Top 50 Recruiting Angel Investors (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Bas Godska
Angel
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6 | United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $85k–$2M |
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Edward Lando
Angel
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6 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $125k–$37M |
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Xavier Niel
Angel
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5 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1M–$70M |
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Jason Calacanis
Angel
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5 | United States, Australia, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$16M |
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Elad Gil
Angel
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5 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$117M |
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Paul Forster
Angel
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5 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$18M |
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Brian Requarth
Angel
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4 | Brazil, United States, Colombia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Real Estate, FinTech | $289k–$15M |
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Sam Altman
Angel
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4 | United States, Canada, Ghana | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $1.2M–$100M |
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Jack Altman
Angel
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4 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.3M–$120M |
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Michael Seibel
Angel
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4 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$21M |
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Dan Rosensweig
Angel
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4 | United States, Brazil | Seed, Series A | EdTech, Software, Recruiting | $1.5M–$17M |
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Bashar Hamood
Angel
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4 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $7k–$5M |
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Kyle Vogt
Angel
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4 | United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $1.5M–$34M |
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Stefan Ciecierski
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Video, Software | |
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Fabio Cannavale
Angel
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4 | Italy, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed | SaaS, Software, Recruiting | $700k–$11M |
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Binny Bansal
Angel
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4 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $474k–$125M |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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4 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $12k–$5M |
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Jean-Baptiste Rudelle
Angel
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3 | France, Iceland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Recruiting | $1.5M–$7M |
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Ilya Sukhar
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Analytics | $1.2M–$63M |
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Mikko Silventola
Angel
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3 | Estonia, Finland, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Marketplace, Software, E-Commerce | $37k–$4.2M |
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Sam Lim
Angel
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3 | Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Metaverse, Blockchain, Recruiting | $50k–$100k |
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Dalton Caldwell
Angel
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3 | United States, Brazil, France | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $500k–$20M |
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Jessica Livingston
Angel
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3 | United States, Mexico | Seed, Angel, Series A | Education, Health Care, Medical Device | $600k–$3.3M |
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Esther Dyson
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Medical | $270k–$16M |
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Paul Buchheit
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $100k–$14M |
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Felipe Villamarin
Angel
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3 | Colombia, United States, Brazil | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, Recruiting | $95k–$6.7M |
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Diego Piacentini
Angel
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3 | United States, Italy, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Software, Human Resources | $255k–$16M |
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James Beshara
Angel
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3 | United States, India, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, E-Commerce | $1M–$15M |
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Daniel Gross
Angel
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3 | United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $2M–$130M |
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Mike Shoemaker
Angel
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3 | Mexico, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Wellness, Freelance | $6M–$16M |
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Kunal Shah
Angel
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3 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $350k–$16M |
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Vishal Makhijani
Angel
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3 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS | $1.2M–$2.7M |
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Ragnar Sass
Angel
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3 | Estonia, Ukraine, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Software, Marketplace | $191k–$5.9M |
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Jacob Gibson
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $253k–$20M |
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Volker Rofalski
Angel
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3 | Germany | Seed, Angel, Series A | SaaS, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $684k–$1.2M |
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Rodrigo Schmidt
Angel
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3 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Freelance, Recruiting | $4.8M–$16M |
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Drew Houston
Angel
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3 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $2M–$116M |
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Emmett Shear
Angel
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3 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $950k–$60M |
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Avichal Garg
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Blockchain, Internet | $1M–$33M |
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Charlie Songhurst
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $542k–$8.5M |
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Jens Schumann
Angel
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3 | Germany, Austria, Denmark | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $371k–$1.8M |
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Jared Friedman
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Sweden | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$27M |
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Adeyemi Ajao
Angel
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3 | United States, Spain, Chile | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $770k–$50M |
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Hans Robertson
Angel
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3 | United States, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, Security | $2.5M–$15M |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $482k–$30M |
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Michael Lynton
Angel
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3 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Seed | Content, Media and Entertainment, News | $1M–$59M |
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Phanindra Sama
Angel
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3 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Internet, SaaS, Software | $200k–$3M |
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Keith MacDonald
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed | SaaS, Video, Software | $694k–$2M |
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David Windley
Angel
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3 | United States | Seed, Series A | Recruiting, Human Resources, Enterprise Software | $470k–$2M |
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Alex Macdonald
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $327k–$9.2M |
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Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Co-Founder Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation (NL4UA.org) supporting Ukrainians affected by the war since 2022. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe." Bas' Angel Fund (>EUR 100mn AUM) ranked by PitchBook as #2 in success by IRR (2021). Top 50 SuperAngel worldwide (Arete Index, 2024-25)Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Skolkovo MSM MBA (2013), Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBAAngel investor in decacorn Miro, Harver (exit to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily, Piano. Bas' angel investments (~50) have helped founders raise over $1 billion from investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, and Techstars. The combined market cap of these companies, based on their latest funding rounds, is ~$20 billion. As a VC/LP Bas invested in 400+ companies including 20+ unicorns.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2M; Angel $90k–$110k; Pre-Seed $85k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Helio AI — Automated AI-powered recruiting platform with ATS and gamified personality test. Reduce daily workload by 60% and hire top talents in a few clicks.
- Crosscheck — Crosscheck's AI agents automate document workflows and ensure 100% requirement-to-evidence traceability across your supply chain, backed by vetted auditors and industry-leading Certification Bodies.
- JobHire.AI — JobHire.AI for job search. Your AI Career Assistant that helps you land an interview 10 times faster, match with top employers, and boost your career growth.
Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 478
- Round size: Seed $975k–$7M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.4M; Series A $5.5M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Humera — Humera - AI CAPTCHA That Knows You're Human
- Allonic — Allonic is a robotics hardware company pioneering 3D Tissue Braiding, a new manufacturing platform for producing integrated, compliant, bio-inspired robotic bodies through a single, fully automated production process. By eliminating assembly-heavy designs and supply-chain complexity, Allonic enables significantly faster iteration, lower costs, andsafer, more dexterous robots to be built. Originally founded from Hungary and operating internationally with a US HQ and a growing team of 15, Allonic is building the hardware foundation for the next generation of intelligent machines.
- Heywa Labs — Heywa Labs develops Generative UX (GenUX), an AI-driven interface layer that creates dynamic, adaptive user experiences beyond static text or links. Their flagship app, Heywa, delivers visual, tappable "stories" of cards for tasks like cooking, travel, fitness, and DIY, reconfiguring in real-time based on user interactions.
Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 136
- Round size: Seed $1M–$70M; Series A $3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qutwo — We unite Qutwo OS and world-class AI and quantum scientists with the most forward-looking enterprises to develop competitive edge through classical AI, hybrid, and full quantum systems. We tackle the most challenging problems in AI computing.
- HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
- Advanced Machine Intelligence — AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence - builds world-model-based AI that understands the real world. We develop safe, controllable intelligent systems for industry, robotics, healthcare, and beyond.
Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 548
- Round size: Seed $722k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $2.7M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dexla — Build B2B apps quickly with an AI-powered front-end software engineer. Type in what your company does and watch Buck build your app for you.
- Contraline — Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible.
- howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
Elad Gil is the Co-Founder of Color Genomics. He previously worked at Twitter as a Vice President. Elad Gil attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 259
- Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $9.5M–$50M; Series B $27M–$117M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NavigateAI — An AI copilot for every person in the field. NavigateAI upskills and coaches your team, runs real-time quality control, manages the project in the background, and provides expert knowledge, instantly.
- Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
- Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
Paul Forster is an early-stage investor in the tech sector. He previously worked at Indeed as a Senior Advisor. Paul attended INSEAD, where he earned an MBA.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.9M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oraion — Your single source of truth for enterprise data
- Capsa AI — Providing next-generation investors with a competitive edge.
- Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America.
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- Industry: Software, Real Estate, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $289k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $497k–$4.4M; Series A $7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taxflow — Taxflow is an AI agent for US tax and accounting firms and eliminate tedious tasks and reduce manual errors. Our AI agent automates data collection, client communications, transaction categorization and other end to-end tax preparation tasks.
- UltraContext — Context infrastructure for AI agents
- Jumpstart — AI-powered, financially risk-free immigration services for founders, executives, and professionals seeking US visas and green cards.
Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator. Sam attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $10M–$50M; Series B $17M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Exowatt — Modular full-stack renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers.
- Preventive — Preventive mission is to determine whether the newest generation of gene editing technologies can be used safely and responsibly to correct devastating genetic conditions for future children.
- Red Queen Bio — Red Queen Bio is an AI biosecurity company. Think of us as the cybersecurity layer for biology. AI is making it dramatically easier to design powerful new drugs and therapies, which is extraordinary news for medicine. But the same tools are also lowering the barrier for bad actors to engineer dangerous pathogens, and opening up an entirely new category of threats, including viruses designed to evade human immunity.Defense has to keep pace with offense.
Jack Altman is the founder and CEO of Lattice.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$9M; Series A $10M–$30M; Series B $27M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ScienceIO — The data science company for healthcare
- Verifiable — A modern data engine to power healthcare credentialing, licensing, enrollment and provider network management. Built for the new demands of today's healthcare.
- Career Karma — Learn about bootcamps, ask questions and read reviews to find the best job training program for you. Connect with peers, coaches and mentors to accelerate your technology career.
Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $5.9M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kira — The easiest way for non-fintech enterprises to launch AI-powered, stablecoin-based financial products. Through a unified API platform, Kira enables businesses to embed remittances, payroll, wallets, and real-time cross-border payments.
- Recall.ai — Recall.ai provides a single API for meeting bots on every platform like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and more.
- Arena — Arena accelerates testing, debugging, and optimization for the world’s most advanced hardware. Atlas is an AI hardware engineer grounded in applied physics with an understanding of the real-world environment.
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Browse database — It's Free!Dan Rosensweig is based out of Santa Clara, California, and is the CEO of Chegg. Dan previously worked at Yahoo! as a Chief Operating Officer. Dan Rosensweig attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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- Industry: EdTech, Software, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tract — Tract is the first for kids, by kids online community for student-directed learning. We are reimagining education by giving kids full control and making learning fun. We offer members (kids age 8+) unlimited on-demand courses (learning paths) and vibrant weekly live events, taught by our inspiring community of accomplished creators. Together, theyenable kids to develop passions through meaningful, real-world lessons giving them the skills and mindset to address 21st-century challenges and opportunities.Tract is based on TRICK, the philosophy pioneered by our co-founder Esther Wojcicki. Esther has positively impacted the lives of thousands of children from her award-winning student-run journalism program and is a mother of three successful women (CEO of YouTube, CEO, and founder of 23andMe, and top UCSF medical researcher) all by applying TRICK.TRICK stands for Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. These five pillars are at the core of Tract and our mission to empower all kids to become tomorrow's innovators, leaders, and global citizens.Our team is unified by Esther’s lifelong work to evolve education for the 21st century and comes from top Consumer and Education Technology companies (Uber, Microsoft, and Instracture).What We Believe:- The secret to getting kids interested in learning is giving them control - Kids are much smarter and capable than most people think - Successful people believe in themselves and aren’t afraid to take risks - Creative people with great passions don’t follow the rules - Current rates of depression and lack of career-readiness is a global epidemic - Our education system of standardization and obedience limits creativity and a growth mindset - Education is not equitable and the achievement gap is widening - We need a generation of community-minded global citizens to make the world a better place - Education that works for kids, not against them is the silver bullet for the world’s problems
- Galena — Galena is a company that specializes in providing a centralized platform for professional development, targeting HR professionals in medium to large companies. Their platform offers access to a variety of external courses, tailored to the development needs and aspirations of individual employees. This approach simplifies operational processes forHR departments, enhancing strategic engagement and development management through data intelligence. Galena focuses on delivering individualized learning solutions on a scalable level, aiding in the professional growth and development of employees.
- Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.
Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 476
- Round size: Seed $15k–$2M; Pre-Seed $7k–$500k; Series A $33k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
- Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
- ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
Kyle Vogt is the CEO of The Bot Company.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $7M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Etched — Transformers etched into silicon. By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we're creating the world's most powerful servers for transformer inference.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Odyssey — Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to understand and simulate the world.
Stefan Ciecierski
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- Industry: SaaS, Video, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $474k–$8M; Series A $3M–$18M; Series B $13M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Posha — With our smart kitchen robot, Julia, we are making home cooking great again! Find out more about our story, technology, and Julia herself.
- HireQuotient — With the vision to disrupt the hiring process for business roles globally, HireQuotient’s virtual interviewers help companies test business skills at scale in an engaging and realistic manner, saving clients millions of dollars and man-hours. It has been used by more than 30,000 candidates in over 42 countries, and generated significant timesavings for hiring organisations while improving candidate quality in interviews.
- RISA Labs — AI-powered operating system for oncology. Automate workflows, reduce treatment delays, and accelerate care delivery. Book a demo with RISA Labs.
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 887
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $12k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Book Your Own — Book Your Own is building an integrated travel ecosystem designed to unify India’s fragmented travel market.
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
- Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
Jean-Baptiste Rudelle is based out of Paris, Île-de-France, and is the Executive Chairman at The Galion Project and also a Board of Director at Lemrock. Jean-Baptiste previously served as the Founder and CEO at Criteo.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jay&Joy — Jay&Joy is the first plant-based creamery in France engaged in manufacturing alternatives to cheese made from almond milk and cashew nuts.
- Orb — Orb's groundbreaking technology is leveraging the latest advances in computer vision and AI for on-site forest assessment with phones, reducing cost by 90% Orb's carbon and biodiversity platform delivers unmatched data and and transparency, maximising value of each carbon credit.
- HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
Ilya Sukhar is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Investor of Matrix. Ilya previously worked at Y Combinator as a Partner. Ilya Sukhar attended the Cornell University.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7M; Series A $5M–$18M; Series B $16M–$63M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sentry — Self-hosted and cloud-based application monitoring that helps software teams see clearer, solve quicker, & learn continuously.
- Reflect — Reflect is a networked note-taking tool. Keep track of your notes, books, and meetings.
- Hashboard — Hashboard is a business intelligence (BI) product built for data engineers to do their best work and easily spread the data love to their entire organizations. Define metrics on your data warehouse and let your whole team search, explore and find insights that drive your business.
Mikko is an active investor, with over 50 investments globally. Besides Europe, he is also active in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Lat Am. He is the first investor of Bolt (Estonia), an investor of Rappi (Colombia), and of Hugo (El Salvador). He has founded 3 international media companies which in total have generated over €35M in sales overjust a few years. He has helped companies with internationalization, fundraising and M&As in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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- Industry: Marketplace, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Estonia, Finland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $191k–$4.2M; Angel $37k–$111k; Pre-Seed $230k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bought — Buy and sell secondhand fashion on Bought. Turn past purchases into ready-to-go listings, shop 50,000+ brands, and get door-to-door delivery in hours.
- Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
- WIP - Work in Peace — The covid-19 outbreak has nailed us to computers. People are tired of virtual meetings. The reason why we meet in person is changing from routine braking to necessity. This will lead to a growing demand for simple and affordable rooms for daily meetings in various locations. The process of finding and booking an offsite meeting room for a dailymeeting is time-consuming and complex. The premium character of meeting rooms, in terms of large selection, features, and price, that dominate the market requires lengthier consideration and coordination. Our 5-year vision - Your city is your office and a meeting room A platform that helps future companies work & meet more efficiently, using technology and data. Your city is your office - The mySpotit app will open every door you need for working.
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- Industry: Metaverse, Blockchain, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $50k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IMPRESSO — The place where recruiters search for authentic career profiles. Job seekers mint and save their career NFT. Save your NFT CV on the blockchain. Meet and connect with verified professionals on the Metaverse. Real identities, jobs and networking on IMPRESSO.
Dalton Caldwell is the current Managing Director of Y Combinator. He previously worked at App.net as a Founder/CEO. Dalton Caldwell attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Brazil, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 188
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $5.1M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alex AI — Alex is the AI recruiter that puts sourcing, screening, and scheduling on autopilot. Fast-track vetting so you interview the best in days.
- Alex AI — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
- Porter — Porter deploys your applications into your own cloud account in just a few clicks. Get started quickly on Porter, and customize your infrastructure freely as you scale.
Jessica Livingston is a Co-founding partner. She is also the organizer of Startup School, the big annual startup conference, and the author of Founders at Work, a collection of interviews with successful startup founders.
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- Industry: Education, Health Care, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Elpha — Elpha is where women succeed at work together. Become a member to access daily conversations with experts, insider job opportunities, and a lot of women talking candidly about work and life. Plus membership is free!
- Tesseral — Okapi facilitates the storing, updating, and retrieval of customer data for businesses using CRM (customer relationship management) software.
- Hype and Vice — Hype and Vice combines on-trend fashion with University brands to create officially licensed college apparel women! Cool college apparel to wear for tailgates and gamedays or to lounge around your dorm.
Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $270k–$4.3M; Series A $1.5M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The Beans — The Beans offers a software application platform that creates personalized cash flow plans designed for its users. The Beans is Simplifying the path to financial balance through design and technology so that people can focus on what they love.
- NextSense — Introducing NextSense Smartbuds: EEG-powered earbuds that go beyond sleep tracking. Backed by science, Smartbuds provide real-time insights to help you achieve deeper, more restorative sleep. Comfortable, intuitive, and easy to use, Smartbuds empower you to wake up your best self.
- Openwater — OPENWATER - THE FUTURE OF NEURAL DIAGNOSTICS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
Paul Buchheit is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital. Paul Buchheit attended Case Western Reserve University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Angel $100k–$1.6M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SiPhox Health — Painless, 5-minute biomarker testing at home. Clear insights, trend tracking, and a personalized plan built around your results.
- BuildForever — BuildForever build products that feel personal, magical and deeply human.
- Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.
Felipe Villamarin is a Co-Founder at Rappi.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Recruiting
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Colombia, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6.7M; Pre-Seed $95k–$6.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
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- Latú Seguros — We are a start-up focused on providing business insurance, on a mission to empower business owners to change the world.
Diego Piacentini has served as Senior Vice President, International Consumer Business, since February 2012. From January 2007 until February 2012, Diego Piacentini served as Senior Vice President, International Retail, from November 2001 until December 2006, he served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Retail and Marketing and, from February 2000until November 2001, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, International. Prior to joining Amazon.com, Piacentini was Vice President and General Manager of Apple Computer Europe, where he headed operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Piacentini joined Apple Computer in 1987. He held several financial management positions both in Apple Italy and at a European level through 1993. Piacentini served as Sales Director for Apple Italy in 1994 and was promoted to the post of General Manager for Apple Italy in May 1995.Piacentini holds a degree in economics from Bocconi University of Milan. An Italian national, he has traveled and worked across Europe, Asia and North America.n Senior Vice President of International Consumer at Amazon.com Inc. since February 2012.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Italy, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $255k–$16M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
- IDOVEN — Idoven has developed the world’s first AI cardiologist -Willem- that augments both a cardiologist’s and non-cardiology expert clinician’s ability to identify, triage and diagnose patients at scale through APIs. The company counts clients such as AstraZeneca, Abbott, Novartis, GE Healthcare, FIFPRO, Google, Santander and Real Madrid Foundation.Idoven is backed by top-tier investors and business angels including Insight Partners, Northzone and Wayra (Telefónica), Iker Casillas, Pau Gasol, the Accel Starters program, EIC Accelerator, Horizon 2020, ERC and EIT Health. The company has been awarded with numerous distinctions for its AI technology in Europe and the US, including the the European Seal of Excellence 3x from the European Commission, granted by Horizon 2020, European Research Council ERC 2x (RIA) Europe’s most prestigious research grant, supporting excellent researchers in carrying out ground-breaking, high-risk, high-gain, frontier research projects, EIC Accelerator, and EIT Health. Idoven was ranked #1 Spanish HealthTech company in 2020 by NEOTEC. Idoven has been Google for Startups Resident at Google Campus Madrid and part of the Google for Startups Global Alumni Program. The company has won the prize Emprendedor XXI from CaixaBank, the Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and has been awarded at South Summit 2021 as the Most Disruptive Startup, and Best Health and Wellbeing Startup. Selected by CB Insights as one of the top 150 global companies in Digital Health for 2022, and top 50 global companies in Digital Health for 2023. Idoven was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the World's Top HealthTech Companies of 2025.
- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
James Beshara is the founder of Magic Mind.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.3M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.8M; Series A $7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zalos — Automate repetitive Finance workflows without changing your Finance systems. AI agents that connect, act, and audit across ERPs, banks, and invoicing platforms.
- Sourcetable — Sourcetable connect, sync, and query all the data in a spreadsheet, without needing to know how to code. Founded in 2019, Sourcetable is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
- ShredSpots APP — Social Map App Of Hidden Street Sports Art
Daniel Gross is the Co-Founder of Pioneer. He previously worked at Y Combinator as a Head of AI.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $2M–$20M; Series A $12M–$34M; Series B $25M–$130M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NewLimit — NewLimit is extending human healthspan by unlocking regenerative potential.
- Antimetal — Making cloud savings automated, effortless, and risk-free. Start saving in 2 minutes, no code or engineering required.
- Creatify AI — Empower everyone's ad creation.
Michael Shoemaker is the Chief Executive Officer at Vayda. Michael attended INSEAD and St. Olaf College.
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- Industry: Software, Wellness, Freelance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Mexico, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $6M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Heru — Heru builds the community of gig-economy workers and has a suite of services that help improve their way of life and general well-being. The company's mission is to improve the conditions of independent workers by building, through technology, services, and benefits according to their needs and lifestyle.Heru was founded in 2019 by MateoJaramillo and Stiven Rodriguez Sanchez and is headquartered in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Torre.ai — Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 313
- Round size: Seed $810k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $350k–$2M; Series A $4.7M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vaaree — Get Upto 60% Off, Buy home decor, kitchen, and garden products online in India. Vaaree offers Popular Bedsheets, Lamps, Pooja Essentials, Cozy Comforters, and more at the best prices.
- Superleap — The #1 AI-native alternative to legacy CRMs. Trusted by 100+ enterprise teams. Book a demo to see Superleap in action.
- Profound — Get your Profound AI Rep and unlock stronger collaborators, richer opportunities, and sharper hires
Vish Makhijani is President & COO of Zumper. Prior to joining Zumper, Vish was CEO of Udacity where he oversaw all company operations to democratize education around the world. He had been instrumental in the development of Udacity's Nanodegree program. Vish has held leadership positions at high-growth companies, including Zynga andYandex, where he scaled the business to millions of users. He was also senior vice president of Yahoo's Search and Marketplace businesses, and general manager at Inktomi until it was acquired by Yahoo. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the New York and Silicon Valley offices, serving Fortune 500 and startup clients.Vish is currently on the boards of both Prosperworks and Pepperdata.
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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shabodi — Shabodi NetAware is the only solution that make applications network aware. Shabodi NetAware you take control over Programmable Networks (5G, LTE, Wifi 6).
- Trimian — Startup based in Menlo Park, focusing on mobile apps. The name comes from 'tri-simian', referring to the three wise monkeys.
- Instawork — Instawork connects local businesses with proven hourly workers for temp, temp-to-hire shift work.
Ragnar Sass is the Co-Founder of Darkstar Camp. He previously worked at LIFT99 as a Founder and CEO. Ragnar Sass attended Estonian Business School.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Estonia, Ukraine, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $677k–$5.9M; Pre-Seed $191k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alvin — Highly accurate, automated column-level lineage, powering your data workflows.
- BeTRITON — 100% electric recreational vehicle - revolution in sustainable travel. BeTRITON (formerly known as Z-Triton) offers extraordinary experience and freedom to travel both over land and water.
- Around — The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere.We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieveit, anywhere & everywhere.We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work.Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around.
Jacob Gibson is the Co-Founder and Partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures. He is a former co-founder and COO at NerdWallet. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $253k–$15M; Series A $3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adadot — Adadot empowers developers to improve their performance and wellbeing by analysing productivity and collaboration data.
- fortú — fortú is the personal finance platform for Latinos and Hispanics
- MoneyHash — Emerging and Global markets first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.
Volker Rofalski is the founder of WebStock AG, which he sold to BAADER Bank in 1999 and TradeCross AG, which he sold to VEM Aktienbank in 2005. Since then, Volker was director of Equity Capital Markets and authorized officer of the VEM Aktienbank. Prior to this, he held several managing positions in diverse industries e.g. CFO at ELA Medical &Porges and Internet2000 AG. He studied business economics at the University of Augsburg. Volker is a member of the supervisory board of several listed and non-listed companies.
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- Industry: SaaS, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.2M; Angel $684k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- toern — toern develops AI-powered returns management software for e-commerce businesses, helping retailers automate returns, exchanges, refunds, and complaint handling. Its platform analyzes return reasons from customer feedback, images, and voice inputs to generate actionable insights. The company supports reverse logistics operations by streamliningpost-purchase processes, reducing manual workloads, and improving returns management efficiency.
- eco.mio — eco.mio enables companies to reach their climate targets while realizing significant savings: Incentivize employees to travel consciously with eco mio's end-to-end integrated software solution.
- Instaffo — Instaffo is a Heidelberg based HR technology company that has developed a reverse recruiting platform for a fulfilling employer-employee relationship to help people.Based on big data and artificial intelligence, Instaffo automatically connects workers and employers who are ideally matched. For this, not only the skills, but also the professionalgoals and wishes of candidates are considered. As a result, the proposed companies and jobs are the perfect match for the candidates and the candidates for the companies. In direct chat, both can quickly and directly clarify open questions and arrange interviews.
Rodrigo Schmidt is the Head Of Engineering at Meta. He attended EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne).
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- Industry: Software, Freelance, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $4.8M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Torre.ai — Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities.
- Openlayer — Openlayer is the AI governance and observability platform for regulated enterprises: one place to test, monitor, and govern every model, agent, and AI system your company runs.
Drew Houston is co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. Since founding the company in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi, Drew has led the company’s growth from a simple idea to a service used by over 600 million people around the world. Drew received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2006. After graduating, he turnedhis frustration with carrying USB drives and emailing files to himself into a demo for what became Dropbox. Today, Dropbox is one of the world's leading business collaboration platforms, with 15 million paying subscribers and nearly 3000 employees across 12 global offices.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6.1M; Series A $9.4M–$24M; Series B $10M–$116M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Convex — All gas, no breakages. Convex is the reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Payam Music — Payam Music is where students fall in love with piano. Not only do they have fun but they win competitions. Endorsed by composer Hans Zimmer. Sign up for a trial in-person or online lesson!
Emmett Shear was the Founder and CEO of Twitch (www.twitch.tv), the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers. Mr. Shear was also a Co-Founder of Justin.tv and a part-time Partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator, where he advises fledgling startups on product and strategy. Mr. Shear graduated from Yale University in 2005 and in2012 was included in Forbes Magazine on their 30 under 30 list. Twitch launched in 2011, and in 2014 The Wall Street Journal cited the brand as having the 4th largest peak internet traffic in the U.S.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Angel $950k–$60M; Series A $6.5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DianaHR — Streamline HR, payroll, and compliance with DianaHR, the US-based fractional HR company helping startups and SMBs reduce risk, automate admin, and scale without HR headaches.
- Lemon Slice — Interactive video avatars.
- Blueprint Bryan Johnson — On the surface, Blueprint may seem something about health, wellness and aging. It's really a system to make tomorrow better for you, me, the planet and our shared future with AI.
Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $10M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- Matic — The world's most advanced floor cleaner. Your home's best helper.
- Bluenote Health — Bluenote Health operates as an AI platform for life sciences.
Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 214
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $542k–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Skrap — Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services.
- Uncovr — Surgical video is the biggest dark data in medicine. We turn it into operative reports, billing codes, and clinical intelligence automatically
- Structured AI — Construction AI QA/QC software that automatically reviews drawing packages and catches errors, code issues, and coordination clashes before they reach the field.
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Browse database — It's Free!Jens Schumann, born on 6 June 1973, was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LOTTO24 AG on 19 June 2020. Before that, since 2 May 2012, he was already Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is one of the two founders of today's ZEAL Network SE (former Tipp24 SE) and was Managing Director and a Management Board member of Tipp24SE from 1999 to 2009. Jens Schumann has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE since July 2011. From 1998 to the formation of Tipp24 SE, he worked as a business consultant at Icon Medialab AG. Schumann studied law at the University of Münster from 1993 to 1998 and finished his studies with the first State Exam.
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- Industry: SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Austria, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $536k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $371k–$822k
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- toern — toern develops AI-powered returns management software for e-commerce businesses, helping retailers automate returns, exchanges, refunds, and complaint handling. Its platform analyzes return reasons from customer feedback, images, and voice inputs to generate actionable insights. The company supports reverse logistics operations by streamliningpost-purchase processes, reducing manual workloads, and improving returns management efficiency.
- Spectrm — charles is the Conversational Marketing AI and CRM platform for brands to attract, convert, and retain customers via AI agents and marketing automations.
- Tryp.com — Cheap trips and travel deals to destinations worldwide. Compare top offers, discover new places and grab the best price on your next getaway.
Jared Friedman is a partner at Y Combinator in San Francisco, where he invests in and helps startups. Previously, Jared was co-founder and CTO at Scribd, a top 100 web property. He studied computer science at Harvard University.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 217
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $10M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EzDubs — Transform employee and customer experiences with the most advanced AI-powered platform for real-time communications.
- Cline — The open source coding agent that takes over your editor, terminal, and browser to complete work autonomously. npm i -g cline
- Meticulous — Meticulous auto-generates and auto-maintains visual frontend browser tests, providing a level of coverage that is unattainable with manually written tests.
Adeyemi (“Ade”) is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Base10 Partners. Before Base10, Ade had a successful career as an entrepreneur and investor.Ade was the co-founder and CEO of Tuenti (The “Spanish Facebook” which was acquired by Telefonica in 2010 for $100M), co-founder and CEO of Identified (“AI for HR” acquired by Workday in 2014) and afounding investor of Cabify (the largest ridesharing company in Latin America currently valued at over $1B). While at Workday, Ade led launch to Workday Ventures, the first fund focused on Applied AI for Enterprise Software and was VP of Technology Strategy.Ade is originally from Spain and half Nigerian. He holds an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He also holds a J.D. in Law and a M.S in Economics from Icade University in Spain and studied a certificate on Machine Learning at Stanford.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Spain, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $770k–$6.1M; Series A $5.2M–$32M; Series B $3.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dropbox DocSend — Try our secure document sharing platform for free. Instantly know when documents are opened & what pages are read. Easy-to-use eSignatures.
- StockGro — StockGro is a stock market advisory & research app trusted by 35M+ users. Get daily trade ideas with entry, exit & stop-loss from 150+ SEBI-registered analysts.
- Job&Talent — Find and manage your workforce with AI-driven hiring, scheduling, and performance tools designed to increase productivity by up to 30%.
Hans Robertson serves startups as an investor and advisor. He is the former chief operating officer and the vice president of products at Meraki. Previously, he served EMC as the group product manager.Prior to EMC, Robertson was an accounts manager at VMware. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a Master of Engineering degree fromMassachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Security
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$3.5M; Series A $10M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Verkada — Modern, cloud-managed security cameras, access control, and smart building solutions in a single, fully integrated security system. Free 30-day trial. Easy setup.
- Tractian — Prevent machine failures and protect production with AI-powered condition monitoring and performance tracking built for safety, uptime, and reliability.
- Pilot — Meet your dedicated finance team. Pilot handles your bookkeeping, taxes, forecasting and more. See why thousands of businesses trust Pilot.
Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $482k–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
- Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
- CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
Michael Lynton is CEO of Sony Entertainment, where he oversees Sony's global entertainment businesses, including Sony Music Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Lynton is also Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), managing the studio's overall global operations, which includemotion picture, television and digital content production and distribution, home entertainment acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, and the development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.At Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lynton has focused on digital transformation, worldwide growth, content diversity and financial discipline, leading the studio through an era of innovation and success, putting Sony Pictures on the cutting edge of an industry experiencing rapid technological and global change.Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group has enjoyed a remarkable run in the past several years, releasing such hits as Best Picture Oscar® nominees American Hustle, Captain Phillips, and The Social Network, as well as blockbuster franchises like The Amazing Spider-Man, Grown-Ups, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and The Smurfs.Between movies and TV, SPE received 26 nominations for the 2014 Golden Globes® and won seven awards, more than any other studio.Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry's leading content providers. It produces and distributes programming in every genre, around the world and for a multitude of platforms. In addition to one of the industry's largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT boasts a current program slate that includes top-rated daytime dramas and game shows, landmark off-network series, original animated series and critically acclaimed primetime dramas, comedies and telefilms. In addition to its U.S. production business, SPT has 19 wholly-owned or joint venture production companies in 13 countries.SPT's worldwide media networks include 150 channel feeds available in 178 countries, reaching more than 1.3 billion cumulative households worldwide. Popular channel brands include AXN, Animax, and SET (Sony Entertainment Television), as well as the studio's ad-supported VOD service, Crackle.Sony Pictures Home Entertainment distributes Sony Pictures produced and third-party acquired theatrical and non-theatrical product on Blu-ray Disc, DVD and other digital media globally. Among the more than 3,500 titles in SPHE's catalog are the Spider-Man and Men In Black franchises, the Seinfeld TV series, and film classics on such as Lawrence of Arabia, Taxi Driver and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Sony Pictures is also home to Imageworks, the only major studio Academy Award®-winning in-house visual effects unit.Under Lynton, Sony Pictures has been an industry leader in the migration to digital entertainment, from production and distribution to the introduction of new formats. The studio championed the industry's UltraViolet digital entertainment format, helped re-introduce 3D to the entertainment industry and is deeply engaged in the rapidly expanding 4K marketplace.Prior to joining Sony Pictures, Lynton worked for Time Warner and served as CEO of AOL Europe, President of AOL International and President of Time Warner International.From 1996 to 2000, Lynton served as Chairman and CEO of Pearson plc's Penguin Group, where he oversaw the acquisition of Putnam, Inc. and extended the Penguin brand to music and the Internet.Lynton joined The Walt Disney Company in 1987 and started Disney Publishing, serving as its President. From 1992 to1996, he served as President of Disney's Hollywood Pictures.Lynton holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and literature from Harvard College and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.Lynton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the boards of the American Film Institute, the Smithsonian Board of Regents, the Harvard Board of Overseers, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Trust, USC School of Cinematic Arts and the RAND Corporation.In addition, he sits on the board of directors of Snapchat and Ares Management, L.P.Lynton resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Elizabeth Jamie Alter Lynton, and their three daughters, Eloise Lynton, Maisie Lynton and Lucinda Lynton.
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- Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, News
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.6M; Series A $8.5M–$15M; Series B $15M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inkitt — Publish stories online, join our author subscription program, and read books online for free. Join the Inkitt community for writers and readers today.
- Olipop — 2-5g sugar. 9g fiber. 8 classic flavors. Discover the delicious new soda made with plant fiber and prebiotics for a happy, healthy you. Try it in Vintage Cola, Classic Root Beer, Strawberry Vanilla, Ginger Lemon and more. Non-GMO, gluten free, paleo, vegan, and just plain delicious.
- Impact — Impact: the entertainment industry network. The most network-driven industry in the world finally has its own network.
Phanindra Sama is the Advisor of WestBridge Capital. He previously worked at redBus as a Founder and CEO. Phanindra Sama attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Internet, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $400k–$3M; Angel $250k–$350k; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kraftshala — Kraftshala is a online skilling platform for non-coding domains.
- Chai Bisket — The Telugu Culture Company! Our Family - Girl Formula, Boy Formula, Chai Bisket Food, Kiraak Style, Chai Bisket Podcasts and Chai Bisket Shorts.
- Eyewear designed& labs — Eyewear designed& labs is a eyewear startup.
Keith MacDonald
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- Industry: SaaS, Video, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $694k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- docStribute — Secure document distribution and digital signature solutions for your business no matter the size and market you're in.
- Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
David Windley is the President at Caldwell. He attended San Francisco State University, Lam Family College of Business.
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- Industry: Recruiting, Human Resources, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $470k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Topia — Discover our professional services designed to elevate your business with expert solutions tailored to your needs. Contact us today for trusted support.
- Comeet — Comeet is an applicant tracking system that makes it easier to source, recruit and hire talent in today's job market.
- Atipica — Kingcobratoto merupakan situs togel online legal dengan link login cobratoto bo togel resmi terpercaya yang menyediakan pasaran togel online terbesar di asia mencapai 65 pasaran resmi dan permainan togel mode 4d.
Alex Macdonald is the Co-Founder and CEO Sequel. He previously Co-Founded Velocity Black. He attended The University of Manchester.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.2M; Pre-Seed $327k–$2.5M; Series A $5.9M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kalder — Kalder is a unified web3 brand loyalty platform for brands and creators to drive meaningful engagement, onboard new users, and reward superfan communities.
- Stelia — Stelia builds distributed AI platforms that scale globally. Research-driven intelligent systems for healthcare, education, and enterprise operations worldwide
- Aurora — The Operating System for High Performance Living
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