# Ethan Imboden

> Ethan Imboden is a seed investor at Plink (San Francisco) backing Manufacturing and Online Portals. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Plink](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plink-da3e)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanimboden
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/@Imboden
- Website: https://x.com/@Imboden
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ethan.imboden

Ethan Imboden is a Partner at Tuesday Capital. A hands-on builder & entrepreneur, he launched his first investment practice in 2013 when he was recruited to Frog, the global strategy and design firm, to found its Venture team. Ethan and Patrick Gallagher, cofounder of Tuesday Capital (FKA Crunchfund) met shortly after and went on to structureand run a close partnership between Tuesday and Frog from 2016-2023. Prior to Frog, Ethan spent 10 years as a VC-backed founder in the Bay Area, where he’s from. Ethan holds a Masters in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 25% |
| Online Portals | 1 | 25% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Corma | Corma streamlines application access, automates the review process, and effectively reduces software expenses. | $4.1M | Seed | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| Milvus Advanced | Milvus Advanced is a chemical company that develops cutting-edge nanoalloys as substitutes for high-value metals crucial to decarbonisation. | $6.9M | Seed | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| EVERBLOOM | Bloomlabs provides a method to catalyze waste value by regenerating it as adaptable and appealing bio-plastics and textile fibers. It envisions a future in which outmoded, resource-intensive processes are phased out in favor of cutting-edge, sustainable, and scalable alternatives. | $7.5M | Seed | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| Paypercut | Paypercut is a fintech startup that allows small and mid-scaled merchants to offer Buy Now, Pay Later at checkout via a single integration. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 16, 2025 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hoxton Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoxton-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Clocktower Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clocktower-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Concentric](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concentric) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Plink

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

Plink is a developer of a commerce automation platform designed to provide assistance in transactions and build customer relationships. Its platform allows businesses to add various features to their existing point of sale systems or countertop terminals to facilitate transactions with target customers, enabling local enterprises to take advantageof an array of collateral programs that ensure them to generate sales and loyalty.

2 contacts available at Plink.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mitch Jacobs | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitch-jacobs |
| Ethan Imboden | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-imboden |

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## FAQ

### What does Ethan Imboden invest in?

Ethan Imboden invests primarily in Manufacturing, Online Portals and Digital Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ethan Imboden last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ethan Imboden closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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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