# Joel Gascoigne

> Joel Gascoigne is a angel investor at Buffer backing Computer. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Buffer
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelgascoigne/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/joelgascoigne
- Website: http://joelg.co.uk
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joelg

Joel Gascoigne is a Co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Buffer. He attended the University of Warwick.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $500k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Computer | 2 | 40% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Email | 1 | 20% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 3 | 60% |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 Second Everyday | 1 Second Everyday is a private diary app that creates a movie that includes everyday lives. It is a video diary that makes it easy to take a day to day moments and create a meaningful movie of a life story. It is awarded by Webby Award as Best Use of Mobile Camera. It was launched in 2011 and is based in New York. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2019 |  |
| SparkToro | SparkToro™ is a new software company from Moz founder, Rand Fishkin. Their mission is to make it easier to discover the websites, blogs, podcasts, social accounts, and publications that reach your audience.They created SparkToro to help people do better marketing. Specifically, they want to assist organizations of all kinds to quickly andaccurately identify where their audience spends time and pays attention, so marketing efforts can be better targeted and more effective. They think it sucks that so much of web marketing today is “buy ads on Facebook and Google.” That duopoly makes marketing less creative, less interesting, and less fruitful. It’s great for Google and Facebook’s bottom line, but that’s where the benefit ends. | $1.3M | Angel | Jun 07, 2018 |  |
| Zight | CloudApp is the all-in-one visual sharing platform that lets you record, host, and share short videos, GIFs, and visuals (images, annotated screenshots) to make team and customer conversations faster and more succinct. Enhancing conversations visually means that messages don't get lost in translation! With CloudApp, team collaboration is abreeze. | $2M | Seed | Jun 28, 2016 |  |
| CloudPeeps | CloudPeeps is an all-in-one platform, marketplace and community that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. |  | Angel | Dec 31, 2015 |  |
| CM Commerce | CM Commerce offers an e-commerce marketing tool that allows to create professional and automated campaigns. CM Commerce increases sales and revenue with e-commerce email marketing. The company makes it easy to automate so that e-commerce businesses can increase conversion. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England. | $500K | Angel | May 13, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Calm Company Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calm-company-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Haatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haatch) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRCM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/CRCM) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earnest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earnest-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hedgewood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hedgewood) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Indie.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indie-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Buffer

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Build your audience and grow your brand on social media. Plan and schedule thumb-stopping content that drives meaningful engagement and growth for your business.

5 contacts available at Buffer.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joel Gascoigne | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-gascoigne |
| Amanda Marochko | Head of Strategic Partnerships and Product Manager | — |
| Åsa Nyström | VP of Customer Advocacy | — |
| Carolyn Kopprasch | Chief of Special Projects | — |
| Dan Farrelly | Chief Technology Officer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Joel Gascoigne invest in?

Joel Gascoigne invests primarily in Computer, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Angel and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Joel Gascoigne's check size?

Joel Gascoigne typically joins rounds of $500k–$1.3M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joel Gascoigne participates in.

### How do I contact Joel Gascoigne?

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### When did Joel Gascoigne last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joel Gascoigne closed in Mar 2019. Shizune tracks 5 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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