Brian Norgard
Angel Investor
Los Angeles, United States
Brian Norgard is a seed investor in Los Angeles focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Brian Norgard is Chief Product—and team builder extraordinaire—at Tinder. Under his leadership, Tinder is the fastest growing mobile revenue company in consumer Internet history.In less than 3 years, Tinder became the top-grossing mobile app in the world, created over $11 billion dollars in market value and led to hundreds of millions ofconnections worldwide. Brian is considered one of the most authoritative voices in the dynamics surrounding subscription-based business models.As a creator of blockbuster products like Super Like, Boost, Tinder Gold, Super Likeable. Brian extinguished industry records and redefined the physics of the category. Brian's product philosophy of simple, fun and useful is utilized throughout the industry and has resulted in more than 200 million lifetime downloads. His product team is consistently lauded as world-class and best-in-industry with respect to experience design. Josh Elman of Greylock Partner stated, "Brian built the smartest business on top of an active consumer product that we have seen in ages. Maybe ever."At 25, Brian was the youngest GM/VP in the history of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp after the acquisition of his first company Newroo where he served as the GM of MySpace News and FIM Labs. In 2012 Brian built one of the fastest growing Facebook applications in history (Chill) which reached over 30MM people. Thereafter, his Kleiner Perkins funded mobile messaging application Tappy became Tinder’s first acquisition. Brian also co-founded advertising network Ad.ly which was acquired by Nestivity in 2014.A respected and savvy investor, Brian helped entrepreneurs ignite franchises from AngelList—where he was the first angel investor—to Tinder. Brian's investment vehicle, Norgard Fund, invests in startups ranging from Lyft to SpaceX. Brian graduated with honors from Brown University where he received a prestigious NCIIA Grant awarded to top collegiate innovators.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries Brian Norgard invests in
Stages Brian Norgard invests in
Countries Brian Norgard invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $750k–$12M
- Pre-Seed
- $2.7M–$3.1M
- Series A
- $5.6M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 4 (22%)
- FinTech 3 (17%)
- Software 3 (17%)
- Apps 2 (11%)
- Social 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (61%)
- Series A 5 (28%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (11%)
Country
- United States 13 (72%)
- India 1 (6%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
- Israel 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Hedges
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Hedges Platforms is a financial technology company that develops software and services for institutional investors. The platform offers integrated solutions for hedge funds and asset managers, including tools for portfolio management, trade execution, and real-time risk analysis. Hedges Platforms assists clients in navigating complex markets byproviding integrated data management and compliance features. | $2.7M / Pre-Seed / Dec 01, 2025 | |
Perle AI
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Kiva AI is a platform designed to supply high-quality and compliant data solutions at scale to create specialized AI applications in domains such as healthcare, finance, and law. | $7M / Seed / Oct 08, 2024 | |
Frond
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Frond is a new platform for online community. Because it’s built from threads instead of chat, conversations are deeper, easier to follow, and scale automatically. | $3.3M / Seed / Feb 07, 2023 | |
Evertas
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Evertas is a cryptoasset insurance company. Evertas focuses on covering institutional holders of cryptoassets including exchanges, custodians, traditional financial institutions, funds, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals. | $14M / Series A / Dec 12, 2022 | |
Ottr Finance
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Ottr Finance unlocks the financial power of the Solana blockchain, wrapped in a familiar interface that anyone can learn to use. Pay friends, save in USD, invest and earn in crypto. | $3.1M / Pre-Seed / Oct 20, 2022 | |
Maximus
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Consumer health startup that maximizes masculinity using science and psychology. | $15M / Series A / Aug 10, 2022 | |
Practice
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Practice's tools will help you fulfill your potential as a coach. With all your clients' details at your fingertips, you'll never lack the right information when you need it. | $10M / Seed / Oct 28, 2021 | |
Cyabra
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Cyabra enables global enterprises and governments to understand and respond to online manipulation that distorts public perception and decision-making. As manipulated content, coordinated behaviors, and inauthentic actors increasingly shape what people see and believe online, organizations need clarity about what is real, what is coordinated, andwhat actually matters. Cyabra analyzes three foundational elements of information integrity: actors, behaviors, and content. By examining who is operating, how activity is coordinated and amplified, and how narratives are leveraged, Cyabra helps organizations distinguish isolated noise from coordinated influence. Operating at scale, Cyabra enables teams to focus on the small number of actors and behaviors responsible for disproportionate impact. Evidence is translated into clear mitigation steps that fit directly into existing workflows, allowing organizations to act proportionately, avoid unnecessary escalation, and reduce misdirected response. Cyabra supports continuous analysis across evolving situations, allowing organizations to move fluidly between broad patterns and specific cases without losing context. This combination of scale, precision, and usability turns overwhelming information into practical clarity. Today, Cyabra is used by leading global enterprises, communications firms, and public-sector organizations. The solution maintains a neutral, evidence-led posture and is designed for situations where judgment, credibility, and clarity are essential. | $5.6M / Series A / Oct 26, 2021 | |
Flux
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Flux is built on a simple belief: hardware design should be as effortless as typing a prompt. Our browser‑native AI hardware engineer turns that vision into reality, shouldering the entire electronics workflow so teams can move from idea to market at record speed. Hand it a high‑level requirement and watch it deliver: schematic capture, PCB layout,instant part procurement, peer‑grade reviews, programmable simulation, real‑time version control, and continuous cost‑versus‑performance optimization. | $12M / Seed / Oct 13, 2021 | |
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Maximus
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Consumer health startup that maximizes masculinity using science and psychology. | $5M / Seed / May 31, 2021 | |
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FAQ
What does Brian Norgard invest in?
Brian Norgard invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 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 Brian Norgard's check size?
Brian Norgard typically joins rounds of $750k–$12M at Seed, $2.7M–$3.1M at Pre-Seed and $5.6M–$15M 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 Brian Norgard participates in.
When did Brian Norgard last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Brian Norgard closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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