# Scott Birnbaum

> Scott Birnbaum is a seed investor at Red Sea Ventures backing E-Commerce and Health Care. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Red Sea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-sea-venture-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbirnbaum1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/scottdbirnbaum
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scott.d.birnbaum

Scott Birnbaum is a seed investor at Red Sea Ventures in New York focused on E-Commerce and Health Care. Scott is the founder of red sea ventures. He combines 15 years of entrepreneurial experience including his time as co-founder of epok, an early cloud-based enterprise solution launched in 2001 with his experience as a corporate attorney at white & case and digital media expertise developed at cbs local where he focused on strategy and businessdevelopment. Scott is a member of the board of seeds of peace, a founding member of young leadership committee (ylc) and served as chairman of the ylc board. Scott is the recipient of the young peace maker award for his outstanding leadership in and dedication to supporting the mission of seeds of peace and the ylc.Scott grew up in paris and attended georgetown university and fordham law school.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 43% |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Pet | 1 | 14% |
| Beauty | 1 | 14% |
| Comics | 1 | 14% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Voyceme | VoyceMe is the home of creativity! We host the highest quality English language Webcomics, novels, and mangas! If you are a creator sign up and start posting in minutes! We offer the best opportunities to generate revenue and also promote all creators! |  | Seed | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| Medbill AI | AI assistant that helps consumers save time and money on healthcare and medical bills. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| Voyceme | VoyceMe is the home of creativity! We host the highest quality English language Webcomics, novels, and mangas! If you are a creator sign up and start posting in minutes! We offer the best opportunities to generate revenue and also promote all creators! | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Prose | Prose is a custom hair care brand that offers consumers freshly-made products to meet their unique hair and scalp needs. Consumers take a holistic consultation about their hair type and texture, lifestyle habits, environmental exposure (pollution, UV, humidity, hard water and wind) and even diet and stress levels. Each custom formula also accountsfor personal preferences, whether they are vegan, gluten or opt for fragrance-free, and is made-to-order in their NYC lab. Prose is available nationwide via prose.com and through select stylists. | $1.8M | Seed | Jul 12, 2017 |  |
| Sundays for Dogs | Sundays for Dogs engages in the online retail of dog foods. Its products are made by an air-drying method that gently dehydrates food low and slow to preserve nutrients and flavor while killing germs. The company was co-founded by Tory Waxman and Michael Waxman and is based in New York. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| TodayTix | TodayTix is the premier digital gateway to shows, arts, and cultural experiences. Through its mobile-first, design-focused ticketing platform, TodayTix is the place for audiences to discover, explore and engage with the best entertainment their city has to offer.TodayTix works with more than 1,300 partners to provide the best-priced ticketsavailable in 15 markets around the world, including New York City, London’s West End, Toronto, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington DC, Chicago, and Australia. Through innovative digital Lottery and mobile Rush ticketing programs, TodayTix has generated more than 11.6M digital lottery entries and 2.3M social shares through 900 activations to date, engaging the spontaneous nature of a younger audience and introducing a new generation of audiences to the venues.Since launching TodayTix in New York City in December 2013 by life-long friends and Broadway producers Merritt Baer and Brian Fenty, the company has engaged more than 5 million users to connect beyond ticketing into new cultural experiences that bring human interaction back to our digital world.To learn more, visit www.todaytix.com or download TodayTix for iOS or Android. | $6.1M | Series A | Nov 20, 2014 |  |
| Electric Objects | Electric Objects is a startup that makes picture frame-like computers that can display high-resolution artwork from the internet. It is the maker of the EO1, a computer designed to bring the beauty of the Internet into your home. The EO1 is a digital canvas that is created by using an inexpensive monitor and a computer called a Raspberry Pi.The display is controlled by a simple web app that allows users to select images online and to change them instantly, with a click.Jake Levine, Electric Objects' CEO and founder, started the company as a side project: Levine couldn't find a way to display art on his walls the way he wanted to, so he hacked one together himself. When a user orders an EO1, the user receives a 23-inch, high-definition screen with an integrated computer, an Android operating system, and a single cord. It comes with a custom white or black frame. Users can use the Electric Objects mobile app locations to control what art appears on the screen. However a user will never be interact directly with the screen itself, because it's not meant to be like a tablet, a phone, or a television. | $1.7M | Seed | Apr 30, 2014 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AA Sons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aa-sons) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Clara Vista Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clara-vista-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Torch Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torch-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BAM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bam-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Red Sea Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Red Sea Ventures invests in early-stage technology-enabled companies that are building product offerings that have the potential to transform industries and consumer experiences for the better. They help and build companies with passionate founders creating solutions to big problems.

3 contacts available at Red Sea Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mathieu Ferel | Private Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mathieu-ferel |
| Paul Strachman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-strachman |
| Scott Birnbaum | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-birnbaum |

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## FAQ

### What does Scott Birnbaum invest in?

Scott Birnbaum invests primarily in E-Commerce, Health Care and Pet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Scott Birnbaum last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Scott Birnbaum closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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