# Eric Migicovsky

> Eric Migicovsky is a seed investor at Y Combinator backing Artificial Intelligence and Wearables. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmigi
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ericmigi
- Website: http://getpebble.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eric.migicovsky

Eric Migicovsky is a Partner at Y Combinator. He founded Pebble Technology (YC W11), which was acquired by Fitbit in 2016. While studying engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2008, Eric began building smartwatches with a group of friends. In April 2012, Eric and his team launched Pebble on Kickstarter, where it became the most successfulcrowdfunded project in Kickstarter’s history. Pebble sold over 2,000,000 watches.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 31% |
| Wearables | 3 | 19% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| Wellness | 2 | 13% |
| Augmented Reality | 2 | 13% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 50% |
| Mexico | 1 | 6% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mentra | Mentra is a wearable technology company that develops smart glasses based on augmented reality and AI interface technologies. | $8M | Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Hestus | Hestus is a Software Development firm offering AI powered software to speeds up the development of hardware. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Granza Bio | Granza Bio is a company that developing cancer therapies based on human body's immune system. | $7.1M | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Augmental | Augmental Tech develops technology that integrates with the human body that enables to access information without the use of hands. The company actively developing discreet hands-free interfaces for people with both situational and severe motor impairment. They want to help others to overcome the physical and sensory limitations of the body and seethe mouth as unexplored real-estate for human-computer interaction.Augmental Tech enabling access to computers and increased autonomy for those living with paralysis of the upper extremities. They allowing interaction with a mobile device when constraints imposed by context prevent the use of hands. Augmental Tech was founded in 2019 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. |  | Seed | Aug 12, 2023 |  |
| Brilliant Labs | Brilliant Labs is a web for technology-based data transformation that offers services for digital and physical use. Brilliant Labs is building an ecosystem to catalyze the development of the emerging web. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.It was founded in 2019 and is located in Hong Kong,Hong Kong Island. | $3M | Seed | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Courier | Courier offers an API that lets developers intelligently route user notifications across their existing channels – like SendGrid, Twilio, Slack, and Facebook Messenger – using factors like "is the user online?" and "which channel has produced the most engagement for this user previously?" | $35M | Series B | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Atomic Industries | Atomic Industries is a computational manufacturing company building an AI-powered tool and die maker. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| wOS | wOS is a social fitness app that allows anyone in Latam to workout at home with a real social experience. We use 2 way livestreaming to create a truly social experience in our classes, Computer Vision to provide real-time feedback on form correction, and personalized class recommendations based on several user data points. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| Alba Orbital | Alba Orbital build and design small commercial satellite platforms. Traditionally satellites have been very expensive, even the smallest commercial satellites like CubeSats cost six-figure amounts to build and launch. Alba Orbital develops pico-Satellites which weigh <1kg and cost significantly less. While offering almost all of the advantagesof a CubeSat. Being leaders in this niche, they are closely partnered with ESA and provide research in this area to them. | $3.4M | Seed | May 14, 2021 |  |
| wOS | wOS is a social fitness app that allows anyone in Latam to workout at home with a real social experience. We use 2 way livestreaming to create a truly social experience in our classes, Computer Vision to provide real-time feedback on form correction, and personalized class recommendations based on several user data points. | $125K | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2021 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Core Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/core-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Y Combinator

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage companies. It offers a program where startups receive guidance from experienced entrepreneurs and investors. The organization helps founders in their business models and develop their products. Y Combinator serves industries such as technology, healthcare, andfinance.

5 contacts available at Y Combinator.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Boris Jabes | Visiting Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boris-jabes |
| Luther Lowe | Head of Public Policy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luther-lowe |
| Max Kolysh | Visiting Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-kolysh |
| Brad Flora | Group Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-flora |
| Calvin French-Owen | Visiting Group Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calvin-french-owen |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Migicovsky invest in?

Eric Migicovsky invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Wearables and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 16 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 Eric Migicovsky's check size?

Eric Migicovsky typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$10M at Seed and $125k–$3.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Eric Migicovsky participates in.

### When did Eric Migicovsky last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Migicovsky closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 16 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?

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