# Gabor Cselle

> Gabor Cselle is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Internet and Mobile Apps. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gaborcselle
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gabor
- Website: http://www.gaborcselle.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gaborcselle

Gabor Cselle is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Internet and Mobile Apps. Gabor Cselle is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Board Member of the Board of Directors of Atlas Obscura. Gabor previously worked at Third Kind Venture Capital as Co-Founder. Gabor Cselle attended ETH Zürich.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 18% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 18% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 18% |
| iOS | 1 | 9% |
| Energy | 1 | 9% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 64% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 45% |
| Germany | 2 | 18% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Granola | AI note-taking solution | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 03, 2023 |  |
| Neptyne | The programmable spreadsheet. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Voltfang | We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network. |  |  | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Voltfang | We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network. |  | Angel | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| gridX | gridX connects and controls energy generation and storage systems to form a decentral, virtual power plant.gridX is revolutionizing traditional energy supply with a fully integrated and vendor-neutral solution, bringing millions of small producers and consumers together on the gridX platform. With the gridBox, generation plants can beintelligently controlled, all energy flows in the household can be displayed and existing Smart Home solutions can be integrated on their platform. gridX was founded in May 2016 by David Balensiefen and Andreas Booke. The team around gridX consists of talents and experienced specialists from leading companies such as Google, McKinsey and universities such as MIT, Harvard and RWTH Aachen University. |  | Series A | Mar 22, 2018 |  |
| gridX | gridX connects and controls energy generation and storage systems to form a decentral, virtual power plant.gridX is revolutionizing traditional energy supply with a fully integrated and vendor-neutral solution, bringing millions of small producers and consumers together on the gridX platform. With the gridBox, generation plants can beintelligently controlled, all energy flows in the household can be displayed and existing Smart Home solutions can be integrated on their platform. gridX was founded in May 2016 by David Balensiefen and Andreas Booke. The team around gridX consists of talents and experienced specialists from leading companies such as Google, McKinsey and universities such as MIT, Harvard and RWTH Aachen University. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2017 |  |
| Freshplum | Freshplum's goal is to bring the decision-making power of data science to companies who sell goods and services electronically. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 02, 2011 |  |
| Zerocater | With a mission to build a better workplace through food, ZeroCater is on the path to becoming the #1 food company serving the workplace. Founded in 2009, ZeroCater has become a leading provider of office catering and snacks, serving companies of all industries including Pagerduty, Salesforce and Cisco Systems. Technology, people, operations andtop-notch food partners allow for ZeroCater’s seamless process and provide customers with in-depth insight into their food programs. ZeroCater provides office catering and snack services in San Francisco; New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Austin and Los Angeles, with plans to expand nationally. For more information visit zerocater.com. Thus far, ZeroCater has raised over $17.6M from investors including Cleveland Avenue, Justin Kan, Romulus Capital, Struck Capital, Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Keith Rabois, SV Angel, and Yuri Milner. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 10, 2011 |  |
| Hipmunk | Hipmunk is a travel search site that aims to take the agony out of travel planning. Their mission is to help people book travel faster and more efficiently. Hipmunk was designed to help people who are overwhelmed with pages of irrelevant search results. Hipmunk presents flight results in a visual timeline that allows people to select the bestflight for them at a glance. Hotel results are shown on a map so that people can view wherein a destination they will be staying and the landmarks near them. | $1M | Seed | Oct 05, 2010 |  |
| Fanvibe | Check-in to games to chat and trash-talk with friends who are also watching. Get scores and breaking news sent straight to your iPhone. Fanvibe covers the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, college basketball, college football, and the English Premier League.Fanvibe Features Include:-Your Sports Pulse: A custom feed with news, scores and your friends’activity.-Game Check-Ins: Tell your friends what you’re watching and see what games your friends are watching. Never ask, “Did you see that game?” again!-Personalized Scoreboard: Real-time scores, live game details, alerts and score updates.-Favorites: Get news and scores for your favorite teams sent straight to your iPhone or iPod touch. -Friend Finder: Find your friends easily by searching Facebook, Twitter and your address book.Coming soon: March Madness brackets and World Cup coverage, Cricket, Golf and Tennis.About FanvibeFanvibe for the iPhone / iPod Touch is the first product from We The Fan, a company dedicated to building new sports products built by and for the sports fan. |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2010 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [Vito One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vito-one) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alsop Louie Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alsop-louie-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [coparion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coparion) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Gabor Cselle invest in?

Gabor Cselle invests primarily in Internet, Mobile Apps and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 11 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 Gabor Cselle's check size?

Gabor Cselle typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gabor Cselle participates in.

### When did Gabor Cselle last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gabor Cselle closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 11 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?

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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