# Elie Seidman

> Elie Seidman is a funding round investor at Shine Capital (Austin) backing News and FinTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shine Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shine-capital)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elieseidman/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/elieseid
- Website: https://x.com/elieseid
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eseidman

Elie Seidman is a funding round investor at Shine Capital in Austin focused on News and FinTech. Elie Seidman is based out of Austin, Texas, and is the Venture Partner of Shine Capital. Elie previously worked at FastGrowingTrees.com as a Director Board of Directors. Elie Seidman attended the University of Pennsylvania.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Geospatial | 1 | 20% |
| Incubators | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hivemapper | Build a better map together | $18M | Series A | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Madrona Venture Labs | Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio that builds companies from scratch. Madrona Venture Labs is based in Seattle and housed at Madrona Venture Group. The studio makes use of money from its funds to incubate concepts and recruit a management crew to ultimately run the enterprise.Founded in 2014, MVL has spun out greater than a dozen firms,together with some that had been later acquired by Nordstrom, Uber, and Mailchimp. | $8M |  | May 29, 2021 |  |
| Madrona Venture Labs | Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio that builds companies from scratch. Madrona Venture Labs is based in Seattle and housed at Madrona Venture Group. The studio makes use of money from its funds to incubate concepts and recruit a management crew to ultimately run the enterprise.Founded in 2014, MVL has spun out greater than a dozen firms,together with some that had been later acquired by Nordstrom, Uber, and Mailchimp. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 29, 2021 |  |
| Boosted Commerce | Boosted Commerce is a CPG platform that buys a variety of verticals and business sizes. They are acquiring, investing in, and growing third-party seller businesses across Shopify and Amazon (FBA) and through original product development across verticals that we believe offer exceptional opportunity. The company was founded in 2019 and is basedin Los Angeles, California. | $87M |  | Sep 17, 2020 |  |
| dot.LA | dot.LA is a digital newsroom covering L.A.'s startup and tech community. dot.LA’s mission is to celebrate and empower the Los Angeles startup and tech community, fueling innovation around the world. | $4M | Seed | Jan 09, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [M13](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m13) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Torch Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torch-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [75 & Sunny](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/75-sunny) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Shine Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses.

5 contacts available at Shine Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Hartz | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-hartz |
| Amanda Niu | CFO & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amanda-niu-c972 |
| Elie Seidman | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elie-seidman |
| Ethan Daly | Partner; General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-daly-5522 |
| Jenna Greenspan | Head of Investor Relations & Comms; Head of Investor Relations & Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenna-greenspan-4842 |

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## FAQ

### What does Elie Seidman invest in?

Elie Seidman invests primarily in News, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed 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 Elie Seidman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Elie Seidman closed in Apr 2022. 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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