William Barnes
General Partner @ Karman Ventures
Santa Monica, United States
William Barnes is a seed investor at Karman Ventures in Santa Monica focused on Internet and Logistics. Operator turned investor - first 50 at UBER, started LA and scaled West Coast Operations.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries William Barnes invests in
Stages William Barnes invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (19%)
- Logistics 3 (19%)
- Transportation 3 (19%)
- Apps 2 (13%)
- EdTech 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (44%)
- Series A 4 (25%)
- Series B 2 (13%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Building the Netflix of HS education, where students can earn HS and College credit for engaging with our premium videos. | $29.4M / Series A / Mar 22, 2022 | ||
| Provider of digital curriculum and learning intelligence solutions for grades 6–12 education. The company develops a technology platform that addresses challenges in learner engagement, equity, and educator workload. Its offerings include cinematic digital curriculum, multilingual AI, and teacher-of-record AI. The platform integrates learningintelligence, which adapts instruction to each learner, identifies challenges early, and provides timely support while delivering educators actionable insights without adding to their workload. | $29.4M / Series A / Mar 22, 2022 | ||
| Snackpass is a social food app that makes ordering food more convenient, affordable and social. It focuses on mobile order pickup at local restaurants. The platform allows users to unlock discounts with friends, send gifts, and collect points. Snackpass was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $70M / Series B / Jun 23, 2021 | ||
| Building the Netflix of HS education, where students can earn HS and College credit for engaging with our premium videos. | $4M / Seed / May 26, 2021 | ||
| Provider of digital curriculum and learning intelligence solutions for grades 6–12 education. The company develops a technology platform that addresses challenges in learner engagement, equity, and educator workload. Its offerings include cinematic digital curriculum, multilingual AI, and teacher-of-record AI. The platform integrates learningintelligence, which adapts instruction to each learner, identifies challenges early, and provides timely support while delivering educators actionable insights without adding to their workload. | $4M / Seed / Apr 19, 2021 | ||
| Belong is a residential network that vertically integrates all aspects of the home rental and home improvement process. Powered by AI. Made and loved by People. | $40M / Series B / Mar 09, 2021 | ||
| The Mobile App For Truck Drivers | Seed / Oct 20, 2020 | ||
| Replenysh is building the operating system of material recovery — using technology to put an end to landfills and ocean pollution. | $2M / Seed / Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Snackpass is a social food app that makes ordering food more convenient, affordable and social. It focuses on mobile order pickup at local restaurants. The platform allows users to unlock discounts with friends, send gifts, and collect points. Snackpass was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $23.5M / Series A / Dec 19, 2019 | ||
| Everything you need to turn your passion into a creative business, in one place. Connect with suppliers, design your products, and set up your e-commerce website. Pietra also provides warehousing and logistics for Creators to give them an end-to-end solution for their business. | Seed / Mar 27, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Karman Ventures
Karman Ventures (fka Moving Capital) is a venture capital firm backed by early employees of Uber and other decacorn startups.
Karman Ventures Contacts
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Amr Alshihabi
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William Barnes
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What does William Barnes invest in?
William Barnes invests primarily in Internet, Logistics and Transportation startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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