Tim Ferriss
Guest Lecturer @ Princeton University
Austin, United States
Tim Ferriss is a startup angel investor, American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. He has written many self-help books, including The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef.In 2001, Ferriss founded BrainQUICKEN, an online nutritional supplements company. He is also a guest lecturer at Princeton University, where he hasspoken on high-tech entrepreneurship since 2003 in the electrical engineering and ORFE departments. He is on the advisory board of DonorsChoose.org.As an angel investor, Ferriss has invested or advised in startups such as StumbleUpon, Posterous, Evernote, DailyBurn, Shopify, Reputation Defender, Trippy, Foodzie, Badongo, TaskRabbit, RescueTime, and SimpleGeo.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Tim Ferriss invests in
Stages Tim Ferriss invests in
Countries Tim Ferriss invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$35M
- Series A
- $4M–$23M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Fitness 3 (23%)
- Wellness 3 (23%)
- Education 2 (15%)
- E-Learning 2 (15%)
- Health Care 2 (15%)
Stage
- Funding Round 4 (31%)
- Seed 3 (23%)
- Series A 3 (23%)
- Angel 1 (8%)
- Series D 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 10 (77%)
- United Kingdom 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Mentava
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Mentava is a software development company that supports top-performing students to achieve their potential. | $3M / Seed / Apr 04, 2022 | |
Fractal
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Fractal is an in-game asset and virtual world marketplace where users may find, purchase, and sell gaming NFTs. Fractal is headquartered in Solana, United States and was founded in 2021. | $35M / Seed / Apr 01, 2022 | |
AG1
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AG1 (Athletic Greens) is a global health company with a mission to empower people to take ownership of their health through a focus on nutrition. The company's flagship product, AG1, is a research-backed daily health supplement that combines a high-quality multivitamin, probiotic, and more into a single scoop. AG1 is NSF Certified for Sport,one of the most rigorous independent quality and safety certification programs in the supplement industry, and a standard sought by many professional athletes, coaches, and trainers. Founded in 2010, AG1 has operations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. | Jul 21, 2021 | |
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AG1
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AG1 (Athletic Greens) is a global health company with a mission to empower people to take ownership of their health through a focus on nutrition. The company's flagship product, AG1, is a research-backed daily health supplement that combines a high-quality multivitamin, probiotic, and more into a single scoop. AG1 is NSF Certified for Sport,one of the most rigorous independent quality and safety certification programs in the supplement industry, and a standard sought by many professional athletes, coaches, and trainers. Founded in 2010, AG1 has operations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. | Angel / Jul 21, 2021 | |
OpenSea
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OpenSea is a peer-to-peer marketplace for crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens. It includes collectibles, gaming items, and other virtual goods backed by a blockchain. On OpenSea, anyone can buy or sell these items through a smart contract. | $23M / Series A / Mar 18, 2021 | |
Haus
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Pay less, live more. Haus is on a mission to bring flexibility and affordability to home ownership. Instead of taking on a mortgage and debt, homeowners and aspiring buyers can partner with Haus to buy what they can afford. With this co-investing model, monthly payments are 30% lower on average, compared to a traditional mortgage. And, homeownershave the flexibility to buy and sell equity in real time.Haus is an Expa Studio company. Expa is a global network of entrepreneurs helping each other build companies with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Vancouver. | $4.1M / Seed / Jul 18, 2019 | |
milk + honey
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milk + honey is a thriving collection of premier spa and salons in Austin and Houston, Texas, offering a full range of services including massage, facials, waxing, natural nail therapy, hair care, makeup application, and bridal packages in a modern, inviting space.Named one of Austin Business Journal's "Best Places to Work,"we're deeply committed to helping you achieve your personal and professional goals. We believe that happy employees, thorough training, wonderful service, and an encouraging environment result in happy clients who return often. | Apr 29, 2019 | |
Hu Kitchen
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A bit groggy, run-down, and over-caffeinated. Even though they were living a “healthy” lifestyle - no junk food, some exercise, and some label reading - they weren’t really thriving. So Jordan, their co-founder and corporate defector (he didn’t come from the food industry, but he’s in deep now), immersed himself in all things food: the gut-brainconnection, systemic inflammation, the impact of certain foods and additives on their health, and where potentially harmful things are hiding in their food supply. | Series A / May 15, 2018 | |
SkyKick
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SkyKick helps IT solution providers build more successful cloud businesses. Their SaaS products and platform are designed to make it easy and efficient for IT partners to migrate, backup, and manage their customers in the cloud. It also provides software products and platforms to migrate, backup, and manage technology services.SkyKick was foundedin 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA, USA. | $40M / May 01, 2018 | |
Exo
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Exo is a producer and provider of protein bars made from cricket flour. Its protein bars are a combination of cricket flour with organic ingredients such as raw cacao, dates, almond butter, and coconut to create a bar that is high in protein, low in sugar, nutritionally dense, and packed with omega 3 fatty acids, iron, and calcium that enable usersto get sports bar that is free of sugar, gluten, grains, dairy, soy, and artificial preservatives.It was founded in 2014 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. | $4M / Series A / Apr 25, 2016 | |
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Co-Investors
Andreessen Horowitz
2 deals together
COIND
2 deals together
Quiet Capital
2 deals together
To Kenz Capital
2 deals together
1confirmation
1 deal together
AccelFoods
1 deal together
About Princeton University
One of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States, Princeton University is consistently at the forefront of research and academic excellence. This is partially due to its unique approach to education, which stresses the importance of independent study.Princeton’s undergraduate academics grant bachelor’s degrees in the artsand sciences. In their third and fourth years, all undergraduates must pursue independent research in their chosen field of study. Depending on your major and academic goals, this can vary from a lab research to a creative project.The graduate school at Princeton University offers a variety of master’s degrees and Ph.D.’s, as well as continuing education programs to suit diverse academic needs. The graduate school does not use a credit-based system, and your department and advisor will determine your curriculum.Tuition at Princeton is among the most expensive in the country. In light of this, the university aims to support its students with significant financial assistance. Princeton’s need-based financial aid program replaces loans with grants, so that its students won’t be overwhelmed with debt after graduation. These programs and more are available to those who qualify. Tuition costs shouldn’t discourage qualified students to apply to Princeton.As an Ivy League school, Princeton’s admissions are highly competitive.Contact the school directly for more information and guidance on applying.
Princeton University Contacts
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Derek Lidow
Professor in Entrepreneurship
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Jennifer Rexford
Professor of Computer Science
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Margaret Martonosi
Professor of Computer Science
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Paul Prucnal
Professor
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Pierre duPont
Mentor
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FAQ
What does Tim Ferriss invest in?
Tim Ferriss invests primarily in Fitness, Wellness and Education startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Tim Ferriss's check size?
Tim Ferriss typically joins rounds of $3M–$35M at Seed and $4M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tim Ferriss participates in.
When did Tim Ferriss last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Tim Ferriss closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 13 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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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.
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