Top 50 Retail Angel Investors in United States in January 2026

Investor	Retail United States investments
Bryan Rosenblatt	13
Joanne Wilson	9
Jason Calacanis	8
Fabrice Grinda	8
David Tisch	6
Wayne Chang	5
Mark Cuban	5
Mark Cuban	5
Daniel Curran	5
Andy Dunn	5
Jose Marin	4
Gurmukh Singh	4
Brian Spaly	4
Shervin Pishevar	4
Evan Brown	4
Nasir Jones	4
Nicolas Jammet	4
Jose Marin	4
James Reinhart	3
Andrew Boszhardt Jr.	3
Andrew Boszhardt Jr.	3
Mark Vadon	3
Brendan Wallace	3
Heidi Zak	3
Chris Sang	3
Bhavik Bajaj	3
Ben Narasin	3
Lori Greiner	3
Jeff Seibert	3
Curtis Lee	3
Tom Williams	3
Neil Parikh	3
Paul Maritz	3
Brett Hurt	3
Maria Thomas	3
Brian Sugar	3
Lauren DeLuca	3
Gary Vaynerchuk	3
Jennifer Fleiss	3
Vijay Chattha	3
Dave Gilboa	3
Jonathan Neman	3
Mike Volpe	3
Clark Valberg	3
Baron Davis	3
Jesse Draper	3
Michael Ryan Dubin	3
Michael Marks	3
Ilker Sozdinler	3
Liz Keen	3

Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Retail
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Neuralink — Developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.
Feastables — Feastables is setting out to build the most engaging brand on the planet, bringing the games, stunts and spectacle.
Jomboy Media — A creator-led media company that breaks down sports at the expense of no one (except ourselves). Click to read Jomboy Media, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Joanne Wilson has had many careers. She started out in retail, eventually moving to the wholesale arena. She then transitioned to the media side of the technology world, before once again reinventing herself as an investor. She is currently an active angel investor with a portfolio of over 90 companies such as Food52, Sweeten, Vengo, Nestio, Phinand Phebes, Makers Row, Clutter, and Union Station. She has been involved in numerous real estate transactions from beginning to end and continues to make investments in that world. She is also an investor in a few restaurants in the New York area. In addition to these endeavors, Joanne has been involved in various education projects and served as chairperson at Hot Bread Kitchen, non-profit committed to increasing access to the culinary industry for woman and minority entrepreneurs. She also sits on the board of The Highline. Joanne has maintained her very popular blog, www.gothamgal.com for over 11 years and has recently take her talents to the airwaves on her podcast, ""Positively Gotham Gal"". She loves to bake, cook, throw a good party, travel, read, collect art, do the crossword and stay on top of what's happening around the globe and in NYC.Her most successful venture is being married to her best friend, Fred and raising their three kids- Jessica, Emily and Josh

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Poland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

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.
Beckley Waves — Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem.
Porter Road Butcher — Pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken delivered straight to your door. Free of antibiotics, hormones, and GMOs. All of our beef is dry aged for 14 days! Shop better meat per piece or per month with Butcher's Choice Subscription Boxes at Porter Road.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Orreco — Orreco Their mission is to deliver a cutting edge biomarker program to optimise player performance, recovery and welfare. A tailored biomarker program can optimise player health and welfare and use sports science resources to target key or “at risk” players which will lead to increased player availability. Tailoring of recovery and playermanagement strategies to individuals’ own biomarker profiles backs up decision making processes with data giving your team an informed recovery strategy.
TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Alpagga — Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments.
OTPless — Authenticate customers with WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Biometrics, and more, with a 98% conversion rate on signup and sign-in.
Accumulator — Accumulator is a U.S. private equity firm regulated by the SEC, operating as an index-like fund covering a wide range of privately held, growth-stage tech companies.

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shopdirectly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014.In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program.David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, Israel

Portfolio highlights

ClassPass — ClassPass is a membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms and studios, making working out more accessible. With over 25,000 studio, gym, and wellness partners across the globe, ClassPass connects members to a variety of classes and appointments including yoga, cycling, Pilates, boxing, massage, acupuncture, and more. It facilitatesthe discovery process, using machine learning to surface the most relevant recommendations to its members from a catalog of more than 5 million classes a month. In addition, ClassPass helps to lift the fitness industry daily, working directly with studio partners around the globe to merchandise their excess inventory, find new customers, and generate new streams of revenue.
Vengo — Vengo is a software and media company that engages consumers and collects data by combining interactive digital media with point-of-purchase. Selected from 270 companies as "NYC Next Idea 2012," Vengo's next-generation vending machines enable brands such as Trident, Snapple, Dentyne, and Sour Patch Kids to re-engage consumers whilegenerating attractive unit economics (expect six-month payback on new units). Vengo already has established partnerships with Mondelez (one of the largest snack food companies), Snapple, Verizon, CC Vending (second-largest NYC vending machine provider), and Creative Mobile Technologies (NYC taxis). Vengo was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Long Island City, New York.
Even.com — Even offers an affordable on-demand pay product that allows employees to access their paychecks when they need it most—without confusing, hidden, or predatory fees. With a proven track record of reducing employee turnover and increasing retention and productivity, Even is the highest-rated on-demand pay app and has helped employees save more than$82 million to date.

Wayne Chang is the Founder and CEO of Reasoner. He previously worked at Crashlytics as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Wayne Chang attended the University of Massachusetts.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Aalyria — We are revolutionizing the orchestration and management of planetary mesh networks using any radio or optical spectrum, any orbit, and any hardware across land, sea, air, and space.
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.
Ghost Message — Record and turn your classes into automated notes, quizzes, flashcards together with classmates.

Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Vietnam, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ESAI — Join over 500,000 students crafting their story
Kind Designs — We specialize in Seawall Construction using advanced 3D-printing technology in Florida. Get a free consultation today!
Campus Ink - NIL Store — Campus Ink Screen Printing & Embroidery, Champaign - Urbana, Custom T-Shirts, Fraternity & Sorority Apparel Simple

Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Yendo — Our mission is to provide everyone with the most accessible, most affordable, and most transparent credit by leveraging their vehicles.
TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
FORT Robotics — FORT Robotics enables OEMs & end users to build and operate smart machines safely and securely, while maximizing productivity and reducing risks.

Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

RentoMojo — RentoMojo is an online furniture rental platform that was incorporated in November 2014.It currently operates in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.RentoMojo was founded by Geetansh Bamania, an ex-IITM, in November 2014 in India. Like many other young working professionals, he was living in rented apartments,working long hours and found it inconvenient to equip the house with furniture when he moved. RentoMojo was developed to provide an alternative to buying and selling furniture in rental properties.
Shred Video — Shred Video, a new startup launching out of Y Combinator, allows users to take footage from their iPhone, GoPro or drone and simply match it with a song from the user’s iTunes library. That’s all. Shred Video does the rest of the work.Taking into account the acceleration of the camera itself, Shred Video can pin-point the moments of action forsurfers, snowboarders, skaters and other acceleration-based sports to highlight all of the coolest clips in your footage. And beyond that, Shred Video matches those epic moments with the beat-drop of the song.
GC Plus — Find Your Next Home Service Expert With Ease

Andy Dunn is co-founder and CEO of Bonobos, an apparel brand renowned for exceptional fit, high energy and great customer experience. Launched in 2007, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand in the United States ever launched over the web. Previously, Dunn worked as a private equity analyst at Wind Point Partners and as a consultant at Bain& Company. He is a founding board member of education social enterprise Blue Engine and the founder of Red Swan Ventures, an angel investment firm.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Wellness, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

OffDeal — OffDeal is building an AI-native investment bank for buying and selling small businesses. We use custom AI agents and big data to screen thousands of SMBs each day, matching buyers with the perfect acquisition target in days instead of months. Unlike legacy M&A advisors, we can search for targets for hundreds of buyers concurrently, 24/7.
Sanarai — Sanarai is a mental health online platform for the Latinx community. Online platform that connects the Latinx community to mental health professionals in Latin America to provide culturally sensitive Spanish-language emotional support at accessible prices
Ours — Modern-day virtual couples therapy and premarital counseling trusted by thousands. Get started with world-class couples therapists today!

Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.

Gurmukh Singh

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Pickzon — Looking for Fun, Masti & Shopping at one place? One of the most engaging and the best short video making app packed with never ending entertainment.
Getkart — Getkart is an Ecommerce Store for Mobiles, Fashion, Electronics, Home Appliances, Books, Furniture, Outdoor Living Appliances & more. Buy online from Getkart and enjoy the lowest price deals.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Cann — Cann is a social 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!
Hello 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.

Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

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.

Evan Brown is a Managing Director, Deputy COO at BMO Capital Markets. He attended Dartmouth College from 1991 to 1995.

Investment focus

Chemical, B2B, Agriculture
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

CryptoSlam — An NFT industry data aggregator backed by Mark Cuban. Features project analytics, NFT values, rarity, scarcity, most popular collections, activity history & more.
Datasembly — Datasembly provides brands, CPGs & retailers with unmatched market intelligence - real-time data from every product, every store, every day.
Gradient Health — We use machine learning to assist radiologists with their workflow to reduce their cognitive load and increase their operational efficiency

Nas, byname of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also called Nasty Nas, (born September 14, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life.Nasir Jones, the son of a jazz musician, grew up in public housingin Queens, New York. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and searched for a creative outlet, finally settling on hip-hop. His breakthrough came in 1992, when his song “Half Time” (credited to Nasty Nas) appeared on the sound track to the film Zebrahead. Columbia Records soon signed him to a contract. His debut recording as Nas, Illmatic (1994), drew widespread acclaim for its poetic narration of hard-edged inner-city life.The more pop-oriented approach of It Was Written (1996) helped that album reach an even wider audience than its predecessor but ignited a recurring tension in Nas’s career between the appetite of the pop audience and the demands of hip-hop purists. He maintained his commercial appeal with I Am... (1999), although by that time he had also become embroiled in a public feud with fellow rapper Jay-Z over which of the two was the preeminent voice in East Coast hip-hop. The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas signed with Def Jam, of which Jay-Z was president at the time.Nas’s penchant for provocation marked Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and an untitled follow-up (2008), while Life Is Good (2012) struck an introspective tone. He also notably collaborated with reggae musician Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) on the album Distant Relatives (2010).Nas also made occasional film appearances, notably in Belly (1998), a crime drama in which he starred opposite rapper DMX, and Black Nativity (2013), an adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel play.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Magic Spoon — Magic Spoon cereal is high-protein, low-sugar, keto-friendly, and gluten-free. Available in Cocoa, Frosted, Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, and Cinnamon.
Everyrealm — Leaders in metaverse innovation and development.
Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.

Nicolas Jammet is Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Sweetgreen, a destination for simple, seasonal, healthy food. Nicolas and his co-founders Nathaniel Ru and Jonathan Neman launched sweetgreen in 2007, opening their first location in Georgetown, DC, just three months out of college. The brand’s strong food ethos, embrace of passion and purpose, andinvestment in local communities has enabled sweetgreen to grow into a national brand with more than 39 locations across the East Coast and California.Sweetgreen also produces the annual Sweetlife Festival, a two-day music-and-food festival featuring local restaurants and big-name chefs and artists like Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Lana del Rey, Foster the People, and Phantogram.In 2015, First Lady Michelle Obama selected Nicolas for the Presidential Delegation to EXPO 2015, an international summit to discuss global nutrition and health as well as sustainable food solutions. He has been recognized as a key innovator in food and business, named to Fast Company's "50 Most Innovative Companies", Inc’s “30 Under 30”, Forbes’ “30 Under 30” and Food & Wine’s “40 Big Food Thinkers 40 and Under,” among other accolades.Born and raised in New York City, Nicolas grew up in a family of restaurateurs - the son of André and Rita Jammet, owners of NYC’s beloved La Caravelle. He graduated from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where he met fellow sweetgreen Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, Nathaniel Ru and Jonathan Neman.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Women's
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Foxtrot — Foxtrot is a mobile app that lets customers shop their curated collections of drinks, food, and everyday essentials. The customer's order will be delivered straight to them in under an hour. The company was co-founded by Mike LaVitola with Brian Jaffee and Taylor Bloom in 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.
Sauce — Sauce boosts restaurant delivery sales by up to 40% with dynamic pricing.
Meati — Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that offers carbon materials, bioengineering, and filtration. It focuses on using proprietary, clean technologies to provide nutrient-dense, plant-based meat alternatives that everyone can enjoy and feel good about eating every day.

Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.

James is the Co-founder and CEO of thredUP. He attended Boston College, the University of Oxford, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Rental
Seed, Series D, Debt Financing
United States

Portfolio highlights

Arrive — Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association.
Arrive Recommerce — Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association.
Rubi Laboratories — Rubi Laboratories turns carbon emissions into carbon-negative textiles for the fashion industry, with a proprietary synthetic biology technology.

Andrew Boszhardt Jr. is a Founder and Managing Partner at Great Oaks Venture Capital and was a Managing Director at Neuberger Berman. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Tunnel X, Inc. — Tunnel X is secure, private conversation for everyone.Tunnel X offers web-based and mobile-based messaging which allows users the peace of mind they need to have private conversations without fear that co-workers, roommates, hackers, or government agencies will be snooping on their conversations.Users log in not with a traditional usernameand password (which are easily hacked), but with a photo which they have taken themselves, protected with a PIN. Digital information from this same image is used to encrypt all communications, whether they are text-based messages or shared files (users may share files of any type with each other).Unlike email, social media, and other forms of online communication, Tunnel X is geared specifically towards one-to-one, substantive conversation. Typing a message to the "wrong" person is essentially not possible on Tunnel X. Hitting "reply-all" is also not possible. And Tunnel X messages are not surrounded by the clutter of email spam or social-media clutter. Users use Tunnel X when they want to chat without distraction.Tunnel X SSL is configured for a post-Snowden world: all SSL connections are secured by PFS (Perfect Forward Secrecy), which disallows government agencies from storing encrypted communications for later decryption. And messages in Tunnel X databases are superenciphered: triple-encrypted using three different algorithms (AES-256 and two AES runners-up, TwoFish and Serpent).
Karma — Get your very own domain easily. Fast and professional customer service.
SuperPhone — Increase engagement, drive revenue, and build better relationships with SMS / MMS marketing. Guaranteed ROI with 98% open rates for Shopify and BigCommerce stores.

Andrew Boszhardt Jr. is a Founder and Managing Partner at Great Oaks Venture Capital and was a Managing Director at Neuberger Berman. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Tunnel X, Inc. — Tunnel X is secure, private conversation for everyone.Tunnel X offers web-based and mobile-based messaging which allows users the peace of mind they need to have private conversations without fear that co-workers, roommates, hackers, or government agencies will be snooping on their conversations.Users log in not with a traditional usernameand password (which are easily hacked), but with a photo which they have taken themselves, protected with a PIN. Digital information from this same image is used to encrypt all communications, whether they are text-based messages or shared files (users may share files of any type with each other).Unlike email, social media, and other forms of online communication, Tunnel X is geared specifically towards one-to-one, substantive conversation. Typing a message to the "wrong" person is essentially not possible on Tunnel X. Hitting "reply-all" is also not possible. And Tunnel X messages are not surrounded by the clutter of email spam or social-media clutter. Users use Tunnel X when they want to chat without distraction.Tunnel X SSL is configured for a post-Snowden world: all SSL connections are secured by PFS (Perfect Forward Secrecy), which disallows government agencies from storing encrypted communications for later decryption. And messages in Tunnel X databases are superenciphered: triple-encrypted using three different algorithms (AES-256 and two AES runners-up, TwoFish and Serpent).
Karma — Get your very own domain easily. Fast and professional customer service.
SuperPhone — Increase engagement, drive revenue, and build better relationships with SMS / MMS marketing. Guaranteed ROI with 98% open rates for Shopify and BigCommerce stores.

Mr. Vadon is one of the country’s leading internet retailing entrepreneurs, having co-founded two highly successful online specialty retail businesses. He brings to our Board in-depth experience in developing online businesses, effectively managing the use of technology, developing mobile applications and the associated user interfaces, as well ascritical business analytic acumen. His expertise is an invaluable resource for the Company as we continue to implement our interconnected retail strategy.In 2009, Mr. Vadon co-founded zulily, Inc., a daily deals site for moms, babies and kids, and currently serves as the Chairman of its board of directors. In 1999, Mr. Vadon founded Blue Nile, Inc., the leading online retailer of diamonds and fine jewelry, and served as the Chairman of its board of directors from its inception through 2013.During Blue Nile’s history, Mr. Vadon has also served as its Executive Chairman (from 2008 to 2011), Chief Executive Officer (from 1999 to 2008) and President (from 1999 to 2007). Prior to founding Blue Nile, Mr. Vadon was a consultant for Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, which he joined in 1992.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series C
United States

Portfolio highlights

Flyhomes — Get a team of local market experts who can help you buy and sell your home in as few as 10 days.
Vouched — Discover Vouched's industry-leading digital identity verification solutions. Streamline your customer experience, integrate seamlessly, and unlock access to critical services. Get started for free.
AG1 — Athletic Greens is proudly manufactured in New Zealand, using a TGA-registered facility with standards far in excess of cGMP and FDA guidelines. It is made clean and green. Athletic Greens was formulated by research doctorates and nutritionists with a 60 years' combined experimental and clinical experience.

Brendan Wallace is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall. Brendan Wallace attended Princeton University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Rinse — We personally pick up, professionally clean, and hand deliver your clothes to your door. Rinse gives you superior quality and personal service. Guaranteed.
dot.LA — dot.LA is a digital newsroom covering L.A.'s startup and tech community. dot.LA’s mission is to celebrate and empower the Los Angeles startup and tech community, fueling innovation around the world.
Vocate — Vocate is the online upgrade of the student career center. The key feature is a matching marketplace for student jobs and internships, supported by tools that guide customers along their path.

A few years ago, Heidi Zak left Google with the dream of building a new kind of bra company. Fueled by her passion for retail and frustrated with her own experience trying to find a bra that fit, she knew there was opportunity to reinvent the way women get measured and shop for bras. One app and hundreds of great-fitting bras later, they think shemight be onto something.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Anomalie — Anomalie designs and sells custom wedding gowns. Anomalie makes any wedding dress with top-quality materials and craftsmanship.
Stix — Stix is the female-founded, no-judgment health brand with the products and space you need to make confident decisions about your body. Fertility, pregnancy, UTI, and yeast infection products, all discreetly delivered.
Crown Affair — Redefine your relationship with your hair through our products, guidance, and community.

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

Bhavik Bajaj

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, FinTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Asepha — Asepha is an AI clinical decision support (CDS) tool to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions.
ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
THIRUMALS PAPER ARIZONA PVT. LTD. — TRADING PLATFORM OF PULP , PAPER & PACKAGING

Ben Narasin is the Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital. He attended International Christian University, Babson College, and Harvard University.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

SoleSavy — SoleSavy memberships provides you the tools and resources you need to successfully purchase the product you want for retail.
Vendelux — AI-Powered Event Intelligence Platform with speaker, sponsor and attendee data covering over 250,000 trade shows and conferences.
Outlaw — Outlaw's the essential sidekick for your life of adventure! With ruggedly awesome cologne, soap,... 716 Spice Islands Dr, Sparks, NV 89431

Lori Greiner is a television personality and an entrepreneur.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, Pet
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Plufl — The Plufl is the ultimate napping product designed to reduce stress and anxiety. Fall right asleep with cloud-like comfort and built-in sensory relief.
ChompShop — ChompShop brings young makers an exciting new way to explore creativity and STEAM skills using a material that everyone has access to: cardboard! Our signature tool, the ChompSaw, is a kid-safe power tool for cutting cardboard with ease, empowering kids to craft 3D projects and bring their ideas to life.
GoodLove Foods — We make high quality, deliciously good food for all, that just happens to be gluten-free. Our line of gluten-free, frozen, ready-to-bake staples are quick & easy to make and includes buttermilk biscuits, cinnamon rolls and puff pastry. GoodLove Foods provides the at home baking experience you've been missing.

Jeff Seibert is the Co-Founder of CEO of Digits. He previously worked at Pix.wine as a Board Member. Jeff Seibert attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

LLM Shield — The most powerful AI engine for intellectual property.
Finch Legal — Finch Legal is a software development company that supports personal injury law firms. The company aims to provide practical and effective legal solutions, as suggested by its commitment to serving clients better and more efficiently.
Patented.ai — The most powerful AI engine for intellectual property.

Curtis Lee is a co-founder and CEO of Luxe, Founder of Pinwheel, Angel Investor, and Partner at Primary Venture Partners.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Aside — Aside is the company that builds cloud-based platforms. Daffy Charitable is its first not-for-profit community platform.
Sounder.fm — Grow your podcast with free hosting, transcription, In-Stream Audio Search, episode soundbite share, and the most powerful podcast player on the web... and a whole lot more.
Bandit — Bandit is now Gopuff Kitchen. Delivering the best coffee, matcha, and milkshakes in 30 minutes or less.

Tom Williams

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

Unito — Enterprise-grade integrations that sync business-critical tools. Secure, low-cost, two-way sync that anyone can set up and manage.
Delphia — Invest with your data, not your money.
NorthOne — NorthOne is an online Business Account with built-in features to make business banking fast and easy. No overdraft fees. No minimum balance. No hidden fees.

Neil Parikh

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Consumer Goods
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Tribute — Looking for a special, meaningful gift? Share your love and appreciation with a video tribute. Easy to create group videos - start a Tribute in 30 seconds!
Arya — Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship.
Simply Homes — Sell your home fast for cash - As-is. No repairs. No updates. No showings. Pay zero fees.

Paul Maritz is Chief Strategist of EMC Corporation. With revenues of $21.7 billion in 2012 and 60,000 people worldwide, EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMCaccelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way.As Chief Strategist, Maritz drives EMC's technology strategy with a particular focus on Big Data and the next generation of cloud-oriented applications. He is also responsible for M&A, strategic investments and emerging technologies.Maritz joined EMC in 2012 from VMware, where he was CEO. During his four year tenure as CEO, VMware transformed from a technology leader in virtualization to a category leader in cloud computing. Maritz remains a member of VMware’s board of directors.Prior to joining VMware, Maritz was President of the Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division at EMC after the company’s February 2008 acquisition of Pi, where he was the Founder and CEO. Before founding Pi, Maritz spent 14 years working at Microsoft, where he served as a member of the five-person Executive Committee that managed the overall company, with his responsibility being the product development and marketing of the Windows Client and Server product lines. Prior to Microsoft, he spent five years working at Intel.Born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and educated in South Africa.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town. Maritz also serves on the Board of the Grameen Foundation, and has an interest in the use of technology in the developing world.

Investment focus

Software, PaaS, Big Data
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Tignis — Cohu offers the broadest portfolio of test and inspection equipment and services for back-end semiconductor manufacturing, including a one-stop-shop for semiconductor test and handling equipment, thermal subsystems, test contacting, vision inspection and MEMS test solutions.
True — True is a social app designed for private group conversations. It is free, private and easier to share engaging content than messaging.
True — True is a social app designed for private group conversations. It is free, private and easier to share engaging content than messaging.

Brett Hurt current job as Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at data.world. Brett joined Austin Ventures in 2012 and focuses on early-stage software investing. Prior to AV, Brett founded Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ: BV) and served as CEO and President for seven and half years, leading the company from bootstrapped concept to almost 2,000 clientsworldwide and through its successful IPO. He subsequently guided the company through a successful follow-on offering and two acquisitions, PowerReviews and Longboard Media. Brett continues to actively support Bazaarvoice as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to Bazaarvoice, Brett founded Coremetrics and helped grow the company into a global, leading marketing analytics solution for the eCommerce industry before its acquisition by IBM.Brett holds an MBA in High-Tech Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Wharton School and previously served on the Board of Directors of Shop.org. Brett established the Bazaarvoice Foundation and is very active in the philanthropic arena. He received the Austin Entrepreneurs Foundation's Community Leadership Award in 2012. Brett is entrepreneur empowerment group RISE's Serial Entrepreneur of the year for 2012. He was named by Ernst & Young as Entrepreneur of the Year for Austin in 2009 and is a member of the Austin chapter of the International Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). Brett was also named CEO of the Year for large companies by the Austin Business Journal in 2012.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Ladder — Get stronger & workout more. Free 7 day trial, no credit card needed!
Pani Systems — Pani Source is a water personalization appliance that will upgrade your drinking water with multi-use/naturally-formulated enhancement pods.
Tso Chinese Takeout & Delivery — Tso is Austin and Round Rock's favorite Chinese Takeout and Delivery, with free delivery and a no-tipping policy. Order online. Catering services available.

Maria Thomas is a consumer Internet pioneer and entrepreneurial business builder. She is also a well-respected member of the Board of Directors of both a publicly traded and a private equity backed company. She's currently (2017) an expert advisor and hands-on contributor to Remote Year.In 2016, Maria was Interim CEO at Glamsquad:http://blog.glamsquad.com/post/145956909567/corepower-yoga-amy-shecter-glamsquad-ceo. Maria is the former CEO of Etsy, a position she took in July of 2008 after Founding CEO Maria Prior to

Investment focus

E-Commerce, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Twice — Buy & sell electronics, cars, clothes, collectibles & more on eBay, the world's online marketplace. Top brands, low prices & free shipping on many items.
Catalant — Access on-demand consulting services for strategic business planning, data & business analytics, digital transformation, M&A, market research, and more.
SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.

Brian Sugar is the Managing Partner of Sugar Capital. He is a Founder at POPSUGAR.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Israel, Australia

Portfolio highlights

AirRobe — Empowering the collaborative consumption of luxury consumer goods.
Plumb — Murmur is a collaborative platform where teams decide how they want to work together.
Disco — Co-op commerce is a network of the world's best brands partnering together to grow.

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.

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.

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.

Jennifer Fleiss is the President and co-founder of Rent the Runway, the premier online destination for designer dress and accessory rentals. Jenny and her co-founder, Jennifer Hyman, have built the company to include a revolving roster of over 150 designer brands, 25,000 dresses, 120 employees, and over 2 million members. The company hasraised approximately $31 million in venture capital funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital, and Kleiner Perkins.In 2007, Jenny began at Harvard Business School where she met Jennifer Hyman. As sectionmates, the two women would meet frequently to discuss entrepreneurial ideas, one of which was Rent the Runway. Designed to solve the common “closet full of clothes but nothing to wear” problem, Jenn and Jenny launched Rent the Runway in November 2009. Prior to Harvard Business School, Jenny worked at Morgan Stanley in the Strategic Planning Group crafting long-term company strategy. She then moved on to Lehman Brothers’ Asset Management Group where she was responsible for analyzing business growth opportunities through acquisitions, international expansion, and new product strategies. Jenny received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 2005 graduating Cum Laude, and her Master’s of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 2009.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Trieve — Trieve is an AI search engine that makes it easy to build Conversational AI that Converts. Instantly add AI search, chat, and recommendations with our widget, or build custom experiences with our API.
Alta — Your personal AI stylist that truly gets you
Kidsy — Save up to 50% on open-box baby gear at Kidsy. Shop strollers, car seats & more from top brands like Graco, Doona, Owlet & Evenflo. New deals daily.

Vijay Chattha joined VSC Consulting as Founder / CEO in 2002.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Consumer Electronics
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Rocean — Rocean makes smart appliances to change how we consume water. Our first product the Rocean One is a seamless, reusable water ecosystem with best-in-class filtration that carbonates, flavors and enhances tap water. The Rocean One gives consumers more choice and convenience than they will find in their local supermarket.
Zume — Zume is spearheading the switch from plastic to compostable molded fiber packaging through its patent pending manufacturing technology and its network of global suppliers.
Ancient Ritual — In a world obsessed with speeding up, we’re reinventing how humans slow down.

Dave Gilboa is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Warby Parker. He attended the Wharton School.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

DubClub — DubClub is an online ecosystem where sports cappers and their community Win More Together.
Mermaid Chart — Building the next generation of smart diagramming for enterprise teams. Easily create and collaborate on complex diagrams from text.
Ten Thousand — Training essentials optimized for you and your workout. No BS. No gimmicks. No endless scrolling through indistinguishable products. Just premium men's training gear built for all the ways you train.

Jonathan Neman is a co-founder and co-CEO of Sweetgreen, a hip, farm-to-table style salad chain. Mr. Neman, along with Nicolas Jammet and Nathaniel Ru, opened the company’s first location in Washington D.C. in 2007, the same year they graduated from Georgetown University. Now, nine years later, the fast-food salad lunch option is nationwide. Thereare now 43 locations—and more opening every week. As of last summer, Sweetgreen raised a total of $95 million in venture funding. At the beginning of the year, the company moved its corporate headquarters from D.C. to Los Angeles, the better to fuel its westward expansion.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
Series A, Seed, Angel
United States, Brazil, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

JOON — JOON is the Lifestyle Spending Account that workforces across the world actually use and appreciate.
Owner — Owner gives you the same tools that major national brands use to drive sales. Online ordering proven to grow sales. Mobile app with rewards. And more.
Dorsia — Dorsia is a members-only platform that offers reservations at in-demand restaurants in major cities. The platform utilizes technology to enhance experiences for both operators and members, ensuring smooth booking without stress. Dorsia operates in various cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, and San Francisco, making it a versatile choicefor food enthusiasts.

Mike Volpe - CEO @ Lola.com

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Rentdrop — Rentdrop's payment tools provide free online rent collection + payment to landlords and renters with additional features that make renting more rewarding
GiveCampus — Boost educational fundraising with GiveCampus. Increase participation and engagement with the leading technology for online giving.
TellTail — Trusted Community, Built With Breeders, For Breeders

Clark Valberg Clark Valberg is the Managing Partner at Tiferes Ventures. He previously worked as the CEO and Co-Founder of InVision, the digital product design platform used to make the world’s best customer experiences. InVision is the cornerstone of the product design process for more than 3 million people at tens of thousands of companies,including eighty percent of the Fortune 100 and brands like Airbnb, Amazon, HBO, Netflix, Slack, Starbucks and Uber. He is a former Co-Founder of Epicenter Consulting.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Keye — Perform better diligence in less time with AI. Empower deal teams with cutting edge LLMs. Now in beta.
Root — Root is a next-generation social platform that combines communication tools with a customizable app framework, allowing communities to organize, coordinate, and extend their functionality through apps.
Voiceflow — Visually design, prototype and publish voice and chat apps across channels like Alexa, Google or any custom channel/modality. Get started today, with no code.

Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Sweden, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Zurp — Zurp is a fintech platform built for superfans. Instead of a traditional reward program, Zurp offers exclusive experiences with cardholders' favorite influencers.
KiddieKredit — Kiddie Kredit is a mobile app designed to educate children on the credit system by completing chores.
COMMUNITYx — COMMUNITYx connects likeminded changemakers with another, as well as around calls-to-action. You can create events and petitions all from within the App! Whether you care about Environmental Justice, Black Lives Matter, Universal Healthcare, Poverty, and more, COMMUNITYx is the place for you!

Jesse Draper joined Halogen Ventures as General Partner in 2016. Jesse Draper is founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of 2015 Emmy nominated television series,“The Valley Girl Show”. Draper is a 4th generation venture capitalist focused on early stage investing in female founded consumer technology. Her portfolioincludes Laurel & Wolf, Carbon38, Naya Health, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Company & Sugarfina. Through her show she’s helped pioneer the way in digital media and has an initiative to interview 50% women in technology. Previously a Nickelodeon star, Draper has used her comedic talents to bring an approachable feel to the technology world, has produced and distributed over 300 interviews with some of the greatest minds in technology and beyond (including; Ted Turner, Mark Cuban, Sheryl Sandberg, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Jessica Alba, MC Hammer and Eric Schmidt) and was listed by Marie Claire magazine as one of the ‘50 Most Connected Women in America’. USA Today called the show “Must see startup TV”. Draper is a contributor to Marie Claire, SV Magazine, Mashable, Forbes.com, and is a regular investor and tech personality on shows including ‘The Katie Couric Show’, Fox’s ‘Good Day LA’, CNBC’s ‘Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor?’ & Freeform’sStartup U. She proudly sits on the board of directors of Werk, the advisory board of Bizworld and is on the Chairman’s board of SurfAir. Draper supports the Parkinson’s Institute and is very involved with growing UCLA’s female entrepreneurship community. She is a new mom, a graduate of UCLA and a Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Armoire — Rent an infinite closet, styled just for you. Armoire is a women's rental clothing membership that continuously styles you with curated, contemporary designs.
StyleRow — Streamline your interior design projects with StyleRow's management tools for organization, budgeting, and collaboration. Start your free trial today.
Blue Fever — Gen Z is exhausted from a lack of safe community spaces and increasing online toxicity. They want a new experience where community and technology create an energizing space for development of their authentic self.From the search bar that gave us topical relevance, to social media that gave us social relevance, there is a need for online spacesthat provide emotional relevance and support. We call this new kind of platform Emotional Media, not social media.Today this takes form in the Blue Fever app: a non-toxic community space for Gen Z to anonymously express their authentic self with the guidance of a big sibling algorithm who connects you to support for your growing up journey.

Michael Dubin is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Dollar Shave Club, a monthly membership service that delivers fresh, stainless steel razor blades, and other personal grooming products to customers. Previously, he was the director of marketing and business development at Feed Company as well as a marketing associate at TIME Magazine.

Investment focus

Gaming, Retail, eSports
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

4D Sight — Native video monetization and compliance platform.
Glosslab — We modernized the mani. Hygienic. Waterless. Efficient. The new salon experience that keeps you polished and ready for anything.
Liquid Death — Don't be scared, it's just water. 100% stone-cold mountain water (8.1+ PH). Infinitely recyclable aluminum cans. Death to plastic.

Michael E Marks is the Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital. Prior to that, he was the CEO and founder of Katerra. He was also the founding partner of Riverwood Capital, a Menlo Park-based private equity firm. Prior to establishing Riverwood, he was a partner and senior advisor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in 2006 and 2007.Priorto KKR, Michael spent 13 years as CEO and then chairman of Flextronics International Ltd., building it into one of the largest technology companies in the world.He is a director of The Melt, Enjoy, H20.ai, and Berkeley Lights.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Extend, Inc. — Extend leverages cutting-edge technology to provide a better way for customers to protect the products they love. Our digitally-native solution delivers a modern experience that is a win for both merchants and their customers.
Shipster — Shipster is the fastest way to send anything anywhere.
Quartic.ai — Transform manufacturing with AI-powered operations management and process optimization. Quartic enables intelligent MOM and DataOps for autonomous manufacturing. Explore More!

Ilker Sozdinler is the Founder, CEO of United Payment.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

ELYT — ELYT specialises in NFTs and metaverse exchange platform enabling NFT to produce value, and participate in the ecosystem.
EasyCep — EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty.
ikas — Start selling online with the new generation e-commerce platform ikas. Increase your sales and experience international commerce.

Liz Keen is an Operating Partner – Head of Brand and Communications with ACME. She has more than of 10 years of experience in strategic communications and brand positioning and has worked with some of the world’s leading brands across technology, fashion, and hospitality. As Head of Brand and Communications, Liz manages media relations and brandinitiatives for the firm and provides strategic communications counsel and industry connectivity for ACME’s portfolio companies.Previously, Liz was Head of Brand and Communications for Sherpa Capital and was also a partner at Sherpa Foundry (now Silicon Foundry), a corporate innovation platform. There, she created strategic programming that connected Foundry members (including DreamWorks (acq. by Comcast), Target, Salesforce, and eBay), to the best startups, entrepreneurs, and emerging technology through curated experiences.Liz previously spent several years in New York City as Senior Director of Communications + Special Projects at Conde Nast where she managed public relations, executive positioning, and global programming across the company’s media properties.Liz has served as an advisor to multiple startups and as a consultant to William Morris Endeavor/IMG and Equinox, where she oversaw the strategy around the rebranding of Furthermore, their editorial platform and retail business.Liz received her BA in Public Relations from the University of Southern California.

Investment focus

Retail, Lifestyle, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Bloomscape — Bloomscape is an online plant shopping platform that offers home ready plants and tools for plant care. The company makes buying plants easy by delivering ready-to-go plants to its customer's door. It is a DTC company with a mission to drastically improve the entire plant buying and care experience in every area of the home and garden.
Littlefund — Send a gift that can grow with them.
Seed Health — Seed Health is a microbial company that specializes in therapeutics, consumer health innovations, and environmental solutions. The company focuses on breakthrough discoveries in microbial sciences across a pipeline of novel therapeutics. It was founded by Ara Katz and Raja Dhir in 2017 and is headquartered in Venice, California.