# Paul Appelbaum

> Paul Appelbaum is a seed investor in New York backing Software and B2B. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-appelbaum-4063a55/

Paul Appelbaum is a seed investor in New York focused on Software and B2B. Paul Appelbaum

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4.6M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 31% |
| B2B | 3 | 23% |
| SaaS | 3 | 23% |
| Restaurants | 3 | 23% |
| Mobile | 2 | 15% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 62% |
| Series A | 4 | 31% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sharebite | Sharebite is a food ordering platform built exclusively for companies. The company's platform enables users to place their pickup or delivery order at the restaurant of their choice while supporting a cause they are truly passionate about all at no additional cost.Founded by Ahsen Saber, Dilip Rao, and Mohsin Memon, Sharebite isheadquartered in New York. | $15M | Series A | May 25, 2021 | http://www.sharebite.com |
| Clair | Clair is a mission-driven fintech company offering embedded earned wage access products to break the traditional two week pay cycle by giving people access to their money as soon as they’ve earned it, at no cost to employers. Supported by its partnership with national bank Pathward, N.A., Clair is available at over 49,000 work locations across 29different industries, increasing retention and financial wellness amid front-line worker shortages. | $4.6M | Seed | Oct 09, 2020 | https://getclair.com |
| Unioncrate | Unioncrate helps consumer goods companies build and manage supply chains that can keep up with the consumer of today. Based in New York City, we are a team of CPG veterans, rebels, and nerds who believe that the future of supply chain will be driven by AI. It powers everything we do.We are obsessed with helping our clients take back theinvaluable time, money, and resources that are far too commonly lost by relying on archaic supply chain management systems. That’s why we’ve built an intelligent platform designed specifically for the complexities of a consumer goods industry that’s needlessly stuck in the past. | $9M | Series A | Oct 04, 2019 | http://unioncrate.com |
| Unioncrate | Unioncrate helps consumer goods companies build and manage supply chains that can keep up with the consumer of today. Based in New York City, we are a team of CPG veterans, rebels, and nerds who believe that the future of supply chain will be driven by AI. It powers everything we do.We are obsessed with helping our clients take back theinvaluable time, money, and resources that are far too commonly lost by relying on archaic supply chain management systems. That’s why we’ve built an intelligent platform designed specifically for the complexities of a consumer goods industry that’s needlessly stuck in the past. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 28, 2018 | http://unioncrate.com |
| By Chloe | by CHLOE. aims to share delicious, wholesome, plant-based food that fuels and energizes without compromising flavor, taste or satisfaction. Their chef-driven vegan menu features locally-sourced ingredients in their most natural form to create inspired dishes, made 100% by us daily. We are passionate about feeding their customers hearty, nourishingmeals made from whole ingredients that can have a positive impact on their overall mind, body and health. | $31M |  | Apr 05, 2018 | https://eatbychloe.com/ |
| Love Stories TV | Love Stories TV is a video-powered marketplace for wedding planning. We connect couples with the ideas, products, and services they need for their weddings. We connect wedding businesses with a pipeline of customers. | $1.7M | Seed | Jan 24, 2018 | http://www.lovestoriestv.com |
| BentoBox | BentoBox develops a mobile operations platform for restaurants to automate tasks such as updating menus and social media, promoting private events, sharing press, and selling gift cards. Its solution offers search engine optimization, social media and newsletter sign-up, and one-click reservations. BentoBox disrupts third-party services that comebetween the restaurant and the guest. It also puts the restaurant first and offers tools that drive high-margin revenue directly through the restaurant’s website.Krystle Mobayeni and Pierre Drescher founded BentoBox on August 1, 2013, and it is based in New York City. | $4.8M | Series A | Jul 24, 2017 | http://getbento.com/ |
| Slice | A 2021 winner of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Award, Slice empowers over 17,000 independent pizzerias with the modern tools that have allowed major pizza chains to dominate until now. By uniting these small businesses with specialized technology, marketing, data insights, and shared services, all at industry-low flat-rate pricing,Slice enables them to serve their digitally-minded customers and move away from 3rd party apps. Serial tech entrepreneur Ilir Sela started Slice to modernize and support his family’s New York City pizzerias. Today, the company partners with restaurants in 3,000 cities and all 50 states, forming the nation’s largest pizza network — more than double the U.S. footprint of Domino’s. For more information, visit slicelife.com. | $4M | Seed | Mar 06, 2015 | http://slicelife.com |
| ALICE | ALICE is a hotel operations platform that empowers operational excellence and meaningful guest experiences. By bringing all hotel departments together with a single operations platform for internal communication and task management, ALICE helps hotel staff act as a team to provide consistently excellent service.Founded in 2013, ALICE is based inNew York. | $3M | Seed | Feb 09, 2015 | https://www.aliceplatform.com/ |
| Andela | Andela operates the world’s largest private marketplace of skilled digital talent. Its adaptive hiring model gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy skilled talent based on need. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, optimizes the process of finding the right talent and getting projects started fast.Clients can select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster at 30-50% less cost than traditional approaches. Andela’s seasoned hiring professionals manage all the groundwork associated with borderless hiring, from compliance and payroll to talent management. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, including untapped markets like Africa and Latin America, and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development,Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and more. | $3M | Seed | Sep 23, 2014 | https://andela.com |

10 of 13 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Appelbaum invest in?

Paul Appelbaum invests primarily in Software, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 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 Paul Appelbaum's check size?

Paul Appelbaum typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.6M at Seed and $1.6M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Paul Appelbaum participates in.

### How do I contact Paul Appelbaum?

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### When did Paul Appelbaum last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Appelbaum closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 13 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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