# William Barnes

> William Barnes is a seed investor at Karman Ventures backing Internet and Logistics. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures)
- Location: Santa Monica, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williampbarnes/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/williampbarnes
- Website: http://williambarnes.com

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 19% |
| Logistics | 3 | 19% |
| Transportation | 3 | 19% |
| Apps | 2 | 13% |
| EdTech | 2 | 13% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 44% |
| Series A | 4 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Subject | 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 |  |
| Subject | 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 | 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 |  |
| Subject | 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 |  |
| Subject | 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 | 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 |  |
| TruckMap | The Mobile App For Truck Drivers |  | Seed | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| TruckMap | The Mobile App For Truck Drivers |  | Seed | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| Replenysh | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moving-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Supernode Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/supernode-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Owl Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/owl-ventures-lp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Karman Ventures

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

Karman Ventures (fka Moving Capital) is a venture capital firm backed by early employees of Uber and other decacorn startups.

4 contacts available at Karman Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amr Alshihabi | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amr-alshihabi |
| David Clark | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-clark-6e49 |
| David Clark | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-clark-4ecf |
| William Barnes | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-barnes |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did William Barnes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for William Barnes closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 16 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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