# Tyler Willis

> Tyler Willis is a seed investor backing Artificial Intelligence and Mobile. See 20 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerwillis
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tylerwillis
- Website: http://tyler.is

Tyler Willis is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Mobile. Tyler is the President and Co-Founder of Unsupervised, which helps Fortune 500 companies become more data-driven by allowing them to analyze infinitely complex data and autonomously discover the biggest opportunities that their analysts and teams should be focused on.Tyler is also an angel investor, with investments in companies like LambdaSchool, Patreon, Lyft (IPO), Loungebuddy (acquired by Amex), and This is L. (acquired by P&G). Prior to Unsupervised, Tyler worked at AngelList, Hired.com, Unified, and Involver.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$12M |
| Series A | $2.2M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 20% |
| Mobile | 3 | 15% |
| Internet | 3 | 15% |
| Higher Education | 3 | 15% |
| iOS | 2 | 10% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 70% |
| Series A | 2 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FinalLayer | FinalLayer is developing AI agents for creative processes. The FinalLayer LinkedIn post agent chooses the appropriate video clips to include in your post, writes posts in your own voice, and follows topics on your behalf. |  |  | Oct 23, 2025 | https://finallayer.com |
| Induced AI | Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 03, 2023 | https://www.induced.ai |
| Pogo | At Pogo, our goal is to make you more money by unlocking the power of your data. | $12.3M | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 | http://www.joinpogo.com |
| Pogo | Pogo enables people to earn money and save on shopping, finances, and more by unlocking the power of their data. Pogo allows users to take control of their data and how they monetize it, as well as to be compensated when their data is used for market research and personalized advertising. It pushes recommendations based on the data users choose tolink with the app, which users can act on in a few clicks. | $12.3M | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 | http://www.joinpogo.com |
| Firstparty | Firstparty is a B2B software startup that builds marketing automation tools for data-driven growth teams. Firstparty was founded in 2021. | $5.8M | Seed | Apr 26, 2022 | https://firstpartyhq.com/ |
| Kea | Kea empowers restaurants to operate more intelligently and own their relationship with customers. Its product, Kea Voice, takes orders over the phone at a high level of efficiency and consistency so that restaurants can focus on making delicious food.Launched in 2018, Kea is one of the fastest-growing companies on a course to change the wayrestaurants operate. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $6.7M | Seed | May 15, 2019 | https://www.kea.ai |
| Lambda School | Lambda School is a combination of a school and an investment fund. Lambda School's mission is to find untapped or underutilized talent, and train that talent for the most in-demand jobs in the world. Lambda School is pioneering a new model of higher education in which the school invests in the students, instead of the other way around. | $4M | Seed | Feb 03, 2018 | https://lambdaschool.com/ |
| BloomTech | BloomTech helps learners of all backgrounds launch tech careers. The company aims to provide a direct, low-risk path to higher income by teaching the skills employers want plus supporting applicants in their job search. The simplified training provided by BloomTech equips applicants for careers in data science, software engineering, and otherfields. | $4M | Seed | Feb 03, 2018 | https://www.bloomtech.com/ |
| Picks & Shovels | The Picks & Shovels Co. crafting tools for investors and traders of digital currencies and crypto assets. |  | Seed | Jan 19, 2018 | https://picks.co/ |
| Edmit | Edmit is an operator of an ed-tech platform designed to create greater price and value transparency in higher education. | $855K | Pre-Seed | Nov 16, 2017 | https://www.edmit.me |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Zillionize](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zillionize) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Buckley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [S2 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s2capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Streamlined](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/streamlined-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Tyler Willis invest in?

Tyler Willis invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Mobile and Internet 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 round sizes does Tyler Willis invest in?

Tyler Willis typically joins rounds of $2M–$12M at Seed and $2.2M–$3M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Tyler Willis's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Tyler Willis took part in.

### How do I contact Tyler Willis?

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### When did Tyler Willis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tyler Willis closed in Oct 2025. 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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