# Russell Siegelman

> Russell Siegelman is a seed investor at Stanford University backing Software. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stanford University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stanford-university)
- Location: Minnesota City, United States
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/russell-siegelman/1/ab4/2b3
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RussSiegelman
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/russrider

Russell Siegelman is a Lecturer at the Stanford University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$2.4M |
| Series A | $1M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 10 | 18% |
| Mobile | 5 | 9% |
| Apps | 4 | 7% |
| FinTech | 4 | 7% |

82 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 26% |
| Series A | 7 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 12% |
| Series B | 6 | 11% |
| Series D | 5 | 9% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 36 | 63% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Philippines | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reset Financial Technologies | Reset is an earned-wage access platform that offers employees financial wellness and increases employee retention across industries through mission-driven technology. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Positron Networks | Positron Networks focuses on integrating AI into scientific computing. The company provides advanced AI-driven solutions designed to enhance and streamline complex scientific calculations and research processes. | $725K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Freespira, Inc. | Freespira is at the forefront of revolutionizing behavioral healthcare with evidence based, at-home, drug-free solutions. Its flagship product, Freespira®, is the only FDA-cleared digital therapeutic proven to significantly reduce or eliminate panic attacks, panic disorder and PTSD symptoms in 28 days by training users to normalize respiratoryirregularities. | $10M | Series D | Oct 16, 2020 |  |
| TeachFX | TeachFX’s mission is to promote more meaningful and equitable classroom dialogue by superpowering teachers’ work — using machine learning technology to provide educators with regular, automated feedback on their practice. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 13, 2017 |  |
| Exactuals | Exactuals is a SaaS-based platform that assists enterprises in paying non-employees.The platform registers its clients' data, calculates payments based on preferences, aggregates payment data, and distributes deposit payments to non-employees. It features identity vault, automated workflow, aggregated payments, real-time transparency,centralized identity management, direct deposit, and tax centers. It offers its services to firms in the music and film industries.Exactuals was launched in 2011 by Mike Hurst and is based in California. | $10M | Series A | Feb 08, 2017 |  |
| Core | Core is a health, wellness, and fitness company that provides a meditation device technology that uses haptics and biofeedback to guide progress and personalize techniques. It helps people to meditate, relax, and sleep well. The company was founded in San Francisco, California. |  | Convertible Note | Sep 21, 2016 |  |
| Hivemapper | Build a better map together | $3M | Seed | Nov 05, 2015 |  |
| The League | The League is a dating application that enables users to find and socialize with similar individuals. It was launched by Amanda Bradford in June 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 22, 2015 |  |
| Bipsync | Bipsync provides a research automation platform to maximize the productivity of professional investors. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2012 by experienced investors and software developers at Stanford University, the company uses modern technologies and user-centered design to speed up data capture, automate research maintenance and identify insightsthat drive better decisions for investors and funds. | $2M | Seed | Nov 18, 2014 |  |
| BrightFunnel | BrightFunnel generates predictive, actionable revenue insights for B2B marketers. For the first time, CMOs and their teams can understand the future revenue impact of each decision, and align marketing plans with business priorities. Because BrightFunnel is predictive from day one, we help you not only prove results, but also plan future actions.The BrightFunnel marketing intelligence platform includes revenue analytics & forecasting, attribution and benchmarking. | $670K | Angel | Jan 31, 2014 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DAG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dag-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Atlas Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [180 Degree Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/180-degree-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Stanford University

VC Fund · Stanford, United States

Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. Few colleges can match the breadth, excellence, and prestige of Stanford’s academics, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is organized into seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences,Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine Student life at Stanford is quite active, due in part to the 11,000+ students living on campus. Art is a strong presence at Stanford, fostered by Stanford Lively Arts, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, and numerous student clubs and organizations. Stanford also features extensive athletic programs, including more than 35 varsity sports and about 20 clubs sports. In order to maintain its high standards, Stanford University has extremely selective admissions. The university admits undergraduates based on a combination of academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, and personal experience. Graduate admissions criteria and application procedures vary based on the program of study. Undergraduates at Stanford have access to a variety of financial aid opportunities, including institutional scholarships, grants from the government, and student employment. Graduate students can receive financial aid through fellowships and grants, but funding is typically not available for master’s students.

5 contacts available at Stanford University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audrey Maclean | Consulting Associate Professor, School of Eng. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-maclean |
| Badr Al-Rumaih | Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford Wave Physics Lab | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/badr-al-rumaih |
| Carolyn Bertozzi | Professor of chemistry | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-bertozzi |
| Christopher Field | Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-field-eb2e |
| Chuck Eesley | Associate Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuck-eesley |

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## FAQ

### What does Russell Siegelman invest in?

Russell Siegelman invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 57 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 Russell Siegelman's check size?

Russell Siegelman typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.4M at Seed and $1M–$26M 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 Russell Siegelman participates in.

### When did Russell Siegelman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Russell Siegelman closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 57 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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