# Aaron Houghton

> Aaron Houghton is a Series A investor backing Email Marketing and CRM. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Raleigh, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronhoughton

Aaron Houghton is a Series A investor in Raleigh focused on Email Marketing and CRM. Aaron Houghton is the Founder and CEO of First System and was a Co-Founder, CTO, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors at iContact. Aaron attended London Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email Marketing | 2 | 100% |
| CRM | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Email | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Levitate | Levitate helps relationship-based businesses keep in touch with clients, prospects, and referral sources. It aims to help make the world a more entrepreneurial and creative place by building software that helps small businesses and small entrepreneurial teams within large companies grow. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 06, 2022 | https://levitate.ai |
| SimpleRelevance | SimpleRelevance's machine learning technology was acquired in December 2015 by Rise Interactive. To see more information about Rise, visit their page here: www.riseinteractive.comRead more about the machine learning technology below.SimpleRelevance is the only machine learning platform that leverages your existing tools and workflow topersonalize your digital marketing messages. SimpleRelevance is the only multi-channel optimization platform that uses internal and external data to automate and execute smarter marketing messages. SimpleRelevance combines customers’ behavioral, demographic, and psychographic data, with patent-pending technology to create digital marketing messages that are individually personalized down to the time of day the message is sent, subject line, and product recommendations shown. The result? Higher conversions, sales, and ROI. | $750K | Series A | May 23, 2013 | http://www.SimpleRelevance.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bull City Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bull-city-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Duke Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/duke-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garland Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garland-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HPA (Hyde Park Angels)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [I2A Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/i2a-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Aaron Houghton invest in?

Aaron Houghton invests primarily in Email Marketing, CRM and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Aaron Houghton?

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### When did Aaron Houghton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Houghton closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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