co-founder and CTO of Chartboost, a technology platform for mobile developers to find new users and monetize their games. Chartboost works with over 32,000 games, serves over 12 billion game sessions per month and has raised $21M from Sequoia Capital and other investors. Prior to Chartboost, Fannan was one of the early employeesat Tapulous, that was acquired by Walt Disney in 2010 to become Disney Mobile.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Franchise
Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.
Classify — Classify is a digital advertising company that offers smart contextual advertising.

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