Top 50 Recruiting Angel Investors in United States in September 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 September 2025
Investor | Recruiting United States investments |
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Elad Gil | 5 |
Jason Calacanis | 4 |
Sam Altman | 4 |
Kyle Vogt | 4 |
Jack Altman | 4 |
James Beshara | 3 |
Jessica Livingston | 3 |
Hans Robertson | 3 |
Eric Wu | 3 |
Paul Graham | 3 |
Jacob Gibson | 3 |
Diego Piacentini | 3 |
Rudy Gadre | 3 |
Aaron Levie | 3 |
Michael Seibel | 3 |
Tikhon Bernstam | 3 |
Michael Lynton | 3 |
Ilya Sukhar | 3 |
Avichal Garg | 3 |
Daniel Gross | 3 |
Drew Houston | 3 |
David Windley | 3 |
Emmett Shear | 3 |
Lauren DeLuca | 3 |
Joshua Schachter | 2 |
Brad Zions | 2 |
Julia Hartz | 2 |
Joel Peterson | 2 |
Josh James | 2 |
Tim Mayeur | 2 |
Bradley Horowitz | 2 |
George Hu | 2 |
Paul Sims | 2 |
Joshua Steiner | 2 |
Michael Polsky | 2 |
Russell Fradin | 2 |
Eric Ries | 2 |
Nobutaka Mutaguchi | 2 |
Vishal Makhijani | 2 |
Steven MacDonald | 2 |
Jared Friedman | 2 |
Auren Hoffman | 2 |
Gregory Donoghue | 2 |
Brian Requarth | 2 |
Julia Popowitz | 2 |
Matt Mickiewicz | 2 |
Fritz Lanman | 2 |
Shervin Pishevar | 2 |
Robby Walker | 2 |
Lord David Alliance | 2 |
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
- Ashby — Ashby is a developer of recruitment software used for high-growth companies. It develops usable, enterprise-grade employment software that enables company leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers to run their hiring process significantly better. It was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.
- Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
- Cognition — Cognition is an applied artificial intelligence lab that focuses on reasoning and code.
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, SaaS
- 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.
Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI and CEO of World. 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
- Exowatt — Modular full-stack renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers.
- Rescale — Rescale is a high performance computing cloud simulation platform that helps engineers and scientists build, compute, analyze, and scale simulations with high performance computing and automations.
- Coco — Coco Robot Delivery | Food Delivered Cheaper, Faster, and Fresher. Every Time.
Kyle Vogt is the CEO of The Bot Company.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Singapore
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.
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
- 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
- Assembly HOA — Modernizing HOA management through advanced automation and transparency for streamlined community governance.
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
- Health Care, Medical Device, Education
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Mexico
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.
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, Internet of Things
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Brazil
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 — TRACTIAN makes it easy for maintenance teams to detect issues in their machines early on. Just like Shazam, it quickly identify the "song" the machine is producing and warn about mechanical failures right when their first signs appear.
- Pilot — Meet your dedicated finance team. Pilot handles your bookkeeping, taxes, forecasting and more. See why thousands of businesses trust Pilot.
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.
- Crosby — Crosby is a company with programmers from Ramp, Vanta, Meta, and Google joining attorneys.
- Journey — Pioneering the World's Best Hospitality Rewards Program exclusively for the World's Best Independent Operators. The first rewards program tailored for the vacation rental market and boutique hotels, enabling guests to accumulate points with each stay, offering a novel way for hosts to drive direct bookings and engagement across a vastnetwork of alliance properties and a growing CRM of loyal guests and travel enthusiasts accessible for small-scale operators.
Paul Graham
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Egypt, India
Portfolio highlights
- Tesseral — Okapi facilitates the storing, updating, and retrieval of customer data for businesses using CRM (customer relationship management) software.
- VisionBrain — VisionBrain streamlines hiring top-tier software engineers for companies. With us, you're free from concerns about talent sourcing, international employment laws, and benefits. Enjoy a one-week free trial per engineer.Our platform facilitates talent management at no additional expense. Easily administer bonuses, track hours, grant raises,request replacements, and more. Beyond connecting you with talent, we address your specific business needs through tailored software development solutions.
- Human Behavior — Human Behavior is a software development company that provides vision models to monitor and analyze product usage.
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.
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).
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
- Heyou Media Holdings — This domain used to be connected to a Wix website. Learn how to reconnect it, or create your own website.
- Madrona Venture Labs — Founders like you. Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio based in Seattle. We partner with founders from day one to build meaningful companies from scratch.
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
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- Antimetal — Making cloud savings automated, effortless, and risk-free. Start saving in 2 minutes, no code or engineering required.
- Promise — Promise is a film, series, and innovative format studio powered by the world’s best Gen AI artists and storytellers.
- Superblocks — Superblocks is the fast, easy and secure way for developers to build custom internal tools fast. Connect your databases & APIs. Drag and drop UI components. Extend with Python or Javascript. Deploy in 1-click. Secure and Monitor using your favorite tools
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
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- CTGT — CTGT builds efficient, trustworthy AI, preventing errors and maximizing ROI with secure, reliable enterprise-grade solutions.
- 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.
- Arena — Arena is a software firm that builds active learning systems and techniques like reinforcement learning.
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.
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.
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.
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, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Key — 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.
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
- 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 — Creatify AI provides a platform for creating user-generated content UGC style video ads. Users can generate multiple video ads by simply pasting a product link, utilizing a library of AI avatars for a more engaging presentation. The service automates video production, allowing users to produce ads quickly and efficiently. Additionally, Creatifyoffers tools for performance marketers to analyze their advertising strategies and gain insights into their competition. This combination of video creation and analytical features supports sales teams in enhancing their marketing efforts and improving engagement with potential customers.
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
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- 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 new way to animate characters for videos, games, 3D, movies, ads or social media.
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 — Topia supports companies with global mobility programs, business travelers and remote workers, to enhance efficiencies and ensure compliance.
- Comeet — Comeet is an applicant tracking system that makes it easier to source, recruit and hire talent in today's job market.
- Atipica — Building the world's first Inclusive AI for the talent life cycle.
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
- 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.
- Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.
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 and deodorant is a dermatologist tested solution to sweaty underarms, hands, feet, & more. An effective antiperspirant for underarms developed by our sweat experts, chemists & dermatologists. Carpe deodorant is PhD formulated, cruelty free, and comes with a 100% money back guarantee on 1st order.
- Hallow — Pray every day with Mark Wahlberg, Jonathan Roumie, and millions of others around the world on Hallow, the #1 prayer app.
- Gatsby — Gatsby makes options trading social, commission free, and contract-fee free.
Joshua Schachter is an organizer at Self Racing Cars. He was the CEO of Tasty Labs and the founder of Joshua has also worked for directory, and was a co-creator of Memepool.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Japan, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Arrows — Arrows is a customer onboarding checklist. Send every customer a personalized onboarding plan, with automated email reminders, due dates, assigned tasks, and a lot more.One of the hardest things about onboarding is getting everybody on the same page. Using Arrows, you can get "mutual buy-in" from your customers to build trust throughoutthe onboarding process. Plus, with due dates and automated email reminders, they'll always know what should be done next. Arrows is the place for you to collaborate, strategize, and coordinate together.Every customer is different... so why are you giving them the same onboarding plan? With Arrows, personalizing onboarding for your customers is a cinch. Start with a template, so your team never misses important steps. Then customize your plan for each customer, so you can get mutual buy-in on a plan perfectly structured for their goals and timeline.
- Urban Machine — Salvaging the past to build the future- Stealth Startup
- Hidden Door — A new kind of social roleplaying experience, powered by narrative AI.
Brad Zions is a Los Angeles-based investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder and GP of Pitbull Ventures, a seed/preseed fund based in Los Angeles.Zions has deep domain expertise in digital media and the restaurant, apparel, and entertainment industries. Zions has been an active early-stage investor for the past 20 years, both as a partnerat Structure Fund and individually. Big winners in his portfolio include Clutter, Parachute Home, Harri, Vidmob, Pocket Watch and Embrace. Recent exits include Jukin Media, Podsights, Donut Media, and Venga. Previous exits include QXL (now Tradus, which Naspers acquired in 2008) and Google via Ron Conway's Angel funds I and II.Zions partnered with chef Alan Jackson in March 2009 to co-found Lemonade Restaurant Group. Serving as CFO until January 2011, Zions raised capital for the rapidly expanding fast-casual concept and helped grow Lemonade to 10+ locations.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- PopID — PopID is a software company that provides solutions for verifying an individual’s identity based on their face for applications such as loyalty, payment, and entry.
- Podsights — Powerful measurement made easy. Use our advertising analytics and measurement tools, free of charge, to fine-tune your campaigns and help improve performance.
- Champions Round — Champions Round is a sports entertainment company focused on building engaging fan experiences for the fantasy sports industry. Currently available for download on iOS.
Julia Hartz hopes to inspire people to live more by building the world's largest marketplace of live experiences. Since founding Eventbrite in 2006 with Kevin Hartz and Renaud Visage, the company has generated over $3 billion in gross ticket sales, with more than $200 million tickets processed to events and experiences around the globe.A key to this growth and success is the people of Eventbrite (fondly referred to as The Britelings), which has grown to nearly 400 employees in six offices around the world.Julia cultivates and advocates for Eventbrite's award-winning culture (voted Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area five years running). She has been honored as one of Inc.'s 35 under 35 in 2014 and Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013.Julia is also a frequent speaker on live experiences, consumer trends and entrepreneurship, and has been recently featured in Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg and Inc. Magazine. Previous to Eventbrite, Julia was a TV development executive at MTV and FX Networks.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, Ireland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Microverse — Want to learn how to code? Pay $0 until you become a software developer and land a job. Learn programming from the best online coding school and connect with a global community.
- Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
- Glimpse — Create a distributed showroom experience without the hassle of a real showroom. Drive product discovery and track the customer journey with Glimpse's platform.
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.
Joshua G. James is the Founder of Silicon Slopes Venture Fund. He previously worked at Adobe Systems as an SVP, GM, and Founder Omniture Business Unit. Joshua G. James attended
Brigham Young University.
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- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States
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- Entrata — Entrata property management software connects all of your property data and processes, allowing you to create better experiences for everyone. Better property management software.
- Via — SMS Marketing | Mobile Commerce | eCommerce Marketing
- Divvy — Divvy software gives users complete control and real-time visibility into company spending while eliminating the hassle of expense reports.Divvy is a secure financial platform for businesses to manage payments and subscriptions, build strategic budgets, and eliminate expense reports. By integrating real-time tracking for every businesstransaction, Divvy provides organizations with instant insight into their spend. With Divvy, you can make informed cash flow decisions, curb losses before they happen, and never have to save a receipt again.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Lehi, Utah.
Tim Mayeur
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- Internet, Recruiting, Marketing
- Pre-Seed
- United States
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- Walzay — Companies send offers to the best tech talent from around the world for full-time roles.
- Kriya AI is now Kalendar AI — Kalendar AI books new revenue on autopilot
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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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
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- /dev/agents — /dev/agents platform will work on new UI patterns that make it easier to build AI agents in a new cloud-based operating system.
- Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
- OrgOrg — OrgOrg provides internal SaaS tools for organizational productivity suite for the companies
George Hu
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- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
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- 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.
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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- SaaS, Food Delivery, Information Services
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States
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- 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.
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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- Recruiting, Information Technology, Professional Networking
- Seed, Series A
- United States
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- Untapped — Untapped's diversity recruiting platform helps recruiters source diverse candidates, review hiring analytics and build communities. Start your free trial today!
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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- Recruiting, News, Information Services
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States
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- 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 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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- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States
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- Scoop — Thrive in a hybrid work environment with Scoop's solutions for Workplace Safety, Workplace Utilization, Team Coordination, Desk Management, and Commute.
- BeyondHQ — Workforce and workplace planning for distributed teams
- LIT Videobooks — LIT is a new platform that allows you to view bestselling business books in a new video book format.
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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- Software, Internet, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Serbia, Australia
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- 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.
- Harmony Intelligence — AI cybersecurity products that solve your AppSec, SecOps, and corporate security challenges.
Nobutaka Mutaguchi - Managing Partner @ TPP Capital Advisors
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- SaaS, Sales, Software
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States
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- 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.
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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- Software, Enterprise Software, Recruiting
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- United States
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- 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.
Steven founded myMatrixx in 2001 to originally serve the needs of one client seeking a better solution to manage its workers’ compensation pharmacy benefits. This led to the creation of one of the first online tools for the industry. Since then, he has been instrumental in the development of new myMatrixx solutions designed to take the complexityout of workers’ compensation and to provide better outcomes for injured workers.A serial entrepreneur, Steven previously co-founded and served as the CEO of TechHealth where he was instrumental in developing a proprietary web-enabled technology for ancillary medical services. Additionally, he partnered with The Christopher Reeve Foundation to promote research for a cure for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. Steven has focused the majority of his career in workers’ compensation and formerly served in numerous leadership positions with PMSI and Pharmerica. He also served in the Air National Guard.Over his career, Steven has combined an innovative approach with technology and a passion for “doing the right thing” to address the numerous challenges facing a complex market. The end result has been numerous technological advances which have significantly impacted the clients he has served.Steven was named the 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year by Business Observer and was a finalist in the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. He is active in Tampa Bay Technology Forum, Society of International Business Fellows and Young Presidents’ Organization. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and attended the School of Management at the University of Texas.
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- B2B, Marketplace, Cannabis
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States
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- Chattr — Chattr is a retail chatbot platform reinventing the way candidates and employers create meaningful connections at scale. The platform screens, schedules and delivers unlimited happy hires. It replaces your dated application process with an AI-powered chat that applicant's love. Chattr handles all the repetitive hiring tasks, freeing storemanagers up to focus on store growth. It engages applicants instantly, 24/7, online, through text or in-store. The company supports retailers through their AI recruiting automation that creates enhanced applicant experiences while allowing hiring teams to optimize their recruiting efforts with less resources.Chattr was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- MamaBear App — The MamaBear App gets parents in the know with the most important information about their child's day to help keep them safe. Things like when their child has new friends or followers on Instagram, twitter and facebook; preview of photos uploaded to instagram and the ability to create a custom word list to monitor for indicators of bullying,hate, violence, etc. In addition MamaBear tells parents when their child arrives at home, leaves school among other places and how fast they are driving or riding in a car. Greater risks for our children mean more responsibility for parents. Don't be the "I had no idea" parent.
- Kush Marketplace — Wholesale Marketplace for the Legal Cannabis Industry
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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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Poland
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- EzDubs — The Phone Translator That Breaks Language Barriers with Real-Time Call, Meeting, and Message Translations. EzDubs is available on iOS and Android.
- T2 — T2 is in early alpha. 280 character text, replies, and likes - that's it for now. Browse content now and sign up for the waitlist.
- Cline — Cline is a developer of an open‑source AI coding agent that automates software creation tasks within integrated development environments. It supports planning, file editing, terminal operations, and web browsing, all under user supervision. Cline integrates with multiple AI models and uses client-side architecture so code and API usage stay underuser control. The product includes Plan Mode and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, enabling exploration of codebases, defining project‑specific rules, and accessing external systems. It also offers team features like shared credits, admin controls, usage analytics, and audit logging, built on top of the same transparent, open‑source core.
CEO, NQB8, Chm, SafeGraph. GP, Flex Capital. Fmr CEO of LiveRamp. Follow @auren
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- Software, Analytics, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Enki — Enki is the most effective way to learn Looker, Tableau, SQL, Excel, and other data skills. Training fully customized by role and team. Use data in the highest impact way for your role.
- CalypsoAI — CalypsoAI combines industry-leading AI testing and human-in-the-loop decision making to give you the confidence you need to push AI projects into production.
- Sincera — Sincera provides novel signal data to the most innovative companies in advertising technology.
Gregory Donoghue is the Chief Operating Officer at Clover Food Lab.
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- Recruiting, Mobile Apps, Human Resources
- Seed
- United States
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- 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.
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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- Real Estate, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, Colombia, United States
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- 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.
- Jumpstart — We use AI to improve approval chances for visa and green card applications.
- VMind AI — VMind is a frontier technology company building artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Julia is an advisor to start ups and an active technology angel investor, with angel investments in Gusto, Lever, Baobab Studios, Brit Media, BetterUp, SafeGraph, CodeFights, AltSchool, MissionU, Owlet, Philz Coffee, Tynker, Happiest Baby, Kite, MileIQ (acq by MSFT), Locu (acq by GoDaddy), Beme (acq by CNN), Alt12 (acq by Honest Co), Worklife (acqby Cisco) & Wheelz (acq by Turo), and later stage investments in Uber, Alibaba (IPO’d), FlipKart, Postmates, DocuSign, Survey Monkey, Blue Bottle Coffee, Stripe and Spotify.Julia began her career as a corporate attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati. In 2006, Julia joined Facebook as the second attorney in the legal department and led the commercial transactions team from June 2006 until April 2011. She negotiated numerous deals strategic to Facebook's growth and development, including with Microsoft, Spotify, ABC/Disney, CNN and YouTube. Julia led a team of 9 attorneys, oversaw Facebook's legal work related to its international expansion and operations, and worked on matters related to product and IP law. In her five years at Facebook, Julia was instrumental in scaling the legal team from two people to 40, setting up departmental procedures and infrastructure and hiring and managing outside counsel. Julia received her JD from Harvard Law School in 1997, graduating cum laude, and her BA from UC Berkeley, graduating magna cum laude and phi beta kappa with a degree in Political Science. She is a member of the State Bar of California.In her free time, Julia volunteers at her kids' schools and with other community organizations. She has chaired the annual auctions at Bing Nursery School and Nueva School and is on the National Council of World Wildlife Fund. Previously, she sat on the boards of the Oshman Family JCC, Hebrew Free Loan Association and Hands on Bay Area. She biked from SF to LA with the California AIDS Ride and ran the Honolulu Marathon with Team in Training.
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- Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Colombia
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- Celo — Celo is global payments infrastructure that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone
- Dondo — Elevate your e-commerce with Dondo's AI-driven tool. Automate listing creation, scoring, and deployment across channels.
- UploadVR — VR & AR news, reviews, guides, and industry analysis.
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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- Human Resources, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Australia, Canada
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- 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 Robotics builds spacecraft propellant that reduces the deep space transport cost.
- Continuum Technology — Connecting world-class executive talent to the best venture-backed companies for consulting, advising and full-time roles.
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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- Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, Canada
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- 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.
Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.
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- Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada
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- Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
- Teleport — Meet your most compatible connections. Attend members only curated experiences. Receive proposed matches from your AI Matchmaker.
- 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.
Robby Walker is Senior Director, Siri ExperienceSenior at Apple. He attended Arizona State University.
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- Software, Travel, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United States
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- 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.
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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- B2B, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States, Israel
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- 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 — Our story began with a vision to build a platform that makes knowledge accessible, affordable, and fun, while also being free from negativity, doom-scrolling and advertising. That’s how we came to be Knowledge Hackers. Uptime is a free app featuring 5-minute Knowledge Hacks from the world’s best books, courses and documentaries. All Hacks areavailable in text, audio and our unique visual story format, distilling the key ideas and insights from thousands of sources to keep users informed and save them time and effort. And the best thing is, you can share Hacks in just a tap with anyone via socials and text. It’s time to know more in no time.It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in London, England.
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