# Owen Davis > Owen Davis is a seed investor at Contour Venture Partners backing Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Contour Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contour-ventures) - Location: New York, United States - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Oct 2020 - Lead investor: 67% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/owendavisnyc/ - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/owendavis Owen Davis is a seed investor at Contour Venture Partners in New York focused on Software and Information Technology. Owen currently works as General Partner at Contour Venture Partners. He was the Managing Director of NYC Seed from 2008 until 2016. Owen is the author of various patents in Internet methods and technologies. He is also the author of the book Instant Java Applets, available from Ziff-Davis Press. He is an original member of the World Wide WebArtists Consortium and served on that group's original board. He was also an original member of the Board setting online advertising and media specifications and has served as Managing Director of the Wireless Advertising Association. Owen was named various times as one of the 100 Top Internet Executives in New York by The Silicon Alley Reporter and has also been named one of the 100 most influential people in Silicon Alley by Business Insider. He received his bachelor's degree from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and has taught seminars at New York University in New York City and Abu Dhabi. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 2 | 67% | | Information Technology | 2 | 67% | | EdTech | 1 | 33% | | Internet | 1 | 33% | | Education | 1 | 33% | 6 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 67% | | Series B | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Shipyard | Full-Stack Ephemeral Environments on Every Pull Request | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 13, 2020 | | | CourseHorse | CourseHorse is a provider of a learning platform used to centralize the learning opportunities. Its platform partners with providers of Spanish lessons, cooking courses, yoga classes, and other classes to create a single destination for people seeking personal interest education that enables people to increase ease and confidence in discovering thepath to personal enrichment.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York. | $4M | Series B | Jan 13, 2016 | | | Valign | VAlign provides virtual IT services based on usage and cost transparency for the underlying infrastructure. | | Seed | Sep 11, 2009 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Array Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/array-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Heavybit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heavybit-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Red Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Work-Bench](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/work-bench) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Contour Venture Partners VC Fund · New York, United States Contour Venture Partners invests in companies focused on information technology, and the application of innovative software solutions into the enterprise SaaS, vertical B2B SaaS and financial services sectors. The principals at Contour have a long and successful track record, having directly supported over 85 companies through numerous marketcycles.We take great pride in the strong bonds we form with management teams, as this is a crucial ingredient to achieving long term milestones while also making the process engaging and enjoyable. We recognize it is the details and pursuit of flawless execution combined with the right long-term vision that makes a company great. We have the experience, intuition, judgment and industry expertise to ensure that the foundation is in place for management to build a great business with a sustainable competitive advantage. 3 contacts available at Contour Venture Partners. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Bob Greene | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-greene | | Owen Davis | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/owen-davis-4 | | Matt Gorin | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-gorin | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Owen Davis invest in? Owen Davis invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Owen Davis last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Owen Davis closed in Oct 2020. Shizune tracks 3 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? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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