Ed Roberts
Angel Investor
Cambridge, United States
Ed Roberts is a seed investor in Cambridge focused on Software and Advertising. He is Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, founder and chair of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, and a prolific founder, investor and board member at numerous start-up companies in high technology. Ed’s portfolio of current and recent companies includes Advanced Magnetics, Inverness Medical, Meditech, Pegasystems, Sohu.com, andVisible Measures. He is the author of several books on technology and entrepreneurship, and holds four degrees from MIT, including a PhD in Economics.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Ed Roberts invests in
Stages Ed Roberts invests in
Countries Ed Roberts invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $200k–$2.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (33%)
- Advertising 3 (33%)
- Local 2 (22%)
- Content 2 (22%)
- Analytics 2 (22%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (78%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 8 (89%)
- Germany 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatentPlus is a digital marketplace and analytics platform for patented technologies that connects pioneering research organizations with innovative corporations and investors across industries and geographies.PatentPlus uses a unique patent-based technology scouting methodology to identify the most relevant patent licensing, buying, andco-development opportunities. Additionally, PatentPlus partners directly with research organizations to provide a structured overview of relevant R&D partnerships, collaborations with inventors, and investments in deep-tech spin-offs.For any questions regarding the PatentPlus platform or the customizable technology scouting reports, feel free to write a message to info@patentplus.io. | Seed / May 31, 2022 | ||
| They develop sensor technology to save the lives of first responders by allowing them to safely view hazardous environments remotely and at low cost. | $4.2M / Series A / May 02, 2022 | ||
| Founded in 2015, Tettra is a wiki software that helps teams manage and share organizational knowledge. | $664K / Seed / May 25, 2016 | ||
| CoverWallet is an online platform that offers insurance management services to its clients.CoverWallet’s range of insurance include general liability, workers’ compensation, commercial property, BOP, professional liability, E&O, medical malpractice, umbrella insurance, D&O, cyber liability, inland marine, EPLI, commercial auto,disability, health, and product and pollution liability. Its services are provided to firms in the administrative, agricultural, construction, consulting, contractor, education, finance, food, healthcare, management, manufacturing, mining, non-profit, scientific, and real estate industries.CoverWallet was launched in 2015 by Inaki Berenguer and Rashmi Melgiri and is based in New York. | $2M / Seed / Mar 09, 2016 | ||
| PanOpen is an operator of an open education platform used to help faculty and students to succeed with open educational resources. Its platform provides peer-reviewed resources at a fraction of the cost of commercial textbooks that enable faculty and schools to help lower the cost of educational materials and realize the potential of openeducational resources. | $200K / Seed / Oct 01, 2014 | ||
| ThriveHive helps in defining business goals and then come up with a custom solution maximized for ROI. It also manages everything from start to finish so clients can stay focused on what really matters which is running their business. ThriveHive provides small businesses with a plan to market their business and an easy-to-use platform to buildand measure it all. Its Guided Marketing Platform and mix of digital marketing services help businesses to eliminate the guesswork and maximize their time. | $1.5M / Seed / Jul 09, 2013 | ||
| Developer of an audience engagement platform intended to accelerate audience engagement, loyalty and your online success. The company's software does this by enabling businesses to harness the power of big data to engage their prospects and customers with perfectly crafted and relevant experiences and calls to action. The platform is used byover 300,000 websites. | $2.1M / Seed / Nov 10, 2011 | ||
| Locu helps local businesses be found. When businesses add their street address, phone number, hours of operation, and menus / service lists to Locu, Locu gets them on the map in front of over 200 million potential customers online. Instead of having to use multiple sites to manage their business listings and showcase their products andservices, businesses can update just once with Locu, and Locu will publish changes in real-time to their web and mobile sites as well as to partner sites including Yelp, Foursquare, OpenTable, YP, TripAdvisor and Facebook. | $600K / Seed / Sep 07, 2011 | ||
| Okta is the provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud connects and protects employees of many enterprises. It also securely connects enterprises to their partners, suppliers, and customers. With deep integrations to over 5,000 apps, the Okta Identity Cloud enables simple and secure access from any device.Okta helpscustomers fulfill their missions faster by making it safe and easy to use the technologies they need to do their significant work. | $16.5M / Series B / Aug 01, 2011 |
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FAQ
What does Ed Roberts invest in?
Ed Roberts invests primarily in Software, Advertising and Local startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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 Ed Roberts's check size?
Ed Roberts typically joins rounds of $200k–$2.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ed Roberts participates in.
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When did Ed Roberts last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ed Roberts closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 9 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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