# Allen Gannett

> Allen Gannett is a seed investor in New York backing Software and CRM. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/allengannett
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/allen
- Website: http://allen.xyz
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/allen

Allen Gannett is an active pre-seed and seed angel investor. He is the author of The Creative Curve (Penguin 2018). Previously, he was founder/CEO of TrackMaven (merged with Skyword) and a former co-founder/GP of Acceleprise Ventures.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $600k–$2.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 50% |
| CRM | 2 | 20% |
| SaaS | 2 | 20% |
| Marketing | 2 | 20% |
| B2B | 1 | 10% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 70% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 30% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 80% |
| Colombia | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Singulate | The early Hopin team (#1, #4, #30 are cofounders) are back together to solve the biggest problem they saw in events and marketing at Hopin. They’re building a next gen AI marketing platform called Singulate. Singulate provides the easiest way to do audience segmentation and better relevance-personalization for marketing to individuals at scale —results of up to 10X higher CTRs and 5X response rates. They’re helping marketers (in demand gen, growth, community/events) nurture and convert more pipeline from their events and existing customers - it’s not an AI cold outreach sales tool (although it can do reactivations) but rather a lifecycle growth marketing tool. The best personalization is invisible - this is the future of large-scale communication. Get a demo to see the product. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 08, 2024 | https://x.com/singulate_ai |
| Shopgenie | All-In-One Marketing Platform for Auto Repair Shops |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 15, 2023 | https://shopgenie.io |
| Shopgenie | All-In-One Marketing Platform for Auto Repair Shops | $1M | Seed | Jun 15, 2023 | https://shopgenie.io |
| Givebutter | Givebutter is a product-led company that develops an operating system for nonprofit fundraising. It was founded in 2016 by Ari Krasner, Liran Cohen, and Max Friedman. | $7M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 | https://givebutter.com |
| Showrunner | Showrunner provides technology to power the future of film &TV production. | $4M | Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |
| Cofactr | AI-powered electronics supply-chain-as-a-service Cofactr gives critical manufacturers access to world-class supply chain management services for their electronic components. Hardware innovators, from rapidly growing startups to the largest enterprises, build, scale, and adapt with Cofactr. | $6.2M | Seed | Apr 07, 2022 | https://www.cofactr.com/ |
| Laudable | Laudable collects and produces authentic customer stories remotely using HD phone cameras and turn them into marketing content. The company was started in 2019 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia. | $3M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 | https://www.laudable.com |
| FinZi | A digital banking and learning platform for Teens in Latin America. They combine fintech and edtech into one single platform to teach financial conceptos, provide access to financial services and empower teenagers for a brighter future. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2021 | https://www.finzi.co |
| Parative Customer Intelligence Platform | Parative makes it easy for companies to use their customer data to drive new revenue, eliminate avoidable churn, and capitalize on expansion opps.Parative's Customer Intelligence Platform is an all-in-one system for leveraging customer data to fuel business growth... all without the need of a technical team, a CDP, or a separate dashboard.Parative provides solutions for every step of the data journey:Making Data Usable + Audit data to identify record and property issues + Clean and enrich to address dupes, gaps, and errors + Unify data across of your existing toolsUsing Data to Drive Growth + AI data analysis for defining ICP fit, predicting renewal, and identifying expansion + NRR forecasting for churn, downgrade, renewal, expansion + Real-time alerts, automations, & playbooks to act on insights at scale | $2.6M | Seed | Aug 09, 2019 | https://parlor.io |
| Courier | Courier offers an API that lets developers intelligently route user notifications across their existing channels – like SendGrid, Twilio, Slack, and Facebook Messenger – using factors like "is the user online?" and "which channel has produced the most engagement for this user previously?" | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 26, 2019 | https://www.courier.com |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ardent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BackFuture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backfuture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Allen Gannett invest in?

Allen Gannett invests primarily in Software, CRM and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 Allen Gannett's check size?

Allen Gannett typically joins rounds of $1M–$7M at Seed and $600k–$2.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Allen Gannett participates in.

### How do I contact Allen Gannett?

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### When did Allen Gannett last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Allen Gannett closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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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