StartEngine
VC Fund
West Hollywood, United States
StartEngine is an equity crowdfunding platform that allows people to invest and own shares in startups and early-stage companies. It allows companies to offer equity, debt, revenue shares, or royalties through crowdfunding. It primarily caters to media, commercial services, healthcare, software, infrastructure, manufacturing, and cleantech sectors.
- Total investments:
- 216
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries StartEngine invests in
Stages StartEngine invests in
Countries StartEngine invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $146k–$2.6M
- Series A
- $105k–$2.6M
- Equity Crowdfunding
- $19k–$1.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 19 (9%)
- Health Care 18 (8%)
- Food and Beverage 17 (8%)
- E-Commerce 15 (7%)
- Apps 12 (6%)
Stage
- Equity Crowdfunding 171 (79%)
- Seed 13 (6%)
- Series A 6 (3%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (1%)
- Funding Round 2 (1%)
Country
- United States 187 (87%)
- Canada 1 (0%)
- Argentina 1 (0%)
- Bangladesh 1 (0%)
- The Netherlands 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Marks
Co-Founder and CEO
|
Co-Founder and CEO | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Allen Jebsen
Sr. VP of Fundraising
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Sr. VP of Fundraising | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joe Mathews
Director of Technology
|
Director of Technology | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Johanna Cronin
Chief Marketing Officer
|
Chief Marketing Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jonathan B. Miller
Angel Investor
|
Angel Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee You Love, Always Nearby. A Business That Works for You. Manna Coffee is a network of smart coffee kiosks that makes barista-quality coffee affordable and fast. No more long lines, overpriced lattes, or wasted time. No barista needed - our kiosks serve fresh espresso-based drinks in just 30 sec for $3.75. No barista needed - our kiosks servefresh espresso-based drinks in just 30 sec for $3.75. | $146K / Seed / Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| At sliQue, we are revolutionizing the future of business by creating intelligent, integrated systems that propel your company into tomorrow. Our groundbreaking platform, DataBarn, is the all-in-one app for modern companies designed to centralize and optimize every aspect of your operations.DataBarn seamlessly unites robotics, IoT devices, dataanalytics, automation, and enterprise software into a powerful platform. Imagine having every facet of your business connected and optimized — that's DataBarn's transformative impact.Join us in shaping the future of connected robotics. Empower your business to operate smarter, faster, and more efficiently than ever before.Experience the future with sliQue. Visit www.databarn.com today! | Equity Crowdfunding / Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| BuildClub's AI-powered platform eliminates the tedious search across multiple vendors, scanning 15 million items daily to find the best prices and availability. | $1.2M / Series A / Jan 22, 2024 | ||
| TRULEO is an AI platform designed to help businesses improve operations by delivering actionable insights and automating complex decision-making processes. Its algorithms analyze large datasets to identify patterns and opportunities for optimization. By integrating seamlessly with existing systems, TRULEO enables organizations to increaseefficiency, reduce risks, and achieve optimal outcomes. | $885K / Seed / Oct 08, 2023 | ||
| Foresyte is a social travel app that makes it easy to plan with friends and family. The app allows the users to chat and collaborate with their group as they discover the best spots around any city, plan their trip itinerary, and do more of what they love. | $189.6K / Equity Crowdfunding / Apr 25, 2023 | ||
| Redivivus offers services such as cryogenic shredding to reduce logistics costs and storage risks of li-ion batteries. The company also has a hybrid solution of hydrometallurgical and electrochemical battery recycling to recover battery elements as a metallic alloy. | Pre-Seed / Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Foresyte is a social travel app that makes it easy to plan with friends and family. The app allows the users to chat and collaborate with their group as they discover the best spots around any city, plan their trip itinerary, and do more of what they love. | $191.1K / Jan 24, 2023 | ||
| Fanbase is a photo, video, audio chat, live streaming, long-form content app that lets you monetize your posts by gaining subscribers for $3.99 a month for exclusive content you create. Users can also follow you for free like other photo/video sharing apps. You decide what posts are for followers and what posts are for subscribers.Influencers, athletes, musicians, models, foodies, fitness enthusiasts, makeup artists, comedians, brands and You. Everyone has a Fanbase. | $3.4M / Seed / Sep 23, 2022 | ||
| Founded by Jason Meltzer the former CEO & founder of Wag. His team is back to build a better pet care community for the next generation. Popular with Gen-Z/Millennial pet parents interested in improving their pet’s overall health and connecting with their neighborhood. Paway includes pet care professionals in the community and offers themsoftware to manage and grow their business. Paway connects pet care professionals with the pet parent community tapping into consumer demand. Paway lowers the cost of pet care services, increases loyalty among pet professionals and collects user data including pet details, contact information and location. | $25K / Grant / Feb 17, 2022 | ||
| Retina Technologies is making vision screening accessible with portable technologies. | $312K / Seed / Jan 15, 2022 | ||
| See all 216 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does StartEngine invest in?
StartEngine invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Equity Crowdfunding and Seed stage. Most of the 216 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does StartEngine invest in?
StartEngine typically joins rounds of $146k–$2.6M at Seed, $105k–$2.6M at Series A and $19k–$1.1M at Equity Crowdfunding. These are whole funding-round sizes, not StartEngine's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds StartEngine took part in.
How do I contact StartEngine?
Public channels for StartEngine include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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.
Who are the partners at StartEngine?
The team at StartEngine includes Howard Marks (Co-Founder and CEO), Allen Jebsen (Sr. VP of Fundraising) and Joe Mathews (Director of Technology), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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