# Jim Wiatt

> Jim Wiatt is a seed investor in Los Angeles backing Software, Marketplace and Apps. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-wiatt/30/8a1/a90
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jimwiatt
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.wiatt.3?fref=ts

Jim Wiatt is a Board Member at AOL.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Film | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Safely Health | The Safely App lets potential partners share their verified STD and COVID status in a way that's trusted, private, and secure. More than an app, Safely is a movement to disrupt the spread of STD's and make the world a safer (and more fun) place to be. Behind it's sexy exterior, Safely is a fully vertically integrated healthcarecompany with partnerships and proprietary integrations with many of the world's leading healthcare companies, including Quest, Labcorp Mayo Clinic, EPIC, CVS, and more. SAFE works in partnership with the CDC, many of the world's top nonprofit organizations and influencers, plus social media platforms and dating apps, to empower this and future generations to know and show their status. | $1.8M | Seed | Jan 30, 2018 |  |
| MovieLaLa | MovieLaLa is a social network for movie fans: discovering upcoming movies through friends and favorite stars. For marketers, MovieLaLa is a marketing platform to help movie marketers increase the buzz, awareness and engagement of upcoming movies to ensure strong first week sales.Marc Benioff's investment brings the startup to $750,000 infunding across its seed funding and angel rounds, and its other invetors include Machininma co-founder and CEO Allen DeBevoise, past HBO president of digital initiatives and Warner Bros Online co-founder Jim Moloshok, founding Flixster investor Larry Braitman and more investors from the entertainment industry. If the company succeeds, it could stengthen ties between Hollywood and Silicon Valley after an era of digital piracy tore them apart. | $1.4M | Seed | Jan 12, 2016 |  |
| Squabbler | Squabbler powers video conversation and engagement.Squabbler is the first video engagement platform that allows users to respond to web content and interact with one another through video submission.Our platform allows publishers to embed customized modules into their web properties, social media and mobile applications to increase thelevel of engagement of their users and redefine the way people interact with their content.Please contact us for a demo. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2013 |  |
| Gobbler | Gobbler is the go to marketplace for subscription pro-audio plugins.Think of us as Shopify for creative tools. Gobbler was founded in 2010 by Chris and Jamie Kantrowitz. | $1.3M | Angel | Jan 01, 2011 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelList](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Caivis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caivis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KiwiTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiwitech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rivet Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rivet-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Summit Action](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/summit-action-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vast Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vast-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Jim Wiatt invest in?

Jim Wiatt invests primarily in Software, Marketplace and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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 Jim Wiatt's check size?

Jim Wiatt typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$1.8M 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 Jim Wiatt participates in.

### When did Jim Wiatt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Wiatt closed in Jan 2018. Shizune tracks 4 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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