# Tristan Pollock

> Tristan Pollock is a seed investor at 500 Global backing Travel and Internet. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristanpollock/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/pollock
- Website: http://tristanpollock.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tristanpollock

Tristan Pollock is a seed investor at 500 Global in San Francisco focused on Travel and Internet. Movement Builder ||| Founding Partner @CoolClimateFund ||| Alum @500GlobalVC @Google @TheEdenDAO @Terradotdo #ODCT

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$4.8M |
| Series B | $12M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 10% |
| Internet | 2 | 10% |
| Software | 2 | 10% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 10% |
| Art | 1 | 5% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 35% |
| Series A | 2 | 10% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 2 | 10% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Commsor | Community scales your business, resources, and presence in ways that traditional marketing or advertising channels cannot. When done right, community enables and improves customer acquisition, streamlines support and success, bolsters retention, and provides crucial product insights. Visit https://commsor.com/ to learn more. | $50M | Series B | Mar 01, 2022 | https://commsor.com/ |
| Headout | Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds. | $12M | Series B | Sep 08, 2021 | https://www.headout.com |
| misterb&b | Misterb&b is an operator of a property rental marketplace used to connect travelers and hosts in the LGBTQ community. Its marketplace offers a searchable database of short-term rentals of homes, rooms, and apartments for its users as per their preferred locations that enable LGBTQ individuals and allies to monetize from their spare space whileproviding affordable houses in a hassle-free manner.Misterb&b was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. |  | Series A | Dec 01, 2019 | http://www.misterbandb.com |
| Headout | Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds. | $3.8M | Series A | Nov 05, 2019 | https://www.headout.com |
| BacklotCars | BacklotCars allows auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies to transact without having to go to physical auctions. Through BacklotCars, auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies can transact without having to go to physical auctions. The company’s end to end solution is truly seamless for dealers as BacklotCars providesvehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance services.The online marketplace offers a 24-7 “bid-ask” marketplace along with vehicle inspections and is used by dealers in 46 states. It’s designed to make the process of selling cars easier for both buyers and sellers by addressing longstanding pain points of online transactions like certified inspections.BacklotCars was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. | $4.8M | Seed | May 01, 2017 | http://backlotcars.com/ |
| Baker Technologies | A better connection with your customers keeps them happy and loyal. We build smart products to help you create a better shopping experience, making it easy to grow your business. | $1.6M | Seed | Aug 05, 2016 | http://www.trybaker.com |
| misterb&b | Misterb&b is an operator of a property rental marketplace used to connect travelers and hosts in the LGBTQ community. Its marketplace offers a searchable database of short-term rentals of homes, rooms, and apartments for its users as per their preferred locations that enable LGBTQ individuals and allies to monetize from their spare space whileproviding affordable houses in a hassle-free manner.Misterb&b was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $150K | Seed | Nov 04, 2015 | http://www.misterbandb.com |
| zerohash | Zero Hash offers a post-trade settlement utility to bridge a fragmented market of diverse execution platforms. It supports a wide range of fiat and digital assets that can be combined into any product pair. Zero Hash combines this with an on-chain settlement for digital assets, which provides an independent ability to verify ownership via theblockchain.Zero Hash was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $3.4M | Seed | Oct 09, 2015 | https://zerohash.com/ |
| zerohash | Zero Hash offers a post-trade settlement utility to bridge a fragmented market of diverse execution platforms. It supports a wide range of fiat and digital assets that can be combined into any product pair. Zero Hash combines this with an on-chain settlement for digital assets, which provides an independent ability to verify ownership via theblockchain.Zero Hash was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. |  | Seed | Sep 05, 2015 | https://zerohash.com/ |
| Vango | Their story started with a group of young professionals who struggled with how hard it was to find art for their home. They were tired of the generic, cookie-cutter posters, and desired something more meaningful. But, they didn’t know how where to start - galleries were intimidating, online sites overwhelming, and the pricing of it all was aconfusing black box. Why did it have to be so hard to Be Original?At the same time, they thought of their friends and family who were artists - making beautiful art, but they had to abandon their creative talents so they could pay the bills. Something just didn’t make sense.After continuing to ask questions, they realized they were not alone, so they started to build, test, and tinker until…they launched ARTtwo50 in July 2013.Nine months later, May 1, 2014, ARTtwo50 was reborn as Vango along with the launch of a smaller version of their iPad app on the iPhone. The reason they changed from 'ARTtwo50' was that they wanted a name that was catchy and did not box us in on price. Given that they are a marketplace, they mashed up things that take two people (Tango) and key components of their app (Visualization). ‘Vango’ just came out and they loved the sound and energy. |  | Angel | Aug 06, 2015 | http://www.vangoart.com |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooklyn-bridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ludlow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ludlow-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Version One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/version-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10x Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10xgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 500 Global

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

500 Global offers an accelerator program designed to provide mentorship and resources to startup founders. It facilitates educational programs for investors and operates networking platforms to connect entrepreneurs with mentors and operators. The firm's activities include managing investment strategies focused on diverse geographic regionsand sectors. Through its infrastructure, the company supports the development of innovation ecosystems by providing access to capital and industry expertise.

5 contacts available at 500 Global.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agahuseyn Ahmadov | Program Coordinator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agahuseyn-ahmadov |
| Arın Ozkula | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ar%C4%B1n-%C3%B6zkula |
| Cecilia Ezquerro | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cecilia-ezquerro |
| Clayton Bryan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clayton-bryan |
| Didier Quiroz Ceballos | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/didier-quiroz-ceballos |

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## FAQ

### What does Tristan Pollock invest in?

Tristan Pollock invests primarily in Travel, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 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 Tristan Pollock's check size?

Tristan Pollock typically joins rounds of $150k–$4.8M at Seed and $12M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tristan Pollock participates in.

### How do I contact Tristan Pollock?

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### When did Tristan Pollock last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tristan Pollock closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 20 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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