# Joe Zadeh

> Joe Zadeh is a pre-seed investor backing Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joebot
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/joebot

Joe Zadeh is a pre-seed investor in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology. Joe Zadeh

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$13M |
| Pre-Seed | $544k–$5.1M |
| Series A | $12M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 33% |
| Music | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| Personal Health | 2 | 13% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 40% |
| Seed | 5 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 4 | 27% |
| United States | 4 | 27% |
| Germany | 2 | 13% |
| Estonia | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AUDIOGEN | Audiogen makes audio production 100x faster for music, film, and game makers. | $2.2M | Seed | May 26, 2026 |  |
| Lexroom.ai | Lexroom.ai allows lawyers to complete hours of legal research in seconds.Legal professionals spend up to 50% of their time in repetitive, low value-adding tasks. That’s why we’re building Lexroom.ai, a product that allows lawyers to complete hours of research in seconds, so they can focus on what really matters.Lexroom.ai perfectly integrateswith lawyers' daily workflow and enables them to speed up time-consuming legal research tasks while increasing output quality, so that they can focus more on value-adding activities.Lexroom.ai is building a bridge between advanced artificial intelligence technologies and legal professionals, through a product specifically tailored to their needs. | $19M | Series A | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| Lexroom.ai | Lexroom.ai allows lawyers to complete hours of legal research in seconds.Legal professionals spend up to 50% of their time in repetitive, low value-adding tasks. That’s why we’re building Lexroom.ai, a product that allows lawyers to complete hours of research in seconds, so they can focus on what really matters.Lexroom.ai perfectly integrateswith lawyers' daily workflow and enables them to speed up time-consuming legal research tasks while increasing output quality, so that they can focus more on value-adding activities.Lexroom.ai is building a bridge between advanced artificial intelligence technologies and legal professionals, through a product specifically tailored to their needs. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Ephos | Ephos develops integrated photonic circuits using glass technology to enhance computing capabilities. The company focuses on minimizing signal loss and enabling innovative device designs for classical and quantum applications. Its proprietary manufacturing process ensures high-quality production tailored to client needs in the computationalinfrastructure sector. | $8.4M | Seed | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| Cubbit | Cubbit is more than a cloud provider; it’s the 1st geo-distributed cloud Enabler. With just a few clicks, you can customize a hyper-resilient cloud object storage under your own sovereignty. Cubbit’s DS3 (Distributed S3) software runs anywhere - on your existing resources, in the cloud or at the edge - creating a seamless single data domain foryou. No upfront investment is required, and you can reduce storage costs by up to 80% as well as minimizing your cloud carbon footprint. Ideal for traditional use cases like backup and unique to address new needs driven by Edge, Multi-cloud, and Data Sovereignty requirements. As a company or a Service Provider, with Cubbit you can get back full control on data, infrastructure, and costs. In minutes.In one claim: Your Cloud. Your Rules. Anywhere. | $12.5M | Seed | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Lexroom.ai | Lexroom.ai allows lawyers to complete hours of legal research in seconds.Legal professionals spend up to 50% of their time in repetitive, low value-adding tasks. That’s why we’re building Lexroom.ai, a product that allows lawyers to complete hours of research in seconds, so they can focus on what really matters.Lexroom.ai perfectly integrateswith lawyers' daily workflow and enables them to speed up time-consuming legal research tasks while increasing output quality, so that they can focus more on value-adding activities.Lexroom.ai is building a bridge between advanced artificial intelligence technologies and legal professionals, through a product specifically tailored to their needs. | $543.9K | Pre-Seed | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Jet HR | Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc). | $5.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2023 |  |
| Amorai | Amorai offers an AI relationship coaching app targeting young adults. It provides tailored coaching exercises that are mostly created and selected for Gen Z. It is structured as a vertical AI product. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| Meeno | Meeno offers an AI relationship mentoring app targeting young adults. It provides tailored coaching exercises that are mostly created and selected for Gen Z. It is structured as a vertical AI product. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| Shef | Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps local cooks to make a meaningful income from home by selling authentic, homemade dishes to their neighbors. The company was founded by Alvin Salehi and Joey Grassia in 2019 and operates in seven markets, including San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles. | $7M | Debt Financing | Mar 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2100 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2100-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AI Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-ng-ai-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Club degli Investitori](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/club-degli-investitori) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Entourage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entourage-33e7) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EXOR N.V.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-s-p-a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Zadeh invest in?

Joe Zadeh invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Music startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Joe Zadeh's check size?

Joe Zadeh typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$13M at Seed, $544k–$5.1M at Pre-Seed and $12M–$19M 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 Zadeh participates in.

### When did Joe Zadeh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Zadeh closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 15 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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