Sherman Atkinson
Co-Founder/Managing Partner @ Miramar Ventures
Newport Beach, United States
Sherman Atkinson is a seed investor at Miramar Ventures in Newport Beach focused on Software and Advertising. Sherman Atkinson is based out of Park City, Utah and is the Co-Founder/Managing Partner of Miramar Ventures. Sherman previously worked at Austin Ventures as a CEO-In-Residence. Sherman Atkinson attended the Purdue University.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Sherman Atkinson invests in
Stages Sherman Atkinson invests in
Countries Sherman Atkinson invests in
Contacts
| Type | Contact | Validation |
|---|---|---|
| Work email | ||
| Personal email | ||
| Work phone | ||
| Personal phone | ||
| Socials |
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (26%)
- Advertising 4 (21%)
- Mobile 3 (16%)
- Health Care 3 (16%)
- Apps 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (47%)
- Series A 3 (16%)
- Convertible Note 2 (11%)
- Series B 1 (5%)
- Series E 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process. | $5M / Series A / Apr 17, 2018 | ||
| Smiletime, Inc. powers pop.in, an app for spontaneous, ephemeral live connection. On pop.in, civility and inclusivity are the bedrock of dynamic conversations, which are hosted in an environment that allows for discussions to be as multifaceted as the people having them. An unlimited number of people can join pop.ins and use video, audio, text andimages to have nuanced dialogue. A pop.in only lasts as long as people are in them, so by their definition, pop.ins are never empty and never lonely. And with the ability to create "ground rules" that are unique to every pop.in, hosts are empowered to be deliberate in setting a tenor and intention for their conversations from the get-go. Smiletime, Inc. believes technology can and should enable honest dialogue and empathetic connection, and that's what they've created with pop.in.Smiletime, Inc. was founded by Alex Kruglov, Sharon Chang, and Jace Hall in 2014, and is located in Los Angeles, California. | $1M / Seed / Sep 12, 2017 | ||
| Social Native is an online platform that enables its users to create customized branded content.The platform enables its users to connect with relevant creators based on interests and brand affinity. It offers images and videos on demand, personalized content, age-targeting, testimonials, product placements, and brand affinity.Social Native waslaunched in 2014 by David Shadpour and Eytan Elbaz and is based in California. | $8M / Seed / May 15, 2017 | ||
| eRelevance’s marketing automation service is a new and innovative approach to helping small to medium-sized businesses generate revenue from their customers. Their expert marketing done by marketing experts is faster, cheaper, and more effective. Unlike traditional marketing consultants, they are the marriage of next-generation technology andexperts, at an attractive price point. eRelevance’s marketing service generates, on average, 16x the ROI potential per month for their customers. No more marketing software tools to learn or use, or expensive consulting fees. Founded in 2013, eRelevance is privately held and headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit erelevancecorp.com. | $5.1M / Series A / May 08, 2017 | ||
| Welltok is a data-driven, enterprise SaaS company that delivers the healthcare industry’s leading consumer activation platform. Welltok’s solutions empower health plans, employers, providers, and public entities to connect consumers with personalized health improvement resources, making it easy and rewarding for consumers to complete actions thatoptimize their health and wellbeing. The company was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | $33.7M / Series E / Oct 05, 2016 | ||
| Me.me, a meme search engine, has raised $1.5 million in funding. The investors included Arjun Sethi from The Social+Capital Partnership, Peter Rojas from Betaworks Ventures, Danhua Capital and Mirarmar Ventures.Memes are steadily growing in greater and greater popularity. At the start of 2016 the death of a mountain gorilla, called Harambe, atCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden sparked a huge meme movement. According to Google Trends, memes overall growth over the last 10 years shows no signs of decelerating. Others have hinted that memes shaped the outcome of the US election that Donald J. Trump won.“Memes are very rich pieces of media,” Walker continues, “So we use data science and computer vision to make sense of the over millions of memes being found daily. As a result, we’re starting to be able to plot trends and make predictions of future memes.” | $1.5M / Convertible Note / Aug 25, 2016 | ||
| ZendyHealth (ZH) makes it easier than ever before to search and save on health and dental services. ZH connects customers seeking standardized procedures to top local Certified Providers at affordable prices. Consumers are empowered to make smarter purchasing decisions and access care more affordably; they can choose their procedure -- when andwhere they want -- and at their own price. Providers increase business and fill excess capacity and address perishable inventory -- the end result being a win-win solution for customers and providers alike. | $500K / Convertible Note / Jul 13, 2016 | ||
| appLariat provides the industry’s only enterprise-grade container automation platform that enables cloud-native capabilities for existing applications without time consuming and costly re- architecture efforts. Enterprise customers select appLariat to automate containerization, deployment and ongoing management of their applications and modernapplication runtimes (e.g., Kubernetes), across private, public & hybrid cloud environments. appLariat provides powerful policy control capabilities to ensure enterprise-class governance, compliance and security. With appLariat, customers reduce their cloud infrastructure costs by up to 50% through efficient management of application deployments throughout the development lifecycle. appLariat allows enterprises to deliver applications and services at the speed of market change, transforming IT into a strategic business enabler and competitive advantage. | $2M / Seed / Apr 21, 2016 | ||
| eRelevance’s marketing automation service is a new and innovative approach to helping small to medium-sized businesses generate revenue from their customers. Their expert marketing done by marketing experts is faster, cheaper, and more effective. Unlike traditional marketing consultants, they are the marriage of next-generation technology andexperts, at an attractive price point. eRelevance’s marketing service generates, on average, 16x the ROI potential per month for their customers. No more marketing software tools to learn or use, or expensive consulting fees. Founded in 2013, eRelevance is privately held and headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit erelevancecorp.com. | $4.5M / Series A / Mar 31, 2016 | ||
| Findout is a discovery platform that connects local content, users and commerce.The Findout mobile app shows full length articles about great places nearby recommended by hand selected local experts. With a focus on curation and quality, Findout users are able to quickly discover new places, save and share them with friends and directlytransact with suppliers to book, reserve, or order.Users: Benefit from free access to curated articles and experts.Authors: Benefit from exposure, branding and traffic.Suppliers: Benefit from awareness and direct sales. | $500K / Seed / Mar 15, 2016 | ||
| See all 19 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Miramar Ventures
Miramar Digital Ventures is a seed and early stage venture fund focused on the next evolution of data.
Miramar Ventures Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bruce Hallett
Managing Director
|
|||
|
Sherman Atkinson
Co-Founder/Managing Partner
|
|||
|
Bob Holmen
Founder & Managing Director
|
|||
|
Ed Milstein
Entrepreneur in Residence
|
|||
|
Heiner Sussner
Managing Director
|
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Sherman Atkinson invest in?
Sherman Atkinson invests primarily in Software, Advertising and Mobile 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.
How do I contact Sherman Atkinson?
Public channels for Sherman Atkinson include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
When did Sherman Atkinson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sherman Atkinson closed in Apr 2018. 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!