# Andreas Penna

> Andreas Penna is a seed investor at Penna & Company (Miami Beach) backing Mobile Apps and FinTech. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Penna & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/penna-company)
- Location: Miami Beach, United States
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaspenna/
- Website: https://penna.company

Andreas Penna is a seed investor at Penna & Company in Miami Beach focused on Mobile Apps and FinTech. Andreas Penna - Co-Founder & General Partner @ West Quad Ventures

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$8.6M |
| Series A | $5M–$34M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile Apps | 5 | 14% |
| FinTech | 4 | 11% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 11% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 28% |
| Series A | 7 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 44% |
| Brazil | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Itsme | Itsme creates high fidelity Avatars and Environments that enable the World to feel closer together. Millions of people use Itsme to explore the world, meet new people, and grow meaningful friendships without the constraints of physical space | $15.2M | Series A | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Public | Public.com is the fractional investing platform where members build modern portfolios of stocks & ETFs, crypto & NFTs, art & collectibles. | $220M | Series D | Feb 15, 2021 |  |
| Rain | Rain is the trusted leader in employee-centric financial wellness solutions, serving middle-market and enterprise organizations nationwide. Through a comprehensive suite of offerings, including earned wage access and other financial wellness benefits, Rain seamlessly integrates with any organization's existing infrastructure, providing theflexibility essential for effective financial management. Rain’s mission is to empower employees to reach financial freedom. At Rain, financial freedom means being able to afford everyday life without stressing about pay dates or pay cycles. | $8.6M | Seed | Dec 18, 2020 |  |
| Rain | Rain is the trusted leader in employee-centric financial wellness solutions, serving middle-market and enterprise organizations nationwide. Through a comprehensive suite of offerings, including earned wage access and other financial wellness benefits, Rain seamlessly integrates with any organization's existing infrastructure, providing theflexibility essential for effective financial management. Rain’s mission is to empower employees to reach financial freedom. At Rain, financial freedom means being able to afford everyday life without stressing about pay dates or pay cycles. | $8.6M | Seed | Dec 18, 2020 |  |
| Bonsai | Bonsai’s mission is to help people find and buy the products they want, as soon as they realize they want them. The company began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app and turned into content-driven commerce. Bonsai is partnered with 30 publishers and has integrated 1,200 brands. The company's technology enables users to transactnatively while browsing content. It makes the journey from seeing a product to buying it possible in two taps. Bonsai allows merchants to capture customers while they browse content, right when purchasing intent is being formed. | $2.3M |  | Nov 15, 2020 |  |
| Bonsai | Bonsai’s mission is to help people find and buy the products they want, as soon as they realize they want them. The company began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app and turned into content-driven commerce. Bonsai is partnered with 30 publishers and has integrated 1,200 brands. The company's technology enables users to transactnatively while browsing content. It makes the journey from seeing a product to buying it possible in two taps. Bonsai allows merchants to capture customers while they browse content, right when purchasing intent is being formed. | $2.3M |  | Nov 15, 2020 |  |
| Bonsai | Bonsai’s mission is to help people find and buy the products they want, as soon as they realize they want them. The company began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app and turned into content-driven commerce. Bonsai is partnered with 30 publishers and has integrated 1,200 brands. The company's technology enables users to transactnatively while browsing content. It makes the journey from seeing a product to buying it possible in two taps. Bonsai allows merchants to capture customers while they browse content, right when purchasing intent is being formed. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 15, 2020 |  |
| Bonsai | Bonsai’s mission is to help people find and buy the products they want, as soon as they realize they want them. The company began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app and turned into content-driven commerce. Bonsai is partnered with 30 publishers and has integrated 1,200 brands. The company's technology enables users to transactnatively while browsing content. It makes the journey from seeing a product to buying it possible in two taps. Bonsai allows merchants to capture customers while they browse content, right when purchasing intent is being formed. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 15, 2020 |  |
| MarketerHire | MarketerHire’s mission is to make expert marketing accessible to everyone. Our platform gives companies on-demand access to a global network of amazing, pre-vetted marketing talent and it is used by early-stage startups, billion-dollar unicorns, and Fortune 100 companies alike. By giving all companies access to amazing marketers - entrepreneurs andenterprises can focus on building great products.We are also contributing to the future of work for our talented marketers. Our platform helps them earn significant additional income while maintaining their full-time job or taking a lot of the hassle and risk out of being full-time freelance. All of our jobs are default-remote, enabling our talent to work anywhere in the world. | $3M | Seed | Oct 29, 2020 |  |
| Fligoo | Fligoo is a global technology company from San Francisco.We are experts in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Machine Learning with a focus on behavior analysis and prediction.Our solutions are creating millions of dollars of additional value to world leaders in several industries, by increasing their sales, reducing their costs, or justmaking their unique processes smarter with AI. | $7.1M | Series A | Sep 30, 2020 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [West Quad Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/west-quad) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Third Kind Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-line-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [QED Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qed-investors) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Penna & Company

VC Fund · Beverly Hills, United States

The SEAL Team Six of Corporate Development. The practice has a global footprint and specializes in M&A, Int'l Expansion, BD / VC advisory.

1 contacts available at Penna & Company.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Penna | Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-penna |

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## FAQ

### What does Andreas Penna invest in?

Andreas Penna invests primarily in Mobile Apps, FinTech and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 36 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 Andreas Penna's check size?

Andreas Penna typically joins rounds of $400k–$8.6M at Seed and $5M–$34M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Andreas Penna participates in.

### When did Andreas Penna last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andreas Penna closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 36 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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