Pierre Omidyar
Founding Partner, Co-Founder, and Chairman @ Omidyar Network
Honolulu, United States
Pierre Omidyar is a seed investor at Omidyar Network in Honolulu focused on Internet and Education. Pierre Omidyar is the CEO, Publisher of Civil Beat. He previously worked at Omidyar Foundation as a Co-Founder. Pierre Omidyar attended Tufts University.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 47%
Last updated:
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Industries Pierre Omidyar invests in
Stages Pierre Omidyar invests in
Countries Pierre Omidyar invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$1.1M
- Series A
- $8.2M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (33%)
- Education 3 (20%)
- EdTech 2 (13%)
- E-Commerce 2 (13%)
- Mobile Apps 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (20%)
- Series A 3 (20%)
- Funding Round 3 (20%)
- Series B 2 (13%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 6 (40%)
- India 2 (13%)
- Brazil 1 (7%)
- South Africa 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| WhiteHat Jr is a Live online 1:1 platform that connects kids age 5-12 to top early childhood coding teachers, all from the comfort of your home. WhiteHat Jr teaches kids the fundamentals of coding logic, structure and algorithmic thinking to help kids generate creative outcomes. Your kids use code to build their own games, animation and apps,fundamentally changing their relationship to technology from consumer to creator. WhiteHat's curriculum is designed by IIT/ IIM alum. Our mission is to empower a whole generation to become creators versus consumers of technology.WhiteHat Jr now also offers classes on Math and Music to provide even more value to their students. | $10M / Series A / Sep 10, 2019 | ||
| WhiteHat Jr is a Live online 1:1 platform that connects kids age 5-12 to top early childhood coding teachers, all from the comfort of your home. WhiteHat Jr teaches kids the fundamentals of coding logic, structure and algorithmic thinking to help kids generate creative outcomes. Your kids use code to build their own games, animation and apps,fundamentally changing their relationship to technology from consumer to creator. WhiteHat's curriculum is designed by IIT/ IIM alum. Our mission is to empower a whole generation to become creators versus consumers of technology.WhiteHat Jr now also offers classes on Math and Music to provide even more value to their students. | $1.3M / Seed / Apr 16, 2019 | ||
| Healofy is an Indian parenting social network that provides pregnancy and childcare products. The company was founded in 2016 by Gaurav Aggarwal and Shubham Maheshwari and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $10M / Series A / Mar 20, 2019 | ||
| Agenda Edu offers a SaaS communication management and engagement in educational environments assisting educators, caregivers and students. | Seed / Dec 10, 2018 | ||
| Giraffe is a recruitment app that helps users find a new job with thousands of job opportunities in retail, admin, security, and many more in South Africa. | Apr 17, 2018 | ||
| Holberton School is a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers. It offers a two-year higher-education program to become a full-stack software engineer. Through project-based and peer learning, Holberton students unleash their creativity and naturally learn how to work as a team to solve practicalchallenges. Its curriculum is 100% hands-on, challenging, and exciting. Holberton students create many programs and systems; they work on industry-level projects and build their own applications.Holberton School was founded in 2016 by Sylvain Kalache and Julien Barbier with its first campus in San Francisco. Today, it operates 3 other campuses namely in New Haven, Bogotá, and Medellín. | $8.2M / Series A / Apr 04, 2018 | ||
| Giraffe is a recruitment app that helps users find a new job with thousands of job opportunities in retail, admin, security, and many more in South Africa. | Seed / Apr 15, 2016 | ||
| Launched by eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar, First Look Media (FLM) is built on the belief that freedom of expression and of the press, and fiercely independent perspectives, are vital to a healthy democracy and a vibrant culture.Through its award-winning entertainment studio, Topic, FLM develops, produces and finances contentfor all screens including feature films, television, digital series and podcasts. First Look’s entertainment business supports the work of its nonprofit side, which is home to The Intercept, dedicated to fearless, adversarial journalism; Field of Vision, the filmmaker-driven documentary unit; and The Press Freedom Defense Fund, supporting journalists, filmmakers and others challenging actions that restrict press freedoms and impede access to information of public concern. | $50M / Dec 19, 2013 | ||
| Change.org is the world’s largest social change platform with over 150 million users in 196 countries. Change.org empowers anyone, anywhere, to create the change they want to see. On Change.org, people everywhere are starting campaigns, mobilizing supporters, and working with decision-makers to drive solutions. Change.org is a certifiedB-corporation, a new class of companies dedicated to positive impact. Investors include Bill Gates, Arianna Huffington, Ev Williams, Richard Branson, Reid Hoffman, and the Omidyar Network, started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. | $15M / Series B / May 21, 2013 | ||
| Meetup brings people together in thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life. It is organized around one simple idea: when they get together and do the things that matter to us, they’re at their best. And that’s what Meetup does. It brings people together to do, explore, teach, and learn the things that help them come alive.Meetup was established in 2002 and is based in New York City. | $7.5M / Series D / Jul 23, 2008 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Omidyar Network
Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife, Pam, established Omidyar Network based on the belief that every person has the potential to make a difference. Since 2004, they have worked with their partners to create opportunities for people to tap that potential, enabling them to improve their lives and make powerful contributions to theircommunities.They support, scale, and champion the work of their partners in order to maximize social impact. As a philanthropic investment firm, they make both investments and grants, identifying like-minded organizations that they support, help scale, and collaborate with to help realize their full potential. Their efforts are organized around two investment initiatives Access to Capital, and Media, Markets and Transparency.
Omidyar Network Contacts
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Aviva Aminova
Associate General Counsel
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Pierre Omidyar
Founding Partner, Co-Founder, and Chairman
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Allen Babaran
Director Of Information Technology
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Andrew Brennen
Associate
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Ashley Beckner
Principal, Education Investments
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FAQ
What does Pierre Omidyar invest in?
Pierre Omidyar invests primarily in Internet, Education and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 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 Pierre Omidyar's check size?
Pierre Omidyar typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$1.1M at Seed and $8.2M–$10M 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 Pierre Omidyar participates in.
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When did Pierre Omidyar last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Pierre Omidyar closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 15 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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