# Ian Storm Taylor

> Ian Storm Taylor is a seed investor at Segment backing Software and Developer Tools. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Segment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/segment-io)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianstormtaylor/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ianstormtaylor
- Website: https://x.com/ianstormtaylor
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ianstormtaylor

Ian Storm Taylor is a Co-Founder at Segment.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 50% |
| Product Management | 1 | 50% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Svix | Svix is the webhooks-as-a-service platform that empowers companies of all sizes to send webhooks easily and reliably. | $7.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 22, 2023 |  |
| Makelog | Makelog makes it easy to create, centralize, and share product updates with your customers and internal teams. | $3M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator Continuity Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator-continuity-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Basecamp Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basecamp-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bluewatch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluewatch-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Segment

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Segment provides the customer data infrastructure that helps businesses put their customers first. Using Segment, companies can collect, unify, and connect their first-party to over 200 marketing, analytics, and data warehouse tools. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Segment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angela Haddad | Creative Director, Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-haddad-88d3 |
| Ian Storm Taylor | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-storm-taylor |
| Lesley Young | VP Global Commercial Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lesley-young |
| Alan Braithwaite | Programmer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-braithwaite-44e7 |
| Dave Munichiello | Investor & Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-munichiello |

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## FAQ

### What does Ian Storm Taylor invest in?

Ian Storm Taylor invests primarily in Software, Developer Tools and Product Management startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ian Storm Taylor last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ian Storm Taylor closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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