# Sami Rusani

> Sami Rusani is a pre-seed investor at Rusani Ventures LLC backing Self-Storage and Cyber Security. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rusani Ventures LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rusani-ventures-llc)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samirusani/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/samrusani?lang=en
- Website: https://www.samirusani.com/

Sami Rusani is a pre-seed investor at Rusani Ventures LLC in Los Angeles focused on Self-Storage and Cyber Security. Sam is a strategist, advisor, investor and board member He is active in AI, Blockchain and Gaming. As a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and sales leader, Sam has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world, such as Sony, Fender, Virgin, Universal Music, Ogilvy, Heineken, VISA, and Mercedes. In his fundraising consultant role, he hashelped global startups from pre-seed to A rounds. He is very involved in social issues, loves wine and travel (he's visited more than 50 countries) and occasionally rides motorcycles.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self-Storage | 2 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 100% |
| Personalization | 2 | 100% |
| Identity Management | 2 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hyphen - Personal AI made private | Kin, by Hyphen, is the world's first 100% private personal AI powered by self-sovereign identity and decentralized infrastructure. Through natural conversation, Kin evolves intimate understanding of you while you maintain complete data control. This enables Kin to provide tailored utility - from productivity tips to life advice - withoutcompromising privacy. Kin combines the customization of AI with the empathy of a close confidant. It journeys with you across devices as your personalized life companion. With Hyphen, your personal data finally works fully for you, not for corporations. Kin helps you succeed on your terms with assurance that your privacy stays protected. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| Kin, Personal AI | Kin is a personal AI assistant and coach for your work life, and emotional support that evolves with you over time and keeps your data securely stored on your device. We believe that Personal AI assistants will be the most valuable digital asset that one can own over the next 5-10 years. Therefore, it should be completely controlled by its owner:you. So Kin is being built with a privacy-first approach to make sure you, the user, are in the driver's seat. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 29, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerace](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerace) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baboon.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baboon-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Seier Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seier-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Aventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-aventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Rusani Ventures LLC

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Rusani Ventures LLC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sami Rusani | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sami-rusani |

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## FAQ

### What does Sami Rusani invest in?

Sami Rusani invests primarily in Self-Storage, Cyber Security and Personalization startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sami Rusani's check size?

Sami Rusani typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sami Rusani participates in.

### When did Sami Rusani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sami Rusani closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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