# Sam Lessin

> Sam Lessin is a seed investor at Slow Ventures backing Software and Internet. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Slow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slow-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wlessin
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/lessin
- Website: https://www.theinformation.com/reporters/sam-lessin
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lessin

Sam Lessin is a seed investor at Slow Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Internet. SAM LESSIN - Co-Founder @ Fin.com

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$8.2M |
| Series A | $11M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 17% |
| Internet | 4 | 9% |
| Mobile Apps | 4 | 9% |
| B2B | 3 | 7% |
| Mobile | 3 | 7% |

73 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 48% |
| Series A | 6 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |
| Series C | 2 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 54% |
| Israel | 2 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clouted | Unlocking infinite scale for creators through digital twins. | $7M | Seed | May 20, 2026 | https://www.cloutkitchen.net/ |
| OnlyFans | Jahid (Bengali:জাহিদ) is a rising Indian YouTuber, Gamer, Telegram Channel Moderator,Onlyfans Video Creator and Entrepreneur .Jahid was born on 03 June 2000. Being optimistic about his chosen career, he has an outstanding Digital Knowledge. He always says “Born To Express, not Impress”. | $535M | Private Equity | May 08, 2026 | https://jahidbro.com |
| tofu | tofu is an online marketplace for founders, hiring managers, and talent team leaders to find talent. | $3.6M | Seed | Dec 16, 2025 | https://hiretofu.com/ |
| Ando | Ando is an AI-native workforce infrastructure for predictive demand and intelligent labor allocation. It uses artificial intelligence to predict the workforce requirements for a specific team over a particular period and helps allocate the workforce accordingly. | $4M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 | https://ando.work |
| Area 2 Farms | Area 2 Farms is an agricultural company that provides production and delivery services for organic vegetables and produce. | $9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 25, 2025 | https://x.com/area2farms |
| Quo | OpenPhone develops a reliable smart business phone app that lets users seamlessly get a business phone number without a second phone or a second SIM card. OpenPhone separates a user's business and personal contacts so they can stay in touch with their customers easier.OpenPhone is a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) number provider. Thismeans that all calls and texts happen over the internet through WiFi or mobile data. This functionality is common among second phone number apps, including Google Voice, Burner, and of courseOpenPhone was founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California. | $105M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 23, 2025 | https://www.openphone.co/ |
| Rails | Rails operates as a crypto derivatives trading company. | $14M |  | Apr 01, 2025 | https://rails.xyz/ |
| TBD | TBD is a forecasting market system that analyzes individual attitudes through integrating verifiable online polls. | $800K | Angel | Jan 01, 2025 | https://www.tbd.vote |
| Riverside | Riverside (formerly Riverside.fm) is the all-in-one platform for recording, live streaming, editing, repurposing, and publishing studio-quality videos and podcasts. Creators and businesses use it to produce broadcast-quality content without the production maze of multiple tools, expensive studios, or technical expertise. Record up to 4K video anduncompressed audio locally on every participant’s device, so quality holds up even on bad internet. Edit by editing the transcript. Turn long recordings into clips, captions, show notes, and translations with AI. Webinars scale to 10,000 attendees. Trusted by independent podcasters like Tim Ferriss, Mel Robbins, and Guy Raz, and by brands including Spotify, Marvel, HubSpot, Microsoft, and Intuit. | $30M | Series C | Dec 09, 2024 | https://riverside.fm/ |
| Created by Humans | Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2024 | https://x.com/createdbyhumans |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Slow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slow-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerer-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Designer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/designer-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Slow Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Slow Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in companies central to the technology industry as well as those operating at the intersection of science, society, and culture. The firm seeks to support innovative ideas and solutions that shape the future across various sectors.

5 contacts available at Slow Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clay Robbins | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clay-robbins-d3a6 |
| Scott Marlette | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-marlette |
| Will Quist | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/will-quist |
| Allie Wagner | Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allie-wagner |
| Kevin Colleran | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-colleran |

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## FAQ

### What does Sam Lessin invest in?

Sam Lessin invests primarily in Software, Internet and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 46 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 Sam Lessin's check size?

Sam Lessin typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$8.2M at Seed and $11M–$47M 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 Sam Lessin participates in.

### How do I contact Sam Lessin?

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### When did Sam Lessin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sam Lessin closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 46 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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