# Joe Edmonds

> Joe Edmonds is a seed investor in Los Angeles backing Apps, SaaS and Local. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-edmonds/2/470/370
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/joee
- Website: https://x.com/joee
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joeedm

Joe Edmonds is a seed investor in Los Angeles focused on Apps and SaaS. Prior to co-founding ZipRecruiter, Joe was a technology leader at ThisNext, and helped build Rent.com and Stamps.com.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Local | 1 | 17% |
| Events | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Morty | Morty is a consumer app uniting people around IRL, interactive experiences. | $2.2M | Seed | Jun 30, 2023 |  |
| YepChat | YepChat offers businesses with a texting platform that enables them to manage and react according to their customer feedback. It offers tools that enable businesses to manage a large number of texts and obtain analytics.YepChat enables businesses to conduct surveys, receive purchase orders, and handle payments through text messages. It alsoenables its customers to send automated or customized messages to targeted groups. YepChat also enables businesses to provide their VIP customers with concierge services.YepChat was founded in January 2015 by Quinn Goldstein. And it is headquartered in Venice, California. | $1M | Seed | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| LÜK Network | LÜK is a talent marketplace for the fashion and entertainment industries (models, photographers, stylists, hair and makeup artists, etc.). LÜK has assembled the top talent agencies into one location for clients to easily book talent for photo/video shoots. Think Expedia, but for professional talent. Now, LÜK is becoming the payments platformfor the entire industry. Currently, it takes talent agencies 60-150 days to get paid. LÜK is factoring the receivables of the 150 talent agencies in their network to get them paid out same day. | $4M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Morty | Morty is a consumer app uniting people around IRL, interactive experiences. |  | Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| Morty | Morty is a consumer app uniting people around IRL, interactive experiences. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| Morty | Morty is a consumer app uniting people around IRL, interactive experiences. | $165K | Angel | Jan 02, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANIMO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animo-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wedbush Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wedbush-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Graph Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graph-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nyca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nycapartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelList Quant Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-quant-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Edmonds invest in?

Joe Edmonds invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and Local startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 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 Edmonds's check size?

Joe Edmonds typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M 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 Joe Edmonds participates in.

### When did Joe Edmonds last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Edmonds closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 6 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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