Paul Stahura
Angel Investor
Seattle, United States
Paul Stahura is a seed investor in Seattle focused on Software and Web3. Paul Stahura has been a technology entrepreneur for decades. He founded domain name registrar eNom in his garage in 1997 with little capital and during a time when the industry was dominated by a single combined registrar and registry.He took the company from $0 in sales to more than $80 million in total revenue in less than 10 years, and from nodomain names under management to the second largest domain name registrar in the world. The company now generates more than $100 million in highly profitable revenue.Paul sold eNom to Demand Media in 2006, on the day the now publicly-traded company was formally organized and closed on its first round of $150 million in financing. After the transaction he became Demand Media's President and Chief Operating Officer, then its Chief Strategy Officer. Paul served as a Demand Media board member until his departure in 2009.While bringing thousands of domain name resellers and numerous ICANN-accredited registrars to the eNom platform, Paul also successfully negotiated and obtained for eNom exclusive rights to Verisign's .TV premium domain name portfolio. His fellow registrars twice elected Paul as the Registrar Stakeholder Group representative to ICANN's nominating committee. Paul has participated in more than 30 ICANN meetings, and being intimately familiar with registrar and registry operations and the domain name lifecycle, he has been invited to present on various panels during these conferences.A renowned and respected technology innovator, Paul holds four United States patents (three in the domain name system space) and twice has been called to testify before the U.S. Congress on issues related to domain names and Internet policy. Paul is a founder of NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform (initially called “Club Drop” and a wholly-owned subsidiary of eNom), has been a member of the board of directors of AboutUs.org since that company's founding, and is an investor in and board member for several Seattle-area technology startups. He was also named "one of the most influential people in the Americas" by Managing Intellectual Property magazine in 2012.Paul earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
Last updated:
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Industries Paul Stahura invests in
Stages Paul Stahura invests in
Countries Paul Stahura invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$30M
- Series A
- $1.2M–$3.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (27%)
- Web3 2 (18%)
- FinTech 2 (18%)
- Payments 2 (18%)
- Metaverse 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (55%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Angel 1 (9%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 7 (64%)
- United Kingdom 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Wordware allows users to create and host their entire LLM stack for AI application development. It offers tools for building, training, and deploying language models. The platform simplifies the integration of various components necessary for AI solutions. Users can manage their applications and data within a unified environment. | $30M / Seed / Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| D3 its goal is to transform the domain name industry by effortlessly connecting Web 1-3. | $5M / Seed / Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Keepe is a B2B marketplace for Home Repairs. For property and appliances repairs, there are few speedy and efficient solutions to get the job done. Keepe is revolutionizing the way enterprise companies such as Property Management companies, Home Warranty companies, REITs find qualified technicians, obtain estimates, get the work done and pay forservices.Keepe is currently available in multiple cities in the United States. | $3.6M / Series A / Jun 30, 2021 | ||
| Keepe is a B2B marketplace for Home Repairs. For property and appliances repairs, there are few speedy and efficient solutions to get the job done. Keepe is revolutionizing the way enterprise companies such as Property Management companies, Home Warranty companies, REITs find qualified technicians, obtain estimates, get the work done and pay forservices.Keepe is currently available in multiple cities in the United States. | $1.3M / Angel / Mar 01, 2020 | ||
| KRISTALIC is an app that saves time and effort for busy professionals by automatically taking notes in business meetings and generating intelligent followups. Simply switch on the app in your next meeting to get your personalized meeting highlights. | $2M / Seed / Jul 02, 2019 | ||
| Stably is a venture capital-backed FinTech startup from Seattle (USA), with a focus on providing asset tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure for emerging blockchain networks, Web3 wallets and applications, including decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and metaverse platforms. Our mission is to bridge money from traditional finance (TradFi)to the digital economy by providing Web3 users with fiat-to-stablecoin on-ramps that are faster, cheaper, secure and globally accessible. | $1.2M / Series A / Feb 07, 2019 | ||
| Stably is a venture capital-backed FinTech startup from Seattle (USA), with a focus on providing asset tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure for emerging blockchain networks, Web3 wallets and applications, including decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and metaverse platforms. Our mission is to bridge money from traditional finance (TradFi)to the digital economy by providing Web3 users with fiat-to-stablecoin on-ramps that are faster, cheaper, secure and globally accessible. | $1.2M / Seed / Feb 04, 2019 | ||
| Livible makes storage, organization and moving out stuffs easy. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 10, 2015 | ||
| Livible makes storage, organization and moving out stuffs easy. | $1.3M / Seed / Jun 13, 2013 | ||
| iSpot.tv helps advertisers measure the brand and business impact of TV and streaming advertising, from concept to airing to conversion. Fast, accurate, and actionable measurement and attribution solutions enable advertisers to assess creative effectiveness, enhance media plans and attribute advertising results for cross-platform campaigns, allwhile benchmarking against competitors and historical norms. Unlike legacy and ad hoc solutions, iSpot is purpose-built to measure the performance of every ad on television with digital-like precision and granularity in real-time. With always-on performance insights unified across linear and streaming TV, advertisers can take quick and confident action to consistently drive business results. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. | Seed / Jul 11, 2012 | ||
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FAQ
What does Paul Stahura invest in?
Paul Stahura invests primarily in Software, Web3 and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 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 Stahura's check size?
Paul Stahura typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$30M at Seed and $1.2M–$3.6M 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 Stahura participates in.
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When did Paul Stahura last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Paul Stahura closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 11 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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