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Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in United States in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Hospitality startups based in United states. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hospitality companies from United states. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in United States in January 2026

Investor	Hospitality United States investments
Erik Blachford	5
Joanne Wilson	4
Keith Rabois	4
Jason Calacanis	4
Scott Banister	4
Jonathan Wasserstrum	4
Chris Dixon	3
Fabrice Grinda	3
Eddie Lou	3
Rick Marini	3
Tom Ryan	3
Rick Marini	3
Rudy Gadre	3
Dave McClure	3
Eric Ries	3
Jeffrey Vinik	2
Pankaj Jain	2
David Tisch	2
Garry Tan	2
Chung Ng	2
Luc Levesque	2
Immad Akhund	2
Christen O'Brien	2
Clem Bason	2
Eric Wu	2
Arielle Zuckerberg	2
Musaab Hakami	2
Spencer Rascoff	2
Güimar Vaca Sittic	2
George Krautzel	2
Dan Martell	2
Michael Lazerow	2
Varsha Rao	2
Ben Zises	2
Andrei Kulik	2
Nathan Doctor	2
Safa Rashtchy	2
Kevin Gilman	2
Shervin Pishevar	2
Michael Ströck	2
Alexis Ohanian	2
Hande Enes	2
Chris Sang	2
Bedy Yang	2
Christine Tsai	2
Greg Greeley	2
Steven Kamali	2
Marc Lasry	2
Andy Newcomb	2
Terry Jones	2

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Erik Blachford is based out of San Francisco, California and is on the Board of Directors at Fora. Erik has previously served as CEO of Expedia, Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp's travel division, IAC Travel (including online travel businesses Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Custom Vacations and Interval International), CEO atButterfield & Robinson and CEO at Terrapass, Inc.His prior positions at Expedia Inc. included SVP of Marketing & Planning and various roles in product management. Erik is an active private company investor, serving on boards including Glassdoor, Zillow, Siteminder, Liftopia and Terrapass, and participates in non-profit boards including EcoAmerica, The Cutting Ball Theatre and the US National Council of the World Wildlife Fund.Erik holds a bachelor's degree in English and certificate in theatre from Princeton University and a master's in business administration from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

Travel, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
Madrona Venture Labs — Founders like you. Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio based in Seattle. We partner with founders from day one to build meaningful companies from scratch.

Joanne Wilson has had many careers. She started out in retail, eventually moving to the wholesale arena. She then transitioned to the media side of the technology world, before once again reinventing herself as an investor. She is currently an active angel investor with a portfolio of over 90 companies such as Food52, Sweeten, Vengo, Nestio, Phinand Phebes, Makers Row, Clutter, and Union Station. She has been involved in numerous real estate transactions from beginning to end and continues to make investments in that world. She is also an investor in a few restaurants in the New York area. In addition to these endeavors, Joanne has been involved in various education projects and served as chairperson at Hot Bread Kitchen, non-profit committed to increasing access to the culinary industry for woman and minority entrepreneurs. She also sits on the board of The Highline. Joanne has maintained her very popular blog, www.gothamgal.com for over 11 years and has recently take her talents to the airwaves on her podcast, ""Positively Gotham Gal"". She loves to bake, cook, throw a good party, travel, read, collect art, do the crossword and stay on top of what's happening around the globe and in NYC.Her most successful venture is being married to her best friend, Fred and raising their three kids- Jessica, Emily and Josh

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Poland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

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.
Beckley Waves — Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem.
Porter Road Butcher — Pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken delivered straight to your door. Free of antibiotics, hormones, and GMOs. All of our beef is dry aged for 14 days! Shop better meat per piece or per month with Butcher's Choice Subscription Boxes at Porter Road.

Keith Rabois is based out of United States and is the Managing Director of Khosla Ventures and also Board of Directors of Spellbook. Keith previously worked at Square as a COO. Keith Rabois attended the Stanford University.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Delphi — Delphi turns your expertise into an always-on presence, so you can grow your reach, serve your audience, and lead with clarity, without burning out.
Ramp — Join thousands of forward-thinking businesses using Ramp to control spend, save time, and automate busywork.
Alliance of American Football — The latest AAF news on players, coaches, rosters, tickets, merchandise, and more.

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.

Investment focus

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.
TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

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.

Jonathan graduated from Columbia Business School in May 2012. Prior to business school, Jonathan worked in the International Capital Group at Jones Lang LaSalle where he advised foreign and domestic clients on more than $3 billion worth of transactions globally.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Jome — On our platform, you can search for and tour thousands of new construction homes and communities near you. Our new home experts are ready to guide you through the entire home-buying process and will help you turn your dream home into a reality
BuyWander — BuyWander is a platform connecting consumers with returned products. The company appears to operate across various categories, including automotive, beauty & health, clothing, electronics, food & grocery, and home & kitchen.
NewHomesMate — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.

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/

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

MyVR — Guesty is a property management platform. It is used by property managers to manage Short-Term Rentals and Vacation Rentals listed on multiple platforms such as Airbnb, HomeAway, and Booking.com
Rescale — Rescale is a high performance computing cloud simulation platform that helps engineers and scientists build, compute, analyze, and scale simulations with high performance computing and automations.
Circulate — Circulate helps publishers (Web and App), networks and SDK providers maximize their first-party data monetization strategies with one simple integration, on a privacy friendly basis. Circulate advances the science of targeting and media attribution by enabling industry partners to utilize match Data as a Service. Marketers and their agencies areempowered to provide a unified consumer experience, attribute success, prioritize marketing investments, extend their reach and personalize their content.

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.

Investment focus

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.

Eddie Lou is the Board Director and Investor of HiLink. He holds an MBA and a B.S. in Engineering from Washington University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Marketplace
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

HiLink — HiLink provides an all-in-one video conferencing and collaboration platform crafted for education. We make remote learning more interactive and engaging while increasing efficiency.
iAsk Ai — iAsk is an AI search engine that delivers the fastest and most accurate responses in seconds, making it an attractive option for users looking for a more intuitive and user-friendly search experience. We are committed to continuous growth and development, striving to become an exciting contender in our field.At iAsk.Ai, the search engine hasadvanced from simple keyword-matching systems to an advanced AI that comprehends users' needs. It delivers relevant information to help users easily address simple or complex questions.
Airstack — Every day there are millions of blockchain transactions. Airstack makes sense of them.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
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.

Tom Ryan is CEO and Co-Founder of Pluto TV and President, CEO, and Streaming at Paramount, the leading free streaming television service in America that is also available in 22 countries across Europe and Latin America. Pluto TV carries and programs more than 250 live channels and thousands of on-demand movies and TV shows in partnership withhundreds of major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Each month over 36 million viewers tune in to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, live events, cartoons, and trending digital series on mobile, web, and living room devices. Pluto TV is a top free app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Android mobile, and also powers built-in streaming television services on Vizio LG, and Samsung smart TVs. Earlier in his career, Tom served as CEO of Threadless (a popular crowdsourced design and e-commerce company), SVP of Digital Strategy at EMI Music as well as co-founder of Cductive (an early digital music retailer company that he merged with eMusic). He holds an AB from Dartmouth College and an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Investment focus

Music, E-Commerce, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Denmark, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Loupe — LOUPE is the #1 art streaming platform and service on connected TV and web with an integrated marketplace. The immersive visuals are available in and out of home, ad supported on living room TVs or with a commercial license for public display, and allows users to purchase the artwork, select prints & originals. Loupe launched exclusively onApple TV where it is ranked #1 Lifestyle app around the world, now with 25+ channels of art available on Amazon Fire, Android TV, Pluto TV, Samsung, Comcast Xfinity, Xumo and web streaming, with proprietary methods for user customization of the streams (patent pending). Loupe has 2M monthly active users, 80X audience growth in 2020, and more platforms launching in 2021.The company reaches an upscale mass market in OTT and OOH industries, consumer electronics, smart TV, home theater/home entertainment, interior design, art market, music streaming, and hospitality.
Vertice — The SaaS purchasing platform that gives finance leaders cost control, efficiency and flexibility.
WHOW Games GmbH — WHOW Games GmbH is a social gambling space.

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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.

Rudy Gadre is Partner at Founder's Co-op. Rudy Gadre is an active angel Investor and is also an Advisor to startups. Rudy Gadre served as Vice President and General Counsel of Facebook, where Rudy Gadre was responsible for all legal matters since January 2006. In 1999, he joined Amazon and served as its Vice President and Associate GeneralCounsel for Business Development, intellectual property, and new technologies. He was the Principal Legal Negotiator for Amazon's most significant strategic alliances and joint ventures, where Rudy Gadre oversaw the development and licensing of patents and other intellectual property, and was responsible for all legal aspects of Amazon's new technology initiatives. From September 1994 to February 1999, Rudy Gadre worked at Perkins Coie LLP, as an Associate in the technology business group. At Perkins, he represented clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies in a diverse array of matters, including joint ventures, development, protection and licensing of intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions. Rudy Gadre served as Vice President of Business Operations at Evri, Inc, from September 2008 to July 2010. He serves as a Member of Strategic Advisory Board at Syntonic Limited. He served as a Director of Jobaline.com Inc. He served as an Independent Director of The W Fund. He is a passionate supporter of the Seattle technology ecosystem. He was recognized by Washington Law and Politics magazine as a "Super Lawyer" in 2003 and 2004. Rudy Gadre holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College and graduated from the University of Washington School of Law.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Wrench — Wrench offers a convenient way to get great auto repair near me, diagnostic service and oil changes. Our mobile mechanics will come to you!
Gamesight — The marketing platform for video game publishers to build community, engage influencers, and measure their digital marketing performance.
Heyou Media Holdings — This domain used to be connected to a Wix website. Learn how to reconnect it, or create your own website.

Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm and startup accelerator with over $500M in assets under management. Dave has invested in hundreds of companies around the world,including more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. He was named by Forbes as one of the top VCs in the world in 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List). Before 500 Startups, Dave worked at Founders Fund and PayPal, and he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988 with a BS in engineering and applied mathematics.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Ezra AI — Ezra provides full-body MRI screening for potential early cancer and abnormalities in up to 13 organs. Book a scan today.
MoBagel — MoBagel’s vision is to bring AI-driven decision making to enterprises through software and services. MoBagel has empowered global enterprises to extract business insights and create value from their data across industries including retail, telecom, manufacturing, banking, and more.
Zeuss Technologies — Zeuss Technologies develops next generation blockchain-based Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) technology for cash intensive industries. Zeuss’ software non-intrusively monitors and verifies all financial activity across industries and efficiently fulfills federal regulatory compliance obligations.

Eric Ries is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Long-Term Stock Exchange. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a Venture Advisor. Eric Ries attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Serbia, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Augie Studio — Helping people make more compelling videos, at a fraction of the time and effort
Sinatra — Sinatra is a technology company that, with its all-in-one app, aims to revolutionize the hospitality industry. It provides Sinatra Training, which enables continuous digital training for employees by allowing employers to upload content and employees to access it via the app.
Harmony Intelligence — AI cybersecurity products that solve your AppSec, SecOps, and corporate security challenges.

Jeffrey N. Vinik is the current owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Storm, as well as a minority owner of the Boston Red Sox. He is also on the board of directors for Liverpool Football Club of the Premier League.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series C, Series A
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Homee — HOMEE is the technology-enabled claims management company connecting policyholders, insurance and warranty companies, and premier pro networks.
4D Sight — Native video monetization and compliance platform.
Evolved By Nature — Evolved by Nature, based in Boston, was started by biomedical engineer Rebecca Lacouture and chemist Gregory Altman in 2013. Their product is pure silk in liquid form, a regenerative technology made from discarded silkworm cocoons. The company has patented dozens of molecular combinations of the natural silk protein since filing its firstapplication in 2014.

Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India.

Investment focus

Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

WhizAI — One of the augumented analytics platform used for consumers purpose. Attend a trained session on life sciences data and other patient analytics as a sole! Hurry up to take a weekly demo on the life science by the best expertise on this field.
Cypherock — Welcome to Cypherock, where we are dedicated to building the world's safest cold wallet to protect your crypto. Discover Cypherock X1 with cutting-edge technology and robust security features.
Paperstreet — Write beautiful company updates to engage your investors, advisors, and users.

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

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Vengo — Vengo is a software and media company that engages consumers and collects data by combining interactive digital media with point-of-purchase. Selected from 270 companies as "NYC Next Idea 2012," Vengo's next-generation vending machines enable brands such as Trident, Snapple, Dentyne, and Sour Patch Kids to re-engage consumers whilegenerating attractive unit economics (expect six-month payback on new units). Vengo already has established partnerships with Mondelez (one of the largest snack food companies), Snapple, Verizon, CC Vending (second-largest NYC vending machine provider), and Creative Mobile Technologies (NYC taxis). Vengo was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Long Island City, New York.
Keychain — Keychain is a rapidly growing platform dedicated to connecting brands and retailers with the best manufacturing partners worldwide. At Keychain, we utilize AI to streamline the process of finding and vetting manufacturers, making the supply chain more transparent and efficient.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NewLimit — NewLimit is extending human healthspan by unlocking regenerative potential.
Standard Fleet — Software for electric vehicle owners
Rainmaker Technology — Rainmaker uses drone-based cloud seeding to increase rainfall, restore ecosystems, and fight drought. Learn how our scalable weather technology brings water to the West.

Solving Human Problems for over 25 years as ex-CXO @Publicis Groupe | Exited $50M ARR Agency | Web 2&3 Investor & Advisor

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Real Estate, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Spain, France

Portfolio highlights

Stuf — Stuf is a next-generation self-storage startup that provides easy-to-access and "right next door" storage in a warm and inviting environment for tech-enabled users. At the same time, it partners with real estate owners to monetize underutilized spaces in commercial buildings, creating new cash flow opportunities while providingneighborhoods with new amenities.
Daring Foods — Craveable delicious plant chicken made from non-GMO plants and a short list of wholesome ingredients.
Hero Cosmetics — Hero Cosmetics is creating solutions for those times they have a pimple emergency. Their broader vision is to create products that can be their hero when their skin is in a pinch.

Luc Levesque is the VP of Growth at Shopify.

Investment focus

Travel, Software, Alumni
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

@hotel — Tripscout is the center of the world for passionate travelers. We bring you the best articles and videos to satisfy your wanderlust and help you plan amazing trips.
Hivemapper — Explore the Hivemapper Network's global coverage.
ResortPass — Enjoy the pool, spa, and amenities at a luxury hotel for the day starting at only $25. Take a daycation and book a day pass or cabana at hotels and resorts near you!

Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Enki — Enki is the most effective way to learn Looker, Tableau, SQL, Excel, and other data skills. Training fully customized by role and team. Use data in the highest impact way for your role.
Town — Tax prep that never stops working for your small business.
Orbital Operations — Orbital Operations is developing high thrust space vehicles for satellite defense.

Christen O'Brien

Investment focus

SaaS, Logistics, Accounting
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.

Clem Bason is the Advisor at Hoken Holdings Inc. Attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

Investment focus

SaaS, Rental, Travel
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

MyVR — Guesty is a property management platform. It is used by property managers to manage Short-Term Rentals and Vacation Rentals listed on multiple platforms such as Airbnb, HomeAway, and Booking.com

Eric Wu is the President of Opendoor. He previously worked at Trulia.com as a Head of Geo/Social Products. Eric Wu attended the University of Arizona.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Roam — Roam is the platform for affordable home ownership. Roam helps homebuyers purchase their next home with a low-interest rate mortgage included.
Crosby — Crosby is a company with programmers from Ramp, Vanta, Meta, and Google joining attorneys.
Journey — Pioneering the World's Best Hospitality Rewards Program exclusively for the World's Best Independent Operators. The first rewards program tailored for the vacation rental market and boutique hotels, enabling guests to accumulate points with each stay, offering a novel way for hosts to drive direct bookings and engagement across a vastnetwork of alliance properties and a growing CRM of loyal guests and travel enthusiasts accessible for small-scale operators.

Arielle Zuckerberg the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in October 2015, in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners. (TechCrunch)

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Business Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, France, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
Juni Learning — Achieve your target score faster with Acely. Get a personalized study plan, an AI tutor, and 35+ practice tests for the SAT, ACT, and PSAT.
The Ticket Fairy — Discover amazing events and buy tickets online. Find concerts, festivals, and experiences near you. Plus, powerful event ticketing platform for organizers with transparent fees.

Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Lisan — Lisan is an AI writing platform offering state-of-the-art proofreading and grammar checking to help individuals who write in Arabic to maximize their productivity, create exceptional content using cutting-edge generative AI models, and automate tasks with AI accelerators.
Funding Souq — Funding Souq connects established SMEs with worldwide investors for sharia-compliant investments with 15% yearly income through small business debt crowdfunding.
Groundfloor — Groundfloor Club: A neighborhood workspace where productivity, connection & community come together.

Spencer Rascoff is based out of Dallas, Texas and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Match Group. Spencer previously served as Co-Founder, Executive Chairman at dot.LA. Spencer Rascoff attended Harvard University.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series C
United States, Sweden, Canada

Portfolio highlights

HostGPO — A members-only buying group for vacation rental hosts, owners, and managers.
Ohana — New York City Largest Sublet and Sublease Community. NYC short term rentals, furnished apartments, monthly rentals, and rooms for rent.
Madrona Venture Labs — Founders like you. Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio based in Seattle. We partner with founders from day one to build meaningful companies from scratch.

Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Examedi — Examedi is a healthcare startup that provides nurse and lab technician services directly at patients' homes for appointments. Examedi connects the availabilities of healthcare providers with patients.
Lara AI — Helping leaders maximize the employee experience in a personalized manner
Thingtesting — Explore thousands of new online brands and share your honest reviews so everyone on the internet can shop better. Discover the best brands in personal care, home decor, clothing, food, tech and more.

George Krautzel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of MissionOG. He previously worked at Tethr as an Observer, Board of Directors. George Krautzel attended Villanova University.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

GoTab — GoTab's Restaurant & Hospitality Point of Sale platform optimizes experiences and efficiencies to create a better guest experience.
Apkudo — Apkudo is the new standard for optimizing the connected device circular supply chain through purpose-built software and hardware.
Yardstik — Human security for gig marketplaces and SaaS platforms. Build modular packages to screen your workforce and verify info critical to your industry.

Dan Martell is the Founder and CEO of Saas Academy. He previously worked at Flowtown as a CMO and Co-Founder. Dan Martell attended Microsoft Certified Professional.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Hospitality
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Sprig — Sprig is a user insights platform that enables product teams to build better product experiences by going beyond basic analytics. Discover how you can improve your product with Sprig.
Neutonic — Unlock your potential with our powerful nootropic blend designed to make you feel less stressed, less fatigued and genuinely more productive.
Founderpath — Over $200M deployed to 500+ founders with 200+ 5-star reviews. Get capital and use powerful agents to double revenue and save time.

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

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Mobile
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

MAX — Make mobility accessible, safe, reliable, and sustainable for 1 billion Africans
Torre.ai — Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities.
Mint Songs — Music artists create NFTs with Mint Songs. Our toolkit and marketplace helps you mint 1/1 music NFTs that you can sell to fans and collectors. Own your creative, own your community in web3.

Varsha Rao is the Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners, former Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, CEO of Nurx and COO at Clover Health. She was the Co-Founder of Eve.com. Currently she is CEO & Founder of Zeal AI.Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years followinggraduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned to school to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.She is an active angel investors with successful investments in Healthcare, Enterprise AI, Consumer Tech and more.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ema — Ema is developing next-generation AI technologies to help every employee in the workplace be their most creative and productive. Ema is a seamless, accurate, and secure Enterprise Generative AI system that simplifies complex tasks using enterprise tools.
knownwell — Whether you need primary care or are focused on obesity medicine, we are here to serve you with warmth and expertise. No shame. No blame. Just care.
Remark — Empower your shoppers by pairing them with genuine product experts for rapid, targeted assistance. Achieve unparalleled efficiency without the hassle of training a full team.

Ben Zises is an Angel Investor at SuperAngel.Fund. He attended Boston University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Supply Chain Management
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Sugar — Meet Sugar - a mobile app that allows residents to perform all tasks associated with living in your building and empowers them to engage with others within the community.
Motion — Motion is a visual analysis hub that helps marketers and creative teams identify what works to make high-performing creatives that convert.
Superfiliate — Word of mouth, meet 2023

Angel Investor | Engineer at Google

Investment focus

SaaS, Travel, Leisure
Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cherry Labs — Founded by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits to Facebook, Google and Apple, Cherry Labs works on making our homes the safer. Cherry employs over 20 engineers, AI scientists and product designers in Cupertino, Berlin, Moscow and Shenzhen.
FRAMEN — Advertise in locations with an addressable context. Reach people without them opening an app to skip your ad. Inside of Hotels, Offices, Gyms, etc.. Click here
80days.me — Book multi-city trips around Europe and explore the most popular cities by train, ferries, and flights in one multi-city trip with Eightydays.me. Easy and fast booking. Trusted payments. Carefree travel. 24/7 Customer support

Nathan Doctor is the Founder of Infinite Capital and Co-Founder of Qualified.io and Codewars.com. Infinite Capital is a crypto asset investment firm focused on crypto-native creators and community-led projects. The firm has invested early in many of the top 10 DeFi projects and top 50 cryptocurrencies. Nathan is also an active angel investoracross tech sectors.Qualified.io is a rapidly growing platform for assessing engineering skills, used by Apple, GE, Vimeo, and Zoom. The team also built the developer community, Codewars.com, where over 2 million engineers train their coding skills.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

nftperp — First perpetual futures dex for NFTs
Apollo ID — Powering the future of hospitality & entertainment globally.
H3X Technologies — Ultra high power density integrated motor drives for electric aircraft.

Safa Rashtchy is the founding Managing Partner of Think + Ventures and a a Silicon Valley investor, advisor, and trendspotter. Safa and sits on the boards of several start-ups and global organizations. Safa has been an Investor/Advisor in AppliedBoard, Angellist, Bina Technologies (acq. by Roche) , Uber, OpenGov, Payjoy, Nimble VR (acq. byFacebook), Signifyd, CleverSense (acq. by Google) and many other investments. Overall, Safa has invested in 30 start-ups, with six exists all to public companies. Safa has pioneered the concept of "Consumer Value Proposition" and the Four-Stage Investment Research Model.From 1997 to 2007, Safa was a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst focused on Internet media and marketing, and the Lead China analyst at Piper Jaffray and Company. He led the firm’s expansion efforts in the Internet industry and its expansion to China, as well as active involvements with leading Web 2.0 companies. Safa’s current investment portfolio consists of companies focused on Digital Health, consumer, media, and technology innovations, with deep attention to the the value proposition for the users.

Investment focus

Health Care, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

PayJoy — Looking for a phone or a cash loan? PayJoy gives you credit with few requirements and in minutes. No late fees charged.
Snapwire — Snapwire is a platform where talented creators shoot custom visual content for brands and businesses around the world. Simply post a creative brief and top performing creators respond by submitting their best shots. Buyers get unique content that matches their vision, and the creators get paid fairly. Our mission is to enable people with apassion for creativity to thrive doing what they love.
Tubi — Tubi is the world’s largest ad-supported video on demand service with over 12,000 movies and television shows from nearly every major Hollywood studio. The service gives fans of films and television programs an easy way to discover new content which is available completely free. Currently available in the US and Canada, Tubi can be accessed througha large number of devices and apps including Samsung televisions, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Comcast’s X1, iOS, and Android.

Kevin Gilman

Investment focus

Events, Mobile, Sports
Convertible Note
United States

Portfolio highlights

Blockparty — Blockparty is a fast-growing hospitality and entertainment business that partners with sports and music properties to develop pop-up fan communities inside and outside venues. By combining strategic partnerships with temporary infrastructure, mobile technology, and an obsession with customer service the Blockparty team has created the ultimatestreet-to-seat experience for fans nationwide.Founded in 2014, Blockparty is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.

Investment focus

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.
Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
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.

Founding partner and investor at Calm/Storm Ventures. Previously founded companies in consumer e-commerce (KochAbo; exit to Marley Spoon in 2015) and enterprise SaaS (Gustav; YC S17). Launched and grew successful open source projects (Vienna RSS; over 10 million downloads), as well as various community and charity projects (FounderTalks.org,Chancen:reich).I‘m especially passionate about the very early stages of company-building and have a track-record of early stage investments in my own companies, as well as healthcare and health-tech startups like Mediclass, hi.health and Probably Genetic (YC W19). Other notable investments include Flaviar (YC S14), Joblocal.de (Exit 2015), Kiko, Biloba and an investment as one of the first limited partners in Austrian venture fund Speedinvest.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Catch — Set aside for taxes and retirement. Save thousands on health insurance. Free personal payroll and benefits for freelancers, contractors, and the self-employed.
Flaviar — Flaviar, a spirits tasting club, offers a subscription service that helps members discover new liquor products through sample tasting packs.Subscribers are given access to rare and original spirits, invite them to great events, and keep them educated and entertained with booze-themed content and receive personalized samples and complimentarybottles every month.Flaviar was established by Grisa Soba and Jugoslav Petkovic and was headquartered in London, England since 2012.
Glidian — Glidian understand the trouble of finding forms, tracking multiple authorization requests, and faxing out documents. Glidian is designed to solve all of your prior authorization needs.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Laurel — Time by Ping frees lawyers from timekeeping so they can focus on their work, and firms can understand where time is being spent.
BirthFund — Standing in the gap for families, one birth at a time.
Chelsea web Design — The world famous Chelsea Football Club is located at Stamford Bridge on the Fulham Road in west London.

Hande Enes

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Social Media
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

Bedy Yang is a Managing Partner at 500 Global, a Fellow at Kauffman Fellows, and a Lecturer at VC Unlocked at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the Founder of +INNOVATORS. Prior to that, he was a Management consultant at Integration Consulting. He attended FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas and the University ofPennsylvania.

Investment focus

iOS, Hospitality, Social Media Marketing
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Spain, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps
Pick1 — While whoever doing polls/surveys focus on how to create the questions, Pick1 focuses on how to leverage the answers: social insights crunched to deliver actionable data.A Brand using Pick1 gets an highly customizable, flexible and integrated solution that connects seamlessly with third party technologies (SalesForce, MailChimp, Lithium),enabling the brand to process this information in an automated way: a "survey/marketing intelligence suite".The result of this is that: a) the Brand doesn't need to go through the pain of integrating a polling tool into its own properties, because Pick1 is taking care of that via API, b) any other solution would be not providing any kind of context data anyway, which Pick1 instead provides.The Brand can then leverage this further layer of data to create clusters of users, matching them with a more specific content/advertising to generate higher engagement and conversion.
Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.

Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups). Since the firm’s inception in 2010, she has grown 500 Global led the firm’s growth over the past decade from a startup accelerator to a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.4B in assets under management, and investments in more than 2,800 companies in 80+countries. 500 Global regularly ranks as one of the most active venture capital firms in the world, according to PitchBook, with a top number of exits. The firm’s diversified portfolio includes over 35 companies valued at more than $1B, such as Talkdesk, Canva, Carbon Health, and GitLab. Private Equity International has named Christine one of 10 Women of Influence in venture capital.She currently serves on the venture capital committee of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers, and is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Christine is also an honoree of Gold House’s 2021 A100 List, recognizing the most impactful Asian and Pacific Islander leaders across business and technology, entertainment, advocacy and politics, lifestyle, and sports.Prior to founding 500 Global, she held product marketing and operating roles at Google, focusing primarily on monetization and developer products such as Google AdSense, Google Analytics, YouTube APIs and syndication, and Google Developer Platform Tools.Christine holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Investment focus

Mobile, SaaS, Software
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Japan, Spain

Portfolio highlights

GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
Barn & Willow — A Simpler Way to Buy Window Coverings - drapes, curtains, blinds and shades. Crafted from the most exclusive and premium Belgian linen and organic cotton fabrics. Delivered in 10 days.
Headout — Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds.

Greg Greeley is the Chief Executive Officer of Thrasio and TCV as an Executive Advisor. He previously worked at Airbnb as a President of Homes. Greg Greeley attended the University of Southern California.

Investment focus

SaaS, Travel, Internet
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

neu — Get on-demand enhanced cleaning for your Airbnb. Use neu to auto-schedule cleans after every checkout, get access to vetted service professionals, and peace-of-mind
Kumo.AI — Kumo is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses make predictions from their data, like customer churn or product purchases.

A serial investor and entrepreneur with a passion for hospitality, restaurants and technology.

Investment focus

Restaurants, Hospitality, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Bbot — Bbot is a restaurant and hospitality tech startup dedicated to simplifying and improving the ordering and payments process. Bbot offers a configurable solution for restaurants, bars, hotels, cinemas, and other hospitality organizations to create digital menus and provide guest-controlled, contactless ordering, and payment.It was founded in 2017by Greg Jaworski, Luke Allen, and Steven Simoni and is based in Astoria, New York.
Kitchclub — Now more than ever food drives employee experience and company culture. Kitchclub was created to provide a convenient and streamlined way to feed your team. Powered by our tech enabled platform, we offer our clients a variety of menu choices from any of our family of brands, delivered together in one seamless order. Kitchclub’s customizableapproach to catering and group orders simplifies the logistics of bringing your team together for a meal.
Blanket — A work management platform designed and built for the multi unit restaurant operator

Marc Lasry is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group. In addition to Avenue Capital Group, Mr. Lasry also Co-Founded Amroc Investments, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Lasry was Co–Director of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department at Cowen & Company. Before Amroc, Mr. Lasry served as Director of the Private DebtDepartment at Smith Vasiliou Management Company. Mr. Lasry also clerked for the Honorable Edward Ryan, former Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Southern District of New York. In 2004 Mr. Lasry co-chaired the Penn Parent Leadership Committee, together with his wife Cathy Cohen. The following year the couple donated $5 million to Clark University, which put the donation toward building the Lasry Center for Bioscience.Lasry serves on the board of the 92nd Street Y. He is also on the board of Trustees for the Mount Sinai Hospital, and is a Trustee of Beth Israel Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners Inc. He sits on the Board of Directors of The Clinton Global Initiative and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.Lasry is married to Cathy Cohen and has five children. His son, Alexander, worked for White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett. Lasry's daughter, Samantha, was a staffer for congressman Rahm Emanuel. Lasry's hobbies include basketball, tennis and comics.

Investment focus

Marketing, Sports, Advertising
Seed, Series A, Series C
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Frontdesk — Frontdesk powers short-term stays for modern dynamic living.
Lucra Sports — Lucra Sports operates as a social-first sports gaming platform that sits uniquely at the intersection of sports gaming and fantasy sports.
Milwaukee Bucks — Milwaukee Bucks is a sports team that plays basketball in Milwaukee.

Andrew Newcomb currently serves as Managing Partner of MissionOG, an early stage investment firm where he helps companies develop strategies to accelerate their growth. Andy is a technology operator and investor with a history of start-up innovation, successful team leadership, and financial achievement. Prior to MissionOG, he co-founded Relaynetwork, a mobile communications company; was Group Head of Sales and Corporate Development for Citi Prepaid Services; and a was a founding member of Ecount (acquired by Citi), a leader in the prepaid card industry. Prior to Ecount, Andy was a portfolio manager with Chartwell Investment Partners. He also serves on the boards of PeopleLinx, RewardsNOW, and OneTwoSee.Andy graduated from Trinity College with a B.A. in History.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

VRGL — VRGL specializes in offering data analytics, portfolio performance, investment strategies, and guidance for wealth management businesses.
Billd — Commercial Contractors: Get 120-day terms on material purchases with any supplier. Get the confidence to bid on, and win larger projects.
GoTab — GoTab's Restaurant & Hospitality Point of Sale platform optimizes experiences and efficiencies to create a better guest experience.

Terry is a Special Venture Partner who focuses on identifying new investment opportunities for GC in the areas of travel and leisure, transportation, and e-commerce. He also works with the firm's existing portfolio companies on strategic partnerships and business development.Before joining GC, Terry founded Travelocity.com, a pioneeringonline travel site. He led Travelocity.com as President and CEO from its inception until May 2002. In March 2000, Terry took the Company (TSG) public. Prior to his stint at Travelocity.com, Terry was CTO of Sabre, Inc. In his 24 years at Sabre, he served at the executive level in various roles, including president of decision technologies, vice president of applications development, and vice president of product development.Terry helps travel-related companies improve their digital marketing efforts and makes frequent appearances as a keynote speaker and on major television news stations to comment on trends in e-commerce and travel. He serves on the Board of Directors of Entrust, Inc. and Overture Services, Inc.Terry is a graduate of Denison University, earning a B.A. in history.

Investment focus