# Isaac Applbaum

> Isaac Applbaum is a seed investor at U.S. Department of Education backing Mobile and E-Commerce. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [U.S. Department of Education](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/us-department-of-education)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/isaac-applbaum/0/5a/560

Isaac Applbaum is a seed investor at U.S. Department of Education in San Francisco focused on Mobile and E-Commerce. Isaac Applbaum joined MizMaa Ventures Limited as Founder and Partner in 2016.Isaac Applbaum is a founding General Partner of Opus Capital, a billion dollar early stage venture fund, .focusing his efforts on finding Israeli-based investments for the firm. Previously, Isaac was a Partner and Managing Director for Israel at Lightspeed Venture Partnersan early stage venture capital firm with over two billion dollars under management.Prior to joining Lightspeed, Mr. Applbaum was the founder and CEO of Concorde Solutions Inc. (CSI). In 1998 Mr. Applbaum sold CSI to Bank of America becoming a Senior Vice President at the bank with responsibility for running the bank’s E-ventures group and an advisor to the strategic investments group.Before founding Concorde Solutions, Mr. Applbaum was responsible for running US operations for Advanced Technology International, a large Israeli software development company.Mr. Applbaum currently serves as a Senior Advisor for Philanthropy to the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat. Mr. Applbaum is President of the Board of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, is on the board of directors of: The Koret Israel Economic Development Funds, the Shalem Institute, the Modern Bank and is on the National Council of AIPAC. Mr. Applbaum is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $769k–$3M |
| Pre-Seed | $483k–$1.1M |
| Series B | $6M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 25% |
| Retail | 2 | 17% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 33% |
| Israel | 2 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KLIPY | Klipy offers a free API for GIFs, Clips, Stickers, Memes and AI content enabling platforms to boost user engagement and drive revenue. With advanced localization, KLIPY ensures content stays relevant across regions, from Tokyo to Toronto, tailoring Trending lists and search results to diverse audiences.Check out our features here -https://klipy.com/developers to get 100% free lifetime access to KLIPY's API and start boosting your revenue and user engagement. Ping us at hi@klipy.com | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Ringil | Ringil is a digital platform for the management of freight logistics and transportation. | $482.7K | Pre-Seed | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Anagog | Anagog is the developer of the world’s first Mobile Engagement Platform that operates from within mobile phones and not in the cloud. The Platform ensures that apps can provide hyper-personalized engagement, using a wide range of first-party data, while keeping that data on the device, to reassure consumers that their privacy comes first. Thanksto our Edge AI technology embedded within the platform, we are able to deliver artificial intelligence in a small footprint. Placing all that intelligence on mobile phones means that companies no longer have to collect personal data, or use tracking mechanisms such as cookies or unique IDs to offer customers perfectly targeted engagement, at the exact moment. Anagog is recognized as a world leader in Edge-AI technology, on the strength of 25 patents, and is backed by top investors such as Mercedes, Porsche, Skoda, Sumitomo, and Continental, to name a few. | $15M | Series C | Mar 31, 2020 |  |
| Anagog | Anagog is the developer of the world’s first Mobile Engagement Platform that operates from within mobile phones and not in the cloud. The Platform ensures that apps can provide hyper-personalized engagement, using a wide range of first-party data, while keeping that data on the device, to reassure consumers that their privacy comes first. Thanksto our Edge AI technology embedded within the platform, we are able to deliver artificial intelligence in a small footprint. Placing all that intelligence on mobile phones means that companies no longer have to collect personal data, or use tracking mechanisms such as cookies or unique IDs to offer customers perfectly targeted engagement, at the exact moment. Anagog is recognized as a world leader in Edge-AI technology, on the strength of 25 patents, and is backed by top investors such as Mercedes, Porsche, Skoda, Sumitomo, and Continental, to name a few. | $15M | Series B | Feb 26, 2018 |  |
| Popsa | Popsa sits at the intersection of AI, photos and B2C. According to Deloitte, it is one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech startups, and in both 2022 and 2023 the Financial Times ranked Popsa in the Top 20 fastest-growing software companies in the whole of Europe. Popsa is developing generative AI technology and AI agents that generate personalisedproducts for consumers based on the data contained in their own photos, therefore removing countless anxieties and manual tasks usually associated with personalisation, and empowering everyday people with professional storytelling techniques for the first time.Its award-winning app has made printing memories so easy and accessible that anyone can do it. As a result, the company receives 18,000 orders every week, increasing to 80,000 during Q4.Popsa's native iOS and Android apps are available in 12 languages – attracting more than 8 million users to date – and they ship to 50 countries around the world. Only 15% of Popsa’s revenue comes from the UK (France is their top market whilst the US is the fastest growing).People come to Popsa to create photobooks and other products, but what Popsa really does is help them process their lives and relationships through reflection on their photos. The company's longer term ambition is to become a global destination; a space to explore all of life’s moments and the emotions that come with them – not just the highlights. So holidays, but also lazy days and sad days too. Popsa believes the more you reflect, the better you understand yourself and your connections with others. | $1.1M | Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Popsa | Popsa sits at the intersection of AI, photos and B2C. According to Deloitte, it is one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech startups, and in both 2022 and 2023 the Financial Times ranked Popsa in the Top 20 fastest-growing software companies in the whole of Europe. Popsa is developing generative AI technology and AI agents that generate personalisedproducts for consumers based on the data contained in their own photos, therefore removing countless anxieties and manual tasks usually associated with personalisation, and empowering everyday people with professional storytelling techniques for the first time.Its award-winning app has made printing memories so easy and accessible that anyone can do it. As a result, the company receives 18,000 orders every week, increasing to 80,000 during Q4.Popsa's native iOS and Android apps are available in 12 languages – attracting more than 8 million users to date – and they ship to 50 countries around the world. Only 15% of Popsa’s revenue comes from the UK (France is their top market whilst the US is the fastest growing).People come to Popsa to create photobooks and other products, but what Popsa really does is help them process their lives and relationships through reflection on their photos. The company's longer term ambition is to become a global destination; a space to explore all of life’s moments and the emotions that come with them – not just the highlights. So holidays, but also lazy days and sad days too. Popsa believes the more you reflect, the better you understand yourself and your connections with others. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Buying Show | Buying Show born in 2015 from fashion industry professionals who, after working for more than 20 years in the fashion industry, were frustrated by the slow and sometimes old-fashioned nature of the industry. They believe that through technology, they can help fashion industry professionals speed up sales cycles, shorten lead times, find customersand extend the buying seasons for collections, even with small teams. | $769K | Seed | Nov 17, 2016 |  |
| Omni | Omni provides access to the things you need through its rentals platform. By partnering with local businesses, Omni is bringing rentals to communities so everyone can have access to more items — from bikes and surfboards to camping equipment and air purifiers. Customers can reserve items from local businesses and pick up them instantly, or bookrentals in advance.The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2014 |  |
| Neura | Neura helps leading mobile brands drive higher customer engagement & retention with AI-powered, real-world insights and advanced campaign segmentation & triggering. To learn more, visit us at www.theneura.com | $2M |  | Apr 08, 2014 |  |
| Neura | Neura helps leading mobile brands drive higher customer engagement & retention with AI-powered, real-world insights and advanced campaign segmentation & triggering. To learn more, visit us at www.theneura.com | $2M | Seed | Apr 08, 2014 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SilverCircle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silvercircle) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Caucasus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caucasus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sturgeon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sturgeon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bolt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bolt-io) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About U.S. Department of Education

VC Fund · Washington, United States

The U.S. Department of Education is the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers and coordinates most federal assistance to education. It assists the president in executing his education policies for the nation and in implementing laws enacted by Congress. The Department's mission is to serve America'sstudents-to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.In 2007-08, the Department's elementary and secondary school programs served approximately 55 million students (pre-K through grade 12) attending some 100,000 public schools and 34,000 private schools. Department programs also provided grant, loan and work-study assistance to about 10 million undergraduate students. *When Congress created the Department in 1979, it declared these purposes:to strengthen the Federal commitment to ensuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual; to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community-based organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of education; to encourage the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in Federal education programs; to promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information; to improve the coordination of Federal education programs; to improve the management and efficiency of Federal education activities, especially with respect to the process, procedures, and administrative structures for the dispersal of Federal funds, as well as the reduction of unnecessary and duplicative burdens and constraints, including unnecessary paperwork, on the recipients of Federal funds; and to increase the accountability of Federal education programs to the President, the Congress and the public. (Section 102, Public Law 96-88)

5 contacts available at U.S. Department of Education.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Linda McMahon | Education secretary | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linda-mcmahon |
| Arne Duncan | U.S. Secretary of Education | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arne-duncan |
| Baiyun Tao | Senior Subject Matter Expert | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baiyun-tao |
| Brian Jones | Committee Member, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality & Integrity (NACIQI) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-jones-4 |
| Isaac Applbaum | White House Commission on Presidential Scholars | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isaac-applbaum-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Isaac Applbaum invest in?

Isaac Applbaum invests primarily in Mobile, E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Isaac Applbaum's check size?

Isaac Applbaum typically joins rounds of $769k–$3M at Seed, $483k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$15M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Isaac Applbaum participates in.

### When did Isaac Applbaum last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Isaac Applbaum closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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?

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