# Elissa Fink

> Elissa Fink is a seed investor at University of Washington (Seattle) backing B2B and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [University of Washington](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-washington)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/elissafink
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/elissafink

Elissa Fink is a seed investor at University of Washington in Seattle focused on B2B and Software. Elissa Fink is the Member Board Of Directors at Talend.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Sales | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ridge AI | Ridge AI develops data infrastructure and artificial intelligence solutions that support data processing, analysis, and model deployment. The company provides tools for managing data pipelines, integrating machine learning models, and enabling scalable analytics workflows. Its platform is designed to help organizations organize, transform, andutilize data across different systems.The organization combines software engineering and data science to support use cases such as predictive analytics, automation, and operational insights. It also offers interfaces and integrations that allow teams to build, test, and deploy AI models within existing environments. Ridge AI works with clients to streamline data operations and improve the use of machine learning in business processes. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $11M |  | Jun 21, 2023 |  |
| Keyplay | Keyplay is a software company that focuses on account research to help B2B teams cut waste and improve sales confidence. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Seattle, Washington. | $3M | Seed | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| Goldcast | Goldcast is a purpose-built platform for enterprises to conduct modern, meaningful, and measurable online events including client summits, workshops, product launches, thought leadership summits, regional conferences.The company provides tools/dashboards for marketers to measure the ROI of their events and get strong lead qualificationinsights.Goldcast's mission is to create amazing event experiences for enterprises. | $10M | Seed | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| Magnify | Magnify is a post-sales orchestration platform and uses AI and Machine Learning to optimize and automate the customer lifecycle for enterprise software. From emails to training videos to in-product interactions to customer success platforms, Magnify creates the ideal sequence and timing of the customer interactions. Designed to drive deep adoptionand usage in a customer account, Magnify will identify where churn or expansion is likely and automatically launch the appropriate action in software. | $6M | Seed | Nov 01, 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 |  | 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 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascend](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascend-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Darkmode Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darkmode-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Decibel Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/decibel-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About University of Washington

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

The University of Washington is an educational institution that provides undergraduate, graduate, and research programs.The institution offers courses in business, social sciences, science, law, medicine, public affairs, and many other subjects. The schools of the university include the College of Engineering, School of Dentistry, College ofArchitecture and Urban Planning, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Business, School of Humanities and Sciences, School of Law, School of Nursing, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, and School of Medicine.The University of Washington was founded in 1861 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

5 contacts available at University of Washington.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arthur Denny | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-denny |
| Bryan Comstock | Senior Biostatistician | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-comstock |
| Crystal Eney | Director of Student Services/Academic Advisor - Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crystal-eney |
| Dan Weld | WRT / TJ Cable Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-weld |
| David Ginger | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ginger |

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## FAQ

### What does Elissa Fink invest in?

Elissa Fink invests primarily in B2B, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Elissa Fink's check size?

Elissa Fink typically joins rounds of $3M–$10M 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 Elissa Fink participates in.

### When did Elissa Fink last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Elissa Fink closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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