# Geoff Donaker

> Geoff Donaker is a seed investor at Burst Capital backing Artificial Intelligence. See 14 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Firm: [Burst Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burst-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gdonaker
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/geoffdonaker
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geoffdonaker?fref=ts

Geoff Donaker is a seed investor at Burst Capital in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Internet. Geoff Donaker is the Chief Operating Officer since June 2006 and a Member of the Board of Directors since December 2010 at Yelp. Since joining Yelp in November 2005 as the Vice President of Business Development, Geoff has helped to orchestrate geographic expansion, build revenue lines and hire management team. Prior to joining Yelp Geoff servedin several roles at eBay Inc., an Internet marketplace, including Director of International Categories and Director of Collectibles, from May 2001 to November 2005. Prior to eBay, Geoff held various management and marketing roles at Internet companies, including Voter.com, Excite@Home and Excite, from 1998 through 2000. Geoff began his career with Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) from August 1995 to January 1998. Geoff holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$8M |
| Series A | $5M–$39M |
| Series B | $23M–$78M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 43% |
| Internet | 5 | 36% |
| Software | 4 | 29% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 21% |
| Apps | 2 | 14% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Series A | 6 | 43% |
| Series B | 2 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 86% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Willow Voice | Willow Voice is a technology company that develops voice input solutions using artificial intelligence. Its primary product is a dictation tool that converts spoken language into text in real time. The platform is designed to support everyday digital tasks by reducing reliance on manual typing. | $4.2M | Seed | Jul 15, 2025 | https://willowvoice.com/ |
| Pickle | Pickle is a rental marketplace that aims to monetize the billions of underutilized assets sitting in consumers closets and brand inventory. Our users can easily tap into shared closets within their community through flexible and/or on-demand delivery options (i.e. UberEats style door-to-door delivery). Our goal is to provide affordable andconvenient access to quality items exactly when our users need them. | $12M | Series A | Mar 12, 2025 | https://www.shoponpickle.com |
| ShopMy | ShopMy is the affiliate marketing and collaboration tool used by the top content creators and brands in the world. | $77.5M | Series B | Jan 24, 2025 | https://shopmy.us |
| Pickle | Pickle is a rental marketplace that aims to monetize the billions of underutilized assets sitting in consumers closets and brand inventory. Our users can easily tap into shared closets within their community through flexible and/or on-demand delivery options (i.e. UberEats style door-to-door delivery). Our goal is to provide affordable andconvenient access to quality items exactly when our users need them. | $8M | Seed | Oct 11, 2023 | https://www.shoponpickle.com |
| Resq | ResQ is the all-in-one app to request, track and pay for your restaurant's repair and maintenance needs. | $39M | Series A | Oct 12, 2021 | https://www.getresq.com |
| Nana Academy | Nana is a vertically integrated student-to-operator trade skills school, today focused on Appliance Repair. We work with some of the 35 million people who will lose their jobs by 2030 to tech automation, teaching them trade skills, building their experience through our mentorship program, and connecting them to good jobs on our marketplace. Byperfecting this pipeline and teaching life skills to a new generation of tradespeople, we are accelerating the retooling of America’s workforce and creating millions of economic opportunities. | $6M | Seed | Nov 12, 2020 | https://nanaacademy.org |
| Workstream | Workstream is the leading HR, Payroll, and Hiring platform for the hourly workforce. Its smart technology streamlines HR tasks so franchise and business owners can move fast, reduce labor costs, and simplify operations—all in one place. 46 of the top 50 quick-service restaurant brands—including Burger King, Jimmy John’s, Taco Bell—rely onWorkstream to hire, retain, and pay their teams. Learn more at workstream.us. | $10M | Series A | May 07, 2020 | https://www.workstream.us |
| Avochato | Avochato is a mobile messaging platform designed for customer relationship management. It enables business teams to connect with customers and deliver a seamless and efficient messaging experience every step of the way, from lead capture and nurturing to post-sale support. | $5M | Series A | Dec 07, 2018 | https://www.avochato.com |
| Wonderschool | Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes.Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live inapartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own.Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments.It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children. | $20M | Series A | Aug 10, 2018 | http://www.wonderschool.com |
| Peek | Peek is an AI-enabled platform that supports online booking, payment processing, dynamic pricing, and guest management, while automating scheduling, waivers, communication, and analytics. With a marketplace at Peek.com, it offers travelers access to tens of thousands of curated experiences—everything from immersive exhibits and city tours toclasses and adventures. Through recent acquisitions of ACME Ticketing and Connect&GO, Peek now extends its infrastructure to include membership, donations, RFID-based visitor tracking, and on-site operations. Its clients include major institutions like MoMA, the Whitney Museum, Seattle Aquarium, Bryant Park, Looping Group, and Museum of Ice Cream. | $23M | Series B | Jun 19, 2018 | http://www.peek.com/ |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FirstMark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstmark-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Uncork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softtech-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Geoff Donaker invest in?

Geoff Donaker invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Geoff Donaker invest in?

Geoff Donaker typically joins rounds of $2M–$8M at Seed, $5M–$39M at Series A and $23M–$78M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Geoff Donaker's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Geoff Donaker took part in.

### How do I contact Geoff Donaker?

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### When did Geoff Donaker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Geoff Donaker closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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