# Liz Tariq

> Liz Tariq is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Retail and E-Commerce. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keenliz/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/liz_keen
- Website: https://x.com/liz_keen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liz.keen.142

Liz Tariq is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Retail and E-Commerce. Liz Keen is an Operating Partner – Head of Brand and Communications with ACME. She has more than of 10 years of experience in strategic communications and brand positioning and has worked with some of the world’s leading brands across technology, fashion, and hospitality. As Head of Brand and Communications, Liz manages media relations and brandinitiatives for the firm and provides strategic communications counsel and industry connectivity for ACME’s portfolio companies.Previously, Liz was Head of Brand and Communications for Sherpa Capital and was also a partner at Sherpa Foundry (now Silicon Foundry), a corporate innovation platform. There, she created strategic programming that connected Foundry members (including DreamWorks (acq. by Comcast), Target, Salesforce, and eBay), to the best startups, entrepreneurs, and emerging technology through curated experiences.Liz previously spent several years in New York City as Senior Director of Communications + Special Projects at Conde Nast where she managed public relations, executive positioning, and global programming across the company’s media properties.Liz has served as an advisor to multiple startups and as a consultant to William Morris Endeavor/IMG and Equinox, where she oversaw the strategy around the rebranding of Furthermore, their editorial platform and retail business.Liz received her BA in Public Relations from the University of Southern California.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 2 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| Travel | 1 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bloomscape | Bloomscape is an online plant shopping platform that offers home ready plants and tools for plant care. The company makes buying plants easy by delivering ready-to-go plants to its customer's door. It is a DTC company with a mission to drastically improve the entire plant buying and care experience in every area of the home and garden. | $7.5M | Series A | Aug 01, 2019 | https://bloomscape.com/ |
| Bloomscape | Bloomscape is an online plant shopping platform that offers home ready plants and tools for plant care. The company makes buying plants easy by delivering ready-to-go plants to its customer's door. It is a DTC company with a mission to drastically improve the entire plant buying and care experience in every area of the home and garden. | $1.7M | Seed | Sep 20, 2018 | https://bloomscape.com/ |
| Seed Health | Seed Health is a microbial company that specializes in therapeutics, consumer health innovations, and environmental solutions. The company focuses on breakthrough discoveries in microbial sciences across a pipeline of novel therapeutics. It was founded by Ara Katz and Raja Dhir in 2017 and is headquartered in Venice, California. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2017 | https://www.seed.com/ |
| Littlefund | Littlefund is a smart gifting and savings app for parents to build their child's financial journey with ease. |  | Seed | May 11, 2017 | http://www.littlefund.co |
| Away | Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point.Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world infront of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 17, 2015 | https://www.awaytravel.com/ |

5 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jaws Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaws-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [K2 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k2-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ludlow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ludlow-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [M13](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m13) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Liz Tariq invest in?

Liz Tariq invests primarily in Retail, E-Commerce and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Liz Tariq's check size?

Liz Tariq typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$2.5M 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 Liz Tariq participates in.

### How do I contact Liz Tariq?

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### When did Liz Tariq last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Liz Tariq closed in Aug 2019. Shizune tracks 6 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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