# Tim Howes

> Tim Howes is a pre-seed investor at Know Yourself (Oakland) backing Software and LGBT. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Know Yourself](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/know-yourself)
- Location: Oakland, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tihowes/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/howes28

Tim Howes is a pre-seed investor at Know Yourself in Oakland focused on Software and LGBT. Tim Howes is the Co-founder of Know Yourself.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| LGBT | 1 | 33% |
| Music | 1 | 33% |
| Social Media | 1 | 33% |
| Cloud Security | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Queer Spaces | Queer Spaces is building SPACES, a group chat platform for queer communities, and an app to serve the entirety of the LGBTQ+ spectrum. It’s a place for all queer people to connect over their favourite topics and interests, plan meetups and hang out. They can discover and join specific communities, fandoms, local teams and organizations, and closefriends, some public and others invite-only, all on a platform where they can safely be their true, authentic selves. | $1.1M | Convertible Note | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| Opal Security | Opal Security is a modern, data-centric identity security platform. Opal Security helps organizations reduce access sprawl, manage identity attack surfaces, and enforce policies that are secure by default. Opal Security is based in San Francisco and New York. For more information, please visit www.opal.dev or reach us at hello@opal.dev. | $10M | Series A | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| Tokn Music | Tokn Music bridges the gap between artist and fans on our peer to peer investment marketplace and launchpad. Artists build deeper connections to fans, keep 100% copyrights, and aren't trapped in an agreement they can't back out of. Fans connect to artists like never before and capitalize off their growth and royalties. We enable everyoneto thrive and get rewarded for making contributions to the Tokn ecosystem. | $60K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [basecase capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-case-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mana-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Moai Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moai-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Know Yourself

VC Fund

Know Yourself Foundation is a non-profit arm of a public benefit corporation.

2 contacts available at Know Yourself.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tim Howes | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-howes-d35e |
| Tim Howes | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-howes |

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## FAQ

### What does Tim Howes invest in?

Tim Howes invests primarily in Software, LGBT and Music startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 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 Tim Howes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tim Howes closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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.

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