# Joel Simkhai

> Joel Simkhai is a seed investor at Blendr (Los Angeles) backing LGBT and Rental. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blendr](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blendr)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelsimkhai
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/joelsimkhai
- Website: http://www.grindr.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joelsimkhai

Joel Simkhai is a seed investor at Blendr in Los Angeles focused on LGBT and Rental. Joel Simkhai - Chief Executive Officer @ Blendr

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LGBT | 1 | 100% |
| Rental | 1 | 100% |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |
| Leisure | 1 | 100% |
| Tourism | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| misterb&b | Misterb&b is an operator of a property rental marketplace used to connect travelers and hosts in the LGBTQ community. Its marketplace offers a searchable database of short-term rentals of homes, rooms, and apartments for its users as per their preferred locations that enable LGBTQ individuals and allies to monetize from their spare space whileproviding affordable houses in a hassle-free manner.Misterb&b was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2M | Seed | May 04, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AngelVest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [China Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MicroVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microventure-marketplace) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pole Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pole-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [U-Start](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/u-start) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Blendr

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Blendr.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joel Simkhai | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-simkhai |

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## FAQ

### What does Joel Simkhai invest in?

Joel Simkhai invests primarily in LGBT, Rental and Travel startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joel Simkhai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joel Simkhai closed in May 2015. Shizune tracks 1 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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