# Joseph R. Saviano

> Joseph R. Saviano is a seed investor at DOT Capital (New York) backing FinTech and Apps. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DOT Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dot-capital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-r-saviano-1393aa11
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jrsaviano
- Website: http://www.dotcapital.com

Joseph R. Saviano is a seed investor at DOT Capital in New York focused on FinTech and Apps. Managing Director of DOT Capital.Partner at Baker Capital since 1998. Angel investor since 2010.Joseph R. Saviano joined Baker Capital in 1997 and serves as its Chief Financial Officer. He has twenty years of financial and investment management experience, including seventeen years in private equity. Prior to joining Baker Capital, Mr.Saviano served as a Vice President at Harvest Partners, Inc. and, from 1992 to 1996, served as controller for the private equity funds of Apollo Advisors, L.P. Mr. Saviano earned a BS in Finance from Lehigh University and an MBA from Fordham University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |
| News | 1 | 11% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |
| Social | 1 | 11% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Angel | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 44% |
| India | 1 | 11% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MoneyPlanned | MoneyPlanned is an automated financial planning app that helps users to plan their financial goals, execute their goals with confidence, and track their goals seamlessly. MoneyPlanned provides an end-to-end platform for financial goals - from 360° financial planning and investment transactions to constant advisory for goal achievement.WithMoneyPlanned's technology, it democratizes access to financial management and hyper-personalizing financial planning for millions of people in the middle-class segments. | $313.7K | Seed | Sep 19, 2022 |  |
| Blue Wire | Blue Wire is an audio-centric media company hosting podcasts with athletes, influencers, and professional sports franchises. It acquires and launches podcasts about one team or one specific topic. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $2.5M | Convertible Note | Jul 06, 2022 |  |
| MoneyPlanned | MoneyPlanned is an automated financial planning app that helps users to plan their financial goals, execute their goals with confidence, and track their goals seamlessly. MoneyPlanned provides an end-to-end platform for financial goals - from 360° financial planning and investment transactions to constant advisory for goal achievement.WithMoneyPlanned's technology, it democratizes access to financial management and hyper-personalizing financial planning for millions of people in the middle-class segments. | $331.6K | Pre-Seed | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Blue Wire | Blue Wire is an audio-centric media company hosting podcasts with athletes, influencers, and professional sports franchises. It acquires and launches podcasts about one team or one specific topic. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $5M | Series A | Dec 15, 2020 |  |
| Blue Wire | Blue Wire is an audio-centric media company hosting podcasts with athletes, influencers, and professional sports franchises. It acquires and launches podcasts about one team or one specific topic. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $1.2M | Seed | Feb 19, 2020 |  |
| Authoriti Network | Authoriti Network is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of trading, financial transactions, and credit authorization. Its services protect individuals identity to secure their banking transactions online by providing random security codes. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, United States. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 27, 2019 |  |
| Roboinvest | Roboinvest is the new way to invest. Roboinvest is a social investing platform that allows you to follow and copy other traders in real-time. | $125K | Angel | Oct 18, 2012 |  |
| Console Connect | Console is an enterprise software and interconnection solution provider with more than 170 PoPs globally, enabling its customers to bypass the public internet and directly connect with business-critical SaaS applications, cloud providers and other enterprises with just the click of a button. The Console platform provides a secure and reliable datatransit paths, absent of the problems associated with the public internet. | $2.1M | Angel | Mar 01, 2012 |  |
| PeekYou | PeekYou is a people search engine that allows its users to find and contact individuals online. For every public weblink, PeekYou tries to answer the question, "Who made it?" or, where applicable, "Whom is it about?" So far, we've answered those questions for a billion links and counting. Their patented technology analyzescontent from over sixty social sites, news sources, homepages, and blog platforms and identifies the actual people behind it, combining their scattered digital footprints into a comprehensive record of their online identity.Google calculates the likelihood of any link being associated to a keyword. PeekYou calculates the likelihood of any link being associated to an individual.The company was founded in 2006 by Michael Hussey and is headquartered in New York City. | $100K | Seed | Aug 01, 2011 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Expert Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expert-dojo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Forty5 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forty5-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ARC Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arc-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bettor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bettor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About DOT Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Dot Capital is a New York City-based boutique venture capital firm focused on the digital economy. The firm has built a portfolio containing investments in the technology sub-sectors of; mobile marketing, SaaS, Internet of Things, and Internet infrastructure. It leverages over 50 years of cumulative experience as professional investors in theVenture Capital industry to target investments in disruptive growth companies.Dot Capital was established in 2012 and is based in New York, NY, USA.

4 contacts available at DOT Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Edward Saviano | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-saviano |
| Joseph R. Saviano | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-saviano |
| Joseph R. Saviano | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-saviano |
| Max Tavepholjalern | Growth Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-tavepholjalern |

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## FAQ

### What does Joseph R. Saviano invest in?

Joseph R. Saviano invests primarily in FinTech, Apps and News startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 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 Joseph R. Saviano last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joseph R. Saviano closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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