# Andrew McLaughlin

> Andrew McLaughlin is a seed investor at Higher Ground Labs (New York) backing Mobile and Marketing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Higher Ground Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/higher-ground-labs)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmclaughlin
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mcandrew
- Website: http://highergroundlabs.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thnadner

Andrew McLaughlin is a seed investor at Higher Ground Labs in New York focused on Mobile and Marketing. Andrew McLaughlin is the Chief Operating Officer of SandboxAQ. He attended Yale University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Namo Media | Namo Media's technology allows any mobile app to do mobile advertising like Facebook: beautiful mobile ads that sit in-stream rather than in annoying banner ads. Today’s 320 x 50px mobile banner ads combine bad user experience with bad ad performance. Namo’s in-stream native advertising unit solves both problems: in-stream ads don’t causebanner blindness for users, raising the value of each impression for advertisers. Ads that are uninteresting can simply be scrolled away, rather than sticking to the top or bottom of the screen where they cause accidental clicks.Facebook already generates about $1.5B+ in revenue a year from these ads. Namo’s SDK powers ads for stream-based apps on iOS and Android. In-stream ads work great for any app with a content stream, e.g. social, photosharing, news, and communications apps. Streams are the natural way to consume content on mobile, and in-stream ads are the natural way to monetize streams. The company was started by former Google and AdMob product managers and software engineers, and has raised funding from Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Betaworks, and Trinity Ventures. | $1.9M | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Susa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Higher Ground Labs

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Higher Ground Labs is building an ecosystem for progressive political technology. The company provides capital, assistance, programming, and mentorship to talented individuals and early-stage companies that are building the next generation of progressive political technology that can help win campaigns.Founded in 2017, the company isheadquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

5 contacts available at Higher Ground Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew McLaughlin | Co-founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-mclaughlin |
| Betsy Hoover | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betsy-hoover |
| Hillary Lehr | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hillary-lehr |
| Sarah Eberhard | Principal + General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-eberhard |
| Shomik Dutta | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shomik-dutta |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew McLaughlin invest in?

Andrew McLaughlin invests primarily in Mobile, Marketing and Advertising startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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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