# Al Sambar

> Al Sambar is a seed investor at Recurate (New York) backing B2B and Mobile. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Recurate
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alsambar
- Website: http://www.kurtsalmon.com/

Al Sambar is a seed investor at Recurate in New York focused on B2B and Mobile. Al Sambar leads Kurt Salmon’s North American Retail and Consumer Group. For more than 20 years, he has been providing retailers and consumer companies with strategic planning, organizational design, consumer insights and operating performance improvement services, with deep specialization in omnichannel retailing and global brand management.Alwrites frequently about innovation in retailing and apparel brand management and is regularly cited in leading publications including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| Mobile | 1 | 13% |
| Fashion | 1 | 13% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HILOS | HILOS is a radically new way to make footwear, blending 3D printing and algorithmic design for a new level of creativity and comfort while delivering a zero-waste future. Its end-to-end innovation platform enables brands to design and launch footwear digitally crafted by HILOS without inventory or end-of-life waste. The company was founded in2019 and is based in Portland, Oregon, United States. | $5M | Seed | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| HILOS | HILOS is a radically new way to make footwear, blending 3D printing and algorithmic design for a new level of creativity and comfort while delivering a zero-waste future. Its end-to-end innovation platform enables brands to design and launch footwear digitally crafted by HILOS without inventory or end-of-life waste. The company was founded in2019 and is based in Portland, Oregon, United States. | $5M | Seed | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| Sequencing.com | Sequencing is the world’s first and only open operating system for DNA sequencing, storage, analysis, personalization, and application development. We are ushering in a new era of personal genome innovation for consumers, bioinformatics developers/startups, pharmaceutical companies, and health and wellness providers. Sequencing has been usedby partners throughout the world to develop and market more than 100 DNA analysis apps. These apps analyze data from our own or any third party genetic test (including 23andMe, Ancestry.com, Illumina, Invitae, and Color) and provide straightforward reports covering the full range of information that can be obtained from DNA including personalized medicine, preventive health, preconception screening, rare disease screening, wellness optimization, genealogy, and genetic data exploration. Our DNA-as-a-service enables healthcare providers and wellness organizations to effortlessly customize their own genetic testing, analysis, and storage pipelines for almost any purpose, including the assessment of risk for thousands of diseases, the likelihood of experiencing medication reactions, and the personalization of wellness products and services. | $5M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| TAGS | The future of commerce is everywhere. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| TAGS | The future of commerce is everywhere. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Pod Foods Co | Pod Foods is a logistics and technology enabled B2B marketplace, connecting brands directly with retailers and built for the new era of grocery. We work with growing brands of all sizes as well as grocery retailers, including both traditional retailers and online delivery solutions. | $10M | Series A | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Proper Good | Proper Good offers 90-second tasty meals with clean ingredients delivered directly to the customer's door. Its recipes include squash and sausage spaghetti, chicken cordon bleu, squash and brie bites, queso platter, keto cauliflower tortillas, potato leek soup, minestrone breakfast bake, savory pumpkin tarts, and more.The company is based inBozeman, Montana. | $750K | Seed | Jan 29, 2021 |  |
| MD Integrations | MD Integrations is a telemedicine company that provides virtual healthcare services. | $135K | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

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## About Recurate

VC Fund · Washington, United States

Recurate is a full-service recommerce partner that enables a used product P2P market directly on your e-commerce store. The platform makes it easy for customers to sell products they previously bought from an online store.

5 contacts available at Recurate.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Siegel | Founder and CEO | — |
| Al Sambar | Strategic Advisor & Investor | — |
| Karin Dillie | Vice President of Partnerships; Vice President of Partnerships | — |
| Matt Littlefair | Customer Experience Manager; Customer Experience Manager | — |
| Wilson Griffin | Co-Founder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Al Sambar invest in?

Al Sambar invests primarily in B2B, Mobile and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Al Sambar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Al Sambar closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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