# Will Herman

> Will Herman is a seed investor in Boston backing Software, Mobile and Enterprise Software. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: Apr 2020
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/willherman
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/willherman
- Website: https://x.com/willherman
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/willherman

Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$2.8M |
| Series A | $557k–$8.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 22 | 35% |
| Mobile | 10 | 16% |
| Enterprise Software | 9 | 15% |
| Hardware | 7 | 11% |
| Internet | 6 | 10% |

117 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 29 | 47% |
| Series A | 15 | 24% |
| Convertible Note | 7 | 11% |
| Series B | 3 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 52 | 84% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Looking Glass Factory | Looking Glass Factory is building the holographic future, starting with the Looking Glass, the world’s first desktop holographic display for 3D creators—no VR or AR headset required. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York with a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong. | $7.3M | Series A | Apr 15, 2020 |  |
| Pristeem | The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today. |  | Seed | Jul 15, 2019 |  |
| VueBox | VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles |  | Seed | Jul 15, 2019 |  |
| VueBox | VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Two Way Labs | Two Way Labs is focused on live interactive television. |  | Seed | Jun 28, 2018 |  |
| OpenFrame | OpenFrame is an internet company that features a software application platform that helps real estate agents to create video tours and connect to their clients. Its platform utilizes photography tools and 360° technology accessible. |  | Seed | May 01, 2018 |  |
| Airfox | Airfox is on a mission to accelerate financial inclusion for the underbanked within emerging economies. Airfox aims to create an entirely new financial services model for the underbanked that democratizes access to capital and financial services with a mobile-first solution. Airfox is a venture-backed, financial technology company based in Bostonand São Paulo. To learn more about the future of decentralized digital banking, visit www.airfox.com. |  | Seed | Aug 16, 2016 |  |
| Cape | Cape is a rapidly growing SaaS and hardware company based in San Francisco and Cape Town on a mission to make the Internet better.Our product is the simplest way to monitor and improve WiFi networks. What makes us different? Every other monitoring tool is complex, built by network engineers for network engineers, but today millions of networksare run by IT managers who are not network experts. Our beautiful, easy to use product is helping experts and non-experts alike to monitor and improve their networks. Our network sensors mimic human users to test WiFi networks from the user’s perspective. Coupled with simple dashboards and reports, the sensors help to detect issues instantly and troubleshoot remotely to improve WLAN quality of experience. We are backed by some great Silicon Valley investors. We are hiring engineers, designers, sales people and marketers who share our passion of making the Internet better. |  | Seed | May 25, 2016 |  |
| Cape | Cape is a rapidly growing SaaS and hardware company based in San Francisco and Cape Town on a mission to make the Internet better.Our product is the simplest way to monitor and improve WiFi networks. What makes us different? Every other monitoring tool is complex, built by network engineers for network engineers, but today millions of networksare run by IT managers who are not network experts. Our beautiful, easy to use product is helping experts and non-experts alike to monitor and improve their networks. Our network sensors mimic human users to test WiFi networks from the user’s perspective. Coupled with simple dashboards and reports, the sensors help to detect issues instantly and troubleshoot remotely to improve WLAN quality of experience. We are backed by some great Silicon Valley investors. We are hiring engineers, designers, sales people and marketers who share our passion of making the Internet better. |  | Seed | Apr 04, 2016 |  |
| Grapevine Interactive | As the fastest growing mobile technology company in South Africa, we are 100% focussed on mobile consumer engagement. We help brands and businesses access the mobile ecosystem to radically increase their consumer engagement value. We have solidified ourselves in the market by delivering for some of the most consumer-focussed companies in SA, in thefinancial services, retail and media sectors, by providing robust mobile capabilities as part of an integrated consumer experience that people enjoy. |  | Seed | Mar 22, 2016 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Techstars Boston Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-boston-accelerator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bolt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bolt-io) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Will Herman invest in?

Will Herman invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 62 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 Will Herman's check size?

Will Herman typically joins rounds of $100k–$2.8M at Seed and $557k–$8.8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Will Herman participates in.

### When did Will Herman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Will Herman closed in Apr 2020. Shizune tracks 62 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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