Heather Redman
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Flying Fish Partners
Seattle, United States
Heather Redman is a seed investor at Flying Fish Partners in Seattle focused on Software and SaaS. Heather Redman is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Flying Fish Partners, a new venture firm funding tech companies in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, with a concentration on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Heather is an investor in TechStars, 9 Mile Labs, Founders' Co-op, Alliance of Angels and Pioneer SquareLabs and an adviser to Blokable and iInnovate. She has served on the boards of several privately held companies and many industry associations and non-profit companies as well as on numerous advisory boards. She is the Chair of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chair of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), a Washington State University Regent, and a nationally recognized “tech” advocate, driving cities to create symbiotic relationships with tech companies–large and small. She is also a fierce believer in diversity as a key driver of success.Heather delivers a wealth of commercial and legal experience with more than two decades of success in the areas of business development, corporate development and structuring, strategy, operations, M&A, corporate and project finance, product acquisition, intellectual property, licensing, and tax. She has handled many corporate transactions including successful exits, financings and joint ventures for her companies. Her experience ranges from management positions in consumer products companies to B2B companies serving Fortune 500 customers.Heather has held diverse leadership roles, including VP Business Operations & GC at Indix Corporation, Principal and Senior VP at Summit Power Group, Executive VP and co-COO at Atom Entertainment, SVP and General Counsel at Getty Image and PhotoDisc, Inc. While at PhotoDisc and Atom, she led negotiations for their successful sales. At Getty, she served as General Counsel and managed the company's relisting on NASDAQ.Heather is active in local, state and national politics. She holds a JD (with distinction) from Stanford University and received her Bachelor's from Reed College.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Heather Redman invests in
Stages Heather Redman invests in
Countries Heather Redman invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $35k–$5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (23%)
- SaaS 3 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (12%)
- Apps 2 (8%)
- Fashion 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (54%)
- Convertible Note 3 (12%)
- Funding Round 2 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (8%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 14 (54%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Picnic is an innovator of food production technology and robotics solutions. Picnic has collected an experienced team of food and technology industry veterans to develop and provide specialized intelligent technology and exclusive solutions for the food service and hospitality industries. Picnic's Pizza Production System is the firstautomated pizza system designed for commercial kitchen retrofit or new installations, producing hundreds of custom pizzas per hour with chef-chosen ingredients and recipes. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Enterprise task learning systems | $5M / Seed / Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| Reclaim.ai is an intelligence and automation calendar tool designed to aid users in prioritizing their work and balancing their schedules. | $3.2M / Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| Reclaim.ai is an intelligence and automation calendar tool designed to aid users in prioritizing their work and balancing their schedules. | $4.8M / Seed / May 26, 2021 | ||
| Picnic is an innovator of food production technology and robotics solutions. Picnic has collected an experienced team of food and technology industry veterans to develop and provide specialized intelligent technology and exclusive solutions for the food service and hospitality industries. Picnic's Pizza Production System is the firstautomated pizza system designed for commercial kitchen retrofit or new installations, producing hundreds of custom pizzas per hour with chef-chosen ingredients and recipes. | $13.3M / Series A / May 18, 2021 | ||
| Picnic is an innovator of food production technology and robotics solutions. Picnic has collected an experienced team of food and technology industry veterans to develop and provide specialized intelligent technology and exclusive solutions for the food service and hospitality industries. Picnic's Pizza Production System is the firstautomated pizza system designed for commercial kitchen retrofit or new installations, producing hundreds of custom pizzas per hour with chef-chosen ingredients and recipes. | $3M / Series A / Oct 06, 2020 | ||
| Reclaim.ai is an intelligence and automation calendar tool designed to aid users in prioritizing their work and balancing their schedules. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Dec 10, 2019 | ||
| Picnic is an innovator of food production technology and robotics solutions. Picnic has collected an experienced team of food and technology industry veterans to develop and provide specialized intelligent technology and exclusive solutions for the food service and hospitality industries. Picnic's Pizza Production System is the firstautomated pizza system designed for commercial kitchen retrofit or new installations, producing hundreds of custom pizzas per hour with chef-chosen ingredients and recipes. | $5M / Seed / Nov 20, 2019 | ||
| Helping Companies and Their Employees Improve Customer Experience Using AIThe NOMAD platform helps companies measure, act and improve customer experience, operational performance and consumer insights in ways that have never before been possible. Our AI-based software lets businesses seamlessly capture 100% of all consumer interactions withoutany customer input required (no surveys, push buttons or online postings), providing in-the-moment experience feedback that can be acted on in real time. Founded in 2016, NOMAD is used by retail, food service, hospitality, marketing and healthcare companies. | $2.7M / Seed / Sep 12, 2019 | ||
| Nomad Go is the developer of an inventory automation platform that enables automated inventory counts and powers decision making. The AI platform uses advanced computer vision technology and augmented reality to create a 3D digital twin of any inventory environment. Increase revenue, drive operational efficiencies and enhance the customerexperience with Nomad Go’s METAshelfTM, technology to power automation. | $2.7M / Seed / Sep 12, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Flying Fish Partners
Flying Fish is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in applied and platform AI/ML startups as well as supporting tools and infrastructure. The fund was founded by former Microsoft AI operators in 2016 and is fueling the next generation of technical leaders in every industry who are building companies with machine learning at thecore of their strategy.
Flying Fish Partners Contacts
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Adriane Brown
Managing Partner
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Frank Chang
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Geoff Harris
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
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Tri Tran
CFO
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Heather Gorham
Principal
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What does Heather Redman invest in?
Heather Redman invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 26 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 Heather Redman's check size?
Heather Redman typically joins rounds of $35k–$5M 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 Heather Redman participates in.
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The most recent investment recorded for Heather Redman closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 26 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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