# Adrian Hanauer

> Adrian Hanauer is a seed investor at Curious Office Partners backing Internet and E-Commerce. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Curious Office Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curious-office-partners)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2006
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Adrian Hanauer is a seed investor at Curious Office Partners focused on Internet and E-Commerce. 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $325k–$425k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| Sports | 1 | 17% |
| Tourism | 1 | 17% |
| Printing | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arkero | Arkero is an AI-native operations platform tailored for professional sports businesses, such as teams in MLS, NWSL, and the English Football League. It integrates seamlessly with existing tools like ticketing systems, CRM, data warehouses, Slack, and email to automate workflows, provide real-time insights, and drive decisions. | $6M | Pre-Seed | Jan 29, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $325K | Seed | Oct 15, 2014 |  |
| 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. | $425K | Seed | May 19, 2014 |  |
| 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. | $1.7M | Series A | Sep 01, 2008 |  |
| Wishpot | Wishpot was founded in 2006 in Seattle by veterans of Microsoft and is backed by angel investors including Adrian Hanauer of Curious Office Partners, an innovative Seattle investment company and incubator. Hanauer was a seed investor in aQuantive (NASDAQ: AQNT) which Microsoft recently agreed to purchase for $6 billion, an early investor inAmazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and most recently co-founder of ImageKind.Wishpot is a free social shopping service that makes it easy to save and share interesting things you find in stores and online.Items are easily collected online or from stores and organized using simple online lists. Lists and items can be kept private or shared with others. You can collect and discover products you like, recommend your favorite stuff, share and explore gift suggestions or ask for opinions and advice. |  | Angel | Nov 01, 2006 |  |
| Wishpot | Wishpot was founded in 2006 in Seattle by veterans of Microsoft and is backed by angel investors including Adrian Hanauer of Curious Office Partners, an innovative Seattle investment company and incubator. Hanauer was a seed investor in aQuantive (NASDAQ: AQNT) which Microsoft recently agreed to purchase for $6 billion, an early investor inAmazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and most recently co-founder of ImageKind.Wishpot is a free social shopping service that makes it easy to save and share interesting things you find in stores and online.Items are easily collected online or from stores and organized using simple online lists. Lists and items can be kept private or shared with others. You can collect and discover products you like, recommend your favorite stuff, share and explore gift suggestions or ask for opinions and advice. |  | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Second Avenue Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/second-avenue-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Founders' Co-op](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-co-op) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Curious Office Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curious-office-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Game Changers Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/game-changers-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garuda Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garuda-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Curious Office Partners

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Curious Office is both a seed stage investment firm and a software development company.

2 contacts available at Curious Office Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian Hanauer | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-hanauer |
| Kelly Smith | Co - Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-smith |

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## FAQ

### What does Adrian Hanauer invest in?

Adrian Hanauer invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 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 Adrian Hanauer's check size?

Adrian Hanauer typically joins rounds of $325k–$425k 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 Adrian Hanauer participates in.

### When did Adrian Hanauer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adrian Hanauer closed in Nov 2006. Shizune tracks 6 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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