# Ooga Labs

> Ooga Labs is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Mobile and Apps. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ooga-labs
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jamescurrier
- Website: http://www.oogalabs.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jiff-inc-1606765929566234

Ooga Labs is a venture capital firm that offers investment and advisory services to network and marketplace businesses. It offers expertise in growth, consultancy, and investment services. It was founded in 2007 by Stan Chudnovsky and James Currier and is based in California.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 5 | 42% |
| Apps | 2 | 17% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |
| B2B | 1 | 8% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 50% |
| Series B | 3 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 83% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Currier | Co - Founder & CEO | 74 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-currier |
| Kent Lindstrom | Placepop Founder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kent-lindstrom-2 |
| Stan Chudnovsky | Founder | 19 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stan-chudnovsky |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mapillary | Mapillary is the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision. Images from any camera are combined into a visualization of the world that generates map data for improving maps, developing cities, and progressing the automotive industry. Mapillary’s tools enable anyone to collect,share, and use street-level images.Today, people and organizations all over the world have contributed more than 500 million images toward Mapillary's mission of helping people understand the world's places through images and making this data available, with clients and partners including the World Bank, HERE, and Toyota Research Institute. | $15M | Series B | Apr 12, 2018 |  |
| Jiff | Jiff is a venture-backed, Mountain View-based technology company that is reinventing healthcare, one employee at a time. It builds customized mobile and web experiences that connect company benefits and incentives design to healthy employee behaviors using the wearables and apps that they all know and love.The company was founded in 2010 and isheadquartered in Mountain View, California. | $17.7M | Series C | Jun 07, 2016 |  |
| HoneyBook | HoneyBook is a client experience and financial management platform designed for independent business owners to manage their client flow and cash flow, streamlining all of the steps needed to sell and deliver personalized contracted services.By combining tools like billing, contracts, and client communication, HoneyBook helps business owners getorganized so they can provide an exceptional experience at every step. HoneyBook is trusted by service providers across the U.S. and Canada who have booked more than $5 billion in business on its platform. Founded in 2013, HoneyBook is based in San Francisco and funded by Tiger Global Management, Norwest Venture Partners, Aleph, Hillsven Capital, Our Crowd, Durable Capital Partners LP, Vintage Investment Partners, Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures, Zeev Ventures and 01 Advisors. | $10M | Series A | Sep 22, 2014 |  |
| Houseparty | Houseparty is an internet company that features an online platform that serves as a social network that brings empathy to online communication. The company specializes in the fields of internet, social network, and video chat. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $3.7M | Series A | Feb 12, 2014 |  |
| 3D Robotics | 3DR makes advanced drone technology easily accessible to the construction, mining, and surveying industries for use in data analysis. It helps users in land mapping and site scanning services in collecting accurate aerial data of the Jobsite, turning urns the drone photos into maps, models, point clouds, and providing comprehensive onboarding andongoing support, enabling clients to take the batter and informed decisions related to construction sites.It was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. | $30M | Series B | Sep 12, 2013 |  |
| Scripted.com | Scripted provides original written content for small and large businesses. Order anything from tweets to white papers, and everything in between. | $4.5M | Series A | Jun 04, 2013 |  |
| CompStak | CompStak uses a crowd-sourced model to gather real estate information for investors, brokers, asset managers, and appraisers. CompStak's wedge into the market is a platform for the exchange of commercial lease comps. Brokers, landlords, appraiser, and researchers use their site and submit comps on completed commercial lease transactions. Itwas founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States. | $4.5M | Series A | Apr 10, 2013 |  |
| Lyft | Lyft designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that matches drivers with passengers who request rides, and also allows payment through the app. It also allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.Its services are primarily focused on college, university, and corporate communities. Lyft is a fast-growing ridesharingcompany in the U.S. and is available to 95 percent of the US population.Lyft was founded in June 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer in San Francisco, California. | $15M | Series B | Jan 30, 2013 |  |
| Wanelo | Wanelo (“wah-nee-loh,” from Want, Need, Love) is a mall on your phone, curated by people. It helps you find the most amazing products in the universe. A regular mall has 150 stores, but on Wanelo you’ll find over 350,000 stores which include all the big brands you know, as well as tiny independent boutiques and sellers you’ve never heard of.Wanelo is also a way to search and follow all of your favorite stores in one place. It's used by millions of people who post tens of thousands of new products to Wanelo every day.Wanelo was launched in 2012 by Deena Varshavskaya, who was frustrated with shopping in traditional malls. Her personal style didn’t fit a simple category and she wanted to shop in more unique places. She decided to create a social network that would make it easy to discover amazing stores and products from anywhere online.Deena worked on Wanelo for more than two years using her own savings before attracting Wanelo’s first users. In 2011, she moved to San Francisco and raised funding after 40 investor rejections. Today, Wanelo is a team of 35, and millions of people are using it to find and buy products they love. | $3M |  | Jun 06, 2012 |  |
| Jiff | Jiff is a venture-backed, Mountain View-based technology company that is reinventing healthcare, one employee at a time. It builds customized mobile and web experiences that connect company benefits and incentives design to healthy employee behaviors using the wearables and apps that they all know and love.The company was founded in 2010 and isheadquartered in Mountain View, California. | $7.5M | Series A | Mar 12, 2012 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Floodgate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floodgate) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aeris Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aeris-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aleph](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleph-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aberdare Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aberdare-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ooga Labs invest in?

Ooga Labs invests primarily in Mobile, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 12 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 Ooga Labs?

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### Who are the partners at Ooga Labs?

The team at Ooga Labs includes James Currier (Co - Founder & CEO), Kent Lindstrom (Placepop Founder) and Stan Chudnovsky (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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