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Top 50 Recruiting Angel Investors in United States in January 2025

A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Recruiting startups based in United states. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Recruiting companies from United states. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Recruiting Angel Investors in United States in January 2025

Investor Recruiting United States investments
Elad Gil 5
Jack Altman 4
Sam Altman 4
Kyle Vogt 4
Rudy Gadre 3
Hans Robertson 3
Drew Houston 3
David Windley 3
Michael Lynton 3
James Beshara 3
Jessica Livingston 3
Michael Seibel 3
Eric Wu 3
Paul Graham 3
Daniel Gross 3
Emmett Shear 3
Lauren DeLuca 3
Jason Calacanis 3
Avichal Garg 3
Ilya Sukhar 3
Aaron Levie 3
Jacob Gibson 3
Tikhon Bernstam 3
Ron Gula 2
Bradley Horowitz 2
Diego Piacentini 2
Michael Polsky 2
Russell Fradin 2
George Hu 2
Eric Ries 2
Anna Marie Wagner 2
Robby Walker 2
Nobutaka Mutaguchi 2
Shannon Sweeney Offen 2
Paul Sims 2
David King 2
Michael Polsky 2
Vishal Makhijani 2
Justin Kan 2
Tom Friel 2
Ellen Levy 2
Joel Peterson 2
John Pestana 2
Bill Clerico 2
Fritz Lanman 2
Matt Mickiewicz 2
Joshua Steiner 2
Lord David Alliance 2
Shervin Pishevar 2
Brian Spaly 2
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Elad Gil Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 25 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
  • Decagon — Trusted by world-class companies, Decagon is the most advanced AI platform for customer support.
  • Braintrust Data — The end-to-end platform for building world-class AI products
Jack Altman Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Jack Altman is the founder and CEO of Lattice.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Rogo — Rogo is the secure generative AI (GenAI) platform built for elite financial institutions. Save time, unlock insights and automate workflows in days.
  • Didero — The AI agent for procurement
  • Slope — We handle the lending, underwriting, debt collection and fully pay out to you immediately once the product or service ships.
Sam Altman Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator from 2016 through 2019. Sam Altman attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, Ghana
Portfolio highlights
  • GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
  • Beacon AI — Beacon AI is building the future of flight safety for commercial and private fleets.
  • Boom Supersonic — Making the World Dramatically More Accessible
Kyle Vogt Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Kyle Vogt is the CEO of The Bot Company.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Etched.ai — Transformers etched into silicon. By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we're creating the world's most powerful servers for transformer inference.
  • Yuma AI — Yuma is using ChatGPT to automate customer support. We integrate directly with help desk software and focus on helping large Shopify merchants deal with their high volume of support requests.
  • Basis — Basis operates as an AI platform built specifically for accounting firms.
Rudy Gadre Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States
Rudy Gadre is Partner at Founder's Co-op. Rudy Gadre is an active angel Investor and is also an Advisor to startups. Rudy Gadre served as Vice President and General Counsel of Facebook, where Rudy Gadre was responsible for all legal matters since January 2006. In 1999, he joined Amazon and served as its Vice President and Associate GeneralCounsel for Business Development, intellectual property, and new technologies. He was the Principal Legal Negotiator for Amazon's most significant strategic alliances and joint ventures, where Rudy Gadre oversaw the development and licensing of patents and other intellectual property, and was responsible for all legal aspects of Amazon's new technology initiatives. From September 1994 to February 1999, Rudy Gadre worked at Perkins Coie LLP, as an Associate in the technology business group. At Perkins, he represented clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies in a diverse array of matters, including joint ventures, development, protection and licensing of intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions. Rudy Gadre served as Vice President of Business Operations at Evri, Inc, from September 2008 to July 2010. He serves as a Member of Strategic Advisory Board at Syntonic Limited. He served as a Director of Jobaline.com Inc. He served as an Independent Director of The W Fund. He is a passionate supporter of the Seattle technology ecosystem. He was recognized by Washington Law and Politics magazine as a "Super Lawyer" in 2003 and 2004. Rudy Gadre holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College and graduated from the University of Washington School of Law.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • neu — Get on-demand enhanced cleaning for your Airbnb. Use neu to auto-schedule cleans after every checkout, get access to vetted service professionals, and peace-of-mind
  • Wrench — Wrench offers a convenient way to get great auto repair near me, diagnostic service and oil changes. Our mobile mechanics will come to you!
  • Heyou Media Holdings — This domain used to be connected to a Wix website. Learn how to reconnect it, or create your own website.
Hans Robertson Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Human Resources, Security
  • Series A, Seed
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Dedrone — Dedrone is the global leader in anti-drone / counter-drone solutions with the most customers in more countries
  • 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.
  • Pilot — Meet your dedicated finance team. Pilot handles your bookkeeping, taxes, forecasting and more. See why thousands of businesses trust Pilot.
Drew Houston Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
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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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Slope — We handle the lending, underwriting, debt collection and fully pay out to you immediately once the product or service ships.
  • Cartwheel — Cartwheel is a powerful text-to-animation platform. Animate characters for your video, game, movie, ad, Social or VR project simply by typing.
  • Mother Science — Discover Mother Science, a revolutionary biotech skincare brand with a clinically proven serum for hyperpigmentation and sun damage.
David Windley Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
David Windley is the President at Caldwell. He attended San Francisco State University, Lam Family College of Business.
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Investment focus
  • Human Resources, Recruiting, Enterprise Software
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Topia — The Topia Global Talent Mobility platform enables businesses to deliver mobility as part of a broader talent and business strategy with enhanced employee experiences. This drives competitive advantage by ensuring the right people in the right place at the right time. The Topia platform automates the entire global talent mobility process, fromscenario-based planning, compliance risk management, expat payroll, reporting and more. Topia powers global talent mobility programs for many of the world's most trusted brands, including Schneider Electric, Dell, Veolia, Equinor, AXA.
  • 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 sarana penyedia tempat bermain togel online karena akreditas terbaik sebagai bandar togel terpercaya sudah dikenal sejak 2018, dengan konsisten pelayanan kepada pemain togel toto yang cepat dan responsif. Temukan situs bandar toto dengan kualitas bermaina mudah jackpot dan fairplay pada semua game yang ada di Kingcobatoto!
Michael Lynton Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States
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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Investment focus
  • Content, Media and Entertainment, Apps
  • Series B, Series A, Seed
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
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.
James Beshara Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
James Beshara is the founder of Magic Mind.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Apps, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, India, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Rye — Rye builds developer tools and APIs to build the next generation of eCommerce experiences.
  • BOND — Get closer to the people and products behind your screen than ever before. Step inside creator wardrobes. Shop their edits. Swipe their curations. Be inspired. We're bringing you a new way to discover.
  • Superorder — The top off-premise operating system for restaurants. Focus on making the food that you love and we'll take care of the rest.
Jessica Livingston Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States
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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Investment focus
  • Medical Device, Education, Health Care
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • United States, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Balto — Balto, the sports gaming platform made for the casual, everyday fan. We’re thrilled to have you. As a quick intro, we’re Nick Montana, Spencer Cassidy and Joel Karacozoff, three individuals with a passion for gaming and an affinity for bringing people together. As driven co-founders to deliver the best experience, They have set out to create asimple, social and fun gaming interface for all.
  • 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!
  • 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.
Michael Seibel Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 25 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Dripos — Dripos was crafted by restaurant operators like yourself to do it all. We aren't joking, everything from payroll & accounting to mobile ordering & marketing.
  • Retell AI — RetellAI is an API for creating human-like conversational voice AI. Developers can build a voice AI similar to JARVIS in just a day — with an ~800ms response time and the ability to handle interruptions.
  • Superorder — The top off-premise operating system for restaurants. Focus on making the food that you love and we'll take care of the rest.
Eric Wu Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Eric Wu is the President of Opendoor. He previously worked at Trulia.com as a Head of Geo/Social Products. Eric Wu attended the University of Arizona.
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Investment focus
  • Real Estate, Software, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Roam — Roam is the platform for affordable home ownership. Roam helps homebuyers purchase their next home with a low-interest rate mortgage included.
  • Honey Homes — Hassle-free Home Upkeep
  • Echo Chunk AI — We build epic strategy games that generate themselves. Starting with Echo Chess: the daily chess puzzler where you are what you eat.
Paul Graham Angel · Mountain View, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • United States, Egypt, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Anthrogen — Anthrogen is a Biotechnology Research firm using bacteria and enzymes for reducing carbon in the air by transforming it into chemicals.
  • Cartage — Cartage is a managed logistics service provider for shippers. We act as your logistics team and coordinate freight carrier-direct. Powered by AI, led by industry experts.
  • Boom Supersonic — Making the World Dramatically More Accessible
Daniel Gross Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 18 investments in the past 12 months
Daniel Gross is the Co-Founder of Pioneer. He previously worked at Y Combinator as a Head of AI.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Magic — Teaching AI to act in its natural environment, the computer.
  • Grid Status — Grid Status offers an open platform for understanding what is happening on the electrical grid. Grid Status provides organized and dependable data, allowing the next generation of energy innovators to focus on developing innovative solutions rather than maintaining their own complex data pipelines.
  • Consensus — Consensus uses AI to extract and summarize scientific insights from peer-reviewed sources. For any question, what's the Consensus?
Emmett Shear Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Pilot AI — Automatically turn every sales calls into detailed notes and structured data that syncs directly to your CRM. Paragon AI writes followup emails, gather insights and
  • Yuma AI — Yuma is using ChatGPT to automate customer support. We integrate directly with help desk software and focus on helping large Shopify merchants deal with their high volume of support requests.
  • Monumental Labs — Monumental Labs is building a robot stone-sculpting factory to unleash a renaissance. Our robot artisans complete commissions in days that previously took months, with all the precision of traditional sculpting, at a fraction of the cost.
Lauren DeLuca Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lauren DeLuca is a Founder and Managing Partner of Motivate Venture Capital, a Chicago-based Pre-Seed and Seed investor.He co-founded a family of niche FinTech firms and was an active Angel investor. In 2012, he co-founded Sailfish Systems, a managed services and market data provider for trading firms, banks, and hedge funds. Sailfish merged withVictory Networks in 2013 to serve clients across the US and Europe. The combined business was ultimately sold to QuantHouse, a Paris-based trading technology provider, in 2017.He co-founded Oxford Intelligence Partners at the beginning of 2015, a boutique stock market-analytics firm. Clients included many Fortune 500 companies before a successful exit to Q4 Inc., a Toronto-based strategic acquirer serving 1000+ clients. His personal Angel portfolio spans a multitude of B2B/B2C verticals and contains over thirty early- and growth-stage businesses, including Chime, HomeChef, TradingView, Appcast, Popular Pays, DeskPass and PostProcess Technologies. He received my MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame where he graduated Cum Laude in 2001.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Carpe — Carpe antiperspirant is the #1 solution to sweaty underarms, hands, feet, & more. An effective antiperspirant developed by our sweat experts, chemists & dermatologists.
  • Hallow — #1 Catholic Prayer and Meditation App
  • Gatsby — Gatsby makes options trading social, commission free, and contract-fee free.
Jason Calacanis Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 12 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
  • Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
  • Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.
Avichal Garg Angel · Stanford, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Blockchain, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Canada, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Key — Key provides a unique method to making significant professional relationships while also promoting career advancement, financial well-being, and work-life balance
  • Matic — The world's most advanced floor cleaner. Your home's best helper.
  • Magrathea — Magrathea Metals is a mining company that unlocks centuries of growth in human civilization by reducing the socioenvironmental impacts.
Ilya Sukhar Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Ilya Sukhar currently works as the General Partner for Matrix Partners. He previously worked at Y Combinator as a part-time partner.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Developer Tools
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Glean — Fast data exploration for data teams and everyone else. Empower your whole team to answer questions without SQL and start making better decisions faster.
  • Reflect — Reflect is a networked note-taking tool. Keep track of your notes, books, and meetings.
  • Hashboard — Explore fast, intuitive Business Intelligence with Hashboard. Define metrics on your data warehouse and collaborate for deeper insights. Ideal for data teams seeking seamless, code-based workflows.
Aaron Levie Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Aaron Levie is Chief Executive Officer, Cofounder and Chairman at Box, which he launched in 2005 with CFO and cofounder Dylan Smith. He is the visionary behind the Box product and platform strategy, incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an intuitive user experience suited to the way people work today. Aaron leads the companyin its mission to transform the way people and businesses work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. He has served on the Board of Directors since April 2005.Aaron attended the University of Southern California from 2003 to 2005 before leaving to found Box.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
  • Pika — The idea-to-video platform that sets your creativity in motion.
  • Retell AI — RetellAI is an API for creating human-like conversational voice AI. Developers can build a voice AI similar to JARVIS in just a day — with an ~800ms response time and the ability to handle interruptions.
  • Better Stack — Delightful observability tools that turn your logs & monitoring into a secret weapon for shipping better software faster.
Jacob Gibson Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
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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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, Kenya, Brazil
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 — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Tikhon Bernstam Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Tikhon Bernstam is an American entrepreneur who cofounded the companies Scribd and Parse.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Enterprise Software, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
  • Aviator — Avoid broken builds, long code-reviews, cumbersome merge processes and flaky tests. Put your mundane, frustrating workflows on autopilot.
  • LemonEdge — LemonEdge is the first and only low-code development platform for the complex accounting demands of the private equity industry. LemonEdge enables businesses to develop or customise solutions 10x faster than traditional approaches.
Ron Gula Angel · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Frequently sought out by media such as the New York Times, Bloomberg and Forbes, Ron Gula is one of the leading cybersecurity thinkers in the industry. Ron started his career in information security at the National Security Agency conducting penetration tests of government networks and performing advanced vulnerability research. He was also theoriginal author of the Dragon Intrusion Detection System and CTO of Network Security Wizards, acquired by Enterasys Networks. At Enterasys, Ron helped many financial, government, service providers and commercial companies to enhance their network security monitoring. He also served as Director of Risk Mitigation for USinternetworking. While working for BBN and GTE Internetworking, Ron helped to develop one of the first commercial network honeypots and developed security policies for large carrier-class networks.Since co-founding Tenable Network Security in 2002, Ron has served as CEO. Under his leadership the company has become the leader in continuous network monitoring and is relied upon by more than 20,000 organizations world-wide to identify vulnerabilities, reduce risk, and ensure compliance.As a community leader and a passionate advocate for education and scientific research, Ron serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Maryland Cybersecurity Center. He was also appointed to the National Cybersecurity Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board as part of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). Ron has received special awards for leadership from both The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun, and was named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 for defense and security. He has authored three patents, speaks regularly at industry conferences, and is often quoted on topics related to security. Ron holds a BS from Clarkson University and an MSEE from the University of Southern Illinois.
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Investment focus
  • Cyber Security, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • FiscalNote — The #1 most trusted partner for managing the global issues and policy affairs that present the biggest risks and opportunities to your organization.
  • Protego Labs — Recognizing the inadequacy of traditional application security paradigms, Protego Labs designed the first comprehensive solution built with the unique constraints and opportunities of serverless in mind. Through continuous serverless security posture, dynamic serverless intelligence, and elastic defense, Protego helps organizations achieve controlover the security of their applications.
  • SecurityTrails — SecurityTrails is a total inventory that curates comprehensive domain and IP address data for users and applications that demand clarity. By combining current and historic data of all Internet assets, SecurityTrails is the proven solution for 3rd-party risk assessment, attack surface reduction and threat hunting. Their powerful API uses real-timedata foundations, and lightning-fast data stores to deliver internet assets faster and with greater accuracy. Over 100,000 users globally count on SecurityTrails’ fast-detecting products to prevent the next big threat and eliminate any potential blindspots. This includes Fortune 500 companies, top security vendors, and governments. From knowing an organization’s attack surface, shadow infrastructure, and spotting new domains, SecurityTrails makes sure there’s nothing left to be discovered.
Bradley Horowitz Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States
Bradley Horowitz is an Advisor and Vice President of Product Management at Google. Most recently he helped create Area 120, Google's incubator for internally-sourced innovation. He's led a large number of products, programs and initiatives at Google - including Google for Startups, Google Photos, Gmail, Google Voice, blogger, and GoogleNews.Before joining Google in February 2008, Horowitz was Yahoo's vice president of Advanced Development where he drove the acquisitions of Flickr and MyBlogLog, launched the Brickhouse incubator and developed new products like Yahoo! Pipes. Additionally, he was responsible for the company's initiative to open up its platform which included overseeing the Yahoo Developer Network (YDN).Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Autonomy.Horowitz was a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. While at the Media Lab, he worked on a number of topics related to computer vision, graphics and image processing, which resulted in a patented new technique for the recovery of structure, motion and camera parameters from video sequences.Horowitz holds an MS in Media Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Mill — Meet the cleanest, easiest way to prevent food waste at home. Mill recycles your peels, bones, stalks, and forgotten leftovers.
  • Parcha AI — Parcha is an AI-powered enterprise software that enables businesses to automate their scale compliance and operations.
  • Overture Life — We are making In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) more accessible than ever before while improving success rates. An embryology lab in a box.
Diego Piacentini Angel · Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Human Resources, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • United States, Italy, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
  • Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
  • IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
  • 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).
Michael Polsky Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Michael Polsky is the Founder of Skydeck Capital. He was a Chair of the Investment Committee and Founder of Energize Ventures. Michael Polsky attended the University of Chicago.
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Investment focus
  • Recruiting, News, Sensor
  • Seed
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Upkey — Free career tools to help you craft a perfect resume in minutes and career resources to set you up for success!
  • Built In — Built In is a network of online communities operating as a recruitment solution for tech companies and startups in seven major tech markets. Their mission is to help talented people find their professional purpose; companies tell their stories (in a way no job post ever could), and communities connect over a shared passion for tech.The companycurrently operates seven sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, Colorado, Austin, NYC, Boston, and Seattle, and is headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 2010.
  • Amber Agriculture — The no-cables way to manage grain like a pro.
Russell Fradin Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Russell Fradin is the Vice Chairman of Carbon Health. From October 2005 to April 2010, Russell co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Adify Corporation, an on-line advertising company sold to Cox Enterprises. Prior to that time, Russell was comScore’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Senior Vice President ofBusiness Development at Wine.com and Vice President of Business Development at Flycast Communications. Russell currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at comScore, TubeMogul and CoachArt and has previously served on the boards of Udemy, Outside.in and several others. Russell holds a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Scoop — Thrive in a hybrid work environment with Scoop's solutions for Workplace Safety, Workplace Utilization, Team Coordination, Desk Management, and Commute.
  • BeyondHQ — BeyondHQ is a real-time, user-driven platform that helps companies run unlimited talent and real estate analyses while saving time and money.
  • LIT Videobooks — LIT is a new platform that allows you to view bestselling business books in a new video book format.
George Hu Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
George Hu
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
  • AppOmni — AppOmni is a leading provider of SaaS Security Management software. The company was founded by a team of security veterans from top SaaS providers and cybersecurity vendors, and its customer base includes global leaders across technology, healthcare, banking, and finance as well as many of the most well-known cybersecurity providers.Its patentedtechnology scans APIs, security controls, and configuration settings to compare the current state of enterprise SaaS deployments against best practices and business intent. The solution offers fast deployment, instant visibility, and makes it easy for security and IT teams to secure their entire SaaS environment from each vendor to every end-user. As SaaS applications evolve, AppOmni stays current with all updates and releases to keep customer environments secure over time.Co-founders Brendan O'Connor and Brian Soby headquartered AppOmni in San Francisco, California in 2018.
  • Clockwise — Clockwise uses artificial intelligence to create productive time for teams during the work day. Its intelligent calendar assistant understands work and life commitments and automatically organizes a calendar to help workers focus on priorities. The company is also announcing the launch of Clockwise for Teams, a time management toolkit for remoteworkers.
Eric Ries Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Eric Ries is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Long-Term Stock Exchange. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a Venture Advisor. Eric Ries attended Yale University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Serbia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Autio — HearHere is a travel audio app that shares the depth and diversity of stories - cultural, geographical, historical, and mythological.
  • Augie Studio — Helping people make more compelling videos, at a fraction of the time and effort
  • Sinatra — Sinatra is a technology company that, with its all-in-one app, aims to revolutionize the hospitality industry. It provides Sinatra Training, which enables continuous digital training for employees by allowing employers to upload content and employees to access it via the app.
Anna Marie Wagner Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Anna Marie Wagner is a SVP, Corporate Development at Ginkgo Bioworks. He Attended Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
  • Recruiting, Mobile Apps, Human Resources
  • Seed
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • JobGet — JobGet is the social platform for jobs. It is the fastest job platform for anyone looking for a job in the retail and hospitality industry, reducing the timeline from weeks to minutes. Consistently a Top 10 rated app in the iOs and Android play store helping thousands of job seekers engage with leading employers.Getting a job shouldn’t take hoursfilling online applications and waiting for weeks to hear back. We help accelerate the process with smart matching and a talk, text and video enabled platform.We are currently working with thousands of employers around the US on finding the right staff quickly, as well as helping thousands of jobseekers find their dream jobs within minutes.JobGet is a 2019 MassChallenge winner, as well as a 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Winner. We are looking to reshape the employment landscape for hourly employers and professionals to be instant, accessible, and efficient.
Robby Walker Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Robby Walker is Senior Director, Siri ExperienceSenior at Apple. He attended Arizona State University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Travel, Internet
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Adioso — Adioso is a better search and booking app for leisure travel.It allows users to:* search without constraints on destinations & dates* follow destinations or search terms to receive deals, trip recommendations, and other content to help them plan and book their trip.Its key benefits are:* Travelers find it much easier to choosethe very best travel options available* Airlines & suppliers can focus messages and offers at highly qualified customers.Founded in Australia in 2008 by Fenn Bailey and Tom Howard, Adioso was in the Winter ‘09 class of Y Combinator, and has received seed funding from Silicon Valley and travel industry investors.As of March 2012, Adioso has a team of eight engineers and designers in Australia and the US, and is moving rapidly towards the launch of some major new product features and global airline coverage.
  • AppJet — Y Combinator funded AppJet is an online programming tool for building simple web apps. Founded by former MIT students, AppJet intends to simplify the process of writing web applications. The applications are programmed on a web based text editor in the simple but powerful JavaScript programming language. JavaScript is used on both the server andclient side. They've included several bundles of code libraries for databases and more importantly interfacing with the Facebook API. In order to efficiently host users' applications, AppJet has developed their own application virtualization system. The system allocates processor time to active applications and cuts off greedy ones after running an alloted number of compiled lines of code to prevent abuse.AppJet as a dev platform seems no longer to be active. There are some legacy downloads available, however.
  • Triplebyte — Start a job search that puts you in control.
Nobutaka Mutaguchi Angel
Nobutaka Mutaguchi - Managing Partner @ TPP Capital Advisors
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Sales, Software
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Consensus — Consensus is Software as a Service (SaaS) that automates custom product demos to accelerate sales. Their interactive demo platform personalizes video and documents so each prospect automatically learns about your solution in the most relevant way. This cuts sales cycles and increases close rates. Their Demolytics™ dashboard helps you discover andengage the entire buying committee by gathering analytics and tracking who’s involved, what’s important to them, what they watched, and who they shared it with. This drives consensus and gets to a purchase decision much faster than traditional sales methods. Clients have cut their sales cycles by 68% and jumped close rates by 27%.
  • EnticeLabs — Founded by Josh Hall in 2007 in Provo, Utah, EnticeLabs utilizes and builds technology to empower HR departments to recruit top talent. TalentSeekr, the flagship product, is shifting the recruiting industry away from job boards that attract only active job seekers (20-30% of the market) towards strategic and targeted online advertising campaignsthat are able to dive deeply into the entire population of the web to find the most ideal candidates. TalentSeekr is an automated one-stop platform that uses targeted ads to engage active and passive job seekers in the websites and communities where they spend time. The ability to self-optimize using sophisticated analytics and principles of genetics provides dramatically better results and far lower costs than traditional recruiting methods.
Shannon Sweeney Offen Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Shannon Sweeney Offen - Investment Banker @ SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
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Investment focus
  • Recruiting, Staffing Agency
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Inkwell — Inkwell is leading the flexible work revolution. As the premier job matching service for highly accomplished candidates and companies of all sizes, we drive more flexibility diversity, and meaning in the workplace. We focus on making business-critical roles flexible and filling them with top-notch talent.
Paul Sims Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Co-Founder of multiple companies. Deep experience in Marketplaces (5x,) Automotive (5x,) and Insur/Fintech (2x.). Advised top 50 PE/VC firms globally and their portfolio companies on Insurtech, Automotive Tech, & Marketplaces. Board member, Advisor, and Angel Investor.
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Food Delivery, Information Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series C
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Spire Global — Spire is a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, offering access to unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy, and speed. Spire uses one of the world’s largest multi-purpose satellite constellations to source hardto acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions. Spire then provides this data as a subscription to organizations around the world so they can improve business operations, decrease their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage, and mitigate risk. Spire gives commercial and government organizations the competitive advantage they seek to innovate and solve some of the world’s toughest problems with insights from space.
  • Tovala — No need to shop, prep, cook, or clean.
  • Cloud Dentistry — Cloud Dentistry is an online interactive platform for dental offices to connect with dental staff in real-time. The platform's messenger allows users to communicate directly. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas, United States.
David King Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
David King is a Founder of Highlighter. He attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for Computer Engineering.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Mobile, Blockchain
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, France
Portfolio highlights
  • dYdX — Trade Perpetuals on the most powerful open trading platform, backed by @a16z, @polychain, and @paradigm.
  • TruStory — As more people see the likes of Bitcoin as a superior alternative to investments like precious metals, demand is at an all-time high. The Bitcoin Profit website makes it its mission to guide new and experienced investors along their journey.
  • Manufactured — Manufactured is a product sourcing platform that provides access for entrepreneurs to manufacturing companies to find the perfect product and help build and operate digital manufacturing supply chains.
Michael Polsky Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Michael Polsky is the Founder of Skydeck Capital. He was a Chair of the Investment Committee and Founder of Energize Ventures. Michael Polsky attended the University of Chicago.
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Investment focus
  • Recruiting, Agriculture, Industrial Automation
  • Seed, Series B, Series C
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Upkey — Free career tools to help you craft a perfect resume in minutes and career resources to set you up for success!
  • Built In — Built In is a network of online communities operating as a recruitment solution for tech companies and startups in seven major tech markets. Their mission is to help talented people find their professional purpose; companies tell their stories (in a way no job post ever could), and communities connect over a shared passion for tech.The companycurrently operates seven sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, Colorado, Austin, NYC, Boston, and Seattle, and is headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 2010.
  • Amber Agriculture — The no-cables way to manage grain like a pro.
Vishal Makhijani Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Enterprise Software, Recruiting
  • Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
  • United States
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.
Justin Kan Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Nigeria, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
  • Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.
  • Qualified Health — Discover the Infrastructure for enforceable governance, agent creation, and post-deployment monitoring for Generative AI in healthcare
Tom Friel Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Tom Friel is a Member of the Advisory Board at DocuSign.
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Investment focus
  • Recruiting, Sales, Software
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • TextRecruit — Engage candidates and employees at scale with AI-powered text recruiting through SMS and other popular apps.
  • Candidate Labs — Candidate Labs is a modern talent agency, pairing seasoned recruiters with technology and data to make the hiring of sales and marketing professionals seamless and intelligent.
Ellen Levy Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Ellen Levy is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Upwage — Our mission is to create $1 trillion in new wealth for the 44% of Americans who make less than $16/hr, using the power of big data & AI.
  • Stake — Renters earn Cash back for rent. Building operators outperform the market. That's the Stake win-win. Find out how we're building the financial tools for the next generation of rentals.
  • Rattle — Sales automation for scaling teams. Learn how revenue leaders use Rattle to effortlessly update Salesforce, improve pipeline accuracy and skyrocket their success.
Joel Peterson Angel · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Joel Peterson is the Founding Partner of Whitman Peterson.
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Investment focus
  • Recruiting, Software, Residential
  • Seed, Series A, Series C
  • United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Landis — Landis helps people on their way to homeownership. We allow our clients to rent their dream home, then to purchase it once they are ready to get a mortgage.
  • Run The World — Run The World helps you host virtual conferences, talks and happy hours. Create engaging online events to teach, network and build community. Get started for free!
  • Workstream — Workstream is an automated hiring platform that helps companies employing hourly workers. The platform helped Jamba, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Dunkin', Applebee's, Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon to increase their bottom line and cost savings.Workstream was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, UnitedStates.
John Pestana Angel · Provo, Utah, United States
John Pestana is the co-founder and CEO at ObservePoint, the leader in marketing technology governance. John’s goal is to enable enterprises to focus less on manually verifying data for accuracy and more on strategic initiatives that help them increase revenue and improve customer experiences. He created ObservePoint to help companies achieve thisend by bringing insight, automation, and order to the chaos of data collection. Prior to co-founding ObservePoint, John co-founded Omniture, a web analytics software company based in Orem, Utah. John helped grow Omniture from a startup business to a large company with over 1,200 employees throughout the world. Omniture went public in 2006 and then sold to software giant Adobe in 2009 where it would become Adobe Analytics.
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Investment focus
  • Enterprise Software, SaaS, Software
  • Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Domo — Domo operates a cloud-based platform in the United States. Its platform digitally connects chief executive officer to the front-line employee with the people, data, and systems in an organization, giving them access to real-time data and insights, and allowing them to manage business from smartphones. Domo also offers a Programmatic RevenueSolution that brings complex data from ad servers and sell-side platforms into a set of cards and dashboards built on practices in the ad tech industry. Josh James founded Domo Technologies on October 2010, which became simply Domo in December 2011, with its headquarters in American Fork in Utah.
  • Cardagraph — Allocate resources based on data to execute better and faster.
  • Icount.com — Icount is a SaaS provider of solutions to the political space aimed at increasing citizen participation at all levels of government. These solutions include interactive agendas for public meetings, polling engines, topical discussion boards, direct messages to elected officials, get-out-the-vote apps, and more. Through Icount's uniquevalidation process, users are connected directly with their elected officials at the local, state and national levels. Users can engage with their representatives on individual sites or through Icount's Citizen Portal. The Citizen Portal allows users to connect with all of their elected officials in one place, get an aggregated view of the social feeds, rss, videos and press releases from their elected officials, and connect with others to increase influence and improve political engagement.
Bill Clerico Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Bill Clerico is the Founder and Managing Partner at Convective Capital.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Payments, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Mexico, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
  • Release — Release Environments streamline the development process, with Environments as a Service: fast, shareable, scalable, managed, and easy to reproduce at every step, driven by Kubernetes.
  • Coris — Coris helps Financial Services companies better manage small business risk by providing alternate credit quality data on merchants and constantly monitor businesses for changes in business quality
  • Overstory — Overstory applies artificial intelligence to high-resolution satellite imagery to provide real-time analytics of natural resources. We help to prevent forest fires, deforestation, power outages and are on a mission to create a more sustainable environment. Our insights on the quantity and quality of natural resources help to improve decision-makingby electric utility companies, forestry companies and NGOs.
Fritz Lanman Angel · New York, New York, United States
Fritz Lanman is the CEO of Mindbody Business. He previously worked at ClassPass as an Executive Chairman. Fritz Lanman attended Yale University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Brazil, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • boam.ai — The easy way to find your next meal. Combines your favorite review sites, restaurant platforms, and tools in one place.
  • Gaize — Gaize provides video evidence from automatically performed SFST eye tests.
  • Wonderbelly — Ginger Health Company provides digestive health products and solutions.
Matt Mickiewicz Angel
Matt Mickiewicz is an internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of SitePoint. Mickiewicz also co-founded the web companies Flippa, 99designs, and Hired.Born in Kraków, Poland, living in Hameln -Germany, and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada, Mickiewicz created his first website at the age of 14 called Webmaster-Resources.com, whichlater became SitePoint. At 16, Mickiewicz traveled to Melbourne with his mother and met his soon-to-be business partner and co-founder, Mark Harbottle. At 16, Mickiewicz found himself closing $10,000 advertising deals between classes at high school. Mickiewicz barely finished high school and did not attend college.In 2008, Mickiewicz spun off 99designs from SitePoint, which went on to raise $35 million in capital from Accel Ventures, Michael Dearing / Harrison Metal, Dave Goldberg (SurveyMonkey), Anthony Casalena, and Stewart Butterfield (Flickr). In June 2009 Mickiewicz and Harbottle launched Flippa.com, the largest marketplace for buying and selling websites in the world. In the fall of 2012, Mickiewicz co-founded DeveloperAuction.com which raised $2.7 million was later renamed Hired. The company later raised a $15 million Series-A round in March 2014. By December 2014, Hired was reportedly valued at $200m and had raised an additional $15m in the capital in its Series B round.Mickiewicz was named a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur by Forbes and INC in 2011, a Smart Company 30 under 30 in 2012, and frequently speaks at conferences and seminars worldwide.
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Investment focus
  • Human Resources, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.
  • Starpath Robotics — Starpath designs and manufactures robotic propellant production factories for the Moon and Mars, reducing the cost of deep space transport, and enabling humans to be a multi planet species.
  • Continuum Technology — Connecting world-class executive talent to the best venture-backed companies for consulting, advising and full-time roles.
Joshua Steiner Angel
Joshua L. Steiner is a Managing Principal of Quadrangle Group LLC focused on the firm's media and communications private equity business. Prior to the formation of Quadrangle Group in 2000, Mr. Steiner was a Managing Director at Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, where he was a member of the firm's Media and Communications Group. Prior tojoining Lazard, he was the Chief of Staff for the United States Department of the Treasury, where he was responsible for managing the Secretary of Treasury's staff and served as his adviser on domestic and international policy as well as management and communications issues. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library, Phillips Academy, Andover and the Enterprise Foundation of New York, an organization that helps develop and maintain affordable housing. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations where he is on the Board of Advisors of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Steiner received a M.St. in modern history from Oxford University and a B.A. in history from Yale University.
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Investment focus
  • Recruiting, Information Technology, Professional Networking
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Untapped — Untapped's diversity recruiting platform helps recruiters source diverse candidates, review hiring analytics and build communities. Start your free trial today!
Lord David Alliance Angel
David Alliance, Lord of Manchester, is an angel investor. He served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Brown Group for over forty years.Lord. David Alliance, CBE (Lord Alliance of Manchester) served as the Non-Executive Chairman of N Brown Group plc from 1968 to September 1, 2012. Lord Alliance served as the Chairman of Coats Viyella Plc. Lord.Alliance has been a Non Executive Director of N Brown Group plc since 1968. He is a Director of a number of private companies and was appointed a life peer in 2004.Lord Alliance serves on a number of committees including the Prince’s Youth Business Trust, Council for Industry and Higher Education, and the University of Manchester Foundation, and the Wiseman Institute. He is senior trustee of the Next Century Foundation. He has a number of fellowships including Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce; Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute; and Hon. Fellow of the Shenkar College of Textile Technology and Fashion. Lord Alliance holds a Doctorate of Science at Heriot-Watt University and Legum Doctor (Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa) from the University of Manchester. He is an Honorary Fellow of UMIST.
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Investment focus
  • B2B, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Hexa — Elevate your eCommerce experience with a 3D tech-stack that lets you create, manage, analyze, and distribute your 3D commerce assets.
  • OneDome — Find, buy or sell property in one place with OneDome. Property search, mortgages, conveyancing and estate agents, we cover every step of the property journey.
  • Uptime | Knowledge Hacks — Thousands of life lessons extracted from the world's best books, courses, documentaries, and podcasts - packed into 5 minute Knowledge Hacks.
Shervin Pishevar Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Pipe — Get up to the full annual value of your booked monthly and quarterly contracts. Scale your business without dilution or debt.
  • Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
  • NUE Life Health — NUE Life aims to improve mental wellness by enhancing brain function, performance, and longevity through evidence based and scientifically proven mental health treatments and products.
Brian Spaly Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Brian Spaly is the General Partner of Brand Foundry Ventures and Executive Chairman of Tecovas. He is a former CEO at TrunkClub. He attended Princeton University and Stanford University.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Cann — Cann is a THC-infused beverage that comes in three award-winning flavors - Blood Orange Cardamom, Lemon Lavender, and Grapefruit Rosemary. Shop today and get 15% OFF your first order!
  • Cake — 18K Followers, 6,705 Following, 859 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cake (@hellocake)
  • Crown Affair — Redefine your relationship with your hair through our products, guidance, and community.
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