# Lo Toney

> Lo Toney is a seed investor at Plexo Capital backing Software and Gaming. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Plexo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plexo-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ltoney
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lo_toney
- Website: https://x.com/lo_toney
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lo.toney

Lo Toney is a seed investor at Plexo Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and Gaming. Lo Toney is the Founding Managing Partner of Plexo Capital and was the CEO of LearnStreet.Lo received his M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business (University of California at Berkeley where he completed the Management of Technology program - a joint curriculum program with the College of Engineering. Lo received his B.S. from Hampton Universityin Virginia.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Gaming | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| iOS | 1 | 14% |
| Chatbot | 1 | 14% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChefHero | ChefHero is an online mobile and web application that allows businesses to order wholesale restaurant supplies from a network of dedicated regional suppliers. The ChefHero team brings this vision to life every day, leaving chefs with more time to do what they love: make incredible food. | $10M | Series A | Jan 19, 2023 | https://www.notchordering.com/ |
| CodeSee | CodeSee is a developer of cloud-based data visualization software to help users master the understanding of code. | $7M | Seed | Jan 20, 2022 | https://codesee.io/ |
| ChefHero | ChefHero is an online mobile and web application that allows businesses to order wholesale restaurant supplies from a network of dedicated regional suppliers. The ChefHero team brings this vision to life every day, leaving chefs with more time to do what they love: make incredible food. | $9.9M | Series A | Jul 27, 2021 | https://www.notchordering.com/ |
| iSono Health | iSono Health is transforming breast cancer screening by combining automated ultrasound and artificial intelligence (AI) to empower women and physicians with accessible and personalized breast health monitoring. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2019 | http://www.isonohealth.com/ |
| PlayVS | PlayVS is an operator of an eSports platform used to organize competitions in eSports on behalf of high school. Its platform offers to organize online tournaments and wagers for cash and prizes and helps to play and stay up-to-date on high school e-sports programs that enable teen gamers to form teams at their high schools to compete with playersfrom other schools and the battle for titles at state championships. | $30.5M | Series B | Nov 19, 2018 | https://www.playvs.com |
| Blavity | Blavity, Inc. is a media-tech company that serves as home to the network of brands specifically serving black millennials through original content, video, and unique experiences. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. | $6.5M | Series A | Jul 20, 2018 | http://blavityinc.com/ |
| Carnivore Inc. | Makers of Clan HQ, mobile messenger for mobile gamers. | $3M | Seed | Jun 15, 2017 | http://clanhq.com |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maropost Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maropost-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MATH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/math-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adidas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adidas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Plexo Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Plexo Capital is a venture fund formed inside GV (formerly Google Ventures). The fund is based on GV's strategy to increase access to differentiated deal flows and seeks to make investments into women and minority seed stage VCs. In addition to making LP investments into venture funds, Plexo Capital will also make direct investments into themost promising companies of the VCs where they have an LP position. The initial fund plans to raise $50 million.Plexo Capital has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

5 contacts available at Plexo Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kate Talbot | Marketing Consultant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kate-talbot |
| Kuji Chahal | Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kuji-chahal |
| Lo Toney | Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurence-toney |
| Sam Toney | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-toney-9d30 |
| Vishal Tripathi | Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vishal-tripathi |

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## FAQ

### What does Lo Toney invest in?

Lo Toney invests primarily in Software, Gaming and Artificial Intelligence 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.

### How do I contact Lo Toney?

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### When did Lo Toney last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lo Toney closed in Jan 2023. 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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