Howard Hartenbaum
General Partner @ August Capital
San Francisco, United States
Howard Hartenbaum is a Series A investor at August Capital in San Francisco focused on Internet and Analytics. Howard Hartenbaum is based out of San Francisco, California and is the General Partner of August Capital. Howard previously worked at Draper Richards as a General Partner. Howard Hartenbaum attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 48%
Last updated:
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Industries Howard Hartenbaum invests in
Stages Howard Hartenbaum invests in
Countries Howard Hartenbaum invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (22%)
- Analytics 3 (13%)
- SaaS 2 (9%)
- Mobile 2 (9%)
- Big Data 2 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (39%)
- Series B 4 (17%)
- Seed 2 (9%)
- Funding Round 2 (9%)
- Series C 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 14 (61%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Hitch provides comfy, shared car rides between cities. | Seed / Mar 12, 2021 | ||
| Wove envisions a world where brands grow together. To support this vision, Wove is building the world’s largest network for marketing partnerships, where trusted brands reach each other’s loyal customers and make them their own - all while protecting consumer privacy. With backing from August Capital, Partech, and Origin Ventures, Wove enablesbrands to transform their marketing efforts by unlocking the power of other brands' data. | $9M / Series A / Sep 19, 2018 | ||
| Turo is a car sharing marketplace where travelers can rent any car they want, wherever they want it, from a community of local car owners. Travelers choose from a unique selection of nearby cars, while car owners earn extra money and help fuel the adventures of travelers they meet along the way.Since its national launch in March 2012, Turo hasbuilt a vibrant community of over 2 million owners and travelers. Owners are able to make hundreds – or even thousands – of dollars a month by simply and safely renting out their cars. From A3 to Z4, renters have access to an unparalleled selection of vehicles at prices up to 40% lower than other car rental options, while enjoying the convenience of renting cars where they’re needed: right in their own neighborhood, at the airport, and everywhere in between. | $104M / Series D / Sep 06, 2017 | ||
| EAT Club is a food technology company that's democratizing good food. Office workers can order lunch from great local restaurants via mobile or web and get it delivered by 12:30 pm. EAT Club is based in Redwood City, California, and currently serves the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles. | $30M / Series C / May 19, 2017 | ||
| Reputation.com delivers an Online Reputation Management (ORM) platform for large enterprises with hundreds or thousands of locations. The platform provides a 360-degree view of online reputation and allows clients to manage online reviews, social media, business listings, and customer surveys. Its advanced analytics and reporting capabilitiesdeliver valuable operational insights that help clients be more efficient, deliver better service and drive traffic, visits, and revenue.Businesses can also gain valuable insights at the local level that will give it the information needed to make operational changes to maximize customer retention and revenue.Reputation.com was founded on 2006 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. | $20M / Jan 05, 2017 | ||
| Beckon is The Source of Truth for Marketing™—enterprise software that delivers clean, trusted data and real-time marketing intelligence for agile decisions at the speed and scale of modern marketing. The first platform to combine data best practices with marketing best practices, Beckon provides automated data management, total visibility intocross-channel marketing performance, integrated campaign planning, omnichannel analytics, real-time dashboards and scorecards, and marketing KPIs right out of the box for fast time to value. Beckon is for marketers who want to bring order to messy data, see what’s working across it all, spend wisely, maximize ROI, and tell the story of marketing’s impact on the business. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 27, 2016 | ||
| DocSend is a secure document sharing and tracking solution that helps companies share business-critical documents with ease. With DocSend companies can track who opens their document and how much time they spend on each page, protect documents with security features like email verification and viewer whitelisting, and share multiple documents witha single link using Spaces, our virtual deal room.The company was founded in San Francisco by three Stanford computer science graduates who have experience at Google, Dropbox, Facebook, and Intuit. | $8M / Series A / Apr 11, 2016 | ||
| Beckon is The Source of Truth for Marketing™—enterprise software that delivers clean, trusted data and real-time marketing intelligence for agile decisions at the speed and scale of modern marketing. The first platform to combine data best practices with marketing best practices, Beckon provides automated data management, total visibility intocross-channel marketing performance, integrated campaign planning, omnichannel analytics, real-time dashboards and scorecards, and marketing KPIs right out of the box for fast time to value. Beckon is for marketers who want to bring order to messy data, see what’s working across it all, spend wisely, maximize ROI, and tell the story of marketing’s impact on the business. | $13M / Series B / Jan 27, 2015 | ||
| Open Garden is changing the way people connect to the Internet. By enabling anyone to securely share their own Internet connection and earn money, the Open Garden protocol empowers millions of people to create their own networks in their own communities, while making Internet access more affordable, faster and private. | $10.8M / Series A / Dec 18, 2014 | ||
| Ditto licenses virtual try-on and frame recommendation technology to the world’s best eyewear retailers. | $5M / Nov 20, 2014 | ||
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Co-Investors
About August Capital
August Capital is an early stage venture capital fund focused on investing in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. Today, August Capital's six active investment professionals -- David Hornik, Eric Carlborg, Howard Hartenbaum, Tripp Jones, Villi Iltchev, and Lisa Marrone -- have more than a century ofcombined venture and operational experience. Together they manage $2.5 billion and have invested in hundreds of companies across the technology spectrum.From its inception, August Capital has funded an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs who have built significant, long-term value across the full range of information technologies. The companies that August Capital's partners have backed represent an aggregate market capitalization of well over $250 billion, generate in excess of $75 billion in annual revenue and employ a quarter of a million people around the world. This success is a testament to the entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the fundamental technologies they have created. They are proud to have supported these entrepreneurs and their companies as they have grown and prospered.
August Capital Contacts
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Eric Carlborg
General Partner, Investment Professional
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David Hornik
General Partner
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David Marquardt
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Howard Hartenbaum
General Partner
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John Johnston
Founding Partner
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What does Howard Hartenbaum invest in?
Howard Hartenbaum invests primarily in Internet, Analytics and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 23 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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When did Howard Hartenbaum last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Howard Hartenbaum closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 23 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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