# Fred Harman

> Fred Harman is a Series A investor at Oak Investment Partners backing Software and Digital Media. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Oak Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oak-investment-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Fred Harman is a Series A investor at Oak Investment Partners in San Francisco focused on Software and Digital Media. Fred Harman, Managing Partner, joined Oak Investment Partners as a General Partner in 1994. Fred's primary investment focus is on Consumer Internet and Internet New Media. Fred is currently on the Boards of Aspect Software, Brit Media, Dot & Bo, Demand Media, FRS, Keep Holdings, Limelight Networks, Milyoni, NowThis Media, RazorGator, RebelMouse, Social Programming, sovrn, Sutherland Global Services, Thrillist Media Group and U.S. Auto Parts. Fred has also led investments in and/or served on the Boards of aQuantive (acquired by Microsoft), Allyes (acquired by Focus Media), Bleacher Report (acquired by Time Warner), Campus Pipeline (acquired by SCT), Fastclick (acquired by ValueClick), Captura (acquired by Concur), Cobalt (acquired by ADP), Exodus, Huffington Post (acquired by AOL), ILOG, IMS (acquired by Celestica), Inktomi, Knowledge Networks (acquired by GfK), Pivotal, Primus, Qpass (acquired by Amdocs), Sanmina/SCI, and SPSS (acquired by IBM). Prior to Oak, Fred worked for seven years with Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group where he was a General Partner. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Fred worked in Business Development at Hughes Communications where he was involved in the formation of the predecessor to DirecTV.Fred received an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University where he was a Hughes Fellow. Fred is on the Board of the Stanford Hospital, a Trustee of Sacred Heart Schools, a Trustee of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation, and a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 19% |
| Digital Media | 4 | 19% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Advertising | 3 | 14% |
| SaaS | 2 | 10% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 24% |
| Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 2 | 10% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JackTrip Labs | JackTrip Labs was spun out as an independent public-benefit corporation from the JackTrip Foundation, a collaboration between Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) and Silicon Valley software entrepreneurs. JackTrip Labs won “Best in Show” at 2021 Summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) andhas collaborated with music industry giants including Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and Hal Leonard, the world’s largest print music publisher and leader in digital music technology. For more information about JackTrip Labs the public may visit JackTrip.com. | $5M | Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Brit + Co | Brit + Co is a media company that inspires, educates, and entertains real women with a creative spirit. Founded in late 2011 by Brit Morin, Brit + Co has become one of the largest digital media companies for women. Brit + Co now reaches an engaged community of over 125 million online and across platforms. They have garnered tens of millions ofvideo views and produce over 100 pieces of content every day to keep up with everything their audience is up to.As a digital-first company, they have an innate understanding of how the online connection to offline. That’s why, in addition to their website, brit.co, their free app, and their presence across social channels, they extend their reach to experiences. | $15M | Series C | May 18, 2017 |  |
| Thrive Global | Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company helping individuals, corporations and communities improve their well-being and performance through our behavior change platform, storytelling and corporate services. Thrive was founded by Arianna Huffington and launched in 2016 with the mission of changing the way we work and live byending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success. We offer companies and individuals sustainable, science-based solutions to enhance both mental and physical well-being and performance, purpose and our relationship with technology. We are committed to accelerating this culture shift around the world. Thrive Global is headquartered in New York City and has offices in San Francisco, Athens, Bucharest, Dublin, and Melbourne. For more information, visit www.thriveglobal.com. | $11.5M | Series A | Aug 11, 2016 |  |
| Thrive Global | Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company helping individuals, corporations and communities improve their well-being and performance through our behavior change platform, storytelling and corporate services. Thrive was founded by Arianna Huffington and launched in 2016 with the mission of changing the way we work and live byending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success. We offer companies and individuals sustainable, science-based solutions to enhance both mental and physical well-being and performance, purpose and our relationship with technology. We are committed to accelerating this culture shift around the world. Thrive Global is headquartered in New York City and has offices in San Francisco, Athens, Bucharest, Dublin, and Melbourne. For more information, visit www.thriveglobal.com. | $11.5M | Series A | Aug 11, 2016 |  |
| Brit + Co | Brit + Co is a media company that inspires, educates, and entertains real women with a creative spirit. Founded in late 2011 by Brit Morin, Brit + Co has become one of the largest digital media companies for women. Brit + Co now reaches an engaged community of over 125 million online and across platforms. They have garnered tens of millions ofvideo views and produce over 100 pieces of content every day to keep up with everything their audience is up to.As a digital-first company, they have an innate understanding of how the online connection to offline. That’s why, in addition to their website, brit.co, their free app, and their presence across social channels, they extend their reach to experiences. | $20M | Series B | Jun 09, 2015 |  |
| RebelMouse | RebelMouse is the first digital publishing platform that is fully wired for social. Its solution enables brands, media companies and individuals to create vibrant content experiences that build communities and continually reach and grow audiences across the social web.Unlike conventional approaches that focus on managing content workflows withinspecific channels, RebelMouse liberates content across sites, social, apps and ads, and amplifies engagement with intelligent recommendations, social calls to action, real-time trending alerts and more.Founded in 2012 by former Huffington Post CTO Andrea Breanna, RebelMouse's modern approach to traffic helped create huge online hits like Axios and The Dodo, while also relaunching existing publishers like PAPER Magazine and helping them "Break the Internet." RebelMouse also helps brands who want to act more like a media company, including helping United Airlines Hub become the most popular airline blog.For more information, visit rebelmouse.com and follow RebelMouse on Twitter at @rebelmouse. | $6M | Series A | Apr 06, 2015 |  |
| The Dodo | The Dodo is a digital media company devoted to animals. Part news, part entertainment, part advocacy, The Dodo aims to be the definitive online community for people who love animals. | $2M | Seed | Jan 14, 2014 |  |
| Deem | Deem is a technology platform for the business travel industry focusing on travel, car service, and expense solutions. Its mission is to make business travel less complicated for travelers, less costly for employers, and more profitable for service providers.Using its industry-leading software solutions, employees book travel and car service andreport those expenses faster and more easily than ever before. Corporations control costs more effectively. Travel management companies deliver more engaging customer experiences. Car service operators benefit from new efficiencies and widen their customer reach.The company was founded in 1999 and headquartered in Oakland, California. | $70M |  | Sep 24, 2013 |  |
| Deem | Deem is a technology platform for the business travel industry focusing on travel, car service, and expense solutions. Its mission is to make business travel less complicated for travelers, less costly for employers, and more profitable for service providers.Using its industry-leading software solutions, employees book travel and car service andreport those expenses faster and more easily than ever before. Corporations control costs more effectively. Travel management companies deliver more engaging customer experiences. Car service operators benefit from new efficiencies and widen their customer reach.The company was founded in 1999 and headquartered in Oakland, California. | $9.3M | Debt Financing | Jul 23, 2013 |  |
| Brit + Co | Brit + Co is a media company that inspires, educates, and entertains real women with a creative spirit. Founded in late 2011 by Brit Morin, Brit + Co has become one of the largest digital media companies for women. Brit + Co now reaches an engaged community of over 125 million online and across platforms. They have garnered tens of millions ofvideo views and produce over 100 pieces of content every day to keep up with everything their audience is up to.As a digital-first company, they have an innate understanding of how the online connection to offline. That’s why, in addition to their website, brit.co, their free app, and their presence across social channels, they extend their reach to experiences. | $6.3M | Series A | Jun 25, 2013 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SoftBank Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [dmg ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmg-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blue Pool Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-pool-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Causes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/causes) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Oak Investment Partners

VC Fund · Greenwich, United States

Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital and private equity firm. Oak focuses on high-growth opportunities in the Information Technology, Internet and Consumer, Financial Services Technology, Healthcare Information and Services, and Clean Energy sectors. It is specialized in investments in buyouts, spinouts, growth equity,mid-to-late stage financings to private businesses, and PIPE investments to public companies. It generally, targets investments between $10 million and $150 million.Since 1978, the firm has invested $9 billion in over 525 companies around the world, earning the trust of entrepreneurs with a senior team that delivers steady guidance, deep domain expertise and a consistent investment philosophy.The firm also specializes in startup investments, emerging growth, recapitalization, industry consolidation. It invests in wireless communications, information technology, enterprise software and services, software outsourced services, broadband and consumer Internet, digital media and new media, semiconductors, financial services information technology, healthcare services, clean energy, and consumer retail and restaurants sectors.The firm primarily invests in the United States with selected investments in Europe, Israel, India, South Korea, and China. Oak Investment Partners was founded in 1978 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut with additional offices in Norwalk, Connecticut, Palo Alto, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

5 contacts available at Oak Investment Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allan Kwan | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-kwan |
| Ed Glassmeyer | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-glassmeyer |
| Fred Harman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-harman |
| Scot Jarvis | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scot-jarvis |
| Brian Dunefsky | Chief Compliance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-dunefsky-e8a6 |

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## FAQ

### What does Fred Harman invest in?

Fred Harman invests primarily in Software, Digital Media and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 21 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 Fred Harman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Fred Harman closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 21 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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