William Sahlman
Angel Investor
Boston, United States
William Sahlman is a Series A investor in Boston focused on Video and Photography. William A. Sahlman is based out of Boston, Massachusetts and currently works as a Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus for Harvard Business School. William previously worked at Strategic Member of the Advisory Board as a AtHoc. William A. Sahlman attended the Harvard University. William A. Sahlman received the American Spirit Award.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries William Sahlman invests in
Stages William Sahlman invests in
Countries William Sahlman invests in
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Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $950k–$1.8M
- Series A
- $5M–$8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Video 2 (25%)
- Photography 2 (25%)
- Digital Media 2 (25%)
- iOS 1 (13%)
- Apps 1 (13%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (50%)
- Seed 3 (38%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (13%)
Country
- United States 5 (63%)
- Mexico 1 (13%)
- Australia 1 (13%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zubale is the critical infrastructure that enables retailers to win in e-commerce. Through our gig workers marketplace and technical integrations we power our clients entire back end e-commerce operations delivering the best fill-rates, on-times and NPS. In the last year, Zubale has completed over 3 million jobs across 90 cities and 16,800 stores.We operate in Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica and are scaling across Latin America. The Co-Founders Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy met during their Harvard MBA and are retail insiders with deep expertise at Walmart and P&G in Latin America, Africa, India and China. | $800K / Pre-Seed / Aug 01, 2018 | ||
| Truepic provides authenticity infrastructure for the internet. The company’s transparency tools deliver verifiable information about the origin and editing history of digital content. Truepic is dedicated to advancing products and services that establish transparency in digital content, empowering viewers and users to identify authenticity anddifferentiate human from computer-generated. Recognized as one of TIME’s Best Inventions and Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, consumers, businesses, creators, and publishers trust Truepic’s technologies to make informed decisions. | $8M / Series A / Jun 20, 2018 | ||
| Smiletime, Inc. powers pop.in, an app for spontaneous, ephemeral live connection. On pop.in, civility and inclusivity are the bedrock of dynamic conversations, which are hosted in an environment that allows for discussions to be as multifaceted as the people having them. An unlimited number of people can join pop.ins and use video, audio, text andimages to have nuanced dialogue. A pop.in only lasts as long as people are in them, so by their definition, pop.ins are never empty and never lonely. And with the ability to create "ground rules" that are unique to every pop.in, hosts are empowered to be deliberate in setting a tenor and intention for their conversations from the get-go. Smiletime, Inc. believes technology can and should enable honest dialogue and empathetic connection, and that's what they've created with pop.in.Smiletime, Inc. was founded by Alex Kruglov, Sharon Chang, and Jace Hall in 2014, and is located in Los Angeles, California. | $1M / Seed / Sep 12, 2017 | ||
| Truepic provides authenticity infrastructure for the internet. The company’s transparency tools deliver verifiable information about the origin and editing history of digital content. Truepic is dedicated to advancing products and services that establish transparency in digital content, empowering viewers and users to identify authenticity anddifferentiate human from computer-generated. Recognized as one of TIME’s Best Inventions and Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, consumers, businesses, creators, and publishers trust Truepic’s technologies to make informed decisions. | $1.8M / Seed / May 11, 2017 | ||
| Bridj is a supercharged booking and fleet management platform that helps you deliver better travel experiences for your passengers. Our technology allows you to optimise your on-road service and digitise your work processes. Bridj provides the tools of the trade... reinvented, including an Operator Portal, a Passenger App, and a Driver App. Ourtools dynamically connect passengers (the demand) to drivers (the supply) to help deliver more sustainable and efficient shared transport. It’s how we connect the dots that is the magic. Passenger aggregation is our art. | Series A / Mar 01, 2015 | ||
| Scout Finance application to change how investors perform financial analysis and manage their process, especially from mobile devices. | $950K / Seed / Dec 31, 2014 | ||
| the noise from Gears woke the sleeping giant, pipes.yahoo.com oeksmd em out, and Zoho definitely damned Dynamics. One could have said Microsoft was definitely not leading the Web 2.0 Revolution And although we understand that businesses do go through cycles, insatiable Internetters have become savvy social beings. Microsoft WAS missing out onkey growth from the social netwokring and web application sector. One could say Microsoft got it's SecondLight during the 4 day Professional Developers Conference. (So I was told) Microsoft was abuzz for Azure, Live was the life of the party, services like mesh.com or foldershare.com highlighted the direction Microsoft was going with webware and I am sure a developer (or two) reached for his inhaler after Microsoft gave out a copy of the next version of their operating system, Windows 7. Microsoft was ready to take on the competition. With new ideas , technology and services, Microsoft definitely paved the path to a whole new level of WoW Start with windowslive.com , if you are a Developer, check out Codeplex, Microsoft's open source project hosting web site.Want to start a business? office.live.comcreate games and mashups with popfly.com Yes, the sleeping giant has been woke, but the competition will continue fighting back. Consumers are the great benefactor of a countless number of web goodies.Are you ready for what’s next? So am I. | $5M / Series A / Jun 01, 2007 | ||
| Snapfish is a photo sharing and storage service that was acquired by HP in 2005. Users can upload, print, and share photos with friends. Printing photos is Snapfish's main focus for the site. This is a different focus than most photo sharing and storage sites that usually have a strong focus on the community aspect, like Flickr.Snapfishhas even partnered with retail stores like Costco and Walgreens so you can pick up your prints locally. Users can also easily create gifts, photo books and cards using their photos.Users are encouraged to upload as many photos as they want since they have unlimited uploads. However, to keep unlimited upload status users are required to buy prints at least once every year or their photos will be deleted. This is easy to get around since you can buy a single print for around $0.12.Main competitors include | $7.5M / Series A / Dec 14, 1999 |
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FAQ
What does William Sahlman invest in?
William Sahlman invests primarily in Video, Photography and Digital Media startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 William Sahlman invest in?
William Sahlman typically joins rounds of $950k–$1.8M at Seed and $5M–$8M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not William Sahlman's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds William Sahlman took part in.
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When did William Sahlman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for William Sahlman closed in Aug 2018. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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