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Top 50 Photography Angel Investors in United States (September 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United States Photography startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United States Photography startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Jason Calacanis
Angel
4 United States, Australia, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $100k–$16M
Reid Hoffman
Angel
4 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Internet, Social Media $800k–$80M
Daniel Curran
Angel
3 United States, Canada, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Internet $600k–$50M
William Sahlman
Angel
3 United States, Mexico, Australia Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed Video, Photography, Digital Media $950k–$8M
Michael Jones
Angel
3 United States Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Mobile, E-Commerce $225k–$22M
Leo Chan
Angel
3 United States Seed, Angel Audio, Mobile, Hardware
Bradley Harrison
Angel
3 United States Seed, Convertible Note, Series A Software, Mobile, SaaS $100k–$85M
Ned Lamont
Angel
3 United States Seed, Series A News, Video, Journalism $1M–$5.8M
Scott Banister
Angel
3 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Mobile, Internet $500k–$45M
Jeffrey Parker
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Analytics, SaaS, Video $300k–$5.8M
Joi Ito
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Angel Internet, Software, Video $850k–$18M
Joshua Schachter
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Mobile, Internet $635k–$15M
Marc Randolph
Angel
2 United States, Argentina Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant Software, Apps, Internet $250k–$12M
Keith Rabois
Angel
2 United States, Brazil, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Internet $950k–$60M
Matty Soudagar
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Blockchain, Photography
Caterina Fake
Angel
2 United States, Canada, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Retail $500k–$13M
Roham Gharegozlou
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Italy Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency $470k–$30M
Will Herman
Angel
2 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software $400k–$8.8M
Jenny Lefcourt
Angel
2 United States, Italy Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Internet $2M–$40M
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
2 United States, Australia, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $1M–$55M
Mason Ng
Angel
2 United States, Taiwan Seed, Series B Venture Capital, Mobile, Finance
Alex Welch
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Internet, Social Media, Information Technology $400k–$5M
Ron Conway
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Denmark Series A, Seed, Angel Software, Social Media, Internet $500k–$11M
Sofia Vergara
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Mobile, Internet, Marketing $4M–$20M
Kei Shibata
Angel
2 United States, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed Travel, Leisure, Tourism $300k–$2.6M
Adam D’Angelo
Angel
2 United States, India, Sweden Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.3M–$100M
Baron Davis
Angel
2 United States, Sweden, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Mobile, Apps $2M–$50M
Ayaz ul Haque
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce
John Kruger
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Video, Mobile, Consumer
Bill Perkins
Angel
2 United States Seed, Angel, Series A Video, Apps, Audio $6M–$7.2M
Jawed Karim
Angel
2 United States, Finland, Germany Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $100k–$20M
Jed Carlson
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A iOS, Apps, Mobile
Alexis Ohanian
Angel
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce $1.5M–$152M
Garry Tan
Angel
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $500k–$40M
Darren Patterson
Angel
2 Australia, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Sports, Travel, Banking $15k–$200k
Shervin Pishevar
Angel
2 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, E-Commerce $1M–$40M
James Vincent
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Blockchain, Photography
Safa Rashtchy
Angel
2 United States, India, Turkey Seed, Series A SaaS, Health Care, Software $350k–$24M
Cyan Banister
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $500k–$22M
James Hong
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Mobile, Internet $100k–$25M
Thomas Lehrman
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Education $550k–$157M
Giordano Contestabile
Angel
2 United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, SaaS, Software $150k–$1.5M
Greg Slyngstad
Angel
2 United States Seed SaaS, Travel, Leisure $325k–$3M
Guy Kawasaki
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed, Series B Internet, Apps, Software $450k–$12M
David Heller
Angel
2 United States Angel, Series A FinTech, Fitness, Hardware
Derek Andersen
Angel
2 United States, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, SaaS, Video
Adrian Hanauer
Angel
2 United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, E-Commerce, Sports $325k–$425k
John Osher
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A News, Video, Mobile
Michael Liou
Angel
1 United States Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed SaaS, Big Data, Software
John Keister
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A Mobile, Advertising, Payments
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Jason Calacanis
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Photography startups

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 714
  • Round size: Seed $525k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $2.7M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dexla — Build B2B apps quickly with an AI-powered front-end software engineer. Type in what your company does and watch Buck build your app for you.
  • Contraline — Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible.
  • howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
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Reid Hoffman
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Photography startups

Reid Hoffman is the Co-Founder of Manas AI and a member of the Sanmai Board of Directors. Reid previously worked at Coda as a Board Member. Reid Hoffman attended the University of Oxford, where he earned his M.St. in Philosophy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Social Media
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$26M; Series A $2.5M–$31M; Series B $10M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Brain Co. — AI platform and applications for the world's most important institutions
  • Niteshift — Niteshift is a software development company that builds the full-stack cloud platform for coding agents. enabling background coding agents that can simulate and close loops on complex tasks end-to-end.
  • Entrepreneurs First — We turn exceptional individuals into funded founders. We back you first, then give you a bridge to Silicon Valley.
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Daniel Curran
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Photography startups

Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 148
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$6M; Series A $3.6M–$16M; Series B $2.3M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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 — Make awesome GoPro movies from raw footage in seconds. Download now on the Mac App Store! http://t.co/huKZsX8RBY
  • GC Plus — Find Your Next Home Service Expert With Ease
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William Sahlman
Angel · Boston, Georgia, United States · 3 investments in United States Photography startups

William A. Sahlman is based out of Boston, Massachusetts and currently works as a Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus for Harvard Business School. William previously worked at Strategic Member of the Advisory Board as a AtHoc. William A. Sahlman attended the Harvard University. William A. Sahlman received the American Spirit Award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Photography, Digital Media
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$1.8M; Series A $5M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zubale — Zubale is the critical infrastructure that enables retailers to win in e-commerce. Through our gig workers marketplace and technical integrations we power our clients entire back end e-commerce operations delivering the best fill-rates, on-times and NPS. In the last year, Zubale has completed over 3 million jobs across 90 cities and 16,800 stores.We operate in Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica and are scaling across Latin America. The Co-Founders Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy met during their Harvard MBA and are retail insiders with deep expertise at Walmart and P&G in Latin America, Africa, India and China.
  • Truepic — Discover Truepic's enterprise-grade solutions for digital media authenticity and secure virtual inspections. Ensure transparency, reduce fraud, and streamline operations with C2PA-compliant media and tamper-proof virtual inspections. Learn how Truepic empowers businesses across industries to build trust in a digital-first world.
  • pop.in — Smiletime, Inc. powers pop.in, an app for spontaneous, ephemeral live connection. On pop.in, civility and inclusivity are the bedrock of dynamic conversations, which are hosted in an environment that allows for discussions to be as multifaceted as the people having them. An unlimited number of people can join pop.ins and use video, audio, text andimages to have nuanced dialogue. A pop.in only lasts as long as people are in them, so by their definition, pop.ins are never empty and never lonely. And with the ability to create "ground rules" that are unique to every pop.in, hosts are empowered to be deliberate in setting a tenor and intention for their conversations from the get-go. Smiletime, Inc. believes technology can and should enable honest dialogue and empathetic connection, and that's what they've created with pop.in.Smiletime, Inc. was founded by Alex Kruglov, Sharon Chang, and Jace Hall in 2014, and is located in Los Angeles, California.
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Michael Jones
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Photography startups

Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor, and strategic advisor. A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful company in college and since then has founded, built, and sold numerous online and mobile businesses.As the co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Science, Inc., Mike brings together the best talent, resources, andfinancing through a centralized platform to build and invest in technology businesses. In 2016 alone, three of Science’s portfolio companies saw big exits -- HelloSociety was acquired by The New York Times, Dollar Shave Club was acquired by Unilever, and FameBit was acquired by Google. His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency, resulting in over $2.6B in successful investor outcomes.Prior to Science, Mike Jones served as the CEO of Myspace. In this role, Mike oversaw global business strategy and operations for Myspace, Myspace Music, and Myspace Mobile, which included board and strategic roles with joint venture partners in Myspace China and Myspace Japan / Softbank. During his tenure, he was responsible for the relaunch of Myspace, one of the most high-profile turn-around challenges in the industry

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.8M; Angel $225k–$3M; Series A $1.6M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RadPad — RadPad is a developer of a property searching mobile application used to find new apartments, condos, or homes. It is an end-to-end rental marketplace focused around people. Renters use RadPad to find a place, sign their lease, and pay rent. Landlords use RadPad to list places, sign leases electronically, and accept rents.
  • Pluto TV — Pluto TV - Drop in. Watch Free. Watch 250+ channels of free TV and 1000's of on-demand movies and TV shows.
  • CurbStand — CurbStand is a modern payment and specialty services platform for the valet parking industry. It enables its users to find and pay for parking, and businesses and their valet companies to better manage parking operations. It was launched in 2013 in Santa Monica, California, United States.
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Leo Chan
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Photography startups

Leo Chan is currently a member at Sand Hill Angels. He has over 25 years of experience in delivering enterprise software to market and building scalable internet applications, most recently with Xignite, the leading financial market data cloud service. Leo had previously launched ConnectedWorld LLC, an enterprise instant messaging software company,and assisted a Silicon Valley venture capital group in the establishment of Savvio.com, an internet travel company. Leo managed the database engineering team at Zip2, an online media firm, until it was acquired by AltaVista, prior to developing start-up companies from the ground up. Leo began his career at Oracle, where he held positions as an engineer and a senior manager, and was a member of the team that helped expand UNIX sales from less than $50 million to over a billion dollars in 1996. He was also a key figure in the development of the first web-based database management system, as well as the award-winning "self-tuning database" idea. Leo graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Master's degree in Operations Research from M.I.T.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Mobile, Hardware
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Podo Labs — We created:Podo - The World's First Stick & Shoot Camera Jack - Make Any Headphones Wireless Belle - A Portable Speaker Without CompromiseOur vision is to become the most prolific and authentic source of innovative products for everyday happiness.Our mission is to push the limits of technology and design with passion, detailed care,and respect for every person.
  • Siren Care — Siren Socks help reduce the risk of foot ulcers for patients with diabetes through the early detection of potential injuries.
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Bradley Harrison
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Photography startups

Bradley C. Harrison is based out of Austin, Texas, and is the founder and managing partner of Scout Ventures. Bradley previously worked at BHV as a founder and managing partner. Bradley C. Harrison attended the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Seed $538k–$4.2M; Series A $4.3M–$85M; Convertible Note $100k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Virtuix — With over 4000 Omnis shipped to date, the patent protected Omni system is the leading and most popular omni-directional treadmill on the market.
  • Ampsy — The Ampsy (formerly Fliptu) platform offers brands a comprehensive suite of social aggregation tools to aggregate & curate their best brand & fan social content into beautiful, engaging social visualizations. In 60 seconds, a brand can build a campaign and have it live & embedded anywhere with a single line of iframe code. Our socialembeds are proven to increase fan engagement and time-on-site, solving a major leakage problem in the customer acquisition & retention funnel.***2014 SXSW Accelerator Finalisthttp://sxsw.com/interactive/news/2014/2014-sxsw-accelerator-finalists-revealed-startups-rock-austin-march***Named 1 of the 20 Most Interesting Technologies at SXSW by IPG Media Lab of Interpublic Group - IPG (NYSE)http://www.ipglab.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/SXSW2014_IPGMediaLab_Recap.pdf
  • LiveNinja — Business communication solutions from net2phone streamline workflows, effortlessly collaborate, and build customer relationships that last.
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Ned Lamont
Angel · 3 investments in United States Photography startups

Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont, Jr. is founder of Campus Televideo.Ned is a twenty-year veteran of the cable television industry and founder of the Company and assists in the management of over one hundred and thirty cable systems nationwide.A graduate of Harvard College and Yale School of Management, Ned managed the start up ofCablevision of Connecticut's 50,000 subscriber addressable system in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Lamont joined the board of Directors at Conservation Services Group in 2007 with a hiatus in 2010 while he ran for CT governor.Lamont has also been active in public service as former Chairman of the State Advisory Board overseeing the $20 billion pension fund, a teacher in entrepreneurship to high school in Bridgeport, CT, and a policy member at The Brookings Institution.Lamont is also a politician who in 2006 defeated the prominent incumbent Senator, Joe Lieberman, for Connecticut's Senatorial Democratic nomination.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Video, Journalism
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.8M; Series A $2.8M–$5.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stringr — Stringr combines a powerful cloud-based video software suite with a videographer network for on-demand video sourcing. On the same platform you can leverage Stringr's editing and enhancement tools, asset managent and sharing and streaming features to create video content faster and easier than ever before.
  • Watchup — Plex has free movies and TV shows available with no sign up required.
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Scott Banister
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Photography startups

Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal.Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired byMicrosoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million.Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 159
  • Round size: Seed $660k–$6M; Angel $500k–$1.3M; Series A $1.4M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Barndoor AI — Barndoor AI offers a centralized governance layer to manage granular access, policy enforcement, and visibility across agentic AI workforce.
  • Artemis — Powered by AI, Mona Lee is the fastest, most efficient way for homeowners to go solar. Through a direct-to-consumer approach, Mona Lee’s AI-powered self-serve platform transforms the solar buying experience by eliminating non-stop solicitation calls, lengthy design and evaluation processes, and back-and-forth price negotiations that can take up toweeks. With Mona Lee, customers go from quote to scheduling their installation in minutes. Feel free to visit our website to read customer testimonials and Mona Lee solar reviews.Mona Lee was founded by a group of serial entrepreneurs with decades of experience in clean energy. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA and is proud to serve homeowners nationwide.
  • Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
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Jeffrey Parker
Angel · Palm Beach, Florida, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Jeff has an extensive history of success as an entrepreneur, CEO and investor in financial services companies over the past twenty years. He brings an operating perspective to the companies in which he invests, as well as a wealth of financial expertise and an extended network of domestic and international business contacts. Jeff currentlyrepresents GrandBanks Capital as Chairman of the Board of Directors for First Coverage. He was named 2003 New England Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in the Financial Services category. Jeff currently serves as an advisor to MedPanel of Boston and is a member of the Board of Directors of Mainstream Data and Vision Research.BackgroundIn 1980, Jeff founded Technical Data Corporation, a provider of financial analytic services for the institutional investor community. In 1983, he founded First Call Corporation, which quickly became one of the financial community's leading providers of real-time broker-sourced research, earnings estimates, equity and fixed income ownership information, insider trading information and corporate news releases. In 1986, Jeff sold both these businesses to the Canadian publishing giant International Thomson, now The Thomson Corporation, and became Chairman and CEO of Thomson Financial, its financial services subsidiary. Under Jeff's leadership, Thomson Financial became the major provider of proprietary financial information to the investment and corporate communities. Thomson Financial currently serves over 75,000 institutional clients worldwide and has annual revenues in excess of $750 million.After serving as CEO of Thomson Financial, Jeff co-founded 38 Newbury Ventures, a venture capital firm which focused on start-up and early stage companies. While at 38 Newbury Ventures, Jeff and Charley Lax co-invested together in several companies including FAXNET and LimiTrader.In 1997, Jeff co-founded CCBN.com (Corporate Communications Broadcast Network), a leader in enabling direct communications between public companies and the investment community over the Internet. CCBN.com builds, manages and hosts the investor relations sections of Web sites for more than 2,000 public companies, providing detailed shareholder information through interactive, multi-media solutions. Jeff served as CCBN's Chairman and CEO until the sale of the company to The Thomson Corporation in March 2004.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$5.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyp — Flyp, Inc. is a US-based telecommunications company focused on changing the global consumer communications experience. The company's proprietary platform delivers the highest quality voice and text communications in or out of network, while enabling the use of multiple phone numbers on a single device. For international customers, Flyp is thefirst and only solution that provides mobile users with a local US phone number on their device for high-quality, free calling and texting to and from any US phone number.
  • Truepic — Discover Truepic's enterprise-grade solutions for digital media authenticity and secure virtual inspections. Ensure transparency, reduce fraud, and streamline operations with C2PA-compliant media and tamper-proof virtual inspections. Learn how Truepic empowers businesses across industries to build trust in a digital-first world.
  • Urban Umbrella — Urban Umbrella is the designer, patent holder, and fabricator of the only premium scaffolding bridge on the market that is approved by The New York Department of Buildings and rated for 300psf.
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Joi Ito
Angel · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Joichi Ito is a Parttime Lecturer at Chiba Institute of Technology. he attended Keio University in 2018.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$8.3M; Angel $850k–$3M; Series A $4M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Toku — Seamless employment, built for Web3. WorkDAO is the only Web3-native employment service that provides legal employment, token payroll, and employee benefits that make a difference, globally. We're building the infrastructure to scale DAOs and Web3 organizations so you can focus on building.
  • Butlr — Butlr is an AI people-sensing platform using body heat to detect occupancy, headcount, body posture, and activity, and generate accurate, real-time, and historical spatial insights for healthcare and sustainable buildings. Their sensor technology detects human presence anonymously using low-resolution thermal data and advanced AI and machinelearning.
  • Kotoba Technologies — Kotoba is a frontier voice AI company building a real-time speech model and simultaneous translation technology.
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Joshua Schachter
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Joshua Schachter is an organizer at Self Racing Cars. He was the CEO of Tasty Labs and the founder of Joshua has also worked for directory, and was a co-creator of Memepool.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $635k–$5.4M; Angel $1M–$1.5M; Series A $1M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nozomio — An applied AI lab making developer tools and free tech courses. Nozomio: https://t.co/MtOENst8hj Nia AI: https://t.co/fYIuJn09Pv
  • Arrows — Arrows is a customer onboarding checklist. Send every customer a personalized onboarding plan, with automated email reminders, due dates, assigned tasks, and a lot more.One of the hardest things about onboarding is getting everybody on the same page. Using Arrows, you can get "mutual buy-in" from your customers to build trust throughoutthe onboarding process. Plus, with due dates and automated email reminders, they'll always know what should be done next. Arrows is the place for you to collaborate, strategize, and coordinate together.Every customer is different... so why are you giving them the same onboarding plan? With Arrows, personalizing onboarding for your customers is a cinch. Start with a template, so your team never misses important steps. Then customize your plan for each customer, so you can get mutual buy-in on a plan perfectly structured for their goals and timeline.
  • Urban Machine — Urban Machine pioneers sustainable wood reclamation. The Machine leverages robotics and AI technology to transform the construction industry by reducing wood waste and promoting circular practices.
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Marc Randolph
Angel · Santa Cruz, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Marc Randolph founded Netflix in 1997, serving as the online movie service's founding CEO, as the executive producer of it's web site, and as a member of it's board of directors until 2004. Since leaving Netflix he has been an active investor, executive mentor and consultant for numerous early stage tech companies.Prior tofounding Netflix, Marc was a co-founder of numerous other tech start-ups, including IntegrityQA, Visioneer, Microwarehouse, and MacUser Magazine.He currently sits on the boards of Rafter, ReadyForce, Getable, Looker and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS); as well as on numerous advisory boards.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: United States, Argentina

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$12M; Pre-Seed $250k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keyo — Keyo lets you customize palm vein authentication to your business. Discover the most secure, contactless, privacy-first biometric. Request a demo today.
  • Overlap — Overlap uses AI to help you extract the best moments from video content.
  • Stylette Kids — An online destination to rent designer clothing for your kids upcoming special event or photo shoot. Shipped anywhere, Stylette offers accessible fashion and luxury design for Girls and Boys and from Babies to Little Kids. Experience high end style with low end prices.
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Keith Rabois
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 221
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$7M; Series A $4M–$28M; Series B $9.5M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hey — Heyday’s mission is to help people remember the story of their life: the places they go, things they do, and people they’re with – privately, beautifully and effortlessly. Heyday is built around the life, for people to remember life the way they lived it. Heyday is headquartered in San Francisco.Heyday is an automatic journal. It willautomatically keep track of the places people go and the things they see, so they can remember moments big & small. Photos they take are automatically arranged into beautiful collages, which are easily customizable with exclusive layouts and filters. Using Heyday, people can instantly rediscover meaningful moments and memories from years ago. Search the story of their life by time, place, and people.
  • ThirdLove — Bras designed for your body so you always look & feel your best. Available in A-H and half-cup sizes.
  • Nightingale — Discover top strategies, tips, and updates for Diablo 4 and World of Warcraft. Stay ahead with in-depth articles designed for every type of player.
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Matty Soudagar
Angel · Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Matty Soudagar

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Blockchain, Photography
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cheeze — A Photography focused NFT Media and Entertainment company
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Caterina Fake
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$7M; Series A $800k–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Era — Creating intelligence to fit objects you love.
  • Soxton.AI — Law at the speed of innovation. AI legal services for startups.
  • Switchboard — Switchboard's service design, coaching, and software offerings generate real results for higher ed teams and institutions.
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Roham Gharegozlou
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $890k–$17M; Pre-Seed $470k–$19M; Series A $4M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Code — Code is a Canadian payment platform provider that makes it simple for web developers to collect modest payments from consumers worldwide.
  • Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a permissionless DeFi lending platform where users can lend and borrow crypto across chains, access loans, and manage digital assets in one unified liquidity protocol.
  • Edgen — A multi-chain, modular and open-source protocol providing the tools for developers to create the next generation of social apps.
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Will Herman
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$2.8M; Series A $557k–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
  • Pristeem — The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today.
  • Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.
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Jenny Lefcourt
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle. Jenny earned her B.S. in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1998 she left Stanford to found Wedding Channel.com (sold: XOXO). In 2003 she co-founded Bella Pictures (sold: CPI). In 2014 Jenny joined Freestyle,and was promoted to GP in 2015. Some of Jenny’s notable investments include BetterUp, Crexi, Daily.co, Embark, Ridwell, Narvar and WELL Health. She is also a founding member and board member of All Raise. Jenny is an angel investor in Discord, MainStreetHub and Minted.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Series A $6M–$16M; Series B $7.1M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Idiomatic — Idiomatic believes that if you can listen to your customers at scale, you will make better business decisions. Its voice-of-customer platform helps companies do just that, by using AI to identify and track all issues and trends that customers bring up in customer support inquiries, NPS survey responses, and app reviews. Idiomatic quantifies thosegranular issues so that their clients have clear, data-driven criteria for prioritizing resources in order to improve their products or services. Beloved companies like Pinterest, Slack, Instacart, and Disney rely on Idiomatic.
  • Inspectiv — Identify complex security vulnerabilities and sensitive data exposures to reduce risk of security incidents and provide assurance to your customers.
  • Change — CHANGE is a platform that powers the giving economy. Brands add a button to checkout, and we do the rest. With CHANGE, brands eliminate the time and resources spent on connecting, vetting, and integrating with nonprofits. The platform streamlines corporate giving, provides real-time analytics, and actively engages the most coveted demographic withshareable content.
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $3.1M–$49M; Series B $7M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stan — We work 1-on-1 with the Top Creators to monetize their business
  • The 33rd Team — The 33rd Team is a sports entertainment platform that offers spectator sports content.
  • Pro Padel League — The Premier Professional Padel League in North America. Elevating padel, exploring teams, and bringing you closer to the action with stories, highlights, and behind-the-scenes moments.
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Mason Ng
Angel · San Mateo, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Mason Ng - Technology and Product Leader @ Verizon Media

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Venture Capital, Mobile, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carta — Carta (formerly eShares) is an ownership and equity management platform trusted by thousands of founders, investors, and employees.
  • Krome Photos — Krome Photos addresses the needs of the large but fragmented $340B image creation market for eCommerce and advertising. Krome is currently targeting images in the price range and geography where images can explode sell-through and price. With over 1.2B new eCommerce products globally each year needing 6.6B images and 1.8B of those in the targetedregions (Americas and Europe to start), Krome has an addressable business image creation market of $36B.Small and medium businesses have a constant need for quality product and advertising images to sell online. Global eCommerce is huge and growing. Product images are needed for every item selling with an average of 5-7 images recommended. Image costs range from a few dollars for listing images to thousands for custom photoshoots.s.
  • Eridan — Eridan is building the world’s first digital sampling radio for 4G, 5G, and beyond. Eridan's unique transceiver architecture produces all sub-6GHz cellular signals at full transmit power, eliminating the need for linear power amplifiers. This fully digital wireless signal generation approach consumes 5-10x less power to transmit the sameamount of data.
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Alex Welch
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Alex Welch - CEO and Co-Founder @ Lasso Media

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Social Media, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $535k–$3.5M; Series A $3.5M–$5M; Convertible Note $400k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Influential — A Global Leader in Influencer Marketing
  • ManCan.Beer — We are a manufacture of a brewery grade personal mini-keg system that fits in your fridge or goes anywhere you may want delicious beer served fresh, served right. In 2015 we launched the ManCan 128 on Kickstarter. Staff Pick, goal of $70,000 and raised $320,000 in 30 days. Our Mancan has been described as the YETI of growlers and is this thatfuels the recurring membership revenue model we call "The Tribe". We have three forms of revenue 1) B2B2C Membership: Recurring Netflix like $5/month fee Tribe Program $5.3mm growing recurring Netlflix like stream + equipment sales2) Wholesale Distribution: Whole Food, HEB Grocery, Lowes Foods, Sysco Foods, Sierra Nevada, Ska Brewery Etc3) Online Retail
  • Self Financial — Self Financial is a venture-backed fintech startup that helps customers build credit and save money.It provides tools necessary for building on-time payment history and responsible use of credit, in collaboration with issuing banks.s services are for those who are new to credit or who might not have access to traditional financial products. Itoffers Self Credit Builder Account to help consumers build both credit and savings without relying on credit history and Self Visa Credit Card, a card that helps existing customers build their security deposit in instalments. Self Financial is formerly known as Self Lender.The startup was founded by Conor Swanson and James Garvey in 2015 and is based in Austin, Texas.
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Ron Conway
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Ron Conway is based out of San Francisco, California, and was the Founder and Managing Partner of SV Angel. Ron Conway attended San Jose State University. Ron previously worked at Salesforce Foundation as a Board Member. Ron Conway has received the Best Angel at the TechCrunch Crunchies Awards.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Social Media, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 176
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$6.1M; Angel $500k–$1.7M; Series A $1.2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kumo.AI — Kumo is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses make predictions from their data, like customer churn or product purchases.
  • World Labs — World Labs is an AI startup that can analyze visual data with comprehension akin to a person's, a substantial advancement above existing capacities.
  • Tomorrow Farms — Tomorrow Farms is a food technology company on a mission to fuel the sustainable food revolution with irresistible food and beverage brands.
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Sofia Vergara
Angel · Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Sofía Margarita Vergara is a Co-Founder at Latin World Entertainment.Vergara rose to prominence while co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language television network Univisión in the late 1990s. Her first notable acting job in English was in the film Chasing Papi (2003). Subsequently, she appeared in other films, including Four Brothers(2005) and two Tyler Perry films: Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter. Vergara's success on television has earned her roles in films The Smurfs (2011), New Year's Eve (2011), Happy Feet Two (2011), The Three Stooges (2012), Escape from Planet Earth (2013), Machete Kills (2013), Chef (2014), and Hot Pursuit (2015). In 2012, 2013, and 2016, she was the top-earning actress on US television.Vergara stars on the ABC series Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2014, she was ranked as the 32nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Internet, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $4M–$5M; Series A $10M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dispo — Dispo is a photo-sharing app designed to simulate the experience of using a disposable camera from the comfort of mobile phones. The app replicates the experience of taking photos on a disposable camera without a front-facing screen and develop those photos over a period of one day, thereby enabling users to create raw and authentic photos.
  • Influur — Access the global creator community instantly and collaborate at scale with our end-to-end solutions.
  • Suja Life — Suja Juice offers a variety of cold-pressed organic juices packed with fruits and vegetables. Check out our flavorful juices and functional beverages here!
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Kei Shibata
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Kei Shibata is CEO at Venture Republic.April 1988 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation January 2001 Founded Venture Republic, Member of the Board, CEO (Present Position)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Leisure, Tourism
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$2.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BeMyGuest — BeMyGuest is a Singapore-based startup that organizes local tours and activities. Its website features a comparison tool for the tours and activities that are listed on the site.The company was founded by Clement Wong in March 2012.
  • Magpie Travel — Magpie, the Content channel manager for the Tour and Activity industry for the Tours and Activities. Manage your content in one place
  • Angle — The easiest way to book a professional photographer! Angle connects customers with professional photographers in 500+ cities worldwide. Hire professional local photographers anywhere, anytime, for every photography need. #FindYourPhotographer #HireAPhotographer
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Adam D’Angelo
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Adam D’Angelo is a Founder and CEO of Quora.He previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Facebook, where he oversaw new product development and managed the engineering team. In addition, he guided the site’s architecture and infrastructure to ensure scalability as the site expanded.Prior to serving as CTO, Adam led the FacebookPlatform team and, as an engineer, built the initial infrastructure for news feed, ad targeting and delivery, and worked on scalability and optimization. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$18M; Series A $6.6M–$100M; Series B $20M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Espa — Espa provides an AI assistant platform that helps individuals and organizations manage email, scheduling, and personal or work tasks. The service connects to users’ inboxes and calendars to flag priority messages, draft context-aware responses, and coordinate meeting times. Users can interact with Espa via messaging channels such as text, WhatsApp,and other chat tools to book appointments, set reminders, and follow up on tasks. The platform offers plans for personal use, professional assistants, and larger enterprises, with options for multiple inboxes, synced calendars, and integrations with tools like email, calendar, storage, and collaboration systems. Espa emphasizes privacy controls, encryption, and user management features for larger teams.
  • roomix — AI os for real estate
  • Simile — Simile is an artificial intelligence company that provides a platform for automating and improving communication and collaboration through AI-driven tools. It offers solutions for creating and managing conversations, generating content, and analyzing interactions to support business workflows. The company integrates AI models to assist teams indrafting messages, responding to queries, and enhancing productivity across digital communication channels. Its platform combines natural language processing, automation, and data analysis to streamline communication tasks and improve organizational efficiency.
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Baron Davis
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Sweden, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $5.7M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KiddieKredit — Kiddie Kredit is a mobile app designed to educate children on the credit system by completing chores.
  • COMMUNITYx — COMMUNITYx connects likeminded changemakers with another, as well as around calls-to-action. You can create events and petitions all from within the App! Whether you care about Environmental Justice, Black Lives Matter, Universal Healthcare, Poverty, and more, COMMUNITYx is the place for you!
  • The Gathering Spot — The Gathering Spot is an invitation only, private membership club redefining the traditional club model & experience.
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Ayaz ul Haque
Angel · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Ayaz ul Haque is a Managing Director at Exalt Capital Partners. A boutique advisory and principal investment firm, Exalt Capital Partners is a subsidiary of Exalt Capital Management, a privately owned investment manager. Exalt Capital Partners specializes in growth investments across the globe, with a particular emphasis on the emerging markets, inventure capital backed revenue-stage companies that have achieved market validation and are well-positioned to be leaders in their markets. Ayaz specializes in investing in companies at various stages of development, particularly targeting investments in Internet and digital media, communications and wireless, enterprise IT, financial services, consumer/retail and education. Ayaz possesses broad investing, operating, and transaction experience in private and public companies. His current investments/board affiliations include: Acceptly, Assured Labor, buzzArab, CaliberVantage, Coho Solar, EdEqual, Envision Telecom Group, Hungrybuzz, inmobly, Ovagen, Secret Builders, Simularity, Teamly and Vufind. Prior to joining Exalt Capital Partners, Ayaz was a Managing Director with ePlanet Ventures and a Director with Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, focusing principally on expansion and later-stage investments in the United States, MENA as well as in India. He is a Board member of Saafwater, a social entrepreneurship endeavor aimed at delivering affordable clean water in South Asia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Twenty20 — T wenty20 has closed its doors and is no longer accessible. Continue your creative journey with curated photos from Envato Elements.
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John Kruger
Angel · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

John Kruger

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Mobile, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OPKIX — We make a convenient lightweight durable camera that can withstand the elements and always be at the ready to capture your moments of pride and recognition.
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Bill Perkins
Angel · Houston, Texas, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Bill Perkins is the Founder, Managing Partner and CIO of Skylar Capital Management. He previously worked at Brisa Max Holdings VI as a President. Bill Perkins attended the University of Iowa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Apps, Audio
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $6M–$7.2M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Albedo — Aerial quality imagery - from space.
  • Veotag — Home Improvement The Ultimate Guide to Assessing Your Old Roof: 4 Signs It Needs Repair October 24, 2024 Pet The Vital Checklist for Dog Parents Traveling Their Pup by Plane Alone October 24, 2024 Home Improvement Top 4 Common Sources of Heating Problems in Your Small Bungalow October 24, 2024 The Ultimate Guide to Assessing
  • SkyFi® — SkyFi makes on-demand, high-resolution satellite images and videos available to anyone who has access to a smartphone, tablet or computer.
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Jawed Karim
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Jawed Karim is a Co-Founder of the popular video-sharing website YouTube. Prior to YouTube, he was a software architect at PayPal. Jawed holds degrees in computer science from UIUC and from Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Finland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$7M; Angel $100k–$250k; Series A $4M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BlindPay — BlindPay is a stablecoin API that enables companies to send and receive money worldwide using fiat money, stablecoins and multiple blockchains. We handle all the complex compliance and regulatory requirements, so companies can focus on their core business.
  • Beglaubigt.de — https://t.co/BCWk4L679n ist die erste Plattform zur Digitalisierung des Notariats in Europa.
  • Conduit — Conduit, an AI-powered operating system that is transforming the management of residential properties, tackles these issues by automating visitor interactions, optimizing workflows, gaining strategic insights from market data analysis, and effectively scaling operations for property managers. Conduit is a platform for AI agents that facilitatesdialogue in the built environment.
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Jed Carlson
Angel · Durham, North Carolina, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Jed is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology and marketing. He is the CEO of Adwerx, a company committed to providing digital marketing tools that are affordable, effective and accessible to everyone. Previous ventures include SmartPrint, a division of AmeriDisc Inc, and ReverbNation, the music-marketing platform with 3.5 million users.Jed is obsessed with taking on the digital challenges that face small businesses, and building scalable, simple and affordable products to solve them. He is also a trusted advisor and investor in the startup community. He has an MBA from Duke University and lives in Durham with his wife and three children.Before earning his MBA from Duke University, Jed was a successful entrepreneur in Minneapolis with a focus on technology and marketing. His past ventures include The Carlson Print Group, a commercial printing and packaging company, and SmartPrint, a division of AmericDisc Inc. Jed continues to be obsessed with taking on the digital challenges that face small businesses, and building scalable, simple and affordable products to solve them. He is also an active angel investor, mentor and advisor to over ten tech startups.Jed Carlson is also a frequent speaker and panelist at conferences on technology and digital marketing. Jed’s commitment to leveling the playing field for small businesses is equal only to his devotion to guiding other entrepreneurs to success.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: iOS, Apps, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WedPics — After nearly 8 years of being the leading wedding photo and video sharing app, WedPics will be shutting down on February 15, 2019. We greatly appreciate you choosing WedPics to be a part of your special day, and want to thank you for being a part of our journey. You can download all your full resol
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Alexis Ohanian
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Alexis Ohanian is the President and Founder of 776 Foundation. He previously worked at reddit as an Executive Chair and Board Member. Alexis Ohanian attended the University of Virginia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 212
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M; Series A $6M–$35M; Series B $12M–$152M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arkero — Arkero is the AI transformation partner for sports businesses, connecting ticketing, CRM, and data to automate gameday planning, retention, and fan insights.
  • Left Field — Left Field is a dating app that matches users based on shared connections, locations, and personal overlaps.
  • Screen Skinz — Shop Screen Skinz for the #1 trusted custom screen protectors for iPhone and Samsung. Design your own or choose from officially licensed screens from NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Colleges, and Sanrio. Disappearing designs within the glass combine premium protection with personalization.
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Garry Tan
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups, 44 in the past 12 months

Garry Tan is based out of Mountain View, California and is the President & CEO of Y Combinator. Garry Tan attended Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 319
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $6M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hypercubic — Hypercubic is agentic AI for mainframe modernization, helping enterprises and governments preserve institutional knowledge and modernize COBOL.
  • Modus — Modus Audit is a technology-driven platform revolutionizing the industry by developing AI-powered tools and acquiring CPA firms to deliver audits in a fraction of the traditional time. By integrating intelligent workflows with specialized IT and security services, the company empowers accounting firms to achieve unprecedented efficiency andsecurity.
  • Odyssey — Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to understand and simulate the world.
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Darren Patterson
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Mr Patterson has more than 20 years’ experience working with both start-up and blue-chip technology companies spanning Australia, Europe, US and Asia. As a leading senior executive, his experience includes telecoms, IT, digital media and venture capital. Mr Patterson is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Alchemy Ventures, an ESVCLP venturecapital fund established to invest in teams and ideas which changes lives and industries, whilst having a positive impact on human and environmental wellness.Mr Patterson's international experience has seen him hold senior business development roles with Yahoo, ECI Telecom, Energis Communications / Cable and Wireless PLC and Cisco Systems. He has been an investor in technology ventures Abyss Solutions, Persollo, Republic Capital Management, Firstwave Cloud Technology, Lumific and Datasift where he secured investment from US venture funds.Most recently he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Australia’s only regulated property investment platform, BrickX, and was CEO and executive director of Property Connect Holdings (ASX:PCH).Mr Patterson holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Directors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Travel, Banking
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $15k–$200k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Clearmatch — Alternative funding, fixed income marketplace
  • Persollo — Analyse any Instagram, TikTok, YouTube account, sell on social media in just 1 click and discover influencers with the audiences you need. AI powered. Designed for mobile. The results are magical.
  • LocalAgentFinder — Compare real estate agents' fees, commissions, services and local experience across Australia. Find the best real estate agent for you, with our 100% free, no obligation service.
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Shervin Pishevar
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $2.7M–$15M; Series B $8.3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
  • Teleport — Meet your most compatible connections. Attend members only curated experiences. Receive proposed matches from your AI Matchmaker.
  • 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. NUE Life has created a therapeutic ecosystem of ketamine therapy, an interactive companion app, and virtual aftercare programs to help people heal.
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James Vincent
Angel · Venice, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

James Vincent currently works as the founder & CEO at FNDR. He previously worked at Media Arts Lab as founder. James Vincent attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1985.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Blockchain, Photography
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cheeze — A Photography focused NFT Media and Entertainment company
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Safa Rashtchy
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$13M; Series A $500k–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
  • 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.
  • Qventus — Qventus optimizes operational decisions in hospitals in real time. They use machine learning and optimization algorithms to help hospitals reduce costs, improve quality and experience of the healthcare they deliver.Qventus is a YCombinator and StartX company working with some of the top health institutions in the country to change how healthcareis run.
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Cyan Banister
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber,Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$5.6M; Angel $500k–$1.3M; Series A $1.5M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FLORA — FLORA is an applied AI HCI company building creative tools.
  • Vigil Labs — Machine intelligence for live markets.
  • Barndoor AI — Barndoor AI offers a centralized governance layer to manage granular access, policy enforcement, and visibility across agentic AI workforce.
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James Hong
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

James Hong

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$3.7M; Angel $975k–$3M; Series A $1M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Athelas — Our breakthrough technologies provide clarity on a patient's most important health metrics, all while increasing revenue for your practice.
  • Deep Infra — Deep Infra offers cost-effective, scalable, easy-to-deploy, and production-ready machine-learning models and infrastructures for deep-learning models.
  • Alchemy — Whether you're a beginner, working on a side project, or one of the largest teams in the blockchain space, Alchemy makes Ethereum development easy with enhanced APIs, node infrastructure, and developer tooling. Get started for free!
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Thomas Lehrman
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Thomas D. Lehrman is the Board Director at Gerson Lehrman Group.He is a Co - Founder and former Co - Chief Executive Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Thomas Lehrman most recently served as Director of the Office of WMD Terrorism at the U.S. Department of State and previously as a member of the professional staff on the President's WMDCommission. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Financial Analyst at Tiger Management. He is also a Co - Founder & Board Member of the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School and the Hillhouse Scholars Program. Thomas Lehrman is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduated from Duke University and Yale Law School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$6M; Series A $550k–$13M; Series B $10M–$157M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G2 — Compare the best business software and services based on user ratings and social data. Reviews for CRM, ERP, HR, CAD, PDM and Marketing software.
  • Smarterer — Individuals and Fortune 500 companies use Smarterer to help close the gap between the skills they have and the skills they need. Their dynamic assessment engine leverages the freshest crowdsourced tests around, to rapidly pinpoint skill level with a credible score. In November 2014, Pluralsight, the global leader in online learning for serioussoftware developers, IT specialists and creative technologists, acquired Smarterer. As the world's largest curated e-learning library for professionals, the company offers instant access to more than 3,500 courses authored by top experts. Smarterer will continue to power crowdsourced assessments for freelancer marketplaces, e-learning providers and enterprise companies anywhere people need to prove their skills to connect with professional opportunities. The Smarterer community has answered over 56 million during 1.7 million test sessions, across hundreds of tests.
  • Journeyfront — Journeyfront helps you get hiring right. Hiring accuracy solves costly problems including low job performance and turnover before you even hire.
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Giordano Contestabile
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

CEO - Bloglovin' (www.bloglovin.com). Mobile veteran, angel investor with focus on consumer mobile and e-commerce companies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Granify — Granify is an e-commerce conversion and revenue optimization technology powered by machine learning that regularly brings top retailers 3%-5% uplift.
  • Sellbrite — Sellbrite Multi-Channel Listing Software
  • Tablelist — Provides instant access to VIP bottle service, private tables and exclusive events in a growing number of cities across the country.
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Greg Slyngstad
Angel · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Greg is an internet entrepreneur who spent 15 years at Microsoft and was GM/ founder of Expedia.com before leaving to co-found VacationSpot.com. VacationSpot.com was sold to Expedia and Greg rejoined Expedia as Exec VP. Since leaving Expedia in 2002, Greg has invested in and advised multiple startups including Roost.com and Kayak.com where heserves on the boards.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Travel, Leisure
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $325k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NeoReach — Seamlessly search, manage, and track user-generated content campaigns.
  • Industrial Generosity — Industrial Generosity provides its clients with a photo framing service. Its primary product, Sworl, is a free iPhone application that enables its users to print, frame, and deliver custom photo gifts from their iPhones. The company was founded in 2013 by Steve Dodd and Tom Riley. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
  • TurnKey Vacation Rentals — Vacasa professionally manages vacation rentals from coast to coast. Every home meets the highest standards of comfort & cleanliness. Book confidently. Stay comfortably.
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Guy Kawasaki
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Guy Takeo Kawasaki is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Chief Evangelist of Canva. Guy previously worked at Apple as a Chief Evangelist. Guy Takeo Kawasaki attended the UCLA.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Apps, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$525k; Series A $1.5M–$5.6M; Series B $3M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Buffer — Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you can create and share your content everywhere, consistently. Try our forever free plan or upgrade for more.
  • Got It AI — Put the most advanced, award-winning, Autonomous Conversational AI to work for you.Fast, Cost Efficient: Automatic generation and easy visualization of dialog paths unique to your customer journeys with no manual workInvest Confidently: Upfront containment estimates with verification of virtual agent dialog paths to trust the automationapproachFuture proof Flexibility: Virtual agents can be deployed in Got It AI's open source based NLU/Dialog Manager or popular 3rd party NLU/Dialog ManagersScalable, Secure and Flexible Deployments per your Compliance StandardsRecognized as a leader in Conversational AI for providing automation in days and not months, Got It AI enables next generation of Virtual Agents that automate unique CX journeys for each enterprise.
  • Cheeze — A Photography focused NFT Media and Entertainment company
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David Heller
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

David B. Heller is the Co-founder and Co-chair of the Raga Investment Committee.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Fitness, Hardware
  • Stage:Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OTHR — Creating the largest library of branded 3D Printing I.P. for the $320B homewares industry.
  • Joy — Joy is the creator of the first Smart Photo Album that allows you to curate and share your favorite photos with friends and family. Designed to live on your coffee table and sit comfortably in your lap, the Joy Album makes your most cherished moments instantly viewable in gorgeous layouts, finally modernizing the lost art of creating a physicalphoto album.The Joy team hails from Apple and Sonos and is building a premium all-in-one hardware and software photo solution for families to share memories with loved ones near and far.The company was founded in February 2016 and is backed by top investors including Obvious Ventures, David B. Heller, Maywic and The Chernin Group.Joy is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit http://www.joy.co.
  • ALOHA — Healthy plant-based foods, snacks & meal replacements. Best organic plant based protein bars, shakes and powders. Nothing artificial. Welcome to ALOHA!
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Derek Andersen
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Derek Andersen is based out of Palo Alto, California and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bevy. Derek previously worked at Vaporware Labs as a Co-Founder and Head of Product.Derek Andersen attended Brigham Young University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, SaaS, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pesto Tech — Hire remote software engineer in India, Pesto curates & train developers to qualify for silicon valley standards which help you get the right candidate.
  • Zight — Record your full screen, a region, or your camera on Mac, Windows, Chrome and iOS, then share it as a link. Free plan covers recordings up to five minutes.
  • Cheeze — A Photography focused NFT Media and Entertainment company
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Adrian Hanauer
Angel · 2 investments in United States Photography startups

Adrian is the majority owner of The Seattle Sounders professional soccer club of the United Soccer League, and a part of the ownership group recently granted a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Seattle (beginning play the 2009 season). He is among the largest shareholders in the Cambridge United Football Club and has promotednumerous international soccer matches. Outside of soccer, Adrian has more than 15 years of business success in a variety of industries, and has invested in numerous early stage technology companies in advertising, infrastructure, and wireless communications. He recently co-founded technology incubator Curious Office Partners, which has invested in or developed multiple technology companies. He owns one of the largest picture framing chains in the United States, a chain of pizza restaurants and, with his family, owns the nation's largest manufacturer of pillows and bedding products. Adrian was an early investor in Amazon.com and a seed stage investor in aQuantive Inc, the largest interactive advertising company recently acquired by Microsoft for US$6 billion. He was also an early investor in Amazon.com. Adrian is involved in many organizations in Seattle and sits on the advisory board of The University of Washington Intercollegiate Sports Master's Degree Program. He also is on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of History and Industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $325k–$425k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inkd.com — Inkd (formerly Pressplane) has two main products: Inkd, a true "buy & sell" community (rather like CafePress, Zazzle, Etsy and even stock image companies) wherein designers upload print creative and businesses can download and use the content as a cost effective alternative to hiring a designer, and Zapd, an app that allows users tocreate instant, themed websites straight from their iPhones.
  • Arkero — Arkero is the AI transformation partner for sports businesses, connecting ticketing, CRM, and data to automate gameday planning, retention, and fan insights.
  • Industrial Generosity — Industrial Generosity provides its clients with a photo framing service. Its primary product, Sworl, is a free iPhone application that enables its users to print, frame, and deliver custom photo gifts from their iPhones. The company was founded in 2013 by Steve Dodd and Tom Riley. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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John Osher
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Photography startups

John Osher is the Chairman of the Board and Founder of Capture Media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Video, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BountyJobs — One platform for ALL your third-party recruiting needs. Supporting contingent and direct-hires, for one job or many, in the US and abroad.
  • Capture Media — Capture has created a platform for news and media publishers to search, request and publish users social media photos/videos on their websites, tv stations and other properties.
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Michael Liou
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Photography startups

I lead Strategy & Growth at Chooch AI, an end-to-end visual artificial intelligence platform. Chooch AI provides fast and accurate computer vision training, image, object and process recognition for retail, media, advertising, healthcare, aviation and security industries. Chooch AI offers an easy-to-deploy API and dashboard for AIoT and CloudAI. Try it free via Chooch.AI/demo and follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/chooch-ai/Prior to joining Chooch AI, I have been an active early stage investor in NY, LA, and the Bay Area focused on FinTech, consumer, SaaS, and healthcare having made over 100 investments

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Big Data, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
  • Twenty20 — T wenty20 has closed its doors and is no longer accessible. Continue your creative journey with curated photos from Envato Elements.
  • Viable — Understand what your customers are telling you in their qualitative feedback with advanced AI and NLP technology for feedback analysis.
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John Keister
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Photography startups

John Keister is the CEO at MixMode. John Keister attended Occidental College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Advertising, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • WeDo — With the collaborative platform WEDO, prepare your meetings in teams, write the minutes in real-time, and follow the tasks assigned to your colleagues.
  • Prism — Used by 30M+ consumers, Financial Institutions, Fintechs and Billers, BillGO provides bill pay solutions changing the way people make and receive bill payments.
  • SquareTwo — SquareTwo is a mobile games publisher that creates simple yet compelling games where points have real value, leveraging their own Media and Rewards platform. Their initial title verydice has a simple game loop that compels users to share, engage and redeem points for actual goods.Founded in 2016, the team experimented with retention andmonetization around simple game play dynamics. By mid 2017, they had launched their first title on iOS, verydice, and were able to generate monthly profit. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Photography Angel investor funding in United States at a glance

Stats across 179 deals from 339 investors.

339
investors
in United States Photography startups
179
deals
in United States Photography startups
$1.4M
median round
in United States Photography startups
3%
lead investors
lead at least one round
49%
Seed
most common funding stage

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