# Luis J. Salazar

> Luis J. Salazar is a seed investor in Seattle backing Internet and Software. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/luissalazar
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/salazarluisj
- Website: https://giving.tech/manifesto/

Luis J. Salazar is a seed investor in Seattle focused on Internet and Software. Luis J. Salazar is the Founder and CEO of AI4SP. He previously worked at X4Impact as a Co-Founder. Luis J. Salazar attended Universidad Simón Bolívar.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 80% |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Impact Investing | 2 | 40% |
| Social Entrepreneurship | 2 | 40% |
| Children | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Connect Sparks | Connect Sparks offers operational advisory services on go-to-market, data sciences, monetization, product strategy, and capital raising to cause-driven technology companies. We also advise Fortune 500 companies and large Foundations on how to structure Positive Social Impact Programs and go-to-market strategies that deliver results at scale.Wehave launched over 30 Global Products and 7 successful Cause-driven Tech Startups. Our proven models and methods can help you succeed and deliver a positive impact through technology. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2022 | https://connectsparks.com |
| Giving Compass Insights | In Partnership with Microsoft and Giving Tech Labs, X4Impact is an online innovation hub with insights to create and scale technology for the public interest. X4impact is an online destination to find social challenges, existing tech solutions for NGOs, and sources of funding to collaborate in the creation of social innovation. It uses the 17United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with 231 Indicators as a framework to aggregate challenges, ideas, solutions, over $2 Trillion in money flow, and 30 million pieces of aggregated knowledge from trusted sources. | $1M | Seed | May 15, 2019 | http://www.x4i.org |
| VIDANYX | VIDANYX is a cloud-based video management solution for child advocacy centers and organizations that help victims of human traffic and abuse. The company initial focus is to address the needs of the Child Advocacy Centers (CAC) in the U.S. that help over 700,000 children survivors of abuse and neglect every year. VIDANYX provides technologyinnovation that supports the victims of childhood sexual assault and abuse in a collective effort with the National Children’s Alliance, Project Harmony, FBI, and an advisory council with expert attorneys, prosecutors, therapists, forensic interviewers, Child Advocacy Centers across the U.S., Government Officials and Philanthropists. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Aug 11, 2018 | https://vidanyx.com |
| GIVING TECH LABS | Innovation Lab creating Sustainable Ventures to address complex social issues - Technology for the Public Interest - #Tech4PI |  | Seed | Jul 17, 2017 | https://giving.tech/ |
| Optio3 | With over 4 billion IoT devices to be in place by 2020, managing your operation can get overwhelming and you could be exposed to security, compliance, and safety issues associated with all these devices.Optio3™ is a cloud-based software that gives you 360-degree visibility of each one of your IoT devices and systems in each of your facilitieson one single screen. You have access to detailed information for each device; its description, attributes, status, configuration, health and much more. Having complete visibility of all your IoT devices, combined with a robust set of enterprise-class reporting and analytic tools gives you comprehensive risk management and compliance, better asset management, and improved maintenance operations.Optio3™ organizes your world of IoT. | $2M | Angel | Oct 27, 2016 | https://optio3.com/ |

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## FAQ

### What does Luis J. Salazar invest in?

Luis J. Salazar invests primarily in Internet, Software and Impact Investing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Luis J. Salazar?

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### When did Luis J. Salazar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Luis J. Salazar closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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