# Thomas Thurston

> Thomas Thurston is a seed investor at Growth Science backing Software and Social Media. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Growth Science](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growth-science-international)
- Location: Bainbridge Island, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasthurston
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/thurstont
- Website: http://www.thomasthurston.com/

Thomas Thurston is a venture capitalist and data scientist. He is a Partner at WR Hambrecht Ventures and created the MESE" computing system, which provides insights into private businesses that otherwise disclose little or no data about their financial or commercial status. Thomas and MESE' have guided $B's for public and privatefunds and the Fortune 500. He holds a BA, MBA, Juris Doctor and was a Fellow at the Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pyrra | Pyrra identifys the violent threats and reputational hazards aimed at institutions, businesses, and principals. Their technology automatically creates actionable intelligence while monitoring users, trends, and alerts. The company wants to increase global and internet safety. Pyrra's motivation is to shield users from harm, both online andoffline. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 12, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andav Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andav-capital-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grand Shores Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grand-shores-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Growth Science

VC Fund · Lake Oswego, United States

Growth Science is a data science company. Since 2008 it's helped executives to risk-manage billions of dollars in organic innovation, M&A and corporate venture capital. Using algorithms, it models businesses in their marketplaces using real-time data to assess the statistical likelihoods of achieving growth goals. It also lets businessesvirtually simulate alternative strategies to identify the best paths forward.By better quantifying and managing risk, executives are more consistently delivering higher impact results than the competition.

3 contacts available at Growth Science.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cristin Moran | Partner, | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cristin-moran |
| Thomas Thurston | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-thurston |
| Zeke Camusio | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeke-camusio |

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## FAQ

### What does Thomas Thurston invest in?

Thomas Thurston invests primarily in Software, Social Media and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Thomas Thurston last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thomas Thurston closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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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