# Ligaya Tichy

> Ligaya Tichy is a seed investor at 37 Angels (San Francisco) backing Food and Beverage and Apps. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [37 Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-angels)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helloligaya

Ligaya Tichy is a seed investor at 37 Angels in San Francisco focused on Food and Beverage and Apps. Ligaya launches new markets for consumer technology companies. She kickstarted Airbnb's international development as Global Head of Offline Marketing & Community during their most rapid growth phase. Prior to that, she was a Marketing Manager for Yelp, helping the company expand their footprint across the US. Ligaya now angel invests andadvises startups and serves as a mentor for 500 Startups. She is also a regular speaker at SXSW, various TEDx, and CMX Summit. Ligaya was also selected as a 2014 TechWomen by the US Department of State.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| News | 1 | 14% |
| Finance | 1 | 14% |
| Catering | 1 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Holey Grail Donuts | Holey Grail Donuts is a producer of taro donuts fried in coconut oil, hand-harvested, and crafted. Its services also include catering, orders for groups or parties, outdoor seating, takeaway, and walk-in services. |  | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| Holey Grail Donuts | Holey Grail Donuts is a producer of taro donuts fried in coconut oil, hand-harvested, and crafted. Its services also include catering, orders for groups or parties, outdoor seating, takeaway, and walk-in services. | $9M | Series A | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| Haus | Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition. Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes. | $4.5M | Seed | Jan 30, 2020 |  |
| Haus | Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition. Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes. | $4.5M | Seed | Jan 30, 2020 |  |
| CloudPeeps | CloudPeeps is an all-in-one platform, marketplace and community that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. |  | Angel | Dec 31, 2015 |  |
| Hoodline | Hoodline powers hyperlocal content discovery across the US. Hoodline’s technology platform, Atlas, analyzes terabytes of unstructured data, identifies and validates the best signals, and through a combination of editorial, machine learning and data science, creates thousands of automated local stories and videos each month. | $1.6M | Seed | Nov 17, 2015 |  |
| Experiment | Experiment is an online community and a crowdfunding platform for scientific research. It provides crowdfunding services for scientific research related to categories such as biology, chemistry, computer science, medicine, anthropology, psychology, engineering, and more.The platform provides its services for researchers from over 150institutions and universities around the world. It is in strategic partnerships with Experiment was founded by | $1.2M |  | Jun 01, 2013 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Backend Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backend-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brand Foundry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-foundry-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Color Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/color) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dream Machine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-machine-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Resolute Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resolute-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scribble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scribble-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 37 Angels

VC Fund · New York, United States

Today, 13% of angel investors are women. We want that number to be 50%. 37 Angels activates the untapped capital and experience women can bring to investing in male and female-led ventures. We do this by sourcing high potential deals and coordinating due diligence for members to invest in deals between $50K and $200K. We also offeran unique training program to educate novice angels in the fundamentals of investing in young companies.

5 contacts available at 37 Angels.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ligaya Tichy | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ligaya-tichy |
| Angela Lee | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-lee |
| Angela Lee | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-lee-b17b |
| Douglas Weich | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-weich |
| Emily Washkowitz | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-washkowitz |

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## FAQ

### What does Ligaya Tichy invest in?

Ligaya Tichy invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Apps and News startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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.

### What is Ligaya Tichy's check size?

Ligaya Tichy typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$4.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ligaya Tichy participates in.

### When did Ligaya Tichy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ligaya Tichy closed in Jul 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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