Richard Wolpert
Venture Partner @ Acrew Capital
San Francisco, United States
Richard Wolpert is a seed investor at Acrew Capital in San Francisco focused on Gaming and Mobile. Richard Wolpert Founder and Executive Chairman at HelloTech, a pioneer in the fields of technology, consumer digital media and entertainment for more than 25 years, Richard Wolpert has extensive experience as an executive, entrepreneur and as an investor. He is also a Venture Partner at Acrew Capital and an Executive Chairman of Scener.Throughouthis career he has been responsible for many “firsts” including: Conceiving of and teaching CS 193C, the first Macintosh programming class at Stanford University; overseeing and managing the process for the creation of TouchBase, the first multi-user address book for the Macintosh; initiating Disney’s Daily Blast, the first kids Internet subscription service; developing and publishing BitBopTuner, the first Tivo-like product for Internet Radio; helping the launch of MusicNet, the first legitimate music subscription service for the Internet; and debuting Starz! On Demand, the first legitimate online movie subscription service. Wolpert successfully negotiated groundbreaking deals with several major media companies whose content became the basis for many of these products.As an investor, Wolpert is the co-founder and managing director of Amplify.LA; manages personal investment fund Chance Technologies; functions as an advisor to Accel Partners; served as a partner at the Yucaipa Companies; and worked as the managing director of the Mail Room Fund. He has invested in more than 30 companies, a large percentage of which have had successful exits or continue on as successful companies, including: AdECN, AMG, AndroMedia, AudioMill, Data Sage, GameFly, GameSpy, Kongregate, Mob.ly, Scour.net, People Support, Smilebox, Sometrics, Three Rings, Scopely, Playdek and Universal.Wolpert graduated from UCLA in 1985 with a bachelor of science degree in math and computer science. He is a founding board member of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s summer camps for children and sits on the Cedars Sinai Hospital board of governors.
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
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Industries Richard Wolpert invests in
Stages Richard Wolpert invests in
Countries Richard Wolpert invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$7.7M
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$790k
- Series A
- $900k–$32M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 5 (18%)
- Mobile 5 (18%)
- Software 4 (14%)
- iOS 3 (11%)
- Video 3 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 15 (54%)
- Series A 4 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (7%)
- Funding Round 2 (7%)
- Angel 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 20 (71%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
- Germany 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| A city guide curated by locals. Experience a new city from within. | $4M / Seed / Jun 26, 2024 | ||
| Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 19, 2023 | ||
| Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships | $4M / Seed / Apr 22, 2022 | ||
| Canela Media operates as a digital media company, connecting brands with multicultural audiences. | $32M / Series A / Feb 24, 2022 | ||
| Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships | $3M / Seed / Nov 03, 2021 | ||
| Telgorithm is a messaging platform that allows businesses (particularly SaaS providers) to build messaging services into their applications while ensuring compliance and message deliverability. We are also a hosted messaging provider, meaning that businesses who have numbers that share both voice & messaging services have the ability to(quickly & seamlessly) migrate the messaging services on those numbers to Telgorithm while retaining the voice services (on those very same numbers) with their current legacy provider (this lowers the cost to switchover). | $790K / Pre-Seed / May 18, 2021 | ||
| Looped is a virtual events platform, powering the future of live entertainment. | $7.7M / Seed / Mar 02, 2021 | ||
| Duffl is a 10-minute grocery delivery service for college students. It currently operating at UCLA, USC, UCSB, and UC Berkeley. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $1.1M / Seed / Jun 25, 2020 | ||
| Volley is the leading creator of AI-powered games for smart TVs and Amazon Alexa devices. Popular Volley games include Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, 20 Questions, and Question of the Day. The company's platform offers a wide range of voice-based games and develops interactive stories and podcasts with artificial intelligence systems, enablingusers to enjoy audio entertainment experiences. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 15, 2018 | ||
| Vyng has built a next-generation Caller ID platform that visualizes every call. Vyng is helping start better conversations between friends, family, and businesses for the next half billion smartphone users in India and beyond.Vyng boasts 4 billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2018. The company has raised $7MM and isbacked by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Sequoia Capital partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe. | $3M / Seed / Oct 10, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Acrew Capital
Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in companies across various industries at different stages of growth. It focuses on building long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs and supporting technology growth companies. The firm seeks to diversify perspectives and cap tables while investing in transformative businesses.
Acrew Capital Contacts
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John Gardner
Executive In Residence
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Lauren Kolodny
Founding Partner
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Richard Wolpert
Venture Partner
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Theresia Gouw
Founding Partner
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Aliisa Rosenthal
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Richard Wolpert invest in?
Richard Wolpert invests primarily in Gaming, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 28 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 Richard Wolpert's check size?
Richard Wolpert typically joins rounds of $1M–$7.7M at Seed, $200k–$790k at Pre-Seed and $900k–$32M 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 Richard Wolpert participates in.
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When did Richard Wolpert last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Richard Wolpert closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 28 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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