# Irene Au

> Irene Au is a seed investor in San Francisco backing E-Commerce and Beauty. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ireneau
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ireneau
- Website: https://x.com/ireneau
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/irene.au

Irene Au is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on E-Commerce and Beauty. Irene Au is based out of California and is the Design Partner of Khosla Ventures. Irene Au attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$4.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| Beauty | 1 | 20% |
| DevOps | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |
| Printing | 1 | 20% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Titan | Top 1% coaches for top 1% performers.Titan matches VC-backed founders with world-leading executive coaches and performance psychologists to maximize their performance - and the performance of their business.We have raised $5.7mm from top executives at Google, PayPal, Lyft, and AirBnB and investors who previously funded Square, Instacart,Twilio, GrubHub, StitchFix, OpenDoor, and SpaceX.You can learn more about Titan here: https://www.withtitan.com/ | $4.2M | Seed | Jun 09, 2022 | https://www.awarehc.com/ |
| Beaubble | beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 | https://beaubble.com/ |
| zeroheight | Zeroheight is a software company developing a design documentation platform to easily build style guides and reuse common design elements. Its platform offers an easy-to-create design system to edit style guides that are synced with design and code to create beautiful and sophisticated style guides.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in London, England. | $10M | Series A | Aug 03, 2021 | http://www.zeroheight.com |
| Printify | Printify is the world's most famous print-on-demand platform designed to help anyone with an internet connection unlock the freedom that comes with opening your own online business. And because it’s completely risk free, more than 10 million people have signed up to open their stores! We created Printify so that anyone can create greatproducts, drive sales, and unlock their freedom. Printify has been on a steep growth curve since 2015, and now with more than 700 employees, three offices, and an amazing diverse team spread around Europe, we’re continuing to go from strength to strength. The Financial Times has ranked us as a Best Startup Employer for the last 4 years in a row, and we’re headquartered in Riga with investment backing from Richard Branson, Index Ventures, and some of the best angel investors from Silicon Valley and beyond. | $3M | Seed | May 09, 2019 | https://printify.com |

4 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Graph Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graph-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adobe-systems) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Irene Au invest in?

Irene Au invests primarily in E-Commerce, Beauty and DevOps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Irene Au's check size?

Irene Au typically joins rounds of $3M–$4.2M 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 Irene Au participates in.

### How do I contact Irene Au?

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### When did Irene Au last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Irene Au closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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