# Luke Cooper

> Luke Cooper is a Series A investor at Preface Ventures (Baltimore) backing Big Data and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Preface Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preface-ventures)
- Location: Baltimore, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lukecooperbaltimore
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ReadySetGrind
- Website: https://x.com/ReadySetGrind
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LukeCooperAscend

Luke Cooper is a Series A investor at Preface Ventures in Baltimore focused on Big Data and Software. Luke Cooper is the Venture Partner at Preface Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pienso | Pienso is a machine learning platform for non-programmers. Pienso’s end to end Intelligent Development Environment allows non-programming experts to create and train their own machine learning models without the need for external support. Founded in 2016 by Birago Jones, CEO and Karthik Dinakar PH.D, CTO. Pienso is headquartered in the BrooklynNavy Yard’s New Lab in Brooklyn, New York. For more information visit: http://pienso.com/ and follow @Pienso_ML. | $10M | Series A | Mar 12, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gideon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gideon-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Good Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uncork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softtech-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SRI International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sri-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Preface Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

At day zero, we partner with teams who build the Frontier Enterprise that improves our work. We invest meaningful capital ($500k-$1M) in pre/seed rounds.

4 contacts available at Preface Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luke Cooper | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-cooper |
| Ahmad Muhaisen | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahmad-muhaisen-9493 |
| Curtis Ropp | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curtis-ropp-d145 |
| Farooq Abbasi | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farooq-abbasi |

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## FAQ

### What does Luke Cooper invest in?

Luke Cooper invests primarily in Big Data, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Luke Cooper last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Luke Cooper closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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