# Erik Engelson

> Erik Engelson is a angel investor at Shangbay Capital (Menlo Park) backing Apps and Mobile. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shangbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shangbay-capital)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-engelson-69b0a53/

Erik Engelson is a angel investor at Shangbay Capital in Menlo Park focused on Apps and Mobile. Erik Engelson - Venture Partner @ Shangbay Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Database | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BetterDoctor | BetterDoctor helps validate and deliver accurate provider data to health plans, health systems, and hundreds of other companies via its API — from startups to publicly traded ones. This ultimately helps achieve the mission of helping consumers find the healthcare they need.Today, BetterDoctor's data platform and APIs power 9 health plans,350 companies, 1,500 developers, helping millions of people find the right doctor each month. Health Plans BetterDoctor uses multi-modal outreach to drive providers to attest their information on BetterDoctor's online portal. API PartnersBetterDoctor brings transparency to doctor data. Their real-time platform, master database and API services enable everyone to add doctor data to their systems, websites and applications. Today, BetterDoctor API and data tools power health insurance companies, healthcare startups and doctor search tools. https://betterdoctor.com/developers | $525K | Angel | May 01, 2012 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Shangbay Capital

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Best-in-class investments mainly in the U.S. medical devices technology, as well as biotech, and mobile healthcare sectors through early sta

2 contacts available at Shangbay Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Engelson | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-engelson |
| William Dai | Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dai-william |

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## FAQ

### What does Erik Engelson invest in?

Erik Engelson invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Medical startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 1 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 Erik Engelson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Erik Engelson closed in May 2012. Shizune tracks 1 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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