# Abe Burns

> Abe Burns is a seed investor in Los Angeles backing E-Commerce, Apps and Artificial Intelligence. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/abeburns
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/abeburns
- Website: http://www.sound-ventures.com

Abe Burns is a seed investor in Los Angeles focused on E-Commerce and Apps. Abe Burns was a former Partner at A-Grade Investments.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$5.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 22% |
| Apps | 3 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 17% |
| Internet | 2 | 11% |
| Logistics | 2 | 11% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 72% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 61% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kled AI | Nitrility is a platform facilitating the peer-to-peer transfer of intellectual property (IP) rights and licenses, which include materials protected under copyright, trademark, and patent. On Nitrility, all transactions are handled through smart contracts, and licenses are sold as verifiable tokens with an immutable transaction history, providing alayer of authentication and transparency previously unseen in the industry. Exchange and authentication of rights and licenses, which used to take weeks, now take seconds. | $7M | Seed | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| Smashing | Smashing, an invite-only app by Daily Reader Labs, tackles content overload and social media burnout | $3.4M | Seed | Jun 25, 2024 |  |
| Ask Alex | Ask Alex is an AI-powered data and marketing software providing customer insights and automated reporting of essential business metrics. | $2M | Seed | Feb 18, 2024 |  |
| Kangaroo | Kangaroo brings you closer to your favorite celebrities and characters through interactive storytelling. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Kangaroo | Kangaroo brings you closer to your favorite celebrities and characters through interactive storytelling. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Boomerang | Boomerang is a technology-powered service that collects, stores, and returns lost valuables back to their owners. | $2.8M | Seed | Apr 13, 2022 |  |
| WeLoveNoCode | WeLoveNoCode is a program development firm that provides applications to firms faster and affordably with no-code developers. WeLoveNoCode is the creator of an automated platform for swiftly testing hypotheses and creating new applications. The company offers a subscription-based platform through which users can submit any task, such as thedevelopment of landing pages, mobile apps, web apps, automation, and design, and will be assigned a developer to complete those tasks, allowing businesses to get unlimited, high-quality app development services at a low cost. | $3M | Seed | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Incredible Dream Studios | Incredible Dream is building a portfolio of iconic game IP for the next generation. | $2M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Incredible Dream Studios | Incredible Dream is building a portfolio of iconic game IP for the next generation. | $2M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Alter | Alter is a platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse. Developers can pipe avatars into their apps, games, and websites. They offer computer vision, 3d technology, web3, machine learning, avatars, rendering engines, blockchain, and NFTs. | $3M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ambridge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambridge-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aream & Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aream-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Abe Burns invest in?

Abe Burns invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Abe Burns's check size?

Abe Burns typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$5.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Abe Burns participates in.

### When did Abe Burns last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Abe Burns closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 18 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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