# Tom Conrad

> Tom Conrad is a seed investor in Los Angeles backing Mobile, Software and Restaurants. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomconrad
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tconrad
- Website: https://x.com/tconrad
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tconrad

Tom Conrad is a seed investor in Los Angeles focused on Mobile and Software. Tom Conrad is based out of New York, New York, and is the CEO and board member of Sonos. Tom previously worked at Zero Longevity Science as a CEO. Tom Conrad attended the University of Michigan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$7.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| Restaurants | 2 | 13% |
| Social Media | 2 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 53% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kinema | Kinema is building the world's largest network of alternative theaters - enabling organizers across the world to host unique events in-person and online. | $2M | Seed | May 01, 2021 |  |
| Ultraviolet Social | Octi is the world’s first augmented reality social platform where reality merges with the metaverse and empowers anyone to create vibrant content with digital objects and scenes, rewarding creators with virtual and physical goods from leading brands. Octi’s independent Los Angeles-based team builds and combines the latest in machine learning,computer vision, and AR technologies to deliver the killer applications of the future. | $11M | Series A | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Ultraviolet Social | Octi is the world’s first augmented reality social platform where reality merges with the metaverse and empowers anyone to create vibrant content with digital objects and scenes, rewarding creators with virtual and physical goods from leading brands. Octi’s independent Los Angeles-based team builds and combines the latest in machine learning,computer vision, and AR technologies to deliver the killer applications of the future. | $7.5M | Seed | Jul 12, 2018 |  |
| Din | Formerly Known as Forage. Din helps you cook like your favorite restaurant at home in 20 min. Din partners with notable restaurants and chefs like Bar Tartine, Tacolicious, and James Beard 2015 Rising Star Chef Jessica Largey to deliver everything you need to recreate their dishes at home. Din’s team, led by Michelin Star veteran Stephen Beaumierformerly of Cyrus, Quince and Restaurant Noma, does much of the time­intensive prep work for you, like braising meats and creating complex sauces, so you can finish the dish in under 20 minutes, as quickly as a restaurant can fire a dish. Then they deliver the prepped and whole ingredients in an insulated, reusable tote to your home. |  | Seed | Oct 10, 2014 |  |
| DRIP | DRIP is a subscription-based music service that allows labels to send subscribers every album release via e-mail for a flat monthly fee. Its users have the ability to subscribe and support creators directly and get access to releases, artwork, ideas, and more. It provides users with music labels, musicians, artists, visual artists, non-profits, andmore types of creators on DRIP.DRIP is featuring direct feeds from the creators, personalized music catalogs, and a member’s area to connect. It pays creators directly, taking a small revenue share for maintenance of its service.Founded by Miguel Senquiz and Sam Valenti IV, DRIP is based in New York, N.Y. |  | Seed | Jun 24, 2014 |  |
| Stitch | Stitch helps salespeople close more deals and be more responsive. They are building the best mobile-first, sales productivity platform. Their first product is a mobile email application for salespeople. With Stitch, salespeople can communicate faster by having the right information, insights, and tools at their fingertips. In today’s highlycompetitive world, they believe it’s not only possible, it’s essential, to be as effective and responsive on the go as when sitting in front of a desk. In sales, being responsive means delivering immediate and complete answers to prospects’ questions. They enable salespeople to respond NOW, not later, to every mobile email. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2014 |  |
| The Last Guide Company | The Last Guide Company provides products that make it easier and more fun to go out and explore. | $2.1M | Seed | Apr 10, 2014 |  |
| Reserve | Reserve is the country's premier hospitality technology platform, helping restaurants and guests connect. Reserve helps guests discover restaurants, make reservations, get personalized service and seamlessly pay the bill. Restaurant partners see fewer reservation cancellations, get better CRM and receive actionable data that helps them betterunderstand their business. Our mission is to be the preferred booking method for all reservations. Reserve has partnered with hundreds of the country's best restaurateurs — from David Chang to Jean-Georges Vongerichten.Reserve is venture-backed and headquartered in New York City. The app is available to download for iOS and Android. |  | Seed | Mar 27, 2014 |  |
| Exitround | Exitround is the private, anonymous marketplace for buyers and sellers of technology companies from the small to mid-market. Using its proprietary software algorithms, Exitround provides greater efficiency and intelligence enabling buyers and sellers to reach far beyond the traditional boundaries of sector, geography and personal networks.Exitround's broad user base spans from the SMB to the Global 2000, including corporate and private equity partners looking for financial transactions.Exitround was founded by San Francisco entrepreneurs Jacob Mullins and Greg Dean. Jacob recognized the opportunity while at Shasta Ventures, where he spent time considering consumer and mobile investments. Greg experienced the M&A process first hand through navigating the acquisition of his prior company as the VP of Engineering.The M&A process is highly dependent on human connections between people who have a shared common interest. While this is traditionally done through highly connected personal networks, there appeared to be an opportunity to add marketplace dynamics and algorithmic sophistication to gain a high level of scale in connecting buyers and sellers who may be a perfect match, but otherwise may not have met. |  | Seed | Dec 13, 2013 |  |
| DRIP | DRIP is a subscription-based music service that allows labels to send subscribers every album release via e-mail for a flat monthly fee. Its users have the ability to subscribe and support creators directly and get access to releases, artwork, ideas, and more. It provides users with music labels, musicians, artists, visual artists, non-profits, andmore types of creators on DRIP.DRIP is featuring direct feeds from the creators, personalized music catalogs, and a member’s area to connect. It pays creators directly, taking a small revenue share for maintenance of its service.Founded by Miguel Senquiz and Sam Valenti IV, DRIP is based in New York, N.Y. |  | Seed | Sep 16, 2013 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [I2BF Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/i2bf-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lupa Systems](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lupa-systems-a816) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Shasta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shasta-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allen & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-and-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Conrad invest in?

Tom Conrad invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Restaurants startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 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 Tom Conrad's check size?

Tom Conrad typically joins rounds of $2M–$7.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tom Conrad participates in.

### When did Tom Conrad last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Conrad closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 15 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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