# Domenic Merenda

> Domenic Merenda is a seed investor at Amazon (Mountain View) backing B2B and Sales. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amazon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon)
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmerenda/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/domthewop
- Website: https://x.com/domthewop
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/domwop

Domenic Merenda is a seed investor at Amazon in Mountain View focused on B2B and Sales. Domenic Merenda is the Head of Science and Engineering for Sponsored Display Non-Endemic at Amazon.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| Sales | 1 | 20% |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Sports | 1 | 20% |
| Charity | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BotFactory | BotFactory sells desktop enterprise 3D printing solutions using inkjet nanotechnology, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to fabricate complete electronic boards in a few hours, greatly accelerating our customers' time to market.Applications are diverse, including flexible electronics, e-textiles, drone tech, IoT, distributedmanufacturing, and professional R&D services. | $1.3M |  | Oct 06, 2016 |  |
| Win-Win | Win-Win is a gamified giving platform that offers fantasy sports-style tournaments hosted by NFL and NBA athletes. Each tournament features a charitable cause chosen by host athletes and when fans join the tournament they make a voluntary, tax-deductible donation to the cause. It combines giving gaming to make donating to charity more fun andengaging for all.Win-Win was founded by former NFL linebacker and Duke University All-American, Mike T. Brown in 2016 and is headquartered in Oakland, California, United States. | $925K | Angel | Aug 10, 2016 |  |
| Magnetic Insight | Magnetic Insight (MI) introduced magnetic particle imaging into the preclinical diagnostic research market enabling quantitative cell tracking, imaging of vascular function, detecting metastatic tumors, visualizing inflammation, CAR-T cell therapies and initial research into regenerative medicine. | $3M | Seed | Jul 18, 2016 |  |
| Ceqoo | Ceqoo provides the training-wheels, process rigor, and performance measurement to help sales teams succeed without replacing the existing tools in the sales process or requiring more work. |  | Convertible Note |  |  |
| BotFactory | BotFactory sells desktop enterprise 3D printing solutions using inkjet nanotechnology, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to fabricate complete electronic boards in a few hours, greatly accelerating our customers' time to market.Applications are diverse, including flexible electronics, e-textiles, drone tech, IoT, distributedmanufacturing, and professional R&D services. | $1.3M | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpine Meridian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpine-meridian) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [China Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRCM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/CRCM) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Duke Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/duke-angel-net) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Liebenthal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liebenthal-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sand Hill Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sand-hill-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Amazon

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Amazon operates a vast online marketplace where customers can purchase a wide variety of products, including electronics, books, apparel, household goods, and more. The company has a robust logistics and delivery network, allowing efficient shipping and on-time delivery to customers.

5 contacts available at Amazon.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Domenic Merenda | Head of Science and Engineering for Sponsored Display Non-Endemic | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domenic-merenda |
| Jonathan Rubinstein | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-rubinstein |
| Mark Smith | Startups Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-smith-21 |
| Mark Smith | Startups Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-smith-5bd4 |
| Ned Curic | Vice President of Alexa Automotive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ned-curic |

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## FAQ

### What does Domenic Merenda invest in?

Domenic Merenda invests primarily in B2B, Sales and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 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 Domenic Merenda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Domenic Merenda closed in Oct 2016. Shizune tracks 5 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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