# Jon Slimak

> Jon Slimak is a seed investor at Google backing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Google](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonslimak
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jonslimak
- Website: http://www.jonslimak.com

Jon Slimak is a seed investor at Google in New York focused on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Jonathan Slimak was co-founder and COO of Alter (also known as Facemoji) acquired by Google in 2022. Before that, he co-founded Ready Makers and was head of Product. Jon is also the founder of Piictu one of the first social photo networks on the. iPhone. Jon has over 12 years of leading Data-driven Product and Design teams - creating consumersoftware specializing in gaming, mobile and social web. He attended Pratt Institute.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Art | 1 | 14% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| Iceland | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quest Portal | Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Solsten | 12traits is an AI firm engaged in understanding human behavior in the digital world for powering the future of customer experience. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Alter | Alter is a platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse. Developers can pipe avatars into their apps, games, and websites. They offer computer vision, 3d technology, web3, machine learning, avatars, rendering engines, blockchain, and NFTs. |  | Seed | May 14, 2020 |  |
| Flow Cannabis Co. | Formed in 2015 with the launch of its top-selling flower line as its flagship brand (Flow Kana), Flow Cannabis Co. aims to build a more sustainable future. Headquartered in Mendocino County - the “gateway” to California’s famed Emerald Triangle region - Flow Cannabis Co. offers a wide range of California’s top-selling cannabis CPG brands and aseries of services including processing, co-packing, manufacturing, white-labeling, and distribution to a growing list of partners at various levels of the supply chain who share our values and vision of building a sustainable and inclusive cannabis industry. | $12.1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2017 |  |
| Vicarious | Vicarious is an artificial intelligence company that uses the computational principles of the brain to develop general intelligence for robots. The company was founded in 2010 by Dr. Dileep George and D. Scott Phoenix. |  | Series B | Apr 02, 2017 |  |
| Nova | Nova is a technology that assists premium publishers in accelerating revenue growth from branded content. They collaborate with AOL, Conde Nast, News Corp, and The Telegraph to grow their direct-sold branded content businesses. With us The Branded Content Platform is designed specifically for premium publishers and includes distribution, campaignmanagement, and insight reporting features. Designers are entirely focused on solutions that increase views, improve operational efficiency, and demonstrate that branded content works. Designers work with publishers in different countries and have offices in Toronto, New York, London, and Sydney. |  | Series A | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| Solsten | 12traits is an AI firm engaged in understanding human behavior in the digital world for powering the future of customer experience. |  | Series A |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## About Google

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Google provides the Android operating system, the Chrome web browser, and a search engine to support global connectivity. Its software suite includes productivity tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Calendar, alongside media platforms like YouTube and Google Play. The firm designs hardware, including the Pixel line of smartphones, tablets, and wearabledevices integrated with Wear OS. Through its research divisions, the company creates generative models and tools such as Gemini 3.1 and Veo 3.1 for image creation, video generation, and conversational assistance. Current features include Agentic Vision for visual reasoning and Personal Intelligence, which utilizes Google Photos for contextual content creation.

5 contacts available at Google.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aashima Gupta | Global Head - Healthcare Solutions, Google Cloud Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aashima-gupta |
| Addy Osmani | Senior Staff Software Engineer (Manager) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addy-osmani |
| Alex Okosi | Managing Director, Africa | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-okosi |
| Andrew Golding | Senior research scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-golding-2 |
| Andy Volk | Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Ecosystem | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-volk |

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## FAQ

### What does Jon Slimak invest in?

Jon Slimak invests primarily in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Art startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 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 Jon Slimak last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jon Slimak closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 7 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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