Jeff Bonforte
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Jeff Bonforte is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Software and E-Commerce. Jeff Bonforte is the Chief Executive Officer at Grindr. He attended University of California, Los Angeles during 1990 - 1993.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Jeff Bonforte invests in
Stages Jeff Bonforte invests in
Countries Jeff Bonforte invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$5.3M
- Pre-Seed
- $120k–$1.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (46%)
- E-Commerce 5 (38%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (31%)
- Apps 3 (23%)
- Internet 3 (23%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (69%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (15%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 11 (85%)
- Canada 2 (15%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloks is your personal copilot - making sure you always come prepared for every professional interactions. | $1.5M / Seed / Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Checkmate's a browser extension that generates you personalized deals based on who you are at 100k online stores. Your data's everywhere. Put it to work. Tell Checkmate about yourself in 30 seconds and start saving everywhere. | $15M / Series A / May 25, 2023 | ||
| Nook rebuilt the calendar from the ground up to make people feel connected, engaged and more productive. It is designed for people, teams, and companies that want to work flexibly. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Oct 26, 2022 | ||
| Sheltr makes home maintenance effortless. Ongoing home maintenance is a huge frustration for today's homebuyers and it often goes neglected, resulting in expensive, reactive repairs. Our end-to-end solution helps homeowners reduce stress, spend less, and save time managing their homes.In addition to improving the end-customer'sexperience, we also help our partners, like home insurers, deepen customer engagement, develop new revenue streams, and mitigate risk. | $3.2M / Seed / Jun 04, 2019 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Startup based in Menlo Park, focusing on mobile apps. The name comes from 'tri-simian', referring to the three wise monkeys. | $3M / Oct 24, 2017 | ||
| The Finrise mission is to increase the accessibility of quality healthcare through a suite of transparent financial products, starting with patients of dental, vision, audiology and veterinary services.Patients deserve better, which is why we’re committed to putting patient empowerment and customer service at the forefront of healthcarelending. Every day, patients receive instant and transparent term loans right in the doctor's office onto their phones. To expand reach, Finrise looks beyond simple FICO scores, which were created over 30 years ago in an era before smartphones and internet access.Finrise empowers doctors to treat without the limitation of affordability. By combining care, coverage, and change, we’re building a solution that doctors prefer for their patients. | $5.3M / Seed / Oct 19, 2016 | ||
| BrightCrowd improves engagement among students and alumni through simple, digital community books. By focusing on more intimate networks, these books allow members of a specific class or group to share a bit about themselves and get a more personal view of their classmates. | Seed / Oct 11, 2016 | ||
| Earny is your personal assistant who automatically gets you money back on almost every item you buy. Earny finds better prices on items you’ve bought and gets you back the difference. His mission is to give you the confidence to purchase wherever and whenever you want, knowing you will never overpay for an item. | $2.5M / Seed / May 05, 2016 | ||
| Echo AI transforms how organizations engage with their customers with its groundbreaking Conversation Intelligence platform. Leveraging advanced generative AI, Echo AI autonomously processes millions of customer interactions, enabling businesses to act on real-time intelligence and insights. This empowers not only customer-facing teams but entireorganizations to understand and act upon every customer interaction. Headquartered in San Francisco, Echo AI, formerly known as Pathlight, is supported by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Insight Partners, and Quiet Capital. Discover the future of Conversation Intelligence and request a demo at www.echoai.com. | $1.1M / Seed / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Jeff Bonforte invest in?
Jeff Bonforte invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 Jeff Bonforte's check size?
Jeff Bonforte typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$5.3M at Seed and $120k–$1.8M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jeff Bonforte participates in.
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When did Jeff Bonforte last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jeff Bonforte closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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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