# Simon Gelfand > Simon Gelfand is a seed investor at Bukisa backing Email, Software and Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Bukisa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bukisa) - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Sep 2011 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/webshark - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/webshark - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/simongelfand Simon Gelfand is a seed investor at Bukisa focused on Email and Software. Self taught PHP and MySQL web developer. Simon has ten years of experience with web design, programming, SEM and online marketing under his belt. Current projects include: Bukisa, ArticlesBase, Articuloz, RusArticles, TripsLog, Artigonal, Reader and ForexFace.com ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Email | 1 | 50% | | Software | 1 | 50% | | Analytics | 1 | 50% | | Messaging | 1 | 50% | | Web Browsers | 1 | 50% | 11 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 50% | | Debt Financing | 1 | 50% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Israel | 1 | 50% | | United States | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | IMRSV | IMRSV is a technology company using computer vision for real-world, real-time data analysis. IMRSV's Cara software is a breakthrough in perceptive computing. Cara turns any webcam into an intelligent sensor enabling new methods of interacting with objects and spaces. Using a basic webcam, anyone can anonymously measure audience gender, age,attention time and glances in real world environments. Use cases include adaptive advertising, retail analytics and internet of things applications. Based in New York City with offices in Singapore, the company is privately backed by various investors. | $810K | Debt Financing | Sep 19, 2011 | | | WiseStamp | WiseStamp is the marketing solution platform of choice for Micro Businesses and self employed professionals. They help their clients grow their businesses using simple to use yet highly effective products. WiseStamp’s popular signature solution helps over 700,000 businesses and professionals to promote their businesses daily, become morevisible and demonstrate their professionalism. With dozens of thousands of paying users, WiseStamp is profitable and growing fast.WiseIntro, is a WebPage creator conceived and created from the feedback and interactions with their users. The solution enables professionals to establish their online presence and was built with self employed professionals in mind.While still in a 3 month beta, WiseIntro had over 1,000 paying customers and a double digit conversion and publish rate. WiseStamp corporate is built for larger companies and allows central management of the company’s emails and the ability to push company’s content in employees’ signatures.A set of additional products aimed at micro-business is to be launched in the following quarters to further enhance users’ ability to rapidly grow their business. WiseStamp is a Premier Google Partner, winner of Mashable’s Web Awards and was featured in all leading tech blog. WiseStamp in numbers:» +700,000 active business users » dozens of thousands of paying customers» + 1,000,000,000,000 emails sent using WiseStamp» + 40 Apps » Users from 194 countriesMore: ☛ www.wisestamp.com/about | | Seed | Jan 01, 2010 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Bukisa VC Fund 1 contacts available at Bukisa. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Simon Gelfand | CTO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-gelfand | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund - [Scott Banister](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-banister) — Angel Investor - [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund - [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund - [Pitango VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitango-venture-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Email Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/email-investors-middle-east) - [Email Angel Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/email-angel-investors-middle-east) - [Email Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/email-investors-israel) - [Email Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/email-angel-investors-israel) - [Hardware Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/hardware-angel-investors-israel) ## FAQ ### What does Simon Gelfand invest in? Simon Gelfand invests primarily in Email, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Simon Gelfand last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Simon Gelfand closed in Sep 2011. 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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