Graham Gullans
Co-Founder, Founding Managing Director @ Empire Angels
Graham Gullans is a Series A investor at Empire Angels focused on Analytics and Mobile. Graham is the Founding Managing Director of Empire Angels, an angel fund and network focused on millennial investors. Empire Angels has invested in 20+ companies and takes an active role leading rounds and holding board positions. In 2014, Graham co-founded LiftMetrix, a social media analytics software company focused on proving the value ofsocial media. Hootsuite acquired LiftMetrix in 2017 and Graham remained with the company as Director of Customer Analytics.In 2013 Graham led the Series Seed round in Zoomcar and has subsequently invested $5mm into Zoomcar in follow-on rounds. Zoomcar has raised $50mm+ from investors such as Sequoia, Ford Motor Company and Our Crowd. Zoomcar is the largest self-drive company in India and was named one of the top 10 most innovative companies in 2017 by Fast Company. Graham sits on the Board of Directors.Previous., Graham was a Vice President at Citigroup. He developed and implemented a quantitative trading strategy, managing $1.5B in a statistical arbitrage equity portfolio. With his early years at Citigroup, Graham was an equity derivatives trader, solely managing the energy and risk-arbitrage portfolios. He graduated cum laude from the honors program of Boston College with a B.S. in Finance and Information Systems.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
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Industries Graham Gullans invests in
Stages Graham Gullans invests in
Countries Graham Gullans invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Analytics 2 (25%)
- Mobile 1 (13%)
- Rental 1 (13%)
- Marketing 1 (13%)
- Automotive 1 (13%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (25%)
- Seed 1 (13%)
- Angel 1 (13%)
- Series B 1 (13%)
- Debt Financing 1 (13%)
Country
- United States 2 (25%)
- India 1 (13%)
Investments
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| Zoomcar is the marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, with over 20,000 cars on its technology-driven platform across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt. Zoomcar empowers host entrepreneurs to safely and easily share their cars to earn additional passive income. Guests in the Zoomcar community enjoy a diverse, affordable selection of cars tounlock memorable driving experiences with friends and family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 100 cities across India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Egypt. Uri Levine, the co-founder of mobility unicorns Waze and Moovit, currently serves as Zoomcar’s Chairman of the Board. | $3.6M / Debt Financing / Aug 03, 2018 | ||
| Zoomcar is the marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, with over 20,000 cars on its technology-driven platform across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt. Zoomcar empowers host entrepreneurs to safely and easily share their cars to earn additional passive income. Guests in the Zoomcar community enjoy a diverse, affordable selection of cars tounlock memorable driving experiences with friends and family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 100 cities across India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Egypt. Uri Levine, the co-founder of mobility unicorns Waze and Moovit, currently serves as Zoomcar’s Chairman of the Board. | $24M / Series B / Jul 25, 2016 | ||
| Zoomcar is the marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, with over 20,000 cars on its technology-driven platform across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt. Zoomcar empowers host entrepreneurs to safely and easily share their cars to earn additional passive income. Guests in the Zoomcar community enjoy a diverse, affordable selection of cars tounlock memorable driving experiences with friends and family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 100 cities across India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Egypt. Uri Levine, the co-founder of mobility unicorns Waze and Moovit, currently serves as Zoomcar’s Chairman of the Board. | $11M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 08, 2015 | ||
| Zoomcar is the marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, with over 20,000 cars on its technology-driven platform across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt. Zoomcar empowers host entrepreneurs to safely and easily share their cars to earn additional passive income. Guests in the Zoomcar community enjoy a diverse, affordable selection of cars tounlock memorable driving experiences with friends and family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 100 cities across India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Egypt. Uri Levine, the co-founder of mobility unicorns Waze and Moovit, currently serves as Zoomcar’s Chairman of the Board. | $8M / Series A / Oct 31, 2014 | ||
| StatSocial is a premier provider of social data, enabling brands and publishers to understand, segment, and target their audiences on the web. StatSocial was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York City. | $1.1M / Angel / Dec 15, 2013 | ||
| Zoomcar is the marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, with over 20,000 cars on its technology-driven platform across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt. Zoomcar empowers host entrepreneurs to safely and easily share their cars to earn additional passive income. Guests in the Zoomcar community enjoy a diverse, affordable selection of cars tounlock memorable driving experiences with friends and family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 100 cities across India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Egypt. Uri Levine, the co-founder of mobility unicorns Waze and Moovit, currently serves as Zoomcar’s Chairman of the Board. | $1.6M / Seed / Oct 02, 2013 | ||
| Zoomcar is the marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, with over 20,000 cars on its technology-driven platform across India, Southeast Asia, and Egypt. Zoomcar empowers host entrepreneurs to safely and easily share their cars to earn additional passive income. Guests in the Zoomcar community enjoy a diverse, affordable selection of cars tounlock memorable driving experiences with friends and family. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Zoomcar employs over 300 people and operates in 100 cities across India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Egypt. Uri Levine, the co-founder of mobility unicorns Waze and Moovit, currently serves as Zoomcar’s Chairman of the Board. | $600K / Convertible Note / Apr 01, 2013 | ||
| Founded February 2012, Human Demand is the leading independent mobile Demand Side Platform (DSP) & Data Management Platform (DMP) company providing mobile audience solutions to advertisers.As a Demand Side Platform (DSP), Human Demand offers agencies and trading desks the industry’s most robust real-time bidding (RTB) self serve platformfor mobile ads. The Company leverages its proprietary technology platform to bid on and serve advertisements across all Mobile Ad Exchanges.As a Data Management Platform (DMP), the Company enriches the typical undifferentiated mobile display and video inventory in real time and makes it intensely more valuable. The Company delivers targeted mobile audiences at scale through its proprietary "AppAudience" data, superior location insights, campaign optimization, and visual analytics. Human Demand has a team of 18 and is headquartered in New York City. | $900K / Series A / Mar 20, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About Empire Angels
Empire Angels is a Member-led, NYC seed fund and angel group of young professionals investing in early-stage ventures. The company operates funds that invest by majority vote, as well as a diverse network of young professionals who invest directly in companies they’re excited about. It was founded in 2012 and is located in New York, New York.
Empire Angels Contacts
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Christina Bechhold Russ
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Graham Gullans
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What does Graham Gullans invest in?
Graham Gullans invests primarily in Analytics, Mobile and Rental startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Graham Gullans closed in Aug 2018. Shizune tracks 8 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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