# Sandy Kory

> Sandy Kory is a seed investor at Horizon Partners (San Francisco) backing Software and B2B. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Horizon Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizon-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandykory
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sandykory

Sandy Kory is a seed investor at Horizon Partners in San Francisco focused on Software and B2B. Prior to MVP, he was Vice President at Arbor Advisors, leading their highly successful entry into the digital media and interactive marketing industries. He advised clients in a number of industry-leading transactions, such as the sale of WorldClass Strategy to EducationDynamics, the sale of ReliableRemodeler.com to Quinstreet, the sale ofInvestopedia.com to Forbes Media, and the sale of Interest.com to Bankrate.Sandy is a regular speaker at industry conferences, including Ad-Tech and LeadsCon. He received his B.A. in Psychology and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$7M |
| Series A | $8.6M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 37% |
| B2B | 5 | 26% |
| Analytics | 5 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 26% |
| SaaS | 3 | 16% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 63% |
| Series A | 3 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 58% |
| Australia | 3 | 16% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nango | Nango's mission is to make it simple for engineers to integrate with any external API. For HR, ATS, CRM APIs, and other applications use Nango's pre-built aggregations and unified data models. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 23, 2026 |  |
| Julius AI | Julius AI develops a platform that analyzes data with computational AI. It enables users to analyze datasets, create visualizations, solve math, and much more. | $10M | Seed | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| Arkham Technologies | Arkham is AI Transformation, Simplified.Arkham is an AI Operating System—a suite of seamlessly integrated Data and AI tools designed to transform your operations using the best AI models, faster and at a fraction of the cost of in-house development.From automating processes to driving growth, our customers understand the transformativepotential of AI. Yet, many are held back by legacy systems and fragmented databases in their operations, making AI Transformation complex and seemingly out of reach.That’s where Arkham comes in. Our AI OS simplifies AI transformation, making it fast and easy. With Arkham, you can save years of development time, cut the cost of piecing together single-purpose tech tools, and empower your teams to achieve unprecedented productivity and intelligence.In the past year, Arkham has become a trusted partner to enterprises in infrastructure, hospitality, and financial services. We've helped them save millions in hiring costs and years in development, all while solving their hardest operational challenges with AI. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 15, 2024 |  |
| Nango | Nango's mission is to make it simple for engineers to integrate with any external API. For HR, ATS, CRM APIs, and other applications use Nango's pre-built aggregations and unified data models. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Nango | Nango's mission is to make it simple for engineers to integrate with any external API. For HR, ATS, CRM APIs, and other applications use Nango's pre-built aggregations and unified data models. | $3M | Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Mindset Health | Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy. | $12M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Float | Float (YC W20) offers seamless global banking and modern treasury management for businesses. | $7M | Seed | Jan 17, 2022 |  |
| Enable Us | Enable.us is an all-in-one workspace for the B2B Sales, Marketing, and Customer facing teams to provide a personalized and interactive buying and onboarding experience to their prospective customers. Customer-facing teams have everything they need in one single location to capture product demos, customer references, sales decks, white-papers,contracts, onboarding material, and other content. Enable.us automatically organizes and contextualizes (by industry, persona, deal stage, deal size). Build personalized deal rooms with AI-targeted content, simplified workflows, and 1:1 communication with the prospect and other stakeholders/influencers. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| XY Sense | Founded in 2016 by Alex Birch and Luke Murray, XY Sense is a Melbourne head-quartered technology startup using smart sensors and AI powered analytics to create workplaces people love. We’ve created the world’s most advanced workplace sensor. It’s private by design (protecting your team’s privacy), has the longest range of any sensor on themarket, collects data passively and best of all delivers highly accurate(<30cm) workplace utilisation analytics in real-time. Combined with an analytics platform that’s been designed for frontline property teams, we’re obsessed with simplifying workplace analytics to help transform workplaces for the better. Learn about what makes our sensor stand apart here: www.xysense.io | $5M | Seed | Jul 28, 2020 |  |
| SOTE | Sote is building the digital logistics infrastructure and largest B2B marketplace for Africa. Their mission is to grow the GDP of the African continent by facilitating the growth of trade. They aim to provide a combination of ERP solutions, underwriting models, and software-driven supply chain services across the continent. | $205K | Convertible Note | Jan 16, 2020 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Red Swan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-swan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Horizon Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Horizon Partners is a boutique financial advisory firm serving mid-market companies in the Digital Media, Interactive Marketing, and Software industries. Horizon provides advisory services to help companies raise capital and execute mergers and acquisitions. We offer every client a comprehensive view of transactional opportunities and aconsultative approach to finding and realizing the best possible outcome.We are specialists, not generalists. We only engage clients when we think our industry knowledge and execution expertise will create significant value.We prioritize relationships over transactions. We take a long-term approach to helping our clients find the right opportunity to transact. When the timing is appropriate, we combine the intensity of a start-up with the experience of financial industry veterans to achieve exceptional results for our clients.

4 contacts available at Horizon Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sandy Kory | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandy-kory |
| Lou Doctor | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lou-doctor |
| Mike Firmage | Co-founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-firmage |
| Philip Kiracofe | Chief Adventurist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-kiracofe |

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## FAQ

### What does Sandy Kory invest in?

Sandy Kory invests primarily in Software, B2B and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 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 Sandy Kory's check size?

Sandy Kory typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$7M at Seed and $8.6M–$14M 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 Sandy Kory participates in.

### When did Sandy Kory last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sandy Kory closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 19 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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