# Blake Krikorian

> Blake Krikorian is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Mobile and Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Mar 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-krikorian-a7a387
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/blakekrik

Blake Krikorian is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Software. Blake Krikorian

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$4M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$6.8M |
| Series B | $16M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 20% |
| Software | 3 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 20% |
| Social Media | 3 | 20% |
| Art | 2 | 13% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 47% |
| Series A | 5 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vantage Robotics | Vantage Robotics is a technology company that makes amazing aerial videos easy for commercial operations over people. The company has created a massively differentiated flying camera to compete in the $7 B camera drone market by solving the ease of use problem. Vantage's first product, Snap, has generated over $1 M in pre-sales and achieveda landmark FAA waiver for commercial use near people with CNN. Apple, Amazon, and the largest drone distributor in the US are all interested in selling Snap, with combined forecasted sales of over $100 M annually. Investors include Andy von Flotow, one of the most successful drone entrepreneurs in the US, Bill Tai, Blake Krikorian, CrunchFund, Ruvento, and Accelerator Ventures. Vantage began shipping Snap in Q2 17 to rave reviews. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 02, 2017 |  |
| Thimble | Thimble is an insurance producer enabling small businesses to succeed on their own terms. The company provides liability coverage for customers in more than 100 professions including landscapers, beauticians, dog walkers, handymen, DJs, and musicians. It also offers flexible, short term, and versatile insurance to small businesses, independentworkers, and freelancers.Thimble allows the company to expand from its roots as a pioneer of drone insurance to a full partner for all small businesses and modern workers as they grow in the on-demand economy. It also allows small businesses to obtain A-rated insurance for every job with the help of some amazing partners.Thimble was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, USA. | $2.7M | Seed | Aug 08, 2016 |  |
| Pixel Labs | Pixel Labs (Hoodline.com) is a media tech company that powers hyperlocal content discovery in 40 US cities. We're solving local news and information discovery down to a 0.2 mile radius.Using machine learning and AI, Hoodline editors turns raw data signals into thousands of hyperlocal automated stories each month. Hoodline's platformalso tags and contextualize content from hundreds of partner publications, adding exact location and dozens of other classifying meta-data to each story. Hoodline's APIs and SDK make it easy for any app or site to integrate with its platform to recommend fresh and relevant content to their users. Partners include ABC, Yahoo Search, MSN, Eventbrite, Uber, CBS, Advance Digital, Zumper and McClatchy. Team of 28 in SF. Investors include Greylock, Rakuten, Disney, Social Capital, CRV, Innovation Endeavors & Joi Ito. | $4M | Series A | May 10, 2016 |  |
| Depict | Depict delivers incredibly stunning and visceral art experiences by enabling people to access and display an entirely new art medium in their own spaces. All of the art on Depict is created by artists for our platform using digital tools. The work is exclusive to Depict, curated by our in-house curatorial team, and previously unavailable elsewhere.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2.4M | Seed | Jan 05, 2015 |  |
| Doppler Labs | Doppler Labs was founded in 2013 with the mission to make computing more immersive and human. Here Active Listening, Doppler Lab’s first digital product, was named TIME magazine’s Best Invention of 2015. In February 2017, Doppler Labs released Here One, the evolution of Here Active Listening and the first 3-in-1 wireless smart headphone,delivering premium sound quality, Smart Noise Cancellation, and Speech Enhancement | $6.5M | Series A | Sep 01, 2014 |  |
| Jaunt | Jaunt is developing the software, tools, and applications to enable cinematic VR and put the power of virtual reality in the hands of today’s best content creators. Jaunt’s proprietary algorithms for complex computational photography allow content producers to create incredible immersive cinematic VR experiences using existing production software.The company’s investors include The Walt Disney Company, Highland Capital Partners, Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Peter Gotcher, Blake Krikorian, and British Sky Broadcasting (corporate.sky.com). Experience more at www.jauntvr.com. | $27.8M | Series B | Aug 21, 2014 |  |
| Matterport | Matterport is a spatial data firm dedicated to digitizing and indexing the built environment. Its all-in-one 3D data platform allows anyone to transform a location into an exact and immersive digital twin that can be used to design, develop, operate, promote, and comprehend any environment. | $16M | Series B | Jul 07, 2014 |  |
| Jaunt | Jaunt is developing the software, tools, and applications to enable cinematic VR and put the power of virtual reality in the hands of today’s best content creators. Jaunt’s proprietary algorithms for complex computational photography allow content producers to create incredible immersive cinematic VR experiences using existing production software.The company’s investors include The Walt Disney Company, Highland Capital Partners, Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Peter Gotcher, Blake Krikorian, and British Sky Broadcasting (corporate.sky.com). Experience more at www.jauntvr.com. | $6.8M | Series A | Apr 03, 2014 |  |
| ClassPass | ClassPass is a membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms and studios, making working out more accessible. With over 25,000 studio, gym, and wellness partners across the globe, ClassPass connects members to a variety of classes and appointments including yoga, cycling, Pilates, boxing, massage, acupuncture, and more. It facilitatesthe discovery process, using machine learning to surface the most relevant recommendations to its members from a catalog of more than 5 million classes a month. In addition, ClassPass helps to lift the fitness industry daily, working directly with studio partners around the globe to merchandise their excess inventory, find new customers, and generate new streams of revenue. | $4M | Seed | Mar 31, 2014 |  |
| Envoy | Envoy transforms modern workplaces, challenging the status quo with products that make office life and work more meaningful. Envoy has redefined how offices interact with visitors and manage deliveries in over 13,000 locations around the globe while building products for a new era of workplace experience. Companies like Slack, Asana, Pinterest, andWarby Parker rely on Envoy to create an unrivaled first impression and keep their offices secure and compliant.With more than 100,000 new sign-ins every day, Envoy Visitors empowers workplaces to create a warm welcome for guests while safeguarding their people, property, and ideas. Envoy Deliveries ensures that packages safely reach their recipients at work, without mailroom pile-ups or communication delays. | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 02, 2013 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Graph Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graph-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rothenberg Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rothenberg-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sky UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sky) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Blake Krikorian invest in?

Blake Krikorian invests primarily in Mobile, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 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 Blake Krikorian's check size?

Blake Krikorian typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$4M at Seed, $2.5M–$6.8M at Series A and $16M–$28M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Blake Krikorian participates in.

### When did Blake Krikorian last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Blake Krikorian closed in Mar 2017. Shizune tracks 15 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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