# Pierre Omidyar

> Pierre Omidyar is a Series A investor at Civil Beat (Honolulu) backing Internet and Education. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Civil Beat](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/civil-beat)
- Location: Honolulu, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-omidyar-bb10687b/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pierre
- Website: https://18salisbury.capital

Pierre Omidyar is a Series A investor at Civil Beat 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$1.1M |
| Series A | $8.2M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 33% |
| Education | 2 | 17% |
| CRM | 1 | 8% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |
| Film | 1 | 8% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 25% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| India | 2 | 17% |
| South Africa | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WhiteHat Jr. | 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. | 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. | 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. | $1.1M | Seed | Apr 16, 2019 |  |
| WhiteHat Jr. | 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. | $1.1M | Seed | Apr 16, 2019 |  |
| Healofy | 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 |  |
| Giraffe | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| First Look Media | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Omidyar Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Omidyar Network India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network-india-050e) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Owl Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/owl-ventures-lp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelList](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BAce Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bace-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Civil Beat

VC Fund · Honolulu, United States

Civil Beat is the largest news outlet dedicated to public affairs reporting about Hawaii. Their focus is on investigative and watchdog journalism, in-depth enterprise reporting, analysis and commentary that gives readers a broad view on issues of importance to the community.Created in 2010 by eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar,Civil Beat has quickly become one of the most respected news sites in Hawaii. Their journalists have won dozens of state and regional awards and Civil Beat has been named the best news website in Hawaii for the past four years by the Society of Professional Journalists.Civil Beat also hopes to foster community discussion by providing a place where citizens can debate important issues in a civil manner, free from cheap shots and personal swipes. They do that through encouraging a wide variety of reader-written Community Voices, public events and through their integrated Facebook comments.

3 contacts available at Civil Beat.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Randy Ching | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/randy-ching-2 |
| Ben Nishimoto | Vice President of Operations and Philanthropy; Director of Philanthropy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-nishimoto |
| Pierre Omidyar | CEO, Publisher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-omidyar |

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## FAQ

### What does Pierre Omidyar invest in?

Pierre Omidyar invests primarily in Internet, Education and CRM startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round 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.

### 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.

### When did Pierre Omidyar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pierre Omidyar closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 12 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.

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