Top 50 Social Media Angel Investors in November 2024
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Social media startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social media companies. This investor list updates every month.Top 50 Social Media Angel Investors in November 2024
Investor | Social Media investments |
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Ronald Conway | 18 |
Cyan Banister | 14 |
Jason Calacanis | 12 |
Scott Banister | 12 |
Michael Birch | 11 |
Reid Hoffman | 11 |
Dharmesh Shah | 11 |
Gary Vaynerchuk | 11 |
Ariel Poler | 9 |
Bradley C. Harrison | 9 |
Naval Ravikant | 9 |
David Tisch | 8 |
Dave Morin | 8 |
William Lohse | 8 |
Kevin Hartz | 8 |
Mark Pincus | 8 |
Marc Andreessen | 8 |
Howard Lindzon | 7 |
Wayne Chang | 7 |
Fabrice Grinda | 7 |
Michael Jones | 7 |
Keith Rabois | 7 |
Roger Ehrenberg | 6 |
Shervin Pishevar | 6 |
Esther Dyson | 6 |
Shane Neman | 6 |
David O. Sacks | 6 |
Ashton Kutcher | 6 |
Auren Hoffman | 6 |
Benjamin Ling | 5 |
Martin Varsavsky | 5 |
Kotaro Chiba | 5 |
Tim Draper | 5 |
Vivi Nevo | 5 |
Kunal Shah | 5 |
Georges Harik | 5 |
James Currier | 5 |
Joshua Schachter | 5 |
Edward Lando | 5 |
Rajan Anandan | 5 |
Kristian Andersen | 5 |
Kotaro Chiba | 5 |
Vijay Shekhar Sharma | 5 |
Allen DeBevoise | 5 |
Mitchell Kapor | 5 |
Paige Craig | 5 |
Wei Guo | 5 |
Carlos Domingo | 5 |
Kelly Perdew | 5 |
Geoff Ralston | 5 |
Ronald Conway has been an active angel investor for over 15 years. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005) whose investments included: Google, Ask Jeeves, Paypal, Good Technology, Opsware, and Brightmail.Ronald was previously with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions from1973-1979, and Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO from 1979-1990. He eventually took Altos public in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) from 1991-1995. PTS went on to be acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft.Ronald has served/serves on Boards/Advisory Boards including: Twitter, Digg, Brightmail, Ask Jeeves, Rupture (acquired by EA), Associated Content (acquired by Yahoo!), Facebook, RockYou, ScanScout, Zappos, Trulia, StumbleUpon, Plaxo (acquired by Comcast), Photobucket (acquired by Fox), and Anchor Intelligence (co-founder).Ronald was recently named #6 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top deal-makers in 2008 and is actively involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. Ronald is Vice Chairman of the UCSF Medical Foundation in SF, Board Member of The Tiger Woods Foundation, and SF Homeless Connect, and on the Benefit Committee of Ronald McDonald House, College Track, and the Blacked Eyed Peas-PeaPod Academy Foundation.Ronald is also featured in Gary Rivlin's book _The Godfather of Silicon Valley: Ronald Conway and the Fall of the Dot-coms, described as 'the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone else in Silicon Valley.
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Investment focus
- Software, Social Media, Advertising
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- United States, Canada, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Kumo.AI — Kumo is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses make predictions from their data, like customer churn or product purchases.
- World Labs — World Labs is an AI startup that can analyze visual data with comprehension akin to a person's, a substantial advancement above existing capacities.
- Tomorrow Farms — Tomorrow Farms is a food technology company on a mission to fuel the sustainable food revolution with irresistible food and beverage brands.
Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber,Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
- Orson — The brainchild of documentarians and unscripted TV pioneers, Orson has developed the first automated video storytelling platform that helps people open up and share their stories, experiences, and aspirations.
- Superpower — The world's most comprehensive and convenient platform to manage your health, for life.
Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
- Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
- Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.
Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal.Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired byMicrosoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million.Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Arcee.ai — Learn how Arcee helps you build your own LLMs in your own cloud.
- Stell — Stell is a platform that digitizes the relationship between aerospace companies and their suppliers with a living specification workflow
- Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
Michael Birch is the Co-founder of Bebo and Birthday Alarm. Birch was raised in North London, England, went to Imperial College, London in Central London (where he met Xochi, his wife), then worked in West London. After finally deciding that he had done London, Michael moved to San Francisco in 2002.Michael and Xochi Birch sold Bebo to AOL inMarch 2008 for USD 850 million. Their combined 70% stake yielded a profit of $595 million from the deal. In June 2008, Michael invested in, and joined the board of MyStore.com along with Julian Lennon and Gordon Crawford. He is also an investor in Goodreads, a book oriented social network.Having worked in a number of not-so-exciting computer related jobs, he relished the chance to set up an Internet based family business with his wife, Xochi and brother, Paul. Remembering birthdays was never his strong point, much to his embarrassment, so what could be better than something he could use himself. Michael was responsible for developing the original Birthday Alarm website back in 2001, but is no longer involved in its development.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Social Media, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Keyo — Keyo is an end-to-end solution that offers apartment rentals. Now, Keyo has blossomed into a full-scale software-as-a-service for landlords, targeting small-to-medium-sized renters with 20 to 5,000 units. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
- HolidayFox — HolidayFox is a platform to discover and book family staycations. From a fun filled day out with the kids through to a whole holiday, HolidayFox has it all. Get suggestions, find, build and book your perfect package all in one place
- Whatifi — Whatifi turns passive viewers into active players who control what happens next.
Reid Hoffman is the Partner of Greylock. He previously worked at Convoy Inc as a Board Member. Reid Hoffman attended the University of Perugia.
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Investment focus
- Software, Social Media, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Resolve.ai — Resolve AI is a firm dedicated on automating software processes. The company creates AI solutions that can automatically troubleshoot and resolve manufacturing challenges.
- World Labs — World Labs is an AI startup that can analyze visual data with comprehension akin to a person's, a substantial advancement above existing capacities.
- Pacific Fusion — Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.
Dharmesh Shah is the Founder and CTO at HubSpot. Dharmesh Shah attended University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- CrewAI — CrewAI is a multi-agent automation platform for enterprises to automate complex tasks. With its automation platform, organizations can deploy and manage AI agents to automate complex tasks and to value across a wide range of use cases, from research and analysis to coding and reporting.The company also offers a range of advanced new featuresincluding self-iteration, performance evaluation, persistent memory, and a range of new agent collaboration structures.
- Recraft — The first generative AI design tool that lets users create and edit digital illustrations, vector art, icons, and 3D graphics in a uniform brand style.
- Persana AI — Hyperpersonalized AI enables businesses to easily identify qualified leads, surface customer insights and send personalized outreach at scale.
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.
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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 — Unrivaled operates as a professional women's basketball league.
Ariel Poler is the Co-Founder of Reveri Health. Ariel is an Internet entrepreneur, mentor, and investor. He was the founder of IPRO, the first web analytics company, and of Topica, one of the first email communities. Ariel was a board member of Kana Software, LinkExchange, Odeo, LOLapps, and StumbleUpon. He currently serves on the boards of FreedomFinancial Network, MixTent, Strava, and Scan Inc. Ariel’s angel investments include AdMob, Flixster, Slideshare, Xobni, RockYou, and Outright, BrightRoll, Instructables, Causes, Kongregate and NexTag. Ariel holds a B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University. He is originally from Venezuela and lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children.
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Investment focus
- Software, Social Media, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Reloadly — Reloadly makes it easy for developers to connect with Mobile operator services. We are disrupting a Trillion dollar industry! Mobile Operators are stuck in old school business models, where most of the world is moving to open source platforms for developers to build amazing products. Reloadly is bridging the gap between mobile operators anddevelopers, and at the same time creating new sales channels for the 816 mobile operators around the world.
- Openlytics — Openlytics is a visual analytics platform. It allows Data Workers to create pipelines for data transformation and analysis, in a visual way. Our mission is to empower everyone in the organization to solve data problems, without waiting for developers.Openlytics is an early-stage company, looking to build a founding team that can shape thedirection of the product. We’re seed-funded, remote-first, and hiring.If you're interested in learning more, email us at hello@openlytics.io.
- humm — humm harnesses cutting-edge neuroscience into products that allow people to learn faster and perform better.humm is working to bring the incredible results of neuroscience research out of the lab and into non-invasive wearables that improve the quality of life for everyday people. Our first product is a clinically validated patch that you wearfor 15 minutes to get up to 90 minutes of improved working memory, by gently stimulating the signals in the part of the brain that controls your executive thinking. humm improves your ability to learn and be at your best, allowing people to reconnect with the joy of learning and challenge themselves to continue growing at any stage of life, whether it's for work or personal enjoyment!
Brad is an entrepreneur and seasoned business development executive with a passion for technology, media, entertainment and lifestyle. Brad has a great deal of experience launching new ventures. While attending MIT, he worked as a Partner in a seed stage venture fund, ITU Ventures, and helped launch a joint MIT-Harvard incubator. During thisexperience, Brad worked at the earliest stages with many dynamic companies including Endeca Technologies.While serving as Director of Media Strategy and Development at AOL, Brad co-authored 3 patents in search, geo-tagging, and personalization, with Edmund Fish, Senior Vice President and General Manager at AOL. Following AOL, Brad helped raise $40M in venture funding for a contextual online advertising network. Prior to launching his business career, Brad was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the United States Army for five years, earning both Airborne and Ranger qualifications before retiring as Captain. He resides in Tribeca with his wife, Angie, his son, Elvis and his daughter, Scout.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, SaaS
- Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Virtuix — With over 4000 Omnis shipped to date, the patent protected Omni system is the leading and most popular omni-directional treadmill on the market.
- Ampsy — The Ampsy (formerly Fliptu) platform offers brands a comprehensive suite of social aggregation tools to aggregate & curate their best brand & fan social content into beautiful, engaging social visualizations. In 60 seconds, a brand can build a campaign and have it live & embedded anywhere with a single line of iframe code. Our socialembeds are proven to increase fan engagement and time-on-site, solving a major leakage problem in the customer acquisition & retention funnel.***2014 SXSW Accelerator Finalisthttp://sxsw.com/interactive/news/2014/2014-sxsw-accelerator-finalists-revealed-startups-rock-austin-march***Named 1 of the 20 Most Interesting Technologies at SXSW by IPG Media Lab of Interpublic Group - IPG (NYSE)http://www.ipglab.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/SXSW2014_IPGMediaLab_Recap.pdf
- LiveNinja — Business communication solutions from net2phone streamline workflows, effortlessly collaborate, and build customer relationships that last.
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
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Keychain — Keychain is a rapidly growing platform dedicated to connecting brands and retailers with the best manufacturing partners worldwide. At Keychain, we utilize AI to streamline the process of finding and vetting manufacturers, making the supply chain more transparent and efficient.
- 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.
Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, France, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
- Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.
- Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS
William Lohse is a Founder Joyance Europe of Joyance Partners.
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Investment focus
- Software, Social Media, Advertising
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, Japan, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Beatrust — Tags connect and drive collaboration, expanding your team's potential
- SmartNews — Trusted by over 40+ million worldwide readers, SmartNews provides the best news, stories and events across 200+ local news sites.
- Greenhouse Software — Greenhouse is a talent acquisition software company that offers its suite of tools and services to help businesses with the hiring process.The platform aims to assist companies with sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and on-boarding the right talent. It assists employers to establish who they are looking to hire and plan a consistent interviewprocess, enabling recruiters to collect feedback and track employees after they have been hired.Daniel Chait and Jon Stross co-founded the company in 2012 and headquartered it in New York, New York.
Kevin is the Co-Founder and GP of A* Capital & The Co-Founder & Chairman of Eventbrite (NYSE: EB)Prior A* Capital, Kevin was at Founders Fund. Previously Co-Founder and CEO of Eventbrite (NYSE: EB). Kevin was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company servicing more than 30 countriesworldwide. Xoom went public in 2012 and was acquired by PayPal in 2015. Kevin has served as an early-stage investor and advisor to successful start-ups including Airbnb, Lookout, PayPal, Pinterest, Skybox Imaging, Trulia, Uber, and Yammer.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Ireland, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Icon — Icon helps brands partner with creators, turn 1 video into 20 videos with AI, and A/B test messaging to find winning ads. We’re backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, as well as founders & executives of OpenAI, Ramp, Flexport, Pika, & Cognition (Devin).
- Hedra — Video creation for everyone.
- Reflect Orbital — Reflect sells sunlight from space.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Internet, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Loop — Control your freight spend with Loop. A tech-first audit and pay platform loved by Shippers, Carriers and 3PLs.
- Echo Chunk AI — We build epic strategy games that generate themselves. Starting with Echo Chess: the daily chess puzzler where you are what you eat.
- Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.
Marc Andreessen was the Co-founder of LoudCloud Systems.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Social Media
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
- Phi — Phi is a social gaming platform that focuses on 'on-chain Identity' using ENS and wallet activity. It allows users to build their web3 cities based on their wallet activities. The platform also offers a variety of features such as Silver Gas Saver, Supersonic Bat, Gold Gas Saver, Hypersonic Bat, Iron Gas Guzzler, and Ethereum Wallpaper.Phi also provides a user guide for its users to understand how to play and access Phi Land, and how to create their Phi Land. The platform is designed to be immersive and interactive, providing a unique gaming experience for its users.
- Quillette — What is Quillette? Quillette is an Australian based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. We are politically non-partisan, but rely on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values. Quillette hosts the Quillette and Quillette Cetera podcasts, and every year we throw Quillette Socials for our
Howard Lindzon - Founder & General Partner @ Social Leverage
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Swag Golf — Premium milled golf putters designed and assembled in the USA, insane limited release golf club head covers, men's golf clothing & apparel, and the coolest golf accessories for all players who don't give a putt.
- Vestaboard — Vestaboard has totally re-imagined the design of a split-flap display you might see at a train station in Europe.
- Whoosh — Modern golf operations software for private golf clubs that streamlines your workflows to improve member experiences and reduce revenue loss.
Wayne Chang is the Founder and CEO of Patented.ai. He previously worked at Crashlytics as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Wayne Chang attended the University of Massachusetts.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Mural — Mural enables financial teams to manage crypto payouts and invoices for employees, contractors, and vendors worldwide.
- CryptoTaxCalculator — Online Crypto Tax Calculator with support for over 400 integrations. $49 for all financial years. Money Back Guarantee.
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.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
- PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
- Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor, and strategic advisor. A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful company in college and since then has founded, built, and sold numerous online and mobile businesses.As the co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Science, Inc., Mike brings together the best talent, resources, andfinancing through a centralized platform to build and invest in technology businesses. In 2016 alone, three of Science’s portfolio companies saw big exits -- HelloSociety was acquired by The New York Times, Dollar Shave Club was acquired by Unilever, and FameBit was acquired by Google. His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency, resulting in over $2.6B in successful investor outcomes.Prior to Science, Mike Jones served as the CEO of Myspace. In this role, Mike oversaw global business strategy and operations for Myspace, Myspace Music, and Myspace Mobile, which included board and strategic roles with joint venture partners in Myspace China and Myspace Japan / Softbank. During his tenure, he was responsible for the relaunch of Myspace, one of the most high-profile turn-around challenges in the industry
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Twenty20 — T wenty20 has closed its doors and is no longer accessible. Continue your creative journey with curated photos from Envato Elements.
- Anagram — Anagram's software platform automates vision insurance eligibility, claims, billing, lab ordering, and instant rebates to help eye care providers differentiate themselves and advance their practices.
- Boom Entertainment — Boom Entertainment creates world-class products for the online gaming era. That includes slot machine games, innovative sportsbook products and free to play sports applications. We work with media companies, pro sports leagues, retail brands, and casinos.
Keith Rabois is the Co-Founder of Datadoor.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Delphi — Delphi is digital cloning that scales time, monetizes knowledge, and interacts audience at scale.
- Pomelo — Send money cross border with zero transfer fees. Use and build credit with Pomelo.
- Palm Tree Crew — Palm Tree Crew operates and invests in companies at the intersection of consumer, entertainment, and technology. Palm Tree Crew was co-founded by Kygo, alongside Myles Shear and Austin Criden.
Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.
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- FinTech, Advertising, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- FL Newsletter — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
- Gemini Sports Analytics — The first AI cloud for sports
Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.
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- Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada
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- Pipe — Get up to the full annual value of your booked monthly and quarterly contracts. Scale your business without dilution or debt.
- Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
- NUE Life Health — NUE Life aims to improve mental wellness by enhancing brain function, performance, and longevity through evidence based and scientifically proven mental health treatments and products.
Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville
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- Health Care, Software, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Russian Federation
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- Ezra AI — Ezra provides full-body MRI screening for potential early cancer and abnormalities in up to 13 organs. Book a scan today.
- Way — Way combines intuitive eating with behavior science for mindful habits. 73.5% of app users report transformed thinking post-program.
- Openwater — OPENWATER - THE FUTURE OF NEURAL DIAGNOSTICS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
Founder of EZ Texting and JoonBug. Serial entrepreneur and investor in Tech, Real Estate & Hospitality.cA forward-thinking problem solver, consummate optimist and serial entrepreneur, Shane Neman is the prototypical businessman of our modern era. His experience and expertise in business span numerous industries, from technology andtelecommunications to real estate and hospitality. After leaving NYU Medical School early, he started three industry-shifting tech startups (two of them – EZ Texting and JoonBug – acquired) with hundreds of employees and tens of thousands of customers. As an insightful startup backer, Shane’s portfolio includes companies such as Convoy, Prose, Impossible Foods, Universal Standard, Apostrophe, MeetMindful, MapAnything, VinePair and Smylen. Shane is also a prolific real estate developer and investor. From commercial shopping and industrial centers to residential buildings, he owns more than two dozen large-scale properties across the U.S. He holds a degree in Computer Science from New York University, where he received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater scholarship and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.
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- Health Care, Software, Wellness
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Kenya, Spain
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- Figure — Figure is the first-of-its-kind AI robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.
- CG Oncology — CG Oncology is an oncolytic immunotherapy company that is intensely focused on developing bladder saving therapeutics for patients with bladder cancer.
- Taxa Technologies — Designer probiotics for personal care
David O. Sacks is the Co-Founder and Partner of Craft Ventures. He previously worked at Zenefits as an Investor, COO, and Interim CEO. David Sacks attended the University of Chicago Law School and Stanford University.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Israel, Germany
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- Waitroom — Rumi.ai redefines meetings with AI-synced notes and tasks, streamlining your workflow and ensuring productive action tracking
- Index — Index wants companies to use its no-code dashboard builder to help visualize their KPIs and track performance. The tool boasts integration with a variety of data providers so that users aren’t forced to manually enter data into another tool. The startup hopes that building embeddable dashboards will help their solution catch fire and that startupswill turn to their tool when they want to track progress on goals.
- Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.
Ashton Kutcher is an actor, investor, entrepreneur, producer and philanthropist.Kutcher has been named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” as well as being honored by Vanity Fair ‘s “New Establishment List,” which identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigiesand entrepreneurs. Twice, Kutcher was named one of Forbes magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities,” as well as one of Fast Company magazine’s “Most Creative People.”Kutcher has been investing in technology for over a decade, both as an angel investor and a founding partner of A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures. His fund portfolio includes Airbnb, Uber, Flexport, Brex, Robinhood, Bird, Airtable and Affirm among others.Kutcher is also the co-founder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children (www.thorn.org). Thorn drives technology innovation to fight the sexual exploitation of children.Kutcher currently stars in the Netflix original series, The Ranch. He also serves as Executive Producer. Until 2015, Kutcher starred in the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men. The show ranked as the second most-watched comedy on all of network television. Kutcher first gained recognition as Michael Kelso on the Fox series That 70’s Show, and went on to star in a variety of box office hits on the big screen – including What Happens In Vegas with Cameron Diaz, The Guardian with Kevin Costner, No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and the cult hit Dude, Where’s My Car.Kutcher served as co-creator and producer of MTV's hit series, “Punk'd,” and The CW's reality series “Beauty and the Geek” and “True Beauty.” He has also produced films such as No Strings Attached, Killers and The Butterfly Effect. Additionally, Kutcher co-founded APlus, a digital media company devoted to spreading the message of positive journalism, a kind of storytelling that focuses on our shared humanity. In 2016, APlus was purchased by Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
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- QD-SOL — QD-SOL uses nanoparticles to produce green hydrogen in half the time.
- Spicewell — Spicewell develops and creates food seasoning products that includes various kinds of micronutrients. It uses modern science to infuse healthy and organic additions to food meals. Spicewell is based in California, USA.
- HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
Auren Hoffman is the CEO and Chief Historian of SafeGraph and he was the CEO of Rapleaf.
Auren holds a B.S.E. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the UC Berkeley. He writes a blog called Summation.
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- Software, Analytics, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Ex Parte — Ex Parte uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to give customers the information they need to make better decisions and achieve a competitive advantage. Consider it Moneyball for a market that is >20 times the size of Major League Baseball.
- Calypso AI — CalypsoAI combines industry-leading AI testing and human-in-the-loop decision making to give you the confidence you need to push AI projects into production.
- Sincera — Sincera provides novel signal data to the most innovative companies in advertising technology.
Ben Ling is a founder and partner at Bling Capital. Previously he was an Investment Partner at Khosla Ventures, where he is focused on mobile and Internet, marketplace, consumer health and data businesses. He is an accomplished executive and angel investor, with senior operating roles at Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Badoo. His personalinvestments include Square, Palantir, Quora, and PracticeFusion, Fab, DogVacay, and he holds advisory roles at Pinterest and Pulse.Ben currently serves on the board of Wattpad, Tapingo, Academia.edu, TheHunt, Quantopian, and Pymetrics.At Google, he was Google’s Senior Director of Search Products and Local Business Products, including overseeing Images, Videos, Books, News and Finance. At YouTube, he was Senior Director of Partnerships and Platform, responsible for Music, Movies, Sports, News, as well as Mobile, TV, and API partnerships. In his first role at Google, Ben was the founder and GM of Google’s Commerce group, including Google Wallet and Shopping.At Facebook, Ben was Director of Facebook Platform overseeing the Facebook developer ecosystem, and led product, marketing, developer operations, partner solutions, and helped build Facebook Connect, which has helped Facebook grow across the web.Ben holds a Ph.D. and Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.Ben is a Department of Defense Fellow and recipient of UC Berkeley’s Bechtel Achievement Award (Top graduating senior in College of Engineering).
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- Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, Canada
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- Capchase — Capchase is a fintech company that provides financial solutions to startups by allowing access to funds as they grow.
- Hedge — Hedge develops a protocol that provides access to liquidity for assets on all chains.
- Merlin Labs — Merlin is the aviation technology company propelling the future of fully autonomous flight.
Martin Varsavsky is the Founder and Chairman of Gameto. He previously worked at Fon as a Chairman. Martin Varsavsky attended Columbia Business School.
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- Social Media, Health Care, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Spain
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- Outdid — Verify identities with no storage, processing, or access of private personal information
- TympaHealth — The award-winning Tympa system is designed to empower clinicians to deliver ear and hearing healthcare within local communities.
- Vitara Biomedical — Vitara Biomedical has developed a therapeutic platform to support premature infants. Vitara Biomedical's platform was inspired by natural physiological processes to transform neonatal care.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Internet, Drones, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
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- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
- Buupass — BuuPass is Kenya's market leader for online bus booking. We enable travelers to reserve seats and make payments in a convenient and timely way. Try BuuPass today!
- Zest Protocol — Zest Protocol enables users to put their Bitcoin to work. Earn more BTC, or borrow against your BTC.
Nevo is the owner of NV Investments, a venture capital firm that is believed to invest in technology companies around the world. Vivi has also been backing The Weinstein Company. His mutli-million fortune has built up through his investments to cable companies with the initial $10 million that he inherited. He has bought some big stakes in Comcastand U.S. West and Charter Communications. Today, some of his earnings come from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and recently, with Twitter.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
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- Resonai — Vera is an enterprise-grade computer vision platform for that transforms commercial buildings into intelligent environments.
- Subject — Subject provides high school learners access to premium, on-demand courses for credit or study support
- Saturn Technologies — The best way to share time with friends
Kunal Shah
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
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- Revrag — Revarg aims to automate tasks and increase sales efficiency by empowering revenue teams. Its first product, AI-BDR, will handle prospect outreach and meeting scheduling, allowing human salespeople to focus on client interactions. The AI agent will intelligently qualify leads, schedule meetings, and provide data-driven insights.
- Zivy Inc — Turn your chaotic and noisy workplace communication into calm collaboration, with Zivy! Skim. Schedule. Tag. Todo. Take action on your messages in zen.
- infinyte.club — The ultimate wealth product for intelligent investors: track your net worth, manage public and private market investments & grow wealth across traditional & new-age assets.
Georges Harik was Director of Googlettes, a start-up incubator that operated inside Google, and a Distinguished Engineer at Google. As Director of Googlettes, his team was responsible for the product management and strategy efforts surrounding many starting Google initiatives including Gmail, Google Talk, Google Video, Picasa, Orkut, Google Groupsand Google Mobile.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom
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- TENYX — Discover innovative solutions for digital transformation at Tenyx. Explore our cutting-edge technology services designed to drive business growth and elevate your digital presence.
- Deep Infra — Deep Infra offers cost-effective, scalable, easy-to-deploy, and production-ready machine-learning models and infrastructures for deep-learning models.
- Lambda — GPU Workstations, GPU Servers, GPU Laptops, and GPU Cloud for Deep Learning & AI. RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX A4000, RTX A5000, RTX A6000, and A100 Options. Ubuntu, TensorFlow, and PyTorch Pre-Installed.
James Currier is the General Partner of NFX. He previously worked at Jiff Inc. as a Co-Founder and Chairman. James Currier attended Harvard University.
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- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Costa Rica
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- Yodas.com — Helping top developers manage their careers by connecting with the best opportunities at the right time
- Codi — The first company to offer access to daytime workspaces in private & beautiful homes, giving people the opportunity to walk to work. Codi connects your employees to flexible workspaces right in their neighborhoods. Happier employees. Reduced costs. Stronger culture. The future of work... is literally around the corner.
- Smashing — The smartest way to read articles
Joshua Schachter is an organizer at Self Racing Cars. He was the CEO of Tasty Labs and the founder of Joshua has also worked for directory, and was a co-creator of Memepool.
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- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Japan, Canada
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- Arrows — Arrows is a customer onboarding checklist. Send every customer a personalized onboarding plan, with automated email reminders, due dates, assigned tasks, and a lot more.One of the hardest things about onboarding is getting everybody on the same page. Using Arrows, you can get "mutual buy-in" from your customers to build trust throughoutthe onboarding process. Plus, with due dates and automated email reminders, they'll always know what should be done next. Arrows is the place for you to collaborate, strategize, and coordinate together.Every customer is different... so why are you giving them the same onboarding plan? With Arrows, personalizing onboarding for your customers is a cinch. Start with a template, so your team never misses important steps. Then customize your plan for each customer, so you can get mutual buy-in on a plan perfectly structured for their goals and timeline.
- Urban Machine — Urban Machine pioneers sustainable wood reclamation. The Machine leverages robotics and AI technology to transform the construction industry by reducing wood waste and promoting circular practices.
- Hidden Door — An immersive adventure game set in the worlds of your favorite books, movies, and shows.
Edward Lando is the Founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a Co-Founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, France
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- SiPay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
- Syntetica — Syntetica is a nylon recycling startup that addresses pollution in the fashion industry by transforming discarded nylon products into high-quality, reusable materials. Their innovative processes help reduce waste, conserve resources, and promote sustainability within the fashion sector.
- Unicorn Auctions — Unicorn Auctions offers rare spirits auctions to buyers, sellers, and collectors. They provide ios and android apps in addition to their web bidding platform for digital auctions. To ensure examination of every asset listed, they must take physical possession of their items.
As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
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- NAYAN — NAYAN visual AI monitors and identifies real-time road events. NAYAN AI supports businesses and authorities by offering actionable insights on visual events, to make the world a safer place.
- Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
- mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.
Kristian Andersen is a co-founder and partner at High Alpha and was a Co-founder at Octiv. He attended Anderson University.
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- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Germany
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- The Bee Corp — The Bee Corp’s product, Verifli applies data analytics to beehives to help growers ensure effective pollination through infrared inspection technology. The Bee Corp increases yield for farmers by monitoring the number, health and distribution of pollinating bees.
- The Prepared — Expert guides and deeply researched reviews to help you get prepared for emergencies without wasting time or money.
- Sportsman Tracker — Sportsman Tracker is a cross-platform digital toolset designed to increase success opportunities for hunters and fishermen and allow them to quickly share their experiences. Powered by W.I.T. (Wild Life Intelligence Technology), the tracker calculates the variables that directly affect wildlife behavior. The platform lets track species and getsadaptive features that are specific only the species.Founded in 2012 by Jon Schwander and Jeffrey James Courter, Sportsman Tracker is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Travel, Internet, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
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- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering.
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- Internet, News, Social Media
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- India, United States, Singapore
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- Vahan — Vahan's AI-Driven virtual assistant helps field sales teams and frontliners do better work at scale. A web-based dashboard allows employers to track usage data that can be used for business intelligence. Their virtual assistant is completely customizable to align with employers' support, training, communication, and reporting needs.
- Vahan.ai — Vahan uses Artificial Intelligence to match job seekers with employers inside messaging apps
- TechEagle Innovations — TechEagle is India's pioneer and lead manufacturer of long range, high Speed, heavy payload delivery Drone solutions. Founded in 2015 by IIT Kanpur alumni, It became one of the very first companies to receive approvals from DGCA, MoCA, AAI & MHA to conduct BVLOS trials for package delivery in India.
Allen DeBeviose started Third Wave in 2014 after more than 30 years of experience incubating and investing in digital media companies. He has invested in over 70 digital media companies and has co-founded several of the most important digital media brands including Machinima, StyleHaul, DanceOn, INDMusic, Mitu, and Tubular Labs. Prior to foundingThird Wave, Allen built a strong track record as an Angel Investor in the digital media sector and has had over 15 high-multiple exits and NAVs. Allen is currently the Chairman of Machinima and sits on several digital media company boards including StyleHaul, MiTu, Tubular Labs, DanceOn, INDMusic, and Mondo Entertainment. He was an early investor and outside board member for several companies. LowerMyBills.com and Dealer.com are examples of two companies that had highly successful exits. He was featured on the Hollywood Reporter's Digital Power List 2009 and on Digital Media Wire's 2010 List of "25 Executives to Watch” and dubbed the Godfather of Online Video. Allen is a frequent speaker at major digital media conferences and considered an important leader in the rapidly growing Silicon Beach venture capital community.Allen has been engaged on the leading edge in the digital media and interactive arena for over three decades including working on the first uses of computer animation in entertainment ("Tron"), the first interactive video on the Mac ("Guernica"), the first interactive television trial (Time Warner Orlando) and the first broadband cable Internet prototype ("@Home").Allen has an A.B. in Mathematics and an MSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Media and Entertainment, Video, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Hong Kong
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- Immortals Gaming Club — Immortals was founded in 2015 as a US-based esports and gaming organization that competes in League of Legends (LCS). At Immortals we aim to entertain, inspire, and be the voice of esports fans in the Great Lakes Region through our exciting players, talented creators and innovative regional experiences.
- Waggle.tv — Keep your fido safe in your RV/Home with America's most trusted Waggle Pet Monitor. Waggle gives safety to your pets and peace of mind for you. Learn more.
- Wisecrack — Wisecrack is a collective of academics, comedians and filmmakers who are endlessly curious about the world around us.
Mitchell Kapor is the Partner of Kapor Capital. He previously worked at Generation Investment Management as an Advisory Board Member. Mitchell Kapor attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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- Software, Mobile, Education
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Japan, Singapore
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- Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
- Spreadsheet.com — The spreadsheet you know with the power of a database and project management system. Gantt, Kanban, Forms, and Automations. Get started free.
- DuckDuckGo — The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Paige Craig Is The Partner at Outlander.He attend to the United States Military Academy at West PointUnited States Military Academy at West Point 1992.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Iceland
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- StackStr — Real time monitoring of machine learning systems.
- Qualified — Qualified is the most effective platform for evaluating and training world-class engineers. Utilizing real-world assessment methodology we enable companies to identify high-performing hires.
- Spaceship — A platform for Continuous Delivery. Turn your code into containers automatically. Get it running on Kubernetes instantly.
Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, China, Canada
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- Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
- Playbook — Playbook gives creators the opportunity to build and grow a subscription business. Fans get an all-access pass to a curated health and wellness content.
- Crossing — Crossing Media is a live broadcast e-commerce service company that builds awareness, engagement, and sales through live-stream shopping.
Carlos Domingo is the Founder & CEO at Securitize.
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- Social Media, Internet, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States
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- Bag on Board — Bag on Board partners with airlines to offer their passengers a service to check-in their bags from anywhere in the city.
- Startupxplore — Startupxplore is a premium startup investment platform that allows unexperienced and time-savvy investors to diversify their portfolio by co-investing with a group of top-level investors with a proven track record on startup investment.
- Albora Technologies — High-precision geolocation open ecosystem that delivers accurate positioning coordinates ubiquitously, specially addressing problems in challenging environments.
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner at Moonshots Capital.
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- Software, Internet, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
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- Acquicent — Acquicent enables the issuance and trading of blockchain tokens linked to digital and real-world collectibles.
- Dulce Vida — Making great tequila means we start with the finest ingredients. The foundation of our tequila differentiates us from the competition: Organic. 100% Blue Agave. Los Altos (Highlands). Handcrafted. Discover what happens when we infuse our award-winning 100% blue agave blanco tequila with refreshing
- Milestone Brands — We acquire, innovate and build spirit brands.
Geoff Ralston is the President, CEO, and Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Imagine K12 as a Founder. Geoff Ralston attended INSEAD.
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- Software, Education, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, India, Senegal
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- Elpha — Elpha is where women succeed at work together. Become a member to access daily conversations with experts, insider job opportunities, and a lot of women talking candidly about work and life. Plus membership is free!
- Aesthetic — Aesthetic is the easiest way to discover and purchase NFTs across chains.
- Rain Industries — Every wildfire starts small. Rain contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition with autonomous drones.
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