# Joe Apprendi

> Joe Apprendi is a seed investor at Revel Partners backing Advertising. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Revel Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revel-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeapprendi
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/japprendi
- Website: http://collective.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/collective

Joe Apprendi is a seed investor at Revel Partners in New York focused on Advertising and Video. Joe Apprendi is the Founder and General Partner of Revel Partners and was a CEO of America at Falk eSolutions. He attended Oberlin College.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$4.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 3 | 21% |
| Video | 2 | 14% |
| Analytics | 2 | 14% |
| Marketing | 2 | 14% |
| Hospitality | 2 | 14% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HIVEGEIST | HIVEGIEST is a flexible housing provider for digital nomads, remote workers, and explorers. They provide luxurious homes designed for people that are looking to escape the ordinary and step into a happier, brighter, and freer lifestyle. Living with them gives you access to a curated international community and a wide array of events, experiences,and unique benefits. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 15, 2021 | https://hivegeist.io |
| Buckzy Payments | Buckzy Payments is dedicated to building the worlds first open real-time ecosystem for enabling consumers and small businesses to send and receive money instantly, 24x7, 365 days | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 09, 2019 | https://www.buckzy.net/ |
| Zipdrug | Zipdrug provides patients access to low-cost pharmacies who deliver prescriptions right to their homes. Its platform allocates medicare advantage patients to pharmacies that will drive adherence for the lowest cost. It was founded in 2015 and is based in New York City. | $10.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 15, 2019 | http://www.zipdrug.com/ |
| Placements.io | Placements.io is a modern revenue management platform for sellers of digital advertising. Our platform manages orders, inventory, billing, and integrations for direct and programmatic channels. Our marquee customers drive more revenue and reduce their costs of operations.Placements.io is trusted by companies such as Cargurus.com, Fortune, IAC,Sky Broadcasting, TEGNA, and Walmart, to manage over $6 billion dollars in revenue as they build the future of their business on our platform.Placements.io is based in Seattle with offices in NYC, London, and Taipei. Our investors include Revel Partners and Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital. | $3.8M | Seed | Feb 02, 2018 | http://placements.io |
| Zype | AI-enabled and API-first, Zype powers reliable, scalable video streaming on your website, apps, and channels. Zype is a Backlight business. | $4.9M | Series A | Oct 13, 2017 | http://www.zype.com |
| Traverse Data | Founded in 2015, Traverse aggregates deterministic match data from its proprietary network of publishers and then licenses that data to companies that provide onboarding, retargeting, attribution, cross-device marketing, and personalization services. It captures hundreds of millions of unique hashes per month, and has over 70 publishing partners.The company is based in New York and is privately held. | $1M | Seed | May 17, 2017 | http://www.traversedata.com/ |
| Zype | AI-enabled and API-first, Zype powers reliable, scalable video streaming on your website, apps, and channels. Zype is a Backlight business. | $2M | Seed | Aug 02, 2016 | http://www.zype.com |
| Zype | AI-enabled and API-first, Zype powers reliable, scalable video streaming on your website, apps, and channels. Zype is a Backlight business. | $1.6M | Seed | Oct 27, 2015 | http://www.zype.com |
| Curacity | Curacity is a data analytics company focused on the travel sector. It has built content and data-driven marketplace serving the travel industry. Using proprietary technology, its products help hotels reach and monetize travelers at the critical point of inspiration while enabling publishers to earn OTA-like commissions for hotel bookings catalyzedby their content within a 12-month window. Curacity was founded by Mike Keriakos and Nick Slavin in 2015 and is headquartered in New York. | $4M | Seed | Oct 20, 2015 | https://www.curacity.com |
| Vidible | Vidible is a multi-platform, programmatic video exchange platform for discovering and distributing video content. It is now integrated into ONE by AOL. AOL Platforms enables the world's top marketers and media brands to reach consumers across desktop, mobile, and TV through premium experiences, programmatic buying, and performance-drivencampaigns. It is the global partner of choice for leading publishers, advertisers, and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online. | $3.4M | Series A | Jan 03, 2014 | http://www.vidible.tv |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpine Meridian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpine-meridian) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mistral Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mistral-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Runa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/runa-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Third Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-prime) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BAM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bam-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Berlin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berlin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Revel Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Revel Partners is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on B2B SaaS and marketplaces. They are led by a close team of successful serial entrepreneurs & investors operating out of New York City.

5 contacts available at Revel Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Vincent | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-vincent |
| Thomas Falk | General Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-falks |
| Aaron Feldon | Vice President of Finance and Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-feldon-fb07 |
| Chris Young | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-young-3 |
| Jeffrey Lunsford | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-lunsford |

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Apprendi invest in?

Joe Apprendi invests primarily in Advertising, Video and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 Joe Apprendi's check size?

Joe Apprendi typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M at Seed and $3.4M–$4.9M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joe Apprendi participates in.

### How do I contact Joe Apprendi?

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### When did Joe Apprendi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Apprendi closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 14 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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