Top 50 Social Impact Angel Investors in United States (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Eddie Lou
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed | Marketplace, Email, E-Commerce | |
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David E. Weekly
Angel
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3 | United States, Israel | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Robotics, Drones, Aerospace | |
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Joseph N. Sanberg
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Financial Services, Gaming, FinTech | |
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Matthew Dowd
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A | Social Impact, Banking, FinTech | |
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Musaab Hakami
Angel
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2 | United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | |
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Varsha Rao
Angel
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2 | United States, India, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $2M–$63M |
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Brian Requarth
Angel
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2 | Brazil, Colombia, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Real Estate, Software, SaaS | |
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Daniel Gutenberg
Angel
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2 | Switzerland, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $1.3M–$20M |
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Luigi Bajetti
Angel
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2 | United States, Italy, Luxembourg | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Apps | |
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Kishore Ganji
Angel
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2 | India, United States, Bangladesh | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Health Care, Software | $10k–$2.6M |
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Chris Adelsbach
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | |
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Ashley Mayer
Angel
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2 | United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Wellness, Health Care, Natural Resources | |
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Marc Tarpenning
Angel
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2 | United States | Series A, Seed, Series D | Renewable Energy, CleanTech, Drones | |
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Ashoke Bose
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | AgTech, CleanTech, Smart Home | $100k–$500k |
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Lenny Mendonca
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A | Events, Travel, Banking | $70k–$1.6M |
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Geoff Wilson
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Software, Compliance, Non Profit | |
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Leon Chen
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Retail, Food Delivery | |
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Philip Rosenthal
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series B, Series E | Food and Beverage, Payments, Shopping | |
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Andy Teller
Angel
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1 | United States | Employment, Restaurants, Social Impact | ||
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Kayvon Beykpour
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, CRM, Digital Marketing | |
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Courtney Reum
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | ISP, Charity, Online Portals | |
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John Phelan
Angel
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1 | United States | Employment, Restaurants, Social Impact | ||
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Brett Hurt
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, Apps | |
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Wynant Vanderpoel
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | ISP, Charity, Online Portals | |
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Alex Ross
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | Big Data, Database, Recruiting | |
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Jody McCrary
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | SaaS, Internet, Non Profit | |
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Francoise Brougher
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Angel | Energy, FinTech, Software | |
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Mark Haynes
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | News, Podcast, Advocacy | |
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Ernie Beffel
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | News, Podcast, Advocacy | |
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Alex Evans
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | News, Podcast, Advocacy | |
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John Chory
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A | Big Data, Internet, Software | |
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Maja Kristin
Angel
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1 | United States | Non Profit, Environmental Engineering | ||
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John Paul DeJoria
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A | Beauty, CRM, ISP | $500k–$6.2M |
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Pharrell Williams
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Grant, Series C, Seed | Software, Small and Medium Businesses, Point of Sale | |
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Zvi Band
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Software, EdTech, Enterprise | |
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Tobias Lütke
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, Internet | |
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Zachary Smith
Angel
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1 | United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Non Profit, Innovation Management | |
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Jay Love
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Software, Internet, Marketing | |
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Sam Altman
Angel
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1 | United States, Ghana, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | |
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Jonathan Seaton
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Education, Internet | |
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Dan Rosensweig
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil | Seed, Series A | Recruiting, Internet, EdTech | |
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Marla Blow
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Enterprise, Marketplace | |
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Larry Bock
Angel
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1 | United States | Series B, Seed, Series A | Software, TV, Social Impact | |
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Sandy Khaund
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Mobile, Sports, eSports | |
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Steven Rattner
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A | Banking, FinTech, Social Impact | |
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Matt McKibbin
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Blockchain, Bitcoin | |
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David Apple
Angel
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1 | France, Portugal | Seed, Pre-Seed | Soccer, Sports, Internet | |
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Anna Garcia
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | |
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Ramesh Chandra Majithia
Angel
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1 | United States, India | Seed, Angel | Innovation Management, Non Profit, Mobile | |
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Nav Sooch
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Internet, Computer, Hardware | |
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David E. Weekly is the Founder and CEO of Medcorder and he was the Founding Director of Hacker Dojo. He has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
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- Industry: Robotics, Drones, Aerospace
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.
- Sugarlogix — A precise reflection of human milk to provide the best nutrition for babies
- Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.
Joe Sanberg is a public and private-sector entrepreneur and investor harnessing the power of innovation to improve the quality of life for all. He is Co-Founder of Aspiration, an online financial company built for everyone. Aspiration serves people at the heart of their financial lives – their banking account – in a trust-based model that empowerspeople to choose whatever fee they think is fair (even zero) and enables them to bank, invest, and spend in accordance with their values. Joe is regarded as one of the nation's leaders in the fight to end poverty. Joe has been the leading advocate for California's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income families. Joe not only lobbied California to pass the credit, but in 2015 when the state didn’t allocate enough money for outreach, Joe created CalEITC4Me. This community organizing program has connected working California families with $4 billion of state and federal Earned Income Tax Credits. A native of Southern California, Sanberg attended Servite High School in Anaheim where he has created an International Leadership Program that supports students learning Mandarin and visiting China. Sanberg graduated from Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Gaming, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Aspiration — Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice.
- Bright Funds — All-in-one CSR platform for companies of all sizes: employee giving, volunteering, and grants management. Bring purpose and impact to your workplace.
- Three Day Rule —
During the past thirty years, Matthew Dowd has helped shape strategies and campaigns for CEOs, corporations, foundations, governments, candidates, and presidents. He most recently founded Paradox Capital, a social impact venture fund focused on for-profit social good companies. His experience in business and politics will help bridge the paradoxbetween capitalism and social consciousness. Over the last 25 years, Dowd has been an active entrepreneur in Austin, Texas founding three companies which have been highly successful including Vianovo and Public Strategies, all of which he sold his interests in to pursue other endeavors. Dowd has worked both sides of the aisle, but now considers himself a diehard Independent. Dowd’s political work includes serving as the chief strategist on two winning re-election efforts – for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 and for President George W. Bush in 2004. His innovative approach on the 2004 campaign led the bi-partisan American Association of Political Consultants to name him Strategist of the Year.In the 1980s and 1990s, he advised a wide variety of political clients including helping former Democrat Texas Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock win election and re-election. He has also worked as a member of Democrat U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen's staff, and has worked on the staffs of two Democratic Congressmen.Dowd currently serves as a special correspondent and analyst for ABC News where he appears on This Week, Good Morning America, and Nightline, and writes a regular column for various publications. Dowd covers not only politics but cultural, economic, and spiritual trends as well. He has served on the boards of various non-profit entities including Seton Family of Hospitals, a Catholic nonprofit health system in Texas. He was adviser to Bono at the One Campaign, and to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has taught seminars at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs.He is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Applebee’s America: How Successful Political, Business and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community.
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- Industry: Social Impact, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Verb — Verb accelerates Paycor Paths, a new product for creating customized learning and development journeys for frontline leaders and their teams.
- Aspiration — Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice.
GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Pluto Card — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).
- Funding Souq — Funding Souq connects established SMEs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE with retail and institutional investors worldwide. Investors earn up to 15% per annum
- Groundfloor — Building the infrastructure for IRL community
Varsha Rao is an Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners, former Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, CEO of Nurx and COO at Clover Health. She was the Co-Founder of Eve.com. Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.She is an active angel investors withsuccessful investments in AI-Infra, Healthcare, Vertical AI, Consumer Tech and more.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $2M–$15M; Series A $5M–$27M; Series B $9.4M–$63M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MatX — We make the best chips physically possible for the large model needs of frontier labs.
- Revyze — Revyze is a community-powered app with a sharp focus on high school education.
- Pebble — Pebble is the first financial product where you are paid to save, spend, and send your money — all in one balance.
Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Blind Creator — SaaS with embedded finance for Content Creators
- VMind AI — VMind is a frontier technology company building artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Daniel joined VI Partners in July 2003 as a Venture Partner focusing on IT. He started his career as Chairman and CEO of Gutenberg Communication Systems AG, a company he founded in 1991. Subsequent to selling Gutenberg Communication Systems AG to the Telindus Group in 2000, he became Country Manager of Telindus for Switzerland, Austria andHungary during the next two years, and he was also a member of the Executive Board. Since 2002 he has been taking consulting and advisory board assignments for various companies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Switzerland, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$18M; Series A $3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NOAT — Discover NOAT: Swedish-made, premium nicotine pouches. Tobacco-free, long-lasting, and designed for a smoother experience.
- fonio.ai — Founded in Vienna in 2024, fonio.ai provides AI-powered phone assistants that automate customer communication 24/7. The platform answers calls, forwards inquiries, books appointments, and integrates with CRM and ERP systems, while every interaction is transcribed and can be stored, shared, or connected to existing tools.
- aeon.life — Preventive healthcare platform that equips people with personalized insights and expert guidance for proactive whole-body health
Luigi Bajetti is the managing partner and founder of Lombardstreet Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California.Luigi is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the tech and internet industries, with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in building and scaling startups.As a full-time investor since2013, he has been leveraging his experience and insights to identify and support the next generation of Silicon Valley founders. With a passion for backing game-changing technologies and a talent for spotting emerging trends, Luigi has a proven track record of success in identifying groundbreaking startups. He has invested almost always at the earliest possible stage of seed in 20+ US startups valued at over $30 billion combined, including 8 that have since become unicorns.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Italy, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Cardenxe Sotol — Artisanal Small Batch 100% Sotol Spirit Cardenxe Sotol is a terroir-inspired premium craft spirit, distilled from the heart of the Dasylirion plant, in North of Mexico - where it holds a Denomination of Origin. Every label (Desierto and Sierra) honors a different environment in which the plants used to distill grew.
- Terraformation — Terraformation creates partnerships to scale reforestation with hardware, software, and knowledge based solutions.
- Rebellyous Foods — Rebellyous Foods makes crispy, juicy, 100% plant-based nuggets. Your guests will love the taste. Your team will love the simplicity. Get Rebellyous with us!
Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Bangladesh
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $200k–$2.6M; Angel $10k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lal10 — Lal10 enables creative manufacturing MSMEs to easily digitize, manage and sell their inventories for cross-border wholesale. Lal10 is Shopify + Alibaba for Indian MSMEs. Small manufacturers use Lal10’s Karigar application to digitize physical inventories which are available for RFQs on our global wholesale platform. We are creating a maker’srevolution by digitizing micro and small manufacturers to take their creative products to global markets. India has over 1.2mn such MSMEs involved in the manufacturing of apparel, home furnishings, decor products. We have digitized 30k SKUs to date and are the largest vertical platform for MSMEs for cross-border wholesale in India. Post pandemic layers of middlemen/ export houses and traditional channels of sales like exhibitions have been disrupted. We have created an efficient alternative with innovative technology-led solutions catering to these large and untapped supplies. We are seeing strong organic adoption of technology for quick market access by local manufacturers and pandemic has only accelerated its requirement. We believe that the future of retail is local. We are targeting small & medium-sized buyers in the US, UK, and Middle east using efficient data analytics and aggressive marketing. We provide them the benefits of a big-box retailer, i.e. affordable sourcing, contemporary design curation & assortment of products. These buyers are resellers on Amazon, Etsy, or Mom & Pop shops, Private labels, and have traditionally been only dependent tradeshows.
- Teleport — Planning a trip? Say goodbye to visa hassles with Teleport! We've made applying for visas online super easy. Explore our site now to get started now!
- Monitra Healthcare — Monitra Healthcare is a Hyderabad based med-tech company developing solutions that capture cardiac events anytime anywhere. Our products detect cardiac arrhythmias and cardiovascular disease at real-time for pre-emptive treatments. Cardiac monitoring is widely used to identify heart disease, to monitor cardiac activity before and after surgery andother cardiac procedures, and to assess the effects of therapeutic drugs on cardiac activity. The Company’s vision is to dramatically reduce the effects of heart disease by making monitoring and pre-emptive cardiac care a seamless part of everyday life.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Arkifi — Arkifi is an artificial intelligence company that develops AI-powered financial analyst tools. Arkifi's framework generates consistent results that avoid fabricating factual details (referred to as "hallucination"), instilling enterprises with an unmatched level of confidence in the outcomes.
- Kavida.ai — Kavida helps procurement managers ensure on time deliveries and improve supplier collaboration.
- Renew Risk — Renew Risk is a software development firm that offers B2B SaaS solutions based on deep science for optimizing the financial lifetime of major renewable energy assets.
Ashley Mayer is the Operating Council at Mixing Board . Ashley Mayer attended Georgetown University.
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- Industry: Wellness, Health Care, Natural Resources
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Pogo — Unlock the power of your data to earn and save on shopping, finances and more. Download the Pogo app today to start earning and saving cash. 4.9 stars in the App Store.
- Pogo — Unlock the power of your data to earn and save on shopping, finances and more. Download the Pogo app today to start earning and saving cash. 4.9 stars in the App Store.
- Somethings — We connect your teen with a professional, trained 20-28 year old mentor who supports your teen via text and video call whenever they need. Start today.
Marc Tarpenning is a member of the advisory board at Clearpath Robotics , a manufacturer of unmanned vehicles for industrial research and development applications. He also provides services as an advisor to many other companies. Previously, he was a mentor at Greenstart.Marc is a Venture Partner at Spero Ventures. He was previously anentrepreneur in residence at Mayfield Fund before he joined Greenstart. Prior to that, he co-founded and served as the vice president for engineering at Tesla Motors. He also held executive positions at Packet Design, NuvoMedia, and Gemstar-TV Guide.Tarpenning holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco, California, United States.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, CleanTech, Drones
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series D
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.
- Alta Motors — Alta Motors designs and manufactures the most advanced electric vehicle technology on the planet. With our first product, The Redshift, we are creating a motorcycle that is faster and easier than anything else out there. An electric motor means smooth power delivery, instant throttle response and flat, endless torque.
- Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.
He is the Founder of Sustainable Energy and Agriculture Technology (SEAT, LLC) and AGR Health. He attended Cornell University, McGill University, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
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- Industry: AgTech, CleanTech, Smart Home
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $100k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AGR Health LLC —
- M.L. Bose Memorial Health Foundation, Inc. —
- Sustainable Energy & Agriculture Technology — Sustainable Energy & Agriculture Technology, LLC is a Consumer Agriculture Infrastructure (CAI) company. SEAT was founded by Ashoke Bose, a former IBM Senior Manager, in 2014. Driven by his passion for renewables and agriculture, he applied for an USDA grant award that was successfully achieved last October 2014. Currently, SEAT LLC isbuilding Micro Greenhouses Infrastructure for Residential market in USA. Through the Near Zero Carbon Technology (NZC), SEAT plans to grow produce that will have almost no carbon footprint, this way, acquiring the best of both worlds: taking care for the environment while growing high quality foods.This is the way they plan to redefine the ""consumer fresh"" market: high quality produce + environmentally friendly technology + affordable prices. In addition to this formula, one of SEAT's project plans is to distribute vegetables directly from business to consumer, that way reducing warehouse, transportation and marketing costs, which is also traduced in lower prices and reduction of carbon footprint. In 2022, SEAT launched www,vegibook.com - world's first platform for sharing home grown veggies and fruits.
Lenny Mendonca is the Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School. He founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector consulting practice. He also oversaw their knowledge development,Chairing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm's communications, including the McKinsey Quarterly. He served for a decade on the McKinsey Shareholder Council (its Board of Directors). He retired in from McKinsey in 2014. He was formerly the Chair of New America and Children Now, co-Chair of California Forward, and co-founder and Chair of Fusecorps. He was the Vice-Chair of Common Cause. He is the Chair Emeritus of the Bay Area Council and their Economic Institute, and was vice-chair of the Stanford GSB Advisory Council. He was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development. He served on the boards of Fidelity Charitable, Western Governors University, UC Merced, The Educational Results Partnership, The College Futures Foundation, California Competes, The Opportunity Institute, Commonwealth Club, National Association of NonPartisan Reformers, and The Guardian.org. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Trustees for Junior Statesmen of America, and the Advisory Boards of Y Analytics, QB3, the Haas Center at Stanford, Third Sector Capital, The CA Community College Chancellor's Office, and the Public Policy Institute of California. He received his MBA and certificate in public management from Stanford. He holds an AB, magna cum laude, in economics from Harvard.He lives on the Half Moon Bay coast with his wife, Christine. They raised their two daughters, Allie and Rebecca, there and are the founders and owners of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, The Inn at Mavericks and the Pacific Standard Taproom. He is also Chair and primary owner of the Coastside News Group (Half Moon Bay Review).
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- Industry: Events, Travel, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $70k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Locunity — AI-powered meeting briefings, agenda alerts, and policy tracking for every city council, public commission, and school board in your area. Free for residents, powerful tools for teams.
- GoldenKey — Goldenkey (Formerly known as Solopro) revolutionizes the way people buy and sell homes. Through no commission model, Goldenkey leverages technology for on-demand real estate transactions.
- Aspiration — Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice.
Geoff Wilson is the Founder of Sports Card Investor. He previously worked at Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce as a Tech Council Board Member. Geoff Wilson attended the University of Florida.
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- Industry: Software, Compliance, Non Profit
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neighborly Software — Helping communities, help people by streamlining the enrollment, administration, and reporting of government funded programs. Connect administrators, participants, contractors, and homeowners through one integrated solution.
Leon Chen is the CEO at TIFFS TREATS HOLDINGS.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Retail, Food Delivery
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Verb — Verb accelerates Paycor Paths, a new product for creating customized learning and development journeys for frontline leaders and their teams.
- Eterneva — Heat, pressure, time, and carbon. That's what's needed for an Eterneva diamond to form. Cremated remains are made up of .0.5-4% carbon.
- Aura Bora — Aura Bora is a sparkling water made from real herbs, fruits, and flowers for earthly tastes and heavenly feelings. 0 Calories, 0 Sugar, 0 Sodium. Order today :)
Philip Rosenthal is an American television writer and producer who is best known as the creator, writer, and executive producer of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005).
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Payments, Shopping
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series E
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Inspired — Modernizing & Democratizing Social Impact
- Impossible Foods — Impossible Burger is made from simple, plant-based ingredients. For the health of people and the planet.
Andy Teller
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- Industry: Employment, Restaurants, Social Impact
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- LaLa Land Kind Cafe — LaLa Land Kind is an organic cafe dedicated to empowering and mentoring young individuals through employment.LaLa Land Kind Cafe's mission is to empower foster youth through employment and mentorship while promoting kindness as a social norm.They firmly believe that the measure of success lies in the positive impact they create in society.By striving to make a positive difference in the lives of every individual who enters their doors, they aim to ignite a contagious wave of kindness. With each new store they open and every person they touch, they seek to exemplify that kindness is the true path forward.
Kayvon Beykpour is the Head of Consumer Product of Twitter. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO at Periscope Co. He attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, CRM, Digital Marketing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- XMTP — Own and control your communication.
- ego — avatars live streaming
- Magic — Onboard users to your dApp with just an email, phone number, or social login. Multi-chain, highly scalable, and battle-tested.
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- Industry: ISP, Charity, Online Portals
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Pinkdingo — Pinkdingo make you feel awesome about being awesome.
John Phelan
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- Industry: Employment, Restaurants, Social Impact
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- LaLa Land Kind Cafe — LaLa Land Kind is an organic cafe dedicated to empowering and mentoring young individuals through employment.LaLa Land Kind Cafe's mission is to empower foster youth through employment and mentorship while promoting kindness as a social norm.They firmly believe that the measure of success lies in the positive impact they create in society.By striving to make a positive difference in the lives of every individual who enters their doors, they aim to ignite a contagious wave of kindness. With each new store they open and every person they touch, they seek to exemplify that kindness is the true path forward.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 29
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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 — Get the best of Chinese dining with Tso Chinese Takeout and Delivery's free delivery and no-tipping policy. Place your order today.
Wynant Vanderpoel
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- Industry: ISP, Charity, Online Portals
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Pinkdingo — Pinkdingo make you feel awesome about being awesome.
Alex Ross is Founder @ Ross Capital, LLC.
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- Industry: Big Data, Database, Recruiting
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- RiseKit — RiseKit enables local workforce systems to provide the support and resources under-resourced communities need to navigate their pathway to gainful employment easily.
Jody McCrary
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- Industry: SaaS, Internet, Non Profit
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Swoovy — Swoovy takes the pain out of finding volunteering opportunities, and connecting with others through shared interests to volunteer. Corporate service make easy to increase employee engagement, and track community impact.
Francoise Brougher is the Board Member of the Compensation Committee and Nomination Committee at Sodexo.
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- Industry: Energy, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Hourly — Hourly connects workers' comp insurance, payroll & time tracking in real-time. Avoid surprises, and pay only for the coverage you need! Plus get all the HR support you need. Included!
- Optivolt — Solar that works in the shade
- Humanitas Technologies — Humanitas is reimagining the supply chain of social care for the AI era. We're building AI-powered tools to empower Nonprofit professionals. Try the Humanitas AI Assistant for free to see how you can save time so you can increase your impacts.
Mark Haynes
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- Industry: News, Podcast, Advocacy
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Locunity — AI-powered meeting briefings, agenda alerts, and policy tracking for every city council, public commission, and school board in your area. Free for residents, powerful tools for teams.
Ernie Beffel
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- Industry: News, Podcast, Advocacy
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Locunity — AI-powered meeting briefings, agenda alerts, and policy tracking for every city council, public commission, and school board in your area. Free for residents, powerful tools for teams.
Alex Evans
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- Industry: News, Podcast, Advocacy
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Locunity — AI-powered meeting briefings, agenda alerts, and policy tracking for every city council, public commission, and school board in your area. Free for residents, powerful tools for teams.
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- Industry: Big Data, Internet, Software
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- DrizzleX — DrizzleX is a pioneering smart water metering solution that enables significant water conservation in residential buildings that lack individual apartment meters.
Maja Kristin Philanthropist.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Environmental Engineering
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Sustainable Ocean Alliance — SOA develops leaders, cultivates ideas, and accelerates solutions to the biggest problems facing our ocean through the Leadership and Accelerator programs
John Paul DeJoria is the CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems. He attended John Marshall High School.
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- Industry: Beauty, CRM, ISP
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Space Auto — Space Auto is the unified Website, Digital Retail and AI Agent enhanced CRM for modern dealerships.
- Mother Science — Discover Mother Science, a revolutionary biotech skincare brand with a clinically proven serum for hyperpigmentation and sun damage.
- Edge Music Network — Edge Music Network (EMN) is an interactive digital music network providing live and on-demand content through a gamified video syndication platform. Designed to enable a fair compensation structure, EMN ensures artists get the royalties they deserve and fans get uninterrupted access to the music they love, anytime, anywhere. With powerful searchtools for discovering and streaming on demand, users can watch the latest concerts, events and music videos of the highest quality. The EMN mobile app unlocks premium content, allowing users to easily create, manage and share custom playlists and enjoy channels with music videos curated by EMN experts. The Edge Music service dedicates a percentage to charitable causes that feed the hungry, aid victims of natural disasters and support homeless veterans. What’s more, fans can earn points for viewing, sharing and liking content and redeem rewards for merchandise, memorabilia and tickets to exclusive events.Supported by an advisory board of renowned musicians and industry professionals, and in partnership with leading content creators, independent artists and marquee music labels like Universal, Capitol Records, Def Jam and Geffen, Edge Music Network is on a mission to reinvent how music is heard, viewed and shared. Edge Music simplifies and delivers an unlimited, unrestricted and unbelievable audio and video experience—and unites people with the transformative power of music.For more info, please visit: www.edgemusic.com.
Pharrell Williams is the Chief Brand Officer of Doodles NFT. He previously worked at UJAM as a Partner.
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- Industry: Software, Small and Medium Businesses, Point of Sale
- Stage:Grant, Series C, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
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- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Fonbnk — We are the leading global marketplace enabling you to convert your airtime into digital money. And for a limited time, we will even pay you to try us out.
- 1Password — A password manager, digital vault, form filler and secure digital wallet. 1Password remembers all your passwords for you to help keep account information safe.
- Squire — Squire is a booking and payment platform that connects people with great barbers nationwide. Squire provides barbers and shop owners with the ability to operate their businesses with cashless and contactless pay transactions, thereby streamlining service interaction and helping them earn and retain loyal clients as a result.
Zvi is the Co-Founder of Talk Social.
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- Industry: Software, EdTech, Enterprise
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Let's Dive — Dive is where employee engagement meets fun. Forge bonds, hang out and play games with your teammates - all in one place!
- Instashowing — Instashowing is a startup with an online real estate tool designed to help agents easily schedule home showings.
- Meaningful Gigs — Impactful Design for Creative, Marketing, and Product Teams
Tobi Lütke founded Shopify in 2004. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer since 2008. Tobi worked on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created many popular open source libraries such as Active Merchant.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 31
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Humaans — The fastest way to onboard and manage your staff. Mobile first, perfect for remote and distributed teams, and takes 1 minute to get up and running.
- Mason — Mason was an AI-powered SQL editor for teams.
- Horizon Blockchain Games — We make web3 easy, fun, and accessible for users and builders.
Zac is a passionate business builder with a focus on infrastructure services, including cloud platforms, hosting services, automation software and financial transaction clearing. Prior to Packet, Zachary was an early employee and key member of the management team at Voxel, a NY-based cloud hosting company with a focus on infrastructure automationthat sold to Internap (NASDAQ: INAP) in 2011 for 35MM. Zac is a closet musician, having attended Juilliard as a double bass major and promptly switching to software-driven infrastructure after graduation. He lives is NYC with his wife and two young boys.
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- Industry: Software, Non Profit, Innovation Management
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, France
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- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Pursuit — Pursuit is not a short-term coding bootcamp. Our intensive Fellowship program in NYC builds meaningful software developer careers in the tech industry. Learn how to code with no upfront costs at Pursuit, transform your career, and launch future you.
- MergeStat — MergeStat enables open-source, operational analytics for software engineering teams.
- Pace — Proactively accelerate revenue from self-service users without spreadsheets, dashboards, or favors from engineering.
Jay B. Love is a Co-Founder and current Chief Relationship Officer at Bloomerang.He has served this sector for 33 years and is considered the most well-known senior statesman whose advice is sought constantly.Prior to Bloomerang, he was the CEO and Co-Founder of eTapestry for 11 years, which at the time was the leading SaaS technology companyserving the charity sector. Jay and his team grew the company to more than 10,000 nonprofit clients, charting a decade of record growth.Prior to starting eTapestry, Jay served 14 years as President and CEO of Master Software Corporation. MSC provided a widely used family of database products for the non-profit sector called Fund-Master.He is a graduate of Butler University with a B.S. in Business Administration. Over the years, he has given more than 2,500 speeches around the world for the charity sector and is often the voice of new technology for fundraisers.He is past Chairman of the AFP Ethics Committee. He was the Founding Chairman of NPower Indiana, Founding Member of TechPoint Foundation and Founding Member of the AFP Business Member Council. He is still an active board member of Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, The Butler University Innovation Fund, The United Methodist Foundation of Indiana, TechPoint Foundation for Youth, and The Fundraising Effectiveness Project.He and his wife Christie served as Co-Chairs for the Indianapolis YMCA 2011 Capital Campaign and are the proud parents of three children as well as five grandchildren.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Marketing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Chezuba — Chezuba enables companies to build employee volunteering and employee giving programs through it's high-quality software and an NGO partner network spread in 76 countries
- Emerged — Increase your sales pipeline with automated prospecting & nurturing. Our sales automation platform increases healthcare sales effectiveness for scalable, cost-effective growth.
- Givebutter — Givebutter is the #1 free fundraising platform for nonprofits. Get access to over 160+ Free features and raise more for your cause.
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. Sam was previously the Chairman of Y Combinator, a leading silicon valley startup accelerator.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Ghana, Canada
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- Total investments: 143
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Induced AI — Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities.
- teachme.to — Teachme.to is a community of learners discovering lessons for everything.
- Vital Bio — Reinventing diagnostics for proactive & accessible care. Diagnostics designed for better outcomes. Eliminating gaps between care and treatment.
Jonathan Seaton is the co-founder and chief executive officer at Twinkl.
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- Industry: Software, Education, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- Total investments: 28
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Bippit — Bippit is a financial support system for employees, which provides them with a 1-1 financial coach, powerful tools, and practical resources.Research has shown that 3/4 staff members have financial concerns that directly affect them at work, but only 1/10 have been able to speak to an expert about them. This has a huge impact onbusinesses, as 15% of payroll cost can be lost from reduced productivity, presenteeism, and an increase in staff turnover, due to the financial worries of their workforce.Bippit makes professional financial support completely free for employees, whenever and wherever they need it, and is backed by early stage investors in Monzo, Freetrade, and Calm.
- Wally Health — Unlimited dental cleanings and whitening for $199/year
- Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen offers the best locations, satellite kitchens, and digital tools for restaurants that want to scale their delivery network.
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Browse database — It's Free!Dan Rosensweig has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2010 and as the Chairman of our board of directors since March 2010. From March 2009 to February 2010, Rosensweig served as President and Chief Executive Officer of RedOctane, a business unit of Activision Publishing and developer, publisher and distributor ofGuitar Hero. From August 2007 to March 2009, Rosensweig was an Operating Principal at the Quadrangle Group, a private investment firm. From April 2002 to April 2007, Rosensweig served as Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo!, an Internet content and service provider. Prior to serving at Yahoo!, Rosensweig served as the President of CNET Networks and prior to that as Chief Executive Officer and President of ZDNet, until it was acquired by CNET Networks. Rosensweig also currently serves on the board of directors of Adobe Systems as well as Birchbox.Rosensweig holds a B.A. in political science from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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- Industry: Recruiting, Internet, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Brazil
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- Total investments: 17
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Tract — Tract is the first for kids, by kids online community for student-directed learning. We are reimagining education by giving kids full control and making learning fun. We offer members (kids age 8+) unlimited on-demand courses (learning paths) and vibrant weekly live events, taught by our inspiring community of accomplished creators. Together, theyenable kids to develop passions through meaningful, real-world lessons giving them the skills and mindset to address 21st-century challenges and opportunities.Tract is based on TRICK, the philosophy pioneered by our co-founder Esther Wojcicki. Esther has positively impacted the lives of thousands of children from her award-winning student-run journalism program and is a mother of three successful women (CEO of YouTube, CEO, and founder of 23andMe, and top UCSF medical researcher) all by applying TRICK.TRICK stands for Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. These five pillars are at the core of Tract and our mission to empower all kids to become tomorrow's innovators, leaders, and global citizens.Our team is unified by Esther’s lifelong work to evolve education for the 21st century and comes from top Consumer and Education Technology companies (Uber, Microsoft, and Instracture).What We Believe:- The secret to getting kids interested in learning is giving them control - Kids are much smarter and capable than most people think - Successful people believe in themselves and aren’t afraid to take risks - Creative people with great passions don’t follow the rules - Current rates of depression and lack of career-readiness is a global epidemic - Our education system of standardization and obedience limits creativity and a growth mindset - Education is not equitable and the achievement gap is widening - We need a generation of community-minded global citizens to make the world a better place - Education that works for kids, not against them is the silver bullet for the world’s problems
- Galena — Plataforma de desenvolvimento profissional que empodera colaboradores, maximiza o potencial das equipes e ajuda a reter os melhores talentos.
- Mustard — Elevate your game with real time analytics and instruction from the world's best coaches and athletes.
Marla is Chief Executive Officer of FS Card and a member of the company’s board of directors. Prior to FS Card Marla served as Assistant Director of Card and Payment Markets at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Marla previously spent seven years in a variety of functions at Capital One. Marla graduated from Stanford University GraduateSchool of Business with an MBA, and also earned a BS degree in Economics from University of Pennsylvania, Wharton.
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- Industry: EdTech, Enterprise, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Canary — Canary's third-party grant management platform helps companies deliver hardship grants to employees in need. Invest in employee financial wellness today.
- Meaningful Gigs — Impactful Design for Creative, Marketing, and Product Teams
Larry Bock is the founder and organizer of the USA Science & Engineering Festival, and a former founder of the San Diego Science Festival. Mr. Bock is a Special Limited Partner to Lux Capital, a $100M nanotechnology-focused venture capital fund. He is a member of the Board of Directors of FEI Corporation (NASDAQ: FEIC), the leading supplier oftools for nanotechnology research. He is a General Partner of CW Ventures, a $100M life sciences venture capital fund.Mr. Bock was the founder and former executive chairman and initial CEO of Nanosys and the founder and initial CEO of Neurocrine Biosciences (NASDAQ: NBIX), Pharmacopeia (NASDAQ: PCOP), GenPharm International, which was acquired by Medarex for $100 million; Caliper Technologies (NASDAQ: CALP); Illumina Technologies (NASDAQ: ILMN), among numerous other firms.He was also a seed or early-stage investor in variety of firms, including Acceleron Pharma, Aurora Biosciences, Biosym Technologies, ekoVenture. Gen-Probe, Gensia Pharmaceuticals, Genocea Biosciences, IDEC Pharmaceuticals Magen Biosciences, Oclassen Pharmaceuticals Plexikon Pharmaceuticals, Poland Partners, Sequana Therapeutics, Sapphire Energy, Siluria, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Software Transformation, and Viagene.Mr. Bock started his career as a researcher in the early days at Genentech, the field of infectious diseases, where he was on the team that received the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize for demonstrating the world’s first recombinant DNA vaccine. He was a Venture Capital Associate with Fairfield Ventures (now Oxford Bioventures).Larry and his wife, Diane, established the Larry and Diane Bock Chair in Nanotechnology at the University of California, Berkeley. They also founded Community Cousins, a non-profit foundation focused on breaking down racial barriers, that was selected by former Vice President Al Gore as one of 10 outstanding grass root efforts nationally. Larry is organizing the San Diego Science Festival with BioBridge of UCSD. He works extensively with the Sudanese and Burmese refugee’s networks in San Diego and is a tutor in math and sciences for Sudanese refugee children in St. Lukes Sudanese Refugee Network and a Mentor for Burmese refugee families through Jewish Family Services. Larry received his B.A. in Biochemistry (summa cum laude) from Bowdoin College and his M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA.
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- Industry: Software, TV, Social Impact
- Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Aira — Aira is live, on-demand visual interpreting, a productivity tool that connects you to actual humans who describe your visual surroundings using your smartphone.
- ZOZI — ZOZI designs and develops a web-based bookings, payments, and customer management software for tour, activity, and event businesses. It offers introductory flight lessons, vineyard tours and wine tasting by horseback, diving for abalone, ice climbing frozen waterfalls, celebrity and athlete experiences, and various accessible adventures. Thecompany also provides weekend getaways and vacation packages for customers.ZOZI was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California.
- Nanosys — Nanosys is an nanotechnology company developing, manufacturing and selling products based on high-performance, inorganic nanostructures.
Unique mix of business, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills coupled with deep technical expertise in complex software systems & social computing. Diverse background including engineering management, strategy consulting, product marketing, business development, and startup experience across enterprise software, internet technologies, andmobile devices.
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- Industry: Mobile, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- GiftAMeal — Each time a user takes a photo at a participating restaurant on the GiftAMeal app, a meal is provided to someone in need through a local food bank!
- Mission Control — Mission Control is a platform for gathering and growing community using recreational esports, similar to a local adult softball league or college intramurals, but with video games.
- Tutored by Teachers — Online Tutoring. Powered by Teachers. High Dosage Tutoring Programs.
Steve Rattner is the Chairman and CEO of Willett Advisors LLC, which manages the personal and philanthropic assets of Michael Bloomberg. He is also a Contributing Writer for the New York Times and makes frequent appearances on MSNBC's Morning Joe as the show's Economic Analyst. In 2009, Mr. Rattner was notably appointed by the Obamaadministration to act as lead adviser to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, and in this role led the effort to restructure the automobile industry. Rattner gave a detailed account of his experience in this role in his book, Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Administration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry.Before February 2009, Mr. Rattner was a Managing Principal of Quadrangle Group LLC focused on the firm's $2.9 billion media and communications private equity business. Prior to the formation of Quadrangle Group in 2000, Mr. Rattner was Deputy Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC. Mr. Rattner founded Lazard's Media and Communications Group and was involved in many of the largest and most important transactions in these industries. Mr. Rattner, who joined Lazard in 1989 as a General Partner, was previously a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he also founded the Communications Group. Mr. Rattner is active in many philanthropic organizations. He is Chairman of the Educational Broadcasting Corporation (Channels 13 and 21, New York's public television stations) and the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, a Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brookings Institution and the New America Foundation and a Fellow of Brown University. He is also a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. Mr. Rattner holds a B.A. with honors in economics from Brown University and was awarded the Harvey Baker Fellowship. He is married to Maureen White, a former official in the State Department, and they have four children.
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Social Impact
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Aspiration — Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice.
Matt is the Founder of DecentraNet. Matt has been a blockchain evangelist since 2013 when he coordinated the DC Blockchain Meetup and was heavily involved in the BitAngels investment group. Matt is the former Co-Founder and Chief Decentralization Officer at d10e, the world’s leading conference on decentralized technologies, philosophies and socialorganization and Co-Founder of Amma Healing, a CBD and wellness brand. He serves as an advisor to Dispatch Labs, ImpactPPA, Humaniq, Securrency, and Loci and has been involved in several early-stage blockchain startups, including Ubiquity and Trive.news. Matt is a prolific and sought-after speaker as an expert on decentralization at leading conferences worldwide. He has been featured in dozens of media publications, including Bloomberg, Nasdaq, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, CoinTelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, and more. Matt received his Bachelor’s of Arts in Physics from West Virginia University.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Blockchain, Bitcoin
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Portal — Portal is a financial services company that trades crypto anywhere without putting coins at risk, all from within a controllable wallet. Founded in 2018, Portal is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- DecentraNet — DecentraNet is an investment firm that provides expert advice to entrepreneurs in the marketing and financial sectors.
- Securrency — Securrency is a market-leading innovator in the development of institutional-grade, compliance-aware tokenization, account management, and decentralized finance technology based on blockchain.
David Apple is the Chief Revenue Officer at Zingtree. David Apple attended Imperial College London for MBA.
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- Industry: Soccer, Sports, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mentra — Mentra tackles systemic inequality by economically empowering underserved communities. We’re erasing the stigma around Disability Hiring with our recruiting platform that matches neurodiverse talent with inclusive employers.Our mission is to bring neurodiversity to the workplace - providing employers with thought diversity & job seekers witheconomic opportunity
- Cycle App — Cycle is a horizontal platform made of flexible building blocks that you can use in customizable workflows. Your way of working shouldn't depend on your tools, they built Cycle so that product teams could ship the way that works for them.
- ScorePlay — ScorePlay is an AI-powered media asset manager dedicated to sports. The MAM centralizes assets in a single media workspace, with AI-tagging. Distribute to athletes and sponsors automatically through app. Amplify your brand.
Anna Garcia is the General Partner at Runway Venture Partners.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Fonbnk — We are the leading global marketplace enabling you to convert your airtime into digital money. And for a limited time, we will even pay you to try us out.
- Primary — Welcome to Primary. No labels, no slogans. Just soft, simpler clothes that kids and babies will love. Shop gender neutral, sustainable basics for the whole family.
- Everyday Life — Everyday Life Insurance offers flexible & affordable life insurance plans for everyone. Use our online life insurance calculator to get instant approval.
Ramesh Chandra Majithia
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- Industry: Innovation Management, Non Profit, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
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