# Timothy Young

> Timothy Young is a seed investor at University of Hawaii at Manoa backing Software. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [University of Hawaii at Manoa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-hawaii-at-manoa-40f2)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyyoung2
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/timy0ung
- Website: https://x.com/timy0ung

Timothy Young is a seed investor at University of Hawaii at Manoa in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Timothy Young is based out of New York, New York and is the Co-Founder & General Partner of Eniac Ventures and also currently works as an Investor for SpaceX. Timothy previously worked at TapCommerce as an Advisor and Investor. Timothy Young attended the University of Pennsylvania.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 32% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 32% |
| SaaS | 6 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 16% |
| Analytics | 5 | 13% |

81 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 39% |
| Series B | 10 | 26% |
| Series A | 7 | 18% |
| Series C | 3 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 26 | 68% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tradespace | Tradespace provides a software platform that supports the management of intellectual property throughout its lifecycle. It offers tools for capturing invention disclosures, assessing novelty, organizing patent filings, tracking portfolio details, and identifying opportunities for licensing or commercialization using integrated analytics. Theplatform includes automated workflows and AI-supported features that help users streamline disclosure review, coordinate filings, and maintain portfolio records. Tradespace also connects IP data with insights that assist in aligning intellectual property assets with strategic business considerations. Its services aim to support organizations in handling complex intellectual property processes with data-driven support. | $15M | Series A | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| RetroRate | Agent-focused real estate software in the assumable loans space. | $2.2M | Seed | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| Coworker.ai | Coworker.ai is an AI platform designed to automate tasks and streamline workflows within businesses. It integrates with over 40 enterprise applications, eliminating the need for custom coding. The platform focuses on providing context-aware assistance, enabling it to answer questions, plan, and execute tasks. | $13M | Seed | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Mobly | Mobly is the first event-agnostic lead capture, enrichment and engagement app. Users can snap a photo of any attendee badge or business card, and have that person's contact info instantly enriched (25+ fields) and pushed to their CRM. THey can then follow up via text, email, phone or social from the app, and the activity actually logs back tothe CRM. No card/badge? No problem. SImply search name + company in the search bar for the same result. | $4.3M | Seed | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Briq | Briq is a financial automation platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to automate finances in construction.By automating data entry and transforming it into actionable insights, Briq empowers clients to take control of complex financial processes in construction. Its AI-based automation helps clients plan and forecast more predictablebusiness outcomes, resulting in enhanced fees, fee erosion prevention, and frozen overhead costs. | $8M | Series B | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| Tradespace | Tradespace provides a software platform that supports the management of intellectual property throughout its lifecycle. It offers tools for capturing invention disclosures, assessing novelty, organizing patent filings, tracking portfolio details, and identifying opportunities for licensing or commercialization using integrated analytics. Theplatform includes automated workflows and AI-supported features that help users streamline disclosure review, coordinate filings, and maintain portfolio records. Tradespace also connects IP data with insights that assist in aligning intellectual property assets with strategic business considerations. Its services aim to support organizations in handling complex intellectual property processes with data-driven support. | $4.2M | Seed | Nov 15, 2023 |  |
| Upfort | Upfort is a cyber security and insurance platform that offers comprehensive protection to SMEs against evolving cyber threats. It allows organizations to fully address their cyber security needs–from risk management tools to insurance policies–through one easy-to-use platform. Its software provides phishing simulation, public Wi-Fi protection,inbox protection, password management, and cyber liability insurance. | $8M | Series A | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| AgriCompa | AgriCompa is an agricultural data analytics firm that develops an AgTech management platform for agro-economy. Its platform helps packing and trade companies manage cash flow, consolidate operations, and build supplier loyalty with its ERP and financing alternatives to help clients have access to loans and other services for their businesses. |  | Seed | Jul 28, 2023 |  |
| Fabi.ai | Fabi.ai is a conversational AI engine which frees data teams from writing SQL for ad hoc requests. | $3M | Seed | Apr 28, 2023 |  |
| 1upHealth | 1upHealth is a health-tech company that builds products for the future of healthcare where value-based care, along with patient and provider applications are the norm. It aims to bridge the gap between patient-centered data and provider needs by using patient-generated data to enable applications to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce costs.Founded in 2017, 1upHealth is based in Boston, MA. | $40M | Series C | Apr 12, 2023 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackhorn-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [MetaProp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metaprop-nyc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [R7 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r7-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Trajectory Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trajectory-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Jackson Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jsv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About University of Hawaii at Manoa

VC Fund · Honolulu, United States

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the largest and oldest of the 10 UH campuses.

2 contacts available at University of Hawaii at Manoa.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryo Kubota | Junior Researcher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryo-kubota-2 |
| Timothy Young | Adjunct Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-young |

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## FAQ

### What does Timothy Young invest in?

Timothy Young invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 38 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 Timothy Young last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Timothy Young closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 38 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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