# Andrea Zurek

> Andrea Zurek is a seed investor at XG Ventures (San Francisco) backing Big Data and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [XG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xg-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreazurek
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/andreazurek
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/andrea.zurek

Andrea Zurek is a seed investor at XG Ventures in San Francisco focused on Big Data and Software. Andrea Zurek, as an early ex-Googler, is one of the Original Founders and Managing Directors of XG Ventures. She has been named one of the top 25 tech angels by Businessweek.She has also been named one of 25 Influential Business Women in SF/Silicon Valley and profiled in the Top 40 Under 40 in the Silicon Valley Business Journal.Since2008, XG Ventures has invested in over 100+ companies with 36 exits, including such companies as Facebook, Wish, Rappi, Third Love and Carta. Andrea worked at Google for over 7 years as one of the first ad sales executives. She has her BA/MBA from Santa Clara University. She is on the Board of Regents and the Board of Fellows for Santa Clara University School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 2 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Events | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Keen | Keen is the embedded analytics API that makes shipping custom user-facing analytics easy and seamless. It develops tools and infrastructure to help developers deliver in-product analytics to their customers. Its platform can handle all aspects of event data management, from collection to application. Keen enables users to stream, store, query, andpresent data all in one place and get a competitive advantage over the competition. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. | $14.7M | Series B | Jun 29, 2016 |  |
| Poplar Homes | Poplar Homes (formerly Onerent) was founded in 2014 in Santa Clara, CA. Poplar is building the next generation real estate brand. Its vision is to be the consumer’s lifetime real estate partner, starting with residential property management. The company aims to make it as easy to manage real estate as you manage your stocks, and to make renting ahome as easy as buying a book off Amazon. It's one of the largest third-party property managers on the west coast, with over $1.4bn in homes managed across 500+ zip codes. Poplar has served over 10,000 homeowners and 50,000 renters since starting. Poplar's end-to-end logistics and supply chain platform gives consumers a more convenient solution at price parity with the incumbents. Meanwhile, Poplar's tech streamlines each step of the rental process from rental applications, home tours, leasing, maintenance, and payments. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 21, 2016 |  |
| OLSET | OLSET is a San Francisco based big data technology company focused on helping large travel brands (OTAs, TMCs and GDSs) provide a superior experience through personalization. We work with some of the world's largest travel brands and our implementations have resulted in 20%+ conversion improvements.You can read more about OLSET atwww.olset.comOLSET is also the company behind Cinch, an app specifically focused on enabling repeat business travelers complete highly personalized travel bookings with 1 click.You can learn more about Cinch at www.cinchtravel.com | $450K | Seed | Dec 15, 2013 |  |
| Pogoseat | Pogoseat is an enterprise solution that develops cutting-edge technology company intended to enhance fan engagement with AI-driven personalization and a frictionless buying process. It creates new revenue streams and data for our partners by providing a white-labeled system and mobile ticketing tools such as seat upgrade technology, text-to-buy,and subscription pass, enabling sports teams, concert venues, ticket brokers, and promoters to increase engagement, monetize unused inventory, and gather data to improve the fan experience. | $800K | Seed | Sep 01, 2013 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amplify Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AngelPad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelpad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Merced Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ebf-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Heavybit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heavybit-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K5 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k5launch) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Montage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/montage-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About XG Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

XG Ventures was founded by ex-Googlers, who were early hires in strategic roles at Google. This group is now dedicated to advising and investing in supremely talented early stage teams. One of XG's strengths is sharing their early experiences at Google, including how its unique culture shaped a dynamic and fun enterprise. The primary goalis to use their complementary expertise to help successfully guide the start-up teams to the next stage. XG's core assets include operational and strategic expertise, mentorship, global networking contacts, and access to seed capital and beyond.XG Ventures is focused primarily on the consumer internet, including the mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors.

2 contacts available at XG Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrea Zurek | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-zurek |
| Pietro Dova | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pietro-dova |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrea Zurek invest in?

Andrea Zurek invests primarily in Big Data, Software and Events startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Andrea Zurek last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrea Zurek closed in Jun 2016. Shizune tracks 4 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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