# Lior Ron

> Lior Ron is a seed investor at Uber Freight (Palo Alto) backing GPS and Travel. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Uber Freight
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lior-ron/0/6b1/1a3
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/lioron
- Website: http://google.com

Lior Ron is a seed investor at Uber Freight in Palo Alto focused on GPS and Travel. Lior Ron is senior director at Uber since it acquired Otto, which he co-founded along with Claire Delunsay and Don Burnette. Prior to this Lior worked as the product lead for Google's local efforts. He has spent the last 12 years innovating in the geo industry where he was the CTO of the Israeli Intelligence mapping and search unit,product manager at Yahoo, founder of a geo search startup and in the last 4 years part of the Google geo leadership team. He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB, BSc and MS from the Technion – the Israeli institute for technology. He’s also involved in the emerging private space industry as an investor and advisor for few startups as well as product lead for Google's space products (sky, moon)

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$3.2M |
| Series A | $17M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GPS | 1 | 14% |
| Travel | 1 | 14% |
| Tourism | 1 | 14% |
| Hardware | 1 | 14% |
| Shipping | 1 | 14% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Circles - Online Group Support | Circles is a revolutionary emotional support platform that ensures no one has to overcome life’s challenges alone. Circles enables people to be heard, understood and supported by others who are going through the same issues in their lives, such as the loss of a loved one, parenting issues or divorce. By connecting users in safe, intimate andprivate groups led by professional facilitators, Circles helps people heal. Circles groups meet live for 60-minute video meetings and also have the ability to message via online chat at any time. Circles users can also access personalized content, including self-help exercises, blogs and webinars, all at no extra cost. To learn more about Circles or to sign up for a free trial, visit circlesup.com. | $16.5M | Series A | May 24, 2022 |  |
| ClearMetal | ClearMetal, Inc., based in San Francisco CA (USA), is a leader in the Continuous Delivery Experience (CDX), enabling supply chain organizations to optimize logistics and provide their customers with easy access to trusted, live information about their shipments. The ClearMetal CDX Platform uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to break freefrom static-visibility paradigms and make sense of supply chain data. ClearMetal was founded by top software engineers, data scientists, and operations researchers from Stanford University, Google, and Silicon Valley and is funded by Eclipse Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, NEA, SAP.io, Prologis, PSA Unboxed, DCLI, and the founders of GT Nexus, Navis, and Uber Freight. For more information visit www.clearmetal.com. | $19M | Series A | Feb 04, 2020 |  |
| Jiobit | Jiobit is the world's smallest and longest lasting tracking solution. With a Jiobit device and smartphone app, parents (and pet parents) can find their loved ones anywhere: Indoors, outdoors, in over 120 countries and even in multi-level buildings.With weeks of battery life and a durable and discreet design, Jiobit is the world'ssmallest real-time location tracking product. The mobile app (run through a wireless subscription service) offers the most comprehensive set of monitoring and notification features available on the market. Overall, Jiobit gives parents peace of mind while allowing kids to be kids. The Jiobit team is comprised of seasoned engineers, designers, and marketers with a history of building innovative and disruptive consumer products and businesses. The team has logged a combined 150 patents from previous endeavors and developed and shipped products selling in the millions worldwide. We are proudly headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley. | $6.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 19, 2018 |  |
| Jiobit | Jiobit is the world's smallest and longest lasting tracking solution. With a Jiobit device and smartphone app, parents (and pet parents) can find their loved ones anywhere: Indoors, outdoors, in over 120 countries and even in multi-level buildings.With weeks of battery life and a durable and discreet design, Jiobit is the world'ssmallest real-time location tracking product. The mobile app (run through a wireless subscription service) offers the most comprehensive set of monitoring and notification features available on the market. Overall, Jiobit gives parents peace of mind while allowing kids to be kids. The Jiobit team is comprised of seasoned engineers, designers, and marketers with a history of building innovative and disruptive consumer products and businesses. The team has logged a combined 150 patents from previous endeavors and developed and shipped products selling in the millions worldwide. We are proudly headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 26, 2017 |  |
| Jiobit | Jiobit is the world's smallest and longest lasting tracking solution. With a Jiobit device and smartphone app, parents (and pet parents) can find their loved ones anywhere: Indoors, outdoors, in over 120 countries and even in multi-level buildings.With weeks of battery life and a durable and discreet design, Jiobit is the world'ssmallest real-time location tracking product. The mobile app (run through a wireless subscription service) offers the most comprehensive set of monitoring and notification features available on the market. Overall, Jiobit gives parents peace of mind while allowing kids to be kids. The Jiobit team is comprised of seasoned engineers, designers, and marketers with a history of building innovative and disruptive consumer products and businesses. The team has logged a combined 150 patents from previous endeavors and developed and shipped products selling in the millions worldwide. We are proudly headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley. | $1.2M | Convertible Note | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| Jiobit | Jiobit is the world's smallest and longest lasting tracking solution. With a Jiobit device and smartphone app, parents (and pet parents) can find their loved ones anywhere: Indoors, outdoors, in over 120 countries and even in multi-level buildings.With weeks of battery life and a durable and discreet design, Jiobit is the world'ssmallest real-time location tracking product. The mobile app (run through a wireless subscription service) offers the most comprehensive set of monitoring and notification features available on the market. Overall, Jiobit gives parents peace of mind while allowing kids to be kids. The Jiobit team is comprised of seasoned engineers, designers, and marketers with a history of building innovative and disruptive consumer products and businesses. The team has logged a combined 150 patents from previous endeavors and developed and shipped products selling in the millions worldwide. We are proudly headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| kimkim | kimkim connects travelers with a team of local experts in order to help customers book their trip. kimkim fixes travel planning by connecting travelers with knowledgeable, passionate, unbiased travel experts who help cut through the noise and book dream trips using kimkim's chat and collaboration interface. | $1M | Seed | Feb 24, 2016 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

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- [Bridge Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridge-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Uber Freight

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Uber Freight is a logistics and supply chain management firm that provides a mobile application that helps truck drivers connect with shipping companies.Uber Freight empowers drivers and shippers to connect in a transparent, fair, and sustainable way to create a lasting logistics infrastructure for society. With its technology, greatertransparency, and more opportunities, both shippers and carriers win.The company was founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Uber Freight.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Smith | Head of Worldwide Sales | — |
| Bill Driegert | Head of Operations and Co-founder | — |
| Drew Karabinos | Program Manager | — |
| Lior Ron | Head of Uber Freight | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lior-ron |
| Sagar Shah | Director of Carrier Operations | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Lior Ron invest in?

Lior Ron invests primarily in GPS, Travel and Tourism 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.

### What is Lior Ron's check size?

Lior Ron typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.2M at Seed and $17M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lior Ron participates in.

### How do I contact Lior Ron?

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### When did Lior Ron last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lior Ron closed in May 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.

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