Erik Moore
Founder & Managing Director @ Base Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Erik Moore is a seed investor at Base Ventures in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Software. Erik Moore is the Founder and Managing Director of Base Ventures, an early-stage tech venture fund. He was one of the first investors in Zappos (sold for 1.2B to Amazon) and an early investor in Plangrid, sold to Autodesk for $875mm. Prior to Base Ventures, Erik spent 15 years in investment banking at Merrill Lynch. He recently joined the boardof the Common Ground Foundation, founded by Grammy, Oscar and Emmy award winning artist, Common, and he currently serves as a board member for P.A.C.E, a private philanthropic group. He was recognized as #10 on a list of the top 25 most influential blacks in tech by Business Insider (John Thompson, Chairman of Microsoft was ranked #1). He mentors and advises several known professional athletes. Erik earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College, an MA in French from the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA from The Wharton School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 79
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries Erik Moore invests in
Stages Erik Moore invests in
Countries Erik Moore invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $650k–$3.5M
- Series A
- $150k–$13M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 12 (15%)
- Software 11 (14%)
- E-Commerce 7 (9%)
- Internet 6 (8%)
- Apps 4 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (34%)
- Series A 11 (14%)
- Funding Round 6 (8%)
- Angel 5 (6%)
- Series B 2 (3%)
Country
- United States 47 (59%)
- Latvia 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Pigeonly
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Pigeonly's mission is to improve communities by building products that reduce the destructive impact of incarceration. In addition to their low-cost jail calls, easily share photos, letters & more. They’ve taken the hassle out and provided you with an affordable, easy way to keep in touch with your inmate. | Dec 09, 2019 | |
Baker Technologies
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A better connection with your customers keeps them happy and loyal. We build smart products to help you create a better shopping experience, making it easy to grow your business. | $8M / Series A / Nov 21, 2017 | |
Vela
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Through integrations, automation, and design, Vela enables merchants to drive growth while reducing the time and effort involved.Vela gives you the tools to manage and grow your business like never before, save hours of time bulk editing your listings and focus on what’s most important, manage your business, across multiple sales channels,through one platform, set up a sale in seconds, grab a coffee and sit back while the orders roll in, and perfect your photos in just a few clicks and let your products shine. | Seed / Feb 10, 2017 | |
NuCypher
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NuCypher is a cryptography company that builds privacy-preserving infrastructure and protocols. It is an Ethereum token that can be staked to run a node on the NuCypher network. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $750K / Seed / Aug 09, 2016 | |
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Baker Technologies
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A better connection with your customers keeps them happy and loyal. We build smart products to help you create a better shopping experience, making it easy to grow your business. | $1.6M / Seed / Aug 05, 2016 | |
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Vela
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Through integrations, automation, and design, Vela enables merchants to drive growth while reducing the time and effort involved.Vela gives you the tools to manage and grow your business like never before, save hours of time bulk editing your listings and focus on what’s most important, manage your business, across multiple sales channels,through one platform, set up a sale in seconds, grab a coffee and sit back while the orders roll in, and perfect your photos in just a few clicks and let your products shine. | Seed / Jul 07, 2016 | |
Netki
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Netki is bringing industry solutions to the bitcoin and crypto currency communities to enhance uptake in the mass market.Our Facebook page will provide you with the latest breaking news for the bitcoin and other crypto currencies. | $3.5M / Seed / Jul 05, 2016 | |
Airdog
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We build smart robots that bring unprecedented value to its owners. | Series A / Jul 01, 2016 | |
Rinse
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Rinse is building the first and largest national (and global) brand in clothing care. It is addressing a massive consumer problem and creating a significantly better (and more standardized) dry cleaning and laundry experience through the combination of "smart scheduling" and best-in-class quality, all supported by a strong technologybackbone that allows it to effectively manage the operational complexity that comes with scale. Its services include Dry Cleaning, Launder & Press, Wash & Fold, Hang Dry, Repairs, Leather Cleaning, and it even takes Clothing Donations. | $6M / Series A / Apr 19, 2016 | |
Luma
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Luma was created by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse. Paul and Mike have worked together for 15 years solving complex networking and security problems for the largest companies in the world.With the rise of the connected home, people are using more devices than ever. Home WiFi networks now need to be able to keep every one of them runningand fully secure. Mike, Paul, and the team decided to use their expertise to create the perfect, personalized WiFi network for everyone.On that day, Luma was born. Since then, the mission has been the same: To create the fastest, simplest, most secure, and most reliable home network that’s equipped for the technology of today, and tomorrow. | $12.5M / Series A / Apr 07, 2016 | |
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Co-Investors
About Base Ventures
Base Ventures, founded by Erik Moore, is a seed-stage fund investing in technology companies. Current portfolio includes MOS, Blavity, Space Perspective, Genies, 6Sense Inc., AngelList, and others. Successful exits include Olly Nutrition (Acquired by Unilever) and Plangrid (acquired by Autodesk).
Base Ventures Contacts
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Erik Moore
Founder & Managing Director
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Kirby Harris
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Lisa Parks
Partner
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Ryan Diew
Partner
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Ryan Merket
Venture Partner
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FAQ
What does Erik Moore invest in?
Erik Moore invests primarily in Mobile, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 79 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 Erik Moore's check size?
Erik Moore typically joins rounds of $650k–$3.5M at Seed and $150k–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Erik Moore participates in.
When did Erik Moore last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Erik Moore closed in Dec 2019. Shizune tracks 79 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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