# Joe Heitzeberg

> Joe Heitzeberg is a seed investor at Crowd Cow (Seattle) backing Software and Education. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Crowd Cow](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crowd-cow)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeheitzeberg
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jheitzeb
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jheitzeb

Joe Heitzeberg is a seed investor at Crowd Cow in Seattle focused on Software and Education. Joe Heitzeberg previously founded In 1998 he incubated and sold a hosted ecommerce startup, JoeMart, to Infoseek.comthat subsequently became the basis for GO.com's Auctions and Stores services. Between 2001 and founding SnapVine, Heitzeberg has worked at a leading mobile software company, Openwave Systems, as principal product manager of client software. Heitzeberg holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| Email Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 50% |
| Web Development | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Glue | Managing a flexible workforce is difficult. Mystery provides hassle-free tools for you to keep your team connected from wherever they are and track your spend and the payoff with software. With Mystery’s extensive background in experience design, advanced logistics, and process automation, Mystery guarantees magical experiences and provesthey're working. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 05, 2019 |  |
| Smore | Smore makes it simple to create gorgeous newsletters, collaborate with colleagues, and analyze results. It's an easy way to ensure consistency and accountability communication and to transform the way your audience engages with your content. Smore has over 2 million users creating over 100,000 newsletters each month. | $425K | Angel | Dec 01, 2011 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Frontier Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfj-frontier) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders' Co-op](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-co-op) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ride Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ride-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Crowd Cow

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Crowd Cow lets you buy the exact cuts and quantity you want direct from a farm with the ease of ordering online, delivered straight to your door.

4 contacts available at Crowd Cow.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Heitzeberg | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-heitzeberg |
| Ethan Lowry | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-lowry |
| Ian McAllister | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-mcallister |
| Joe Van Dyk | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-van-dyk |

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Heitzeberg invest in?

Joe Heitzeberg invests primarily in Software, Education and Email Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joe Heitzeberg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Heitzeberg closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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