# Tim Brown

> Tim Brown is a seed investor in San Francisco backing EdTech and Freelance. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/timbrownatlindkedin
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/timjimbrown
- Website: http://www.maxymiser.com

Tim Brown is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on EdTech and Freelance. Tim Brown is CEO and president of IDEO. He frequently speaks about the value of design thinking and innovation to business people and designers around the world. He participates in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and his talks Serious Play and Change by Design appear on TED.com.An industrial designer by training, Tim has earnednumerous design awards and has exhibited work at the Axis Gallery in Tokyo, the Design Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He takes special interest in the convergence of technology and the arts, as well as the ways in which design can be used to promote the well-being of people living in emerging economies.Tim advises senior executives and boards of global Fortune 100 companies. He is a member of the board of trustees of IDEO.org and serves on the Mayo Clinic Innovation Advisory Council and the Advisory Council of Acumen, a non-profit global venture focused on improving the lives of the poor. In addition he chairs the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Creative Economy and writes for the Harvard Business Review, The Economist, and other prominent publications. His book on how design thinking transforms organizations, Change by Design, was released by HarperBusiness in September 2009.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Freelance | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neol | Neol is a technology company that develops an AI-powered network intelligence and talent management platform designed to help organizations understand, manage, and mobilize their professional networks. The platform transforms fragmented organizational data about people, partners, and communities into a structured intelligence layer that allowscompanies to discover expertise, connect collaborators, and assemble teams more efficiently. | $5.2M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 | https://www.neol.co |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Galata Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galata-business-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kybele Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kybele-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [kyu Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyu-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tim Brown invest in?

Tim Brown invests primarily in EdTech, Freelance and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Tim Brown last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tim Brown closed in Jun 2022. 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.

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