Top 50 Impact Angel Investors in January 2026
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Impact startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Impact companies. This investor list updates every month.Top 50 Impact Angel Investors in January 2026
| Investor | Impact investments |
|---|---|
| Soheila Yalpani | 9 |
| Bhavik Bajaj | 9 |
| Danny Hayes | 7 |
| Johann "Hansi" Hansmann | 6 |
| Daniel Curran | 6 |
| Ahu Serter | 6 |
| Bill Gates | 6 |
| Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman | 6 |
| Mark Cuban | 6 |
| Mark Cuban | 6 |
| Bill Gates | 6 |
| Chris Sang | 6 |
| Alfred Luger | 6 |
| Dylan Taylor | 5 |
| Jeremy Yap | 5 |
| Rayyan Islam | 5 |
| Nevzat Aydın | 5 |
| Rand Hindi | 5 |
| Erik Peterson | 5 |
| Akshay Singhal | 5 |
| Naruhisa Nakagawa | 5 |
| Sagar Ratilal Bavarva | 5 |
| David Helgason | 5 |
| Thomas McInerney | 5 |
| Jeff Dean | 5 |
| Jordan Mendell | 5 |
| Paul Forster | 5 |
| Sunmeet Jolly | 5 |
| Edward Ismawan Chamdani | 5 |
| Jackson Moses | 5 |
| Ishara Yusdian | 5 |
| Sam Altman | 5 |
| Jonathan Wasserstrum | 4 |
| Louis Beryl | 4 |
| Jon Moulton | 4 |
| Philipp Andernach | 4 |
| Tom Werner | 4 |
| Jon Oringer | 4 |
| Bradley Horowitz | 4 |
| Slava Agafonov | 4 |
| Qasar Younis | 4 |
| Gary Hirshberg | 4 |
| David Rowan | 4 |
| Lea-Sophie Cramer | 4 |
| Marc Benioff | 4 |
| John Legend | 4 |
| Kiran Bhatraju | 4 |
| Sierra Peterson | 4 |
| Hadi Partovi | 4 |
| Tim Draper | 4 |
oheila is an entrepreneur with C-team leadership experience on project management and pre-master planning of large-scale smart, resilient green infrastructure projects.
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Investment focus
- Consulting, Sustainability, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Mountain Gate — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- Climate Transition Swiss AG — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Bhavik Bajaj
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Asepha — Asepha is an AI clinical decision support (CDS) tool to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions.
- ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
- THIRUMALS PAPER ARIZONA PVT. LTD. — TRADING PLATFORM OF PULP , PAPER & PACKAGING
As the CEO of Climate Transition Swiss AG, I lead a Swiss company that develops and finances green, resilient infrastructure projects across North America, Europe, and Japan. With over 20 years of international business experience, I have a strong track record of delivering sustainable energy solutions that create positive environmental and socialimpact.In addition to my role as CEO, I am also a Lobbyist for Climate Policy at the U.S. House of Representatives, where I focus on influencing environmental initiatives in Japan and Europe. I am passionate about advocating for climate action and fostering global collaboration on this urgent issue. I am also a member of the Forbes Business Council and a regular contributor to their climate section, where I share my insights and expertise on green business and policy.
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Investment focus
- Clean Energy, Cyber Security, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- Climate Transition Swiss AG — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- Climate Transition Development — Climate Transition Development Corporation (CTD) is leading the Green Snow Project – an innovative hybrid renewable energy venture in Northern Japan. The company's mission is to revolutionize Japan’s renewable energy sector by harnessing the abundant low to medium-heat geothermal resources available in the region.Together with ourdevelopment partners, TerraScale Inc. and Global Family, the company is committed to tackling the challenges of the geothermal energy sector and transforming the way Japan generates power. The company's work forms an integral part of the Japan-US collaboration on geothermal energy development and aims to significantly reduce fossil fuel reliance and cut carbon emissions.
Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Fitness
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Austria, United Kingdom, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- fynk — Create, edit, negotiate and sign contracts quickly with fynk. Give your team back valuable time. Test it now for free!
- Balun — Balun is a machine learning platform that forecasts electricity generation with unrivaled precision by analyzing multiple meteorological and energy market inputs, allowing renewable energy producers to optimize production, reduce penalties, and assure a stable, efficient grid.
- Newsrooms.ai — Newsrooms.ai is an AI-powered content production and management platform that enables businesses and news organizations to automate their whole content pipeline—from research and content generation to publishing across many digital channels.
Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- RentoMojo — RentoMojo is an online furniture rental platform that was incorporated in November 2014.It currently operates in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.RentoMojo was founded by Geetansh Bamania, an ex-IITM, in November 2014 in India. Like many other young working professionals, he was living in rented apartments,working long hours and found it inconvenient to equip the house with furniture when he moved. RentoMojo was developed to provide an alternative to buying and selling furniture in rental properties.
- Shred Video — Shred Video, a new startup launching out of Y Combinator, allows users to take footage from their iPhone, GoPro or drone and simply match it with a song from the user’s iTunes library. That’s all. Shred Video does the rest of the work.Taking into account the acceleration of the camera itself, Shred Video can pin-point the moments of action forsurfers, snowboarders, skaters and other acceleration-based sports to highlight all of the coolest clips in your footage. And beyond that, Shred Video matches those epic moments with the beat-drop of the song.
- GC Plus — Find Your Next Home Service Expert With Ease
Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Transportation, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, Greece, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
- Euronova — Euronova develops advanced raw materials based on the ideas of sustainability, recycling, and circular economy.
- Tripy Mobility — Are you ready to pedal the city? Download the Tripy app to view available shared bikes for rent and start your journey now.
Bill Gates is the Co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He attended Harvard University.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Series C, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Mainspring Energy — Flexible onsite generation for data centers, utility, industrial & enterprise applications. Fuel-flexible, fast to deploy, high-efficiency, low NOx power.
- Echodyne — Echodyne develops and manufactures meta-materials-based radar technologies. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne's patented technology and powerful software create a high-performance radar platform thatproduces security and machine autonomy solutions for government, defense, and industry.Echodyne was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.
- TerraPower — Leading innovations in nuclear applications for reactor and storage technology, while advancing methods to transform the fight against cancer.
Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe /
-Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger)
- Equity Markets
- Real Estate
- FX
- Commodity
- Bonds
- Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT
- Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories:
- Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint
- Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi
- D2C / B2C
- Food & Beverages
- Pharma
- Media & Entertainment
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Agnikul — Agnikul Cosmos designs and manufactures orbital-class launch vehicles powered by 3D-printed engines. From custom payloads to affordable private launches, we make space access simple, scalable, and mission-focused.
- Log 9 Materials — The spirit of innovation remains the cornerstone of every mission here at Log9. We have failed numerous times in this mission of ours, only to learn from them
- Toffee Ride - Learning App for Classes I - IV — Developed by a group of IIM, NIT alumni, with the support of academicians and child development experts, Toffee Ride is an app-based learning program that helps your child develop a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts and improve their language skills. Toffee Ride helps to make productive use of your kid's screen time by keepingthem engaged through a wide variety of fun-filled learning activities. Toffee Ride is specifically designed for Classes I-IV and contains more than 800 + lessons and 6000 + activities, which provide comprehensive coverage of English, Maths, EVS, GK, Social Studies, and Life Skills. Our Vision: “Making premium education affordable”The level of personalized attention required during the formative years is lacking in most schools, except for a few premium ones. Moreover, most parents, especially working professionals, often find it difficult to find time to compliment their kids learning in school. A rather serious implication of this is that children whose development lag behind during their early years find it very difficult to catch up in their higher classes. Through Toffee Ride, we attempt to bridge this gap using technology as an enabler to provide the much-needed personal attention in early learning.
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Vietnam, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- ESAI — Join over 500,000 students crafting their story
- Kind Designs — We specialize in Seawall Construction using advanced 3D-printing technology in Florida. Get a free consultation today!
- Campus Ink - NIL Store — Campus Ink Screen Printing & Embroidery, Champaign - Urbana, Custom T-Shirts, Fraternity & Sorority Apparel Simple
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Yendo — Our mission is to provide everyone with the most accessible, most affordable, and most transparent credit by leveraging their vehicles.
- TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
- FORT Robotics — FORT Robotics enables OEMs & end users to build and operate smart machines safely and securely, while maximizing productivity and reducing risks.
Bill Gates is the Co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He attended Harvard University.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Energy, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- TerraPower — Leading innovations in nuclear applications for reactor and storage technology, while advancing methods to transform the fight against cancer.
- Inflection AI — Inflection AI is pioneering the future with human-centered, emotionally intelligent AI that transforms interactions from transactional to reltational, creating enduring value for individuals and enterprises alike.
- Nimbus Therapeutics — Nimbus Discovery is now Nimbus Therapeutics to reflect our transition into a clinical stage company. Nimbus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., that is pioneering a new computational technology-driven paradigm to rapidly advance a diverse pipeline of novel small molecule product candidates into clinicaldevelopment. We are designing highly selective and potent medicines to disrupt known drivers of serious diseases, including metabolic disease, cancer and immune-inflammatory disorders.
Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer
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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
Alfred Luger
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, E-Learning
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Austria, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- eco.mio — eco.mio enables companies to reach their climate targets while realizing significant savings: Incentivize employees to travel consciously with eco mio's end-to-end integrated software solution.
- Viora - visible through confidence — Ada Growth is on a mission to put a mentor in every woman's pocket. We combine AI with microlearning to provide professional growth and development tools for women in the workplace and help companies attract, retain, and grow female talent. Download the Ada App today!The Ada App is a microlearning app that provides 2 minute short formvideos, miniquizzes, action items, and summaries that lead to long-term behavioral changes in the workplace. It also contains a digital mentor that can provide dynamic coaching in the spirit of the Ada App library of content, so that Ada App users have access to casual lessons when they have a few minutes a day as well as immediate feedback for any upcoming situation.Ada Growth serves the B2B enterprise and SME space primarily to companies with over 400 employees. We sell a professional growth / EdTech / L&D solution to HR, Employee Training and DEI administrators. We are vertical agnostic and provide a growth experience for both white collar and blue collar workers. Most EdTech solutions tend to flow to the corporate office layer of an enterprise, where this is a saturation of resources available. Many of our users have not been given professional growth tools purposefully built for them before or made flexible for their lifestyle, unlocking value for both the employee as well as the employer.We are the first enterprise-ready professional EdTech solution built specifically for women.
- 123-Transporter — Transporter mieten ab nur 45€ Volle 24h | Unlimitierte KM | digitale Vignette inkl. Einfach. Flächendeckend. Kundenzentriert: https://de.trustpilot.com/review/123-transporter.at
Dylan Taylor is based out of Denver, Colorado, and is the Chief Executive Office and Chairman at Voyager Technologies. Dylan Taylor attended University of Arizona.
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Investment focus
- Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Xplore — Xplore is flying commercial missions in Earth orbits with their XCRAFT™, and they invite you to join us. They take civilian, commercial and national security payloads to their desired orbit around Earth for their science or reconnaissance missions.
- LeoLabs — LeoLabs' network of ground-based, phased array radars produces high-resolution data on objects in LEO, supporting satellite service industries.
- Space Forge — Space Forge make super materials in space that cannot be made on earth.
Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Snaplet — Snaplet gives developers production-accurate data and preview databases they can code against, so they can focus on shipping. Ditch the seed script forever!
- Dust — Break down knowledge silos and amplify team performance with data-augmented, customizable and secure AI agents. Deploy in minutes, no coding required.
- Terminal 3 — We empower an equitable digital future
Rayyan Islam is the Co-Founder and General Partner at 8090 Industries. As serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor focused on industrial technology and the low-carbon economy, the companies Rayyan's invested in, sourced and advised have grown to over $8B in market value and have gone to raise further financing from the likes of SequoiaCapital, Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Venrock, Khosla Ventures and Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Rayyan previously spent time helping source technology investments for multiple family offices globally, particularly focused towards industrialists based in the Texas and American midwest region and began his VC career at leading East Coast seed stage venture firm, Romulus Capital, where he sourced the firm’s most valued investment, EquipmentShare.A product manager by trade, he worked stints at Spotify, was on the founding team of a subscription airline and began his career supporting M&A transactions for industrial clients at Deloitte as well as economic developments efforts for Deloitte Consulting’s Emerging Markets Practice. Rayyan is a Forbes 30U30 Fellow, served as a United Nations Youth Delegate and is a recipient of the Outstanding Youth Delegate Award.Influenced by his family upbringing in Bangladesh, he personally witnessed energy security issues and the ramifications of climate change at a young age and its impact on communities around the world. Determined to make a serious dent on the issue, Rayyan supports a cadre of climate solutions, drafted policy recommendations to President Joe Biden’s climate transition team and is the editor of Decarbon Weekly, a decarbonization focused newsletter which counts leading climate scientists, members of state and local governments, climate tech founders and ESG focused investors and foundations amongst its subscription base. Rayyan co-founded the industrial decarbonization fund at 8090 Partners, in partnership with prominent industrial and energy families from around the world to invest, support and accelerate breakthrough technology companies decarbonizing every industrial sector driven by radical economic advantages.Rayyan and his work has been featured on Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post and Forbes.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Energy, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, France, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Onsite Pro — Join the green workforce America needs now
- Coral Vita — Coral Vita's innovative coral reef restoration grows diverse, resilient corals to protect marine biodiversity and support communities dependent on healthy reefs
- Cambium — Saving wood to save the planet. By revolutionizing supply chains, we introduce the world's first carbon smart material.
Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Eachlabs — AI marketplace for developers.
- Shark Guitar — Premium electric guitars manufactured with robotic precision. Shark Guitars mean freedom of versatility, customization and portability.
- A.M.A Selections — Exclusive luxury holiday villa rentals in Europe, Africa & The Caribbean with A.M.A Selections. Some of the best & most luxurious villas to rent in Europe & across The World.
Dr Rand Hindi is an entrepreneur and investor in 50+ deeptech and web3 companies. He is the CEO at Zama, a homomorphic encryption startup. Rand started coding at the age of 10, created a social network at 14, and started his PhD at 21. He then created Snips, the first private-by-design voice assistant, which was acquired by Sonos. He was electedan MIT TR35, a Forbes “30 under 30”, and was a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris as well as a member of the French Digital Council.He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Bioinformatics from University College London (UCL).
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Investment focus
- Cryptocurrency, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- France, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Twin — Twin Labs, offer an automated tool for repetitive operations, such as onboarding new staff to all internal systems.
- Usual — Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol.
- Brink Therapeutics — Brink Therapeutics is a Biotechnology Research firm conducting cell therapy research using reprogrammed recombinases.
Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- United States, Canada, Algeria
Portfolio highlights
- Hideout — Hideout makes high-quality food that is available for delivery. Danielle Sobel established the company in Los Angeles, California.
- Abalone Bio — Our Functional Antibody Selection Technology platform (FAST) taps into the potential of the body's biological activities, expanding the reach of antibody drugs.
- Altay Therapeutics — Pioneering the first oral drug for FSHD and advancing cancer treatment solutions.
Akshay Singhal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Log 9 Materials a sub-organization of Log 9 Spill Containment.
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Investment focus
- Pet, AgTech, Battery
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Loopworm — Insect Biosciences and Biomanufacturing Company Sustainable Proteins & Fats for Animals Active Ingredients forPlant Biostimulants Silkworm Biofactories for Recombinant Proteins Pet Nutrition and Wellness We utilize insects as a bioresource.We develop technologies to process insects into value-added products.The world is moving towards alternative bioresources and we choose insects because they are sustainable and have an
- Climes — The easiest way for individuals and brands to become climate-friendly. Take real climate action alongside everyday consumption. All in a single click.
- SWIZZLE — SWIZZLE delivers cocktail kits at home.
Naruhisa Nakagawa is a Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Caygan Capital.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Beauty, Environmental Consulting
- Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Zeigo — Zeigo by Schneider Electric provides sustainability software for efficient carbon reduction and supply chain decarbonization, aiming for a carbon-free future.
- Ecolectro — Ecolectro is solving the biggest challenges in making Green Hydrogen. Our alkaline ion-exchange membranes and polymers make clean fuel and decarbonize industry.
- Sniffer Robotics — Comprehensive methane emissions detection and quantification, advanced imagery and analytics; Sniffer Robotics provides advanced solutions that benefit the environment.
Sagar Ratilal Bavarva is the Director and Researcher of Aasan Group of Companies. He previously worked at the World Economic Forum as a Digital Associate - Remote. Sagar Ratilal Bavarva attended Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- India, The Netherlands, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Notte Group — A family run venture organization mainly focused over investment management and project planning within areas of energy, renewables, farming, agritech!
- AASAN Consultancy — AASAN Consultancy is a management consulting firm providing energy management and engineering services.Its primary focus is on cost reduction, energy consumption analysis, and evaluation, as well as future-oriented planning for the cost-saving strategies for the energy supply. The firm identifies the possibilities to reduce current energy billswithout any impact on the consumer's current quality, volumes, or safety standards.Ratilal M. Bavarva founded the firm in 2018 with its headquarters in Rajkot, Gujarat.
- Habaple Solar Technology Limited — An intertwine solar technology company with a next generation of 2.1 MW powerhouse grid base module system with an annual source of electricity generation. The project will be under the guideline of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Ministry of Power.
David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- Noah — API-first stablecoin payments, enterprise-grade compliance and real-time settlements, powered by stablecoin technology.
- Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative
Tom McInerney is a notable angel investor. He was a seed investor in Segment, Notion, GetAround, Tala, MemSQL, Mode Analytics, OpenTrons, Arcadia Power, and more.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Ware — Ware deploys autonomous, self-flying drones—combined with machine learning—inside warehouses to automate their inventory tracking. Designed to solve some of the $1.9 trillion warehousing industry’s most pressing issues, Ware’s product helps their customers operate more efficiently. A partner of Skydio and funded by Bloomberg Beta, Ware works withthe world’s largest 3PL’s and global brands to improve their accuracy, workflows, and save money.
- Radiant — Clean. Portable. Safe. Energy
- Replenysh — Replenysh is a set of tools for communities and companies to build circularity in days, not years.
Jeff Dean is the Chief Scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research. He joined Google in 1999 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technical foundations. He currently focuses on advancing AI and deep learning research across Google’s research teams.He co-founded and led the Google Brain team, helping drive innovations indeep learning for speech recognition, computer vision, natural language understanding, and a wide range of predictive applications. Over the years, he has co-designed and implemented several generations of Google's core systems, including its web search infrastructure, crawling and indexing pipelines, and advertising technologies such as AdSense for Content.He is also a key contributor to Google's distributed computing infrastructure, having co-designed and implemented systems like MapReduce, BigTable, Spanner, Protocol Buffers, LevelDB, and TensorFlow—one of the most widely used open-source machine learning platforms.Jeff Dean earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 1996. He is a Fellow of the ACM, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences and the Mark Weiser Award.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Sophont — Multimodal foundation models for healthcare
- Onepot.ai — Onepot.ai offers automated synthesis of small molecules from basic building blocks using a unified, end-to-end process. It generates around fifty distinct compounds in a single workflow, eliminating the need for bespoke methods for each target. The platform employs modular couplings, deprotection, and streamlined purification steps to rapidlyassemble structurally diverse molecules. It supports chemistries that produce both sp²- and sp³-rich frameworks, enabling applications across pharmaceutical, materials, and probe development. By leveraging a catch-and-release purification protocol and iterative building-block assembly, Onepot.ai enables efficient production of complex small-molecule libraries.
- Periodic Labs — Periodic Labs develops artificial intelligence systems that simulate and predict the properties of materials using machine learning. The company applies computational models to support the discovery and design of materials used in sectors such as energy, electronics, and infrastructure. It builds tools that aim to reduce the time and costassociated with traditional research and development processes. Periodic Labs uses AI to analyze large-scale scientific data and collaborates with academic and industry partners to support material science research.
Jordan Mendell is the chief product officer and head of mobile products at Mendell studied organic chemistry at the University of Colorado atDenver.
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Investment focus
- Software, Consumer Electronics, Sports
- Seed, Funding Round, Series B
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Rachio — Yard care is effortless with Rachio's smart irrigation controllers and easy-to-use app.
- SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis
- Hammerhead — The Karoo 2 is the most advanced cycling computer ever, combining cutting-edge technology with the best maps and navigation, training, and features that enhance every aspect of your ride.
Paul Forster
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
- Singulate — The early Hopin team (#1, #4, #30 are cofounders) are back together to solve the biggest problem they saw in events and marketing at Hopin. They’re building a next gen AI marketing platform called Singulate. Singulate provides the easiest way to do audience segmentation and better relevance-personalization for marketing to individuals at scale —results of up to 10X higher CTRs and 5X response rates. They’re helping marketers (in demand gen, growth, community/events) nurture and convert more pipeline from their events and existing customers - it’s not an AI cold outreach sales tool (although it can do reactivations) but rather a lifecycle growth marketing tool. The best personalization is invisible - this is the future of large-scale communication. Get a demo to see the product.
- Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
Managing Partner @ Jolly VC, LLCFounder and Patent holder - GROTU mobile app @ 101 Islands LLC. Angel investor in 44 pre-IPO technology startups. Frequently invited by accelerators and angel forums to Judge startup competitions and discuss technology innovation. Former IT Consulting industry executive who sold hundreds of millions of dollars inconsulting services to Fortune 500 companies working for Cap Gemini, HCL, L&T, NTT data.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Rentberry — Find your next home for long-term rent in any country at Rentberry.
- AtomBeam — AtomBeam is a software company that is developing an artificial intelligence driven ecosystem of algorithms and computational paradigms that will transform the way data is transferred and stored, dramatically reducing the size of data transferred but without adding latency, using only modest computing power. This technology has profound benefitsfor a very large number of applications, in particular IoT and edge computing. The technology's advantages are unmatched and give it a wide range of uses: a) it can act on very small packet sizes, enabling it to stream data, b) computational latency is near zero, c) it is not sensitive to data errors, and c) it provides random file access. It has the potential to be virtually universal, especially in IoT.
- Pops Diabetes Care — If you are an employer, caregiver, or just someone who wants an easy diabetes management system, Click here to learn how we can help!
Managing and Founding Partner of Ideosource Venture Capital, an Indonesia focused venture capital firm dedicated on early-stage to later-stage investments.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, Lifestyle, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
- PasarMIKRO — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
- Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
A successful serial entrepreneur and early defense tech investor, Jackson Moses currently serves as the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures, an early stage venture firm that invests in exceptional founders building unrivaled aerospace, defense, and national security startups. He also founded and manages Silent Capital, a privatesyndicate that provides its members exclusive access to leading multi-stage defense and frontier tech deals. Additionally, Jackson serves as a Senior Advisor to the founding teams of Castelion and Privateer.Prior to founding Silent Ventures, Jackson founded and served as VP of Partnerships at MainStreet (acquired by Employer.com): the first tech company to make R&D tax credits accessible to startups and SMBs via industry-leading workflows and integrations. As a founding executive, he was responsible for developing go-to-market strategies, building a world-class sales organization, managing business development initiatives, and scaling annual revenue to over $30M. To date, MainStreet has employed hundreds of people and helped 2,000+ startups claim over $150M in tax savings, collectively extending their runway by centuries.Prior to founding MainStreet, Jackson founded and served as Chairman & CEO of Spectrum AI, which was acquired by ActiveFence after last being valued at $137M. Spectrum AI pioneered multimodal LLMs, specifically a series of proprietary GPT foundation models, designed to make digital communities more profitable for Fortune 500 owners, marketers, influencers, and their users. Its customer base spanned gaming, dating, and social media, and included Tencent (TCEHY), Pinterest (NYSE: PINS), Grindr (NYSE: GRND), Yik Yak, Wildlife Studios, and The Meet Group, among others.Prior to founding Spectrum AI, Jackson worked in sales (Lynda.com), customer operations, and executive recruiting at LinkedIn (acquired by Microsoft). Prior to this, he worked as a Market Research Analyst at Cisco where he evaluated industry trends, new investment opportunities, and emerging threats to Cisco’s core business lines.Having raised $120M+ across his two companies, Jackson actively advises startups, venture firms, and family offices on private sector aerospace and defense tech trends, investment opportunities, and capital allocation strategies. He serves as a Venture Partner to several large firms and has sourced deals for 8VC, Founders Fund, a16z, Lightspeed, NEA, Quiet Capital, Susa Ventures, family offices, defense primes, and university endowments.Jackson holds two B.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley where he studied Economics, with a concentration in monetary policy, and Political Science, with a concentration in game theory.
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Investment focus
- Aerospace, National Security, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Galadyne — Galadyne is redefining modern missile architecture through scalable liquid propulsion and full-stack vertical integration. This architecture restores speed, resilience, and industrial strength to U.S. defense by eliminating fragile energetic supply chains and enabling reliable capability for our allies.
- Thor Dynamics — Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with a European base in Finland, Thor Dynamics specializes in directed energy systems for defense against drones and drone swarms. The company’s innovative solutions are available worldwide to protect critical infrastructure and enhance national security. Laser Armor™ is a complete directed energy counter-dronesolution. Utilizing advanced radar and optical systems it can detect, track, and target hostile targets. High-power directed energy from Thor’s Laser Engines then eliminates the threat in seconds. Multiple safety systems ensure accurate target identification and minimal collateral damage.
- Dominion Dynamics — Dominion Dynamics is an advanced technology firm building a dual-use, AI-driven Arctic sensing network designed for both military and civilian applications, focusing on seamless multi-domain coordination and persistent regional surveillance.
Investor | Storyologist | Builder
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, Waste Management, Lifestyle
- Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
- Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
- PasarMIKRO — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
- Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator. Sam attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- NOYACK — NOYACK builds agentic AI technology for wealth management, starting with NOYACK.ai—the first AI agent for financial literacy - and Prophit.ai , the first opensource AI agent for portfolio optimizations of ALL asset classes. The fintech platform uses autonomous AI to deliver personalized financial guidance and construct tax-optimized portfolioscombining traditional accounts (IRAs, 401(k)s, HSAs) with private market investments in venture capital, fine art, and real estate for Millennials and Gen Z investors
- Boom Supersonic — Making the World Dramatically More Accessible
- Arcadia Medicine — Arcadia Medicine is a biotechnology company that creates psychedelic medicine to treat mental health issues.
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.
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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.
3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- AnchorUSD — Unlike competing stablecoins, AnchorUSD holds all deposits in US-domiciled bank accounts. Because USDX can always be created for $1 or redeemed for $1, investors can trade with confidence and avoid the volatility of unbacked cryptocurrencies. We undergo regular audits to ensure that the number of USDX in circulation is exactly equal to the numberof dollars in our bank account.
- Tenant Turner — Tenant Turner helps property managers eliminate vacancy.
- Rescue Forensics — Customer service is our #1 priority. Get a premium domain for your website today. Financing available.
Jon Moulton is a British venture capitalist. He is the founder and managing partner of the private equity firm Better Capital, and is the former managing partner of the private equity firm Alchemy Partners.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Cyprus, Luxembourg
Portfolio highlights
- Pockit — Open a prepaid account in 3 minutes online or in-app, get your contactless prepaid card in 2 working days with no credit check.
- Hometree — Keep yourself warm with Hometree, and try our no price hike promise. Compare our different boiler & home cover plans to see how you can save.
- Hellas Direct — Hellas Direct is a digital-first, full-stack insurance company, empowered by cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence. The Cyprus-based company is backed by a roster of leading investors, including Portag3, IFC (a member of the World Bank), Endeavor Catalyst, former Goldman Sachs economist Lord O’Neill and private equity veteran JonMoulton. Modelling itself on Amazon, Hellas Direct aims to disrupt the insurance value chain by adopting an extreme focus on operational excellence.
Philipp Andernach
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Investment focus
- Software, B2B, Recycling
- Seed, Series A
- Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- 11x — Onboard the AI workforce from the future and 11x your productivity today
- Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
- METYCLE — The B2B marketplace for global scrap metal trading. We give the world access to scrap metal.
Tom Werner serves as SunPower’s CEO and chairman of the SunPower board of directors. Prior to joining SunPower, he held the position of chief executive officer of Silicon Light Machines, Inc., an optical solutions subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. Previously, Werner was vice president and general manager of the Business ConnectivityGroup of 3Com Corp., a network solutions company, and has also held a number of executive management positions at Oak Industries, Inc. and General Electric Co. He currently serves as a board member of Cree, Inc., Silver Spring Networks, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and is a member of the Marquette University board of trustees. Werner holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University and a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Apps
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kevala — Kevala helps our customers predict and plan for a safer, more effective, and environmentally sustainable grid through our cloud-based data analytic and visualization platform.
- Tandem PV — Discover the future of sustainable energy with Tandem PV, a leader in perovskite solar technology and innovative solar energy solutions.
- Rock Rabbit — We make the rebate process quick, accurate, and efficient so contractors and homeowners can focus on their projects.
Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, France
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
- Unsloth AI — Open source fine-tuning & reinforcment learning (RL) for gpt-oss, Llama 4, DeepSeek-R1, Gemma, and Qwen3 LLMs! Beginner friendly.
- OneImaging — OneImaging makes life-saving diagnostics affordable, accessible, and personal. We connect employers, health plans, and members to a trusted national network of imaging centers, delivering faster answers with transparent pricing and premium care across MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, X-rays and more. We serve organizations looking to control medical spend and individuals who need reliable results without delays. Every scan booked through OneImaging is proof that healthcare can be simpler, cheaper, and kinder.
Bradley Horowitz is an Advisor and Vice President of Product Management at Google. Most recently he helped create Area 120, Google's incubator for internally-sourced innovation. He's led a large number of products, programs and initiatives at Google - including Google for Startups, Google Photos, Gmail, Google Voice, blogger, and GoogleNews.Before joining Google in February 2008, Horowitz was Yahoo's vice president of Advanced Development where he drove the acquisitions of Flickr and MyBlogLog, launched the Brickhouse incubator and developed new products like Yahoo! Pipes. Additionally, he was responsible for the company's initiative to open up its platform which included overseeing the Yahoo Developer Network (YDN).Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Autonomy.Horowitz was a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. While at the Media Lab, he worked on a number of topics related to computer vision, graphics and image processing, which resulted in a patented new technique for the recovery of structure, motion and camera parameters from video sequences.Horowitz holds an MS in Media Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- Opal — Making it better at capturing incredible low-light video. Even in dimly lit room, you’ll get a level of detail and color that wasn’t possible before.The Opal C1 comes with MicMesh™, an array of beamforming microphones that find and focus on the sound of your voice. And with intelligent noise cancellation, every ding, drop and dog bark is filteredout to get an audio experience that clearly speaks for itself.
- Audioshake — AudioShake makes audio interactive, customizable, and accessible by using AI to separate sound recordings into their component parts and stems.
Technical leader and architect in enterprise software including S&P 500 customers for Microsoft. Built web portals for IBM with Team International, created medical FDA-approved devices with Medtronic over Global Logic. , and certified phone station in telecom business over the globe with Alcatel over Altron. Excellent background in distributedsystems, artificial intelligence, and Big Data. Passionate about tuning robust, high-performance systems that scale well. Two Master's degrees in Technical Management from Foster School of Business - The University of Washington in the USA and also computer science masters from Kharkiv Aerospace University in Ukraine. Slava received customer obsessions awards in Microsoft and always acting as a bridge from business to technology with a pioneering spirit. Viacheslav is passionate about leadership roles on strategic and impact projects with metrics-driven, high-performance, and scalable development. Expert in lean software development - it means rapid, agile prototyping with development cycles that fail fast to learn quickly and to apply innovative solutions in iterations. Clients hire me to develop new software products for innovative markets that are rapidly growing. They know that the best products come from great empathy and customer insights, but also require courage, hard work, and perseverance.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Battery, Big Data
- Pre-Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Energsoft — Prescriptive battery analytics software as a service across industries to enable help to select the safest and most efficient batteries for any Business or R&D.
Mr. Qasar Younis is the Founder of Talkbin. Mr. Younis serves as a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Y Combinator. He is responsible to manage all Y Combinator events, operations, finance and legal functions, as well as advise startups. Previously, he served as a Part-Time Partner at the firm.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Transportation
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Key — Key provides a unique method to making significant professional relationships while also promoting career advancement, financial well-being, and work-life balance
- Carvis.AI — Carvis is an AI mechanic shop co-pilot that enables your mechanics to communicate and identify car issues, cutting your shop's diagnostic time by up to 50%.
- Bluenote Health — Accelerate innovation with AI built for and trusted by leading life sciences companies.
Gary R. Hirshberg, Ph.D., Co-Founded Spiffly, Inc. in 2014. Gary Hirshberg serves as a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He serves as an Advisor at Renewable2 Management Company and Renewal2 Investment Fund. Gary Hirshberg co-founded Stonyfield Farm, Inc. (Stonyfield Farm Yogurt) in September 1983 and served as its Chief Executive Officer,since September 1983 until January 2012, President, since 1989. He oversaw Stonyfield's phenomenal growth, from its infancy as a seven-cow organic farming school to its $330 million in annual sales. In 2001, Stonyfield Farm entered into a partnership with Groupe Danone and in 2005, he was named Managing Director of Stonyfield Europe. He served as Director of the Rural Education Center at Stonyfield. Gary Hirshberg was a Managing Director at Stonyfield Europe. Previously, he served as an Executive Director at The New Alchemy Institute. He has extensive experience as an environmental activist, including terms as the Founding President of the Cape and Island Self Reliance Corporation and as the Founding President of the Cape Cod Environmental Alliance. Prior positions include serving as a Water-Pumping Windmill Specialist and an Environmental Education Director at the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Gary Hirshberg served as an Advisor at Renewal Partners LLC, Solera Capital, the Heinz Center Leadership Summit and the Corporate Ecoforum. Gary Hirshberg is Co-Founder and Chairman of O'Naturals. He served as the Chairman of Stonyfield Farm, Inc. He served as the Chairman of The Social Venture Network. Gary Hirshberg serves on several corporate and non-profit Boards including Applegate Farms, the Dannon Company, Honest Tea, Peak Organic Brewing Company, The Full Yield, Climate Counts, Stonyfield Europe, Ltd, Glenisk, Ltd, Solera Capital and Sambazon. He serves as Member of Advisory Board at Spiffly, Inc. He has been a Director at Blue Apron, Inc. and since February 27, 2017 Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. since October 2016. Gary Hirshberg serves as Director of Sweetgreen, Inc., Danone Communities and Quantum Designs, LLC. He serves as a Director of Ramp Sports LLC and The Full Yield, Inc. He served as a Director of Stonyfield Farm, Inc. Gary Hirshberg served as a Director of Monogram Energy, Inc. since June 1995. He served as a Trustee of Leadership New Hampshire, Inc. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Simon Equity, LLC. He serves as Member of Social Advisory Board at Commons Capital Management LLC. Gary Hirshberg served as a Director of the New Hampshire Audobon Society and the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod. Gary Hirshberg is the Author of the book Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. He is a frequent speaker on topics including sustainability, climate change, the profitability of green and socially responsible business, organic agriculture and sustainable economic development. Gary Hirshberg has won numerous awards for corporate and environmental leadership, including Global Green USA's "1999 Green Cross Millennium Award for Corporate Environmental Leadership." He was named "Business Leader of the Year" by Business NH Magazine and "New Hampshire's 1998 Small Business Person of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration. More recently, 2009 was a year of big wins as Gary Hirshberg was named one of "America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs" by Business Week magazine, Stonyfield was chosen "Business of the Year - Manufacturing" by Business NH magazine and Stonyfield won an EPA Clean Air Excellence award. He also is featured in 2009's most successful documentary, "Food, Inc." Gary Hirshberg served on the Advisory Panel for Newsweek magazine's Global Environmental Leadership Conference. He has received eight honorary doctorates and was named a Gordon Grand Fellow at Yale University. Gary Hirshberg holds an honorary Doctor of Science from New Hampshire College, an Honorary Doctor of Law from Notre Dame College in Manchester, New Hampshire and a B.A. from Hampshire College.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tacombi — Mexico in Minutes! The Tacombi App is your balmy destination for tacos, guacamole and burritos delivered.
- MyForest Foods — Beneath the forest floor lies a hidden root system called mycelium. MyForest Foods has figured out how to replicate the forest environment to grow mycelium inside vertical farms, using it as the primary ingredient in meat alternatives. MyBacon, the first product, is a plant-based, clean-label, whole
- Holmes Mouthwatering — Cleveland, Ohio based manufacturer and seller of premium applesauce and real-fruit products. Helping people reach their potential by making better food choices.
David Rowan is editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine, which won 2009 Launch of the David Rowan is Editor of the WIRED UK, the technology and trends magazine covering online brands, gadgets and the culture that surrounds them. David has reported on technology for The Times and Channel 4 News, the latter requiring him to illustrate the newiPod Video from the set of a porn shoot. He's also written for The Sunday Times and Telegraph Magazines, and edited the Guardian's on-line content. David has curated an exhibition of British creative talent at the Government's Cabinet Forum conference. He has also addressed the TEDs, and frequently contributes on Newsnight and the Today programme. He also writes a monthly column for GQ. David is in touch with many of the world's leading trend-setters and spotters. In presentations he looks at how the net is disrupting almost every sector, how apps change consumer behaviour and why 'social commerce' is killing traditional marketing. He reveals the 10 trends that will change your market in the next decade - and what you should be doing now to protect yourself.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Germany, Croatia
Portfolio highlights
- EWOR — EWOR is a platform dedicated to transforming aspiring entrepreneurs into successful startup founders through world-class education, mentorship, and investment opportunities.
- Climate X — Climate X combines climate science and econometrics to deliver precise climate risk data without any black boxes.
- Rhizocore Technologies — We develop high-performance strains of locally-sourced mycorrhizal fungi to improve tree growth, tree health and tree resiliency. We offer a sustainable solution to increase forest yields whilst improving the ability of trees to sequester carbon.
Lea-Sophie Cramer (born April 16, 1987 in Berlin , Germany ) is a German entrepreneur . She founded in 2013 together with Sebastian Pollok, the online retailer and manufacturer of Sextoys, Amorelie, whose CEO she has been since. The business magazine Forbes named her in 2016 as one of the "30 under 30 Europe", the leading youngentrepreneurs in Europe. [1]
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, FinTech, Sustainability
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Germany, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- eco.mio — eco.mio enables companies to reach their climate targets while realizing significant savings: Incentivize employees to travel consciously with eco mio's end-to-end integrated software solution.
- Nala Earth — Nala empowers companies to measure, manage and report their impact and dependency on nature - compliant with regulation.
- HELLO INSIDE — HELLO INSIDE is a scientific self care company empowering people to have data-driven conversations with their bodies. Unlock your best self.
Marc Benioff is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Fyxer — Technology focused Virtual assistance service
- Norm AI — Norm Ai provides solutions for sludge problem by enabling compliance teams to delegate tasks to Regulatory AI via high-level instructions, while at the same time validating the resulting work product.
- SandboxAQ — SandboxAQ is an enterprise SaaS company combining AI + Quantum tech to solve hard problems impacting society.
John Legend is a nine-time Grammy Award winning recording artist, critically-acclaimed concert performer, philanthropist/social activist, and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. Legend’s debut album, Get Lifted (2004) sold more than three million copies worldwide and earned an astounding eight Grammy nominations withthree wins for Best New Artist, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B album. Legend’s follow-up album, Once Again (2006) earned RIAA platinum certification and a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. High off the success of his third consecutive Top 10 album, Evolver (2008), Legend embarked on an extensive world tour with an 11 piece band - his largest traveling show to date. Inspired by the monumental 2008 Presidential election, Legend teamed up with The Roots to release the socially conscious album, Wake Up! (2010.) The album was nominated for five Grammy Awards and won Best R&B Album, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B song (for “Shine”- an original composition also featured in Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim’s documentary film Waiting for Superman) along with two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Album and Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration. In 2007, Legend launched the Show Me Campaign, a nonprofit organization fighting poverty around the world. John also sits on the Boards of The Education Equality Project, Teach for America, and the Harlem Village Academies. Legend has been honored several times for his activism, including the 2010 BET Humanitarian of the Year award, the 2009 CARE Humanitarian Award for Global Change, and the 2009 Africare’s Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award. In early 2012, Legend released one of the hottest songs of his career, the RIAA gold-certified hit “Tonight (Best You’ve Ever Had),” which sat atop the Urban AC radio chart for six consecutive weeks. Legend recently released his fifth studio album Love in the Future, with executive producers Kanye West and Dave Tozer, and will embark on a North American tour this autumn.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Shopping, Digital Media
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- JusticeText — JusticeText is a software platform that makes it easier for public defenders to process and incorporate crucial audio and video evidence in defense of their clients.
- Neutral — Neutral is a carbon-neutral food company that builds a sustainable carbon-neutral food ecosystem starting with milk and a half and half. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Portland, OR.
- FL Newsletter — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
Kiran Bhatraju is the Founder and CEO of Arcadia.
Kiran has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Environmental Consulting, Robotics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Amperon — Our AI-powered demand forecasts help companies manage risk and navigate volatile energy markets.
- Arbor — Arbor is a home energy advisor that assist you automatically decrease your electric rate on an ongoing basis for free.
- Kopperfield — Discover the tools that make permit paperwork easy for electricians and electrical contractors, including load calculations, line diagrams, and panel schedules.
Sierra is a Founding Partner at Voyager Ventures.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Management
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Axle Energy — Axle's software dynamically gives flexibility to the electricity grid and adjusts energy usage to when it is cheapest and greenest.
- Remora — Carbon Capture for Vehicles
- Glacier — Glacier is the creator of the first affordable, high-performing, and space-efficient AI-enabled robot for recycling.
Hadi Partovi is an entrepreneur and investor, and CEO of the education non-profit Code.org. In 2013 Hadi and his twin brother Ali launched the education nonprofit Code.org which Hadi continues to lead full-time as CEO. Code.org has established computer science classes in 15% of US classrooms, created the most popular curriculum platform for K-12computer science, and launched the global Hour of Code movement that has reached over 100 million students.A computer science graduate of Harvard University, Hadi began his career during the browser wars in the 1990s, when he was Microsoft’s Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer. In a second stint at Microsoft, he was General Manager of the MSN portal, delivering its first year of profit. As an entrepreneur, Hadi was on the founding teams of Tellme Networks and iLike, which were acquired by Microsoft and MySpace, respectively. Hadi has served as an early advisor to numerous startups including Facebook and Dropbox, and as a tech investor his portfolio also includes airbnb, Uber, Zappos, IndieGogo, Change.org, and others. Aside from his investments, Hadi also serves as a Director on the boards of TASER International and Convoy.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Israel, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Statsig — Statsig is your modern product development platform, with an integrated toolkit for experimentation, feature management, product analytics, session replays, and much more. Trusted by thousands of companies, from OpenAI to series A startups.
- Clearbrief — Do Justice to the Facts. Select any sentence in your Word doc, and our AI instantly finds the best evidence you have to support your argument. 1-Click TOA.
- Saturn Technologies — The best way to share time with friends
Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- QurieGen — QurieGen is a biotechnology company that accelerates drug discovery and development.
- Eywa — Founded in 2021, EYWA helps Web3 projects scale up by enabling them to operate, get listed, and traded on all connected blockchain networks with a single liquidity pool. Additionally, EYWA provides a truly decentralized data protocol for secure messaging.In partnership with Curve Finance, one of the largest decentralized exchanges, EYWA isintroducing a new paradigm of non-algorithmic cross-chain assets aimed at solving the problem of liquidity fragmentation. Their cross-chain protocol stands out as the most decentralized solution in the market.- Received 6 grants from biggest L1/L2 blockchain networks including NEAR Foundation, Aurora, Harmony One, Algorand, Boba Network, and others - Winning hackathons: Ethglobal Marketmake, Polygon’s BUIDL IT hackathon, Metis hackathon
- SignalRank — SignalRank Corporation is a FinTech company in the Venture space. It focuses on the seed stage asset class and uses data analytics to allocate capital to the best seed fund managers for their top performing companies. GPRank and CompanyRank are two proprietary algorithms it leverages to automate capital allocation. The company invests from balancesheet. Its customers are seed stage investors with outstanding companies in their portfolio.
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Organic Food
Art
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Video Games
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Construction
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Mobile Advertising
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Wine And Spirits
Franchise
Medical Device
Crowdfunding
CleanTech
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Transportation
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LGBT
Email
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Medical
Legal
Local
Internet
Oil and Gas
Fashion
Film
Life Science
Theatre
Non Profit
SaaS
Renewable Energy
Sporting Goods
Restaurants
Software
Celebrity
Social Impact
Cryptocurrency
Facebook
Machine Learning
Agriculture (agtech)
Media (entertainment)
Blockchain
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Sweden
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Sierra Leone
Thailand
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Tanzania
Uzbekistan
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Turkey
Uruguay
Tajikistan
Russian Federation
Peru
Portugal
El Salvador
Puerto Rico
Senegal
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Zimbabwe
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Tunisia
Venezuela
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Norway
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Dominican Republic
Mexico
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Iraq
Iceland
Azerbaijan
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United Arab Emirates
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Mali
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Bolivia
Luxembourg
Pakistan
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Mauritius
Romania
Jordan
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Malta
Morocco
Nicaragua
Kenya
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Cayman Islands
Cambodia
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Cyprus
Oman
Latvia
Cameroon
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Angel Investors in impact by country