# Scott Kurnit

> Scott Kurnit is a seed investor in New York backing Mobile and Content. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-kurnit/0/13/993
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kurnit
- Website: https://x.com/kurnit

Scott Kurnit is a seed investor in New York focused on Mobile and Content. Scott Kurnit was the Founder, Chairman, CEO at About, Inc.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$2.8M |
| Series A | $500k–$8M |
| Series B | $4M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 7 | 32% |
| Content | 4 | 18% |
| Advertising | 4 | 18% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 50% |
| Series A | 8 | 36% |
| Series B | 2 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 77% |
| Sweden | 1 | 5% |
| Denmark | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avanlee Care | Avanlee Care is a healthcare technology company revolutionizing how health plans engage with caregiving families. Our mission is to empower informal caregivers, recognizing their vital role in delivering high-quality care and improving health outcomes. By bridging the gap between health plans and caregiving families, we help Medicare Advantageplans enhance patient outcomes, improve caregiver well-being, and achieve measurable value through reduced costs and improved Star Ratings. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2021 | http://avanleecare.com/ |
| Balloon | Balloon removes bias from group work and decision-making - across teams, both internal and external. Its platform levels the playing field and makes it possible to anonymously surface and prioritize information, feedback, and insights that companies can't get any other way. | $2.1M | Seed | Dec 11, 2019 | https://getballoon.com |
| Uizard | Uizard is an online collaborative design tool for non-designers. Our main customers are startup founders, managers in enterprises, consultants, engineering teams that need a solution to easily and quickly design and test product ideas such as mobile apps, websites, and desktop software. Our unique AI-powered design assistant helps customers turnideas into reality effortlessly. | $2.8M | Seed | Sep 09, 2019 | https://uizard.io |
| Mapillary | Mapillary is the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision. Images from any camera are combined into a visualization of the world that generates map data for improving maps, developing cities, and progressing the automotive industry. Mapillary’s tools enable anyone to collect,share, and use street-level images.Today, people and organizations all over the world have contributed more than 500 million images toward Mapillary's mission of helping people understand the world's places through images and making this data available, with clients and partners including the World Bank, HERE, and Toyota Research Institute. | $15M | Series B | Apr 12, 2018 | http://www.mapillary.com/ |
| Koji | Koji is the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform. With hundreds of free apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize. | $3M | Seed | Oct 31, 2016 | https://www.withkoji.com |
| Bezar | Bezar is a New York City based e-commerce startup offering carefully curated, modern design. Bezar is where people who design special things connect with people who desire special things. Bezar will enable emerging designers to reach design lovers, iconic brands to engage with new audiences in meaningful ways, and shoppers to access authenticpieces from new talent. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 01, 2014 | http://www.bezar.com/ |
| Worklife | WorkLife is a web app that helps teams have more productive meetings. It is a collaboration platform that automates best practices for managing meetings, projects and people and helps team to improve their performance by using it. It helps to create agendas, stay on track during the meeting, and ensure next steps will be done afterwards.WorkLifeis founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $900K | Seed | Sep 02, 2014 | https://www.worklife.com |
| Button | Button (usebutton.com) is the mobile commerce technology company that is powering a commerce-driven internet. As the leading mobile commerce enablement platform, Button powers mobile growth for the world's largest brands and publishers, while offering consumers more seamless, enjoyable experiences. With each action taken, brands make sales,publishers earn revenue, and consumers get exactly what they want at the tap of a button. Founded in 2014, Button has driven over $3 billion in spending to date and has raised over $64 million in venture capital. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 10, 2014 | https://www.usebutton.com/ |
| ShopPad | Treat tablet shoppers to a gorgeous interface that lets your products shine. Built around touch and mobility, ShopPad takes advantage of all the things that make tablets so special. Turn your desktop eCommerce site into a touchable, tapable, swipable interface optimized for every version of the iPad. | $500K | Seed | Aug 28, 2013 | http://www.theshoppad.com |
| Keep Holdings | Keep Holdings offers products focusing on advertising, commercial email, and e-commerce to enhance the link between consumers and brands. The company's products empower consumers and brands to better connect and engage. Keep Holdings' suite of services focuses on commercial email and e-commerce with an emphasis on how the social web canbring brands and consumers together in new productive ways. | $8M | Series A | Sep 01, 2010 | https://keep.com/ |

10 of 22 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Scott Kurnit invest in?

Scott Kurnit invests primarily in Mobile, Content and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 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 Scott Kurnit's check size?

Scott Kurnit typically joins rounds of $500k–$2.8M at Seed, $500k–$8M at Series A and $4M–$15M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Scott Kurnit participates in.

### How do I contact Scott Kurnit?

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### When did Scott Kurnit last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Scott Kurnit closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 22 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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