# Brian Horner

> Brian Horner is a Series A investor at TCA Venture Group backing Health Care and Fashion. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TCA Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-coast-angels)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-horner

Brian Horner is a Series A investor at TCA Venture Group in Los Angeles focused on Health Care and Fashion. Brian is the current President of Tech Coast Angels LA, a 400+ member angel group that invests an average of $15-20 million in 50-60 companies annually. He is an active advisor in several of his portfolio companies, concentrating on fund raising, finance, strategy and corporate development. In addition to investing on behalf of himself and thefund, Brian is also an adjunct faculty member at UCLA Anderson, instructing MBA courses in both Business Creation and Strategic Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 67% |
| Fashion | 1 | 33% |
| Wellness | 1 | 33% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 33% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sakara Life | Sakara Life is an organic meal delivery and healthy living company. Its meals are nutritionally-designed and based on whole food and plant-rich diet that includes fresh, superfood-rich, and delicious ingredients. It also offers organic snacks and specialty wellness products in our Clean Boutique. Sakara Life was founded in 2012 and is based inNew York, United States. | $15M | Series B | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Hawthorne Effect | Hawthorne Effect's mission is to make clinical trials accessible to everyone, everywhere. The company's proactive Visit Management System honors the relationship between sponsors and their investigators and promotes the use of shared technology to ensure protocol compliance and eliminate missing data. By enabling research teams to notonly track all of their patients and thousands of data points but deploy specially trained healthcare providers (“HEROs”) to conduct visits anywhere, anytime, Hawthorne Effect ensures that no patients are “lost to follow-up. | $100K | Convertible Note | Sep 01, 2019 |  |
| Hatch Collection | Hatch Collection is a collection of chic, timeless and comfortable wardrobe essentials to wear before, during and after pregnancy and look beautiful throughout all stages of life. | $5M | Series A | May 13, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Annox Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annox-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Jays](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-jays-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [M3 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m3-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [One Better Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-better-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Springbank Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soringbank-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stage 1 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stage-1-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TCA Venture Group

VC Fund · Newport Beach, United States

TCA Venture Group is the largest angel investor group in the United States, possessing more than 300 members in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Central Coast, and the Inland Empire. Its members provide funding and guidance to more early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California than any other investment group.Members invest in companies in a wide range of industries, including the life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, consumer products, and tech startups. TCA as a whole gives companies more than just capital; they also provide counsel, mentoring, and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners, and management talent. Tech Coast Angels has been ranked by CB Insights to be among the Top 20 Angel Groups in the US; TCA was also ranked as #1 for Network Centrality, meaning we have more connections than anyone! If you are in the game-changing business, we are here to help.

5 contacts available at TCA Venture Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Friedman | Angel Investor, Chairman, TechCoastAngels Board of Governors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-friedman-87ae |
| Grant Van Cleve | Chairman Emeritus | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grant-van-cleve |
| Brian Coryat | Member & Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-coryat |
| Brian Horner | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-horner |
| Chris Hameetman | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-hameetman |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Horner invest in?

Brian Horner invests primarily in Health Care, Fashion and Wellness startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Brian Horner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Horner closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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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