# Keith Cox

> Keith Cox is a startup investor at Vacatia (San Francisco). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vacatia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vacatia)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coxkeith/

Keith Cox is a startup investor at Vacatia in San Francisco. Keith Cox is the founder of Brainstorm Ventures.Keith is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded businesses in the resort real estate, consumer technology, venture capital and chain restaurant industries. Keith founded Vacation Listing Service after his experience leading a resort real estate brokerage and fractional ownership company, ResortEquities, which he founded in 2004. Prior to entering the resort industry, Keith co-founded and served as managing director of Brainstorm Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund, which invested in e-commerce and emerging technology companies such as OpenTable.com and Zappos.com. Keith also helped to found, fund and launch consumer internet and mobile technology companies such as Me.com, Santa.com and Lightt, Inc., serving in each case as the Chairman of the board of directors. Prior to Brainstorm Ventures, Keith co-founded and served as CEO of World Wrapps, a west coast chain of gourmet, quick-service restaurants and Hot Concepts Award winner. More recently, Keith conceived of, launched and served as CEO of another growing, venture-backed restaurant chain, Pacific Catch, which is a moderately priced, Pacific-inspired fish house. His previous business experience includes that of strategic management consultant in the consumer practice at Booz-Allen & Hamilton and financial consultant at Deloitte & Touche. Keith obtained two BAs in Business Economics and Sociology at UC Santa Barbara and his MBA at Stanford University.

## About Vacatia

VC Fund · Mill Valley, United States

Vacatia is the resort marketplace for vacationing families and friends. Our mission is to make family vacations better and to help family resorts thrive. We make it easy for guests to find and instantly book their perfect resort residence, combining the space of a home and the services of a hotel. Vacatia provides real-time rental listings, largephotos, floor plans, and detailed resort information, supported by Vacatia Guest Care and multiple flexible payment options. We work with 600+ select professionally managed resorts and resort residence owners at leading hospitality, vacation ownership (timeshare) and premier independent resorts. No private homes or hotels allowed! Vacatia also partners with select brands to operate vacation ownership marketplaces. In addition, we are a growing property manager of independent vacation resorts throughout the country.Vacatia is a member of the Family Travel Association and the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), which named Vacatia the winner of the "ACE Innovator Award: Industry Partner" category of the 2017 ARDA Awards. Recently, we were named to the a16z Marketplace 100 list. Vacatia is venture-backed, was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

4 contacts available at Vacatia.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Keith Cox | Founder, CEO and Board Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-cox |
| Caroline Shin | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-shin |
| Michael Burns | Chief Resort Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-burns |
| Steven Pennington | Vice President of Product & Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-pennington |

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