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Top 50 Travel Angel Investors in United States (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United States Travel startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United States Travel startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Erik Blachford
Angel
12 United States, Canada, Austria Seed, Series A, Series B Travel, E-Commerce, Marketplace $425k–$35M
Jason Calacanis
Angel
8 United States, Australia, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $25k–$5.3M
Spencer Rascoff
Angel
7 United States, Sweden, Canada Seed, Series A, Series C Real Estate, Software, Travel $1.1M–$150M
Hugh Crean
Angel
5 United States Seed, Series A Travel, Mobile, Hospitality $250k–$6M
Eric Schmidt
Angel
5 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $120k–$320M
Thomas Lehrman
Angel
5 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Education $550k–$157M
Jack Dorsey
Angel
5 United States, United Kingdom, Japan Series A, Seed, Series C Software, Apps, Mobile $1.1M–$80M
Christopher Shonk
Angel
4 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Travel $180k–$41M
Barney Harford
Angel
4 United States, Spain Seed, Series A, Series C Travel, Tourism, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$10M
Sahin Boydas
Angel
4 United States, Canada, Mexico Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $500k–$150M
Scott Banister
Angel
4 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Mobile, Information Technology $500k–$45M
Thomas McInerney
Angel
4 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software $115k–$6.1M
Alexis Ohanian
Angel
4 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce $1.3M–$152M
Scott Hintz
Angel
4 United States Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Travel, Leisure, Tourism
José Manuel Anderson
Angel
3 United States Private Equity, Angel Sports, Media and Entertainment, Golf
Fabrice Grinda
Angel
3 United States, France, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Marketplace, Software $685k–$55M
Andrew Ballester
Angel
3 United States Seed, Pre-Seed B2B, Apps, SaaS $393k–$5.7M
David Baggett
Angel
3 United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Angel SaaS, Travel, Software $800k–$10M
David Bonderman
Angel
3 United States, Malaysia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Marketplace $1M–$25M
Ellen Keszler
Angel
3 United States Seed, Series A Travel, Leisure, Tourism
David Morin
Angel
3 United States, France, Finland Seed, Series A Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce $1M–$13M
Scott Belsky
Angel
3 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.1M–$50M
Daniel Curran
Angel
3 United States, Canada, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Internet $230k–$50M
Louis Beryl
Angel
3 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Financial Services $31k–$14M
Aman Bhutani
Angel
3 United States Seed, Series A Travel, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $4M–$160M
Gil Penchina
Angel
3 United States, France, Finland Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, Mobile $700k–$14M
Neil Giugno
Angel
3 United States Seed Retail, Travel, FinTech
Naval Ravikant
Angel
3 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain $1M–$25M
Shervin Pishevar
Angel
3 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, E-Commerce $1.1M–$63M
Rudy Gadre
Angel
3 United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Mobile, E-Commerce $500k–$5M
Walter Winshall
Angel
3 United States, France Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, SaaS, Education $225k–$7M
Edward Lando
Angel
3 United States, United Kingdom, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $125k–$31M
Chris Adamo
Angel
2 United States Seed Software, Video, Apps
Ashton Kutcher
Angel
2 United States, Germany, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, FinTech $1M–$125M
Vinay Iyengar
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Travel, Smart Home, Travel Accommodations
Adam Goldstein
Angel
2 United States, Turkey Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Internet, Enterprise Software
Kevin Johnson
Angel
2 United States, Egypt, The Netherlands Seed, Angel, Series A E-Commerce, SaaS, Advertising
Andy McLoughlin
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Apps
Rick Marini
Angel
2 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Blaine Vess
Angel
2 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Adam Guild
Angel
2 United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B Travel, Fashion, Aerospace
Sunmeet Jolly
Angel
2 United States, Israel Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Software
Matt Mullenweg
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
Jaffray Woodriff
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Lorenzo Thione
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Raymond Tonsing
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Mike Zimmerman
Angel
2 Australia, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Tarun Upaday
Angel
2 United States Seed, Angel Travel, Software, Mobile
Eric Chen
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Travel, Hospitality
Andrew Mitchell
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Goods
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Erik Blachford
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 12 investments in United States Travel startups

Experienced executive, investor, advisor, and independent board director and board chairman, across consumer tech, travel, health and fitness, and clean energy and sustainability. Deep experience with HR, exec compensation, strategy, consumer marketing, and M&A. I started out on the founding team at Expedia, where I was the second CEO, before becoming CEO at IAC Travel (Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Vacations), then TerraPass, then Butterfield & Robinson. After 17 years as an operator I transitioned to venture capital investing as a Venture Partner at TCV and as an independent venture investor. Currently I serve as an Independent Director at Zillow Group, HipCamp, Fora Travel, Joy Life, DCbel, Wheel The World, and Acely, and as Chairman of the Board at Terra Mobility and the Adventure Travel Trade Association, and is the owner of Camp Nominingue, a wilderness adventure summer camp in Quebec. Former boards include Expedia, SiteMinder, TourRadar, Varsity Tutors, Liftopia (Chairman), Glassdoor, Choose Energy, Couchsurfing (Executive Chairman) and Peloton (Lead Independent Director including 2019 IPO). I am open to potential new opportunities, ideally as an Independent Director, Exec Chairman, Operating Partner or Interim Executive position in the travel, hospitality, consumer tech, wellness, or sustainability or energy sectors, or advising venture capital or private equity firms or portfolio companies. AB Princeton University MBA Columbia Business School MFA San Francisco State University

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, E-Commerce, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $425k–$6M; Series A $2.3M–$11M; Series B $1M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
  • Wheel the World — Wheel the World is a social startup with the purpose of making the world accessible. By building a cutting-edge model of accessibility data, which is extracted, organized, and displayed on www.gowheeltheworld.com, we allow people with disabilities to find and book accessible travel experiences including hotels, tours, and activities with theaccessibility information they need in the most amazing destinations in the world.We believe that people with disabilities should experience the world like anyone else. Governments, travel companies, and tourism professionals are all joining the accessible travel movement given the exponential growth of people with disabilities traveling around the world. Our commitment is to provide detailed information about what is accessible and specialized customer support involved through the entire experience.An accessible destination is a combination of accessible accommodation, transportation, and activities. This is why we are partnering with local travel businesses creating 100% accessible services together that we offer online. We want to allow millions of people to travel to thousands of destinations!
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Jason Calacanis
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 8 investments in United States Travel startups, 25 in the past 12 months

Jason Calacanis is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and CEO of LAUNCH. Jason previously worked at Weblogs, Inc. as the CEO and Co-Founder. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 786
  • Round size: Seed $525k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Convertible Note $25k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hermetiq — Migrate to Bazel, run your builds, and improve build performance with Hermetiq. Explore AI-powered build operations in the cloud or your environment.
  • 8090 Solutions — Quality. Control. Consistency. The AI-native platform that puts documentation, collaboration, and oversight at the center of software development.
  • Neurometric AI — Making Intelligence Free | https://t.co/ZxWxeMBJt2 | https://t.co/W8nlLqYwQi
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Spencer Rascoff
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 7 investments in United States Travel startups

Spencer Rascoff is based out of New York, New York and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Match Group and also the Board of Directors of Hinge. Spencer previously served as Co-Founder, Executive Chairman at dot.LA. Spencer Rascoff attended Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Software, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Sweden, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$16M; Series A $5.5M–$48M; Series C $2.8M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HostGPO — A members-only buying group for vacation rental hosts, owners, and managers.
  • Ohana — Find sublets and furnished apartments for internships, travel nursing & monthly stays. Ohana offers flexible short-term and mid-term rentals in top cities.
  • Madrona Venture Labs — Founders like you. Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio based in Seattle. We partner with founders from day one to build meaningful companies from scratch.
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Hugh Crean
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 5 investments in United States Travel startups

Hugh Crean is the current Chief Executive Officer of Operix. He previously worked at JPK Capital as an Operating Partner. Hugh Crean attended Boston College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Mobile, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vhoto — Founded by tech-startup veterans and based in the heart of Seattle, Vhoto is an iOS app that leverages the richness of HD video to capture and share life’s best highlights - which we call vhotos. Using machine learning and computer vision technology, Vhoto quickly and intelligently finds the best GIFs and photos from video all in the palm of yourhand.
  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
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Eric Schmidt
Angel · Mountain View, California, United States · 5 investments in United States Travel startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Eric Schmidt is based out of New York, New York, and is the CEO and Executive Chairman of Relativity Space. Eric previously worked at Alphabet as an Executive Chairman and Technical Advisor. Eric Schmidt attended Princeton University. Eric Schmidt has been awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 122
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$105M; Series A $5.9M–$320M; Series B $12M–$227M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mona — Mona is an AI platform that helps small businesses across the U.S. access capital and financial coaching.
  • Stability AI — AI for Humanity. Stability AI is a solution studio dedicated to innovating ideas. By using collective intelligence principles and augmented technology we design and implement feasible solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
  • Kela Technologies — Kela Technologies is a secure, open platform that enables the rapid and seamless integration of commercial and military systems in support of Western defense.
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Thomas Lehrman
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 5 investments in United States Travel startups

Thomas D. Lehrman is the Board Director at Gerson Lehrman Group.He is a Co - Founder and former Co - Chief Executive Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Thomas Lehrman most recently served as Director of the Office of WMD Terrorism at the U.S. Department of State and previously as a member of the professional staff on the President's WMDCommission. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Financial Analyst at Tiger Management. He is also a Co - Founder & Board Member of the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School and the Hillhouse Scholars Program. Thomas Lehrman is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduated from Duke University and Yale Law School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$6M; Series A $550k–$12M; Series B $10M–$157M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G2 — Compare the best business software and services based on user ratings and social data. Reviews for CRM, ERP, HR, CAD, PDM and Marketing software.
  • Smarterer — Individuals and Fortune 500 companies use Smarterer to help close the gap between the skills they have and the skills they need. Their dynamic assessment engine leverages the freshest crowdsourced tests around, to rapidly pinpoint skill level with a credible score. In November 2014, Pluralsight, the global leader in online learning for serioussoftware developers, IT specialists and creative technologists, acquired Smarterer. As the world's largest curated e-learning library for professionals, the company offers instant access to more than 3,500 courses authored by top experts. Smarterer will continue to power crowdsourced assessments for freelancer marketplaces, e-learning providers and enterprise companies anywhere people need to prove their skills to connect with professional opportunities. The Smarterer community has answered over 56 million during 1.7 million test sessions, across hundreds of tests.
  • Journeyfront — Journeyfront helps you get hiring right. Hiring accuracy solves costly problems including low job performance and turnover before you even hire.
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Jack Dorsey
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in United States Travel startups

Jack Dorsey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Block, Inc. He previously worked at Elliott Investment Management as a CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$13M; Series A $1.4M–$24M; Series C $17M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Peek — Peek is a booking software and marketplace for fun things to do. Choose from over 20k virtual and in-person experiences for travelers and locals.
  • Mercor — Mercor is organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy. We are powering frontier research, AI benchmarks, and AI agent training at scale for the top AI labs and enterprises.
  • SimpleX Chat — SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.
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Christopher Shonk
Angel · Austin, Texas, United States · 4 investments in United States Travel startups

Christopher Shonk is the Managing Director of ATX Venture Partners. Christopher Shonk holds 10 board and advisor roles including Investor & Advisor at RoverPass, Investor & Director at Slingshot Aerospace, and Advisor at SourceDay. He attended ACTON MBA and Campbell University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5M; Pre-Seed $180k–$1.3M; Series A $5M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RealKey — Go straight to funding with facilitated documentation gathering that ensures underwriters get everything needed for a clean approval.
  • Localeur — Founded in Austin, Texas, in early 2013, Localeur is a global community of locals spanning 180+ cities and destinations around the world who share recommendations on their favorite places to eat, drink, and play to help travelers experience locally in their cities. Unlike review sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor, Localeur has an exclusive communityof local insiders who share authentic recommendations on places in the cities they live in, not the ones they visit. The company has partnered with brands like JetBlue Airways, Lyft, Nike, and Match.com to create campaigns that use their vision to help their ideas come to life.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.
  • Kiss & Tell — Kiss & Tell is a private social network with integrated group booking that gets everyone there without the headache. Rethink weddings, celebrations and retreats for the better! When you're ready to gather, plan & go again, reschedule with us!
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Barney Harford
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 4 investments in United States Travel startups

Barney currently serves on the boards of directors of United Airlines and RealSelf. At United Airlines he serves on the Finance, Audit, and Public Responsibility committees. He has an extensive track record operating and governing large and rapidly growing technology-enabled companies. He has particular experience in the fields of loyalty andsegmentation, experiment-driven optimization, lean process improvement, cybersecurity, and transportation safety.Barney served as Chief Operating Officer of Uber from January 2018 to July 2019. As COO he was responsible for the company’s global ridesharing business, leading operations, strategy, marketing, customer support, safety and insurance in over 60 countries, and for the company's food-delivery business Uber Eats. Barney launched consumer and driver loyalty programs, increased focus on high-value segments, extended the platform to embrace lower cost transport modes in emerging markets, and significantly reduced trip defect rates. He led a 15,000 person organization during a critical phase in the company’s history, and played a significant role in the company’s May 2019 IPO, which raised $8B.Prior to Uber, Barney served as CEO and a director of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) from January 2009 to November 2015, leading a turnaround that culminated in the company’s sale to Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) for $1.6B. While at Orbitz Worldwide he launched the groundbreaking Orbitz Rewards loyalty program and built the Orbitz Partner Network into a leading provider of private label travel solutions to airlines, hotels, travel agencies and banks.Prior to Orbitz Worldwide, Barney served in a variety of roles at Expedia from 1999 to 2006, including as President of Expedia Asia Pacific from 2004 to 2006, where he led Expedia’s market entry into China, Australia and Japan.Barney has previously served on the boards of directors of Crystal Orange Hotel Group (formerly Mandarin Hotel Holdings), eLong, GlobalEnglish, LiquidPlanner and Lola Travel.Barney is a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Barney received an MBA from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (Clare College).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Tourism, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6M; Series A $3M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
  • TROOP (formerly TroopTravel) — Plan your next in-person meeting in minutes! Our meeting planning platform helps to save time, cut costs and reduce CO2. Check it out!
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Sahin Boydas
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Travel startups

Sahin Boydas is the Founder & CEO of Lovie.co. He is part of PEF Community as PEF Chapter Lead.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 290
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$15M; Series A $8M–$36M; Series B $23M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lamb Labs — Lamb Labs is building model processing units that hardcode AI models into silicon for faster, more efficient inference.
  • Normal Computing — Normal Computing was founded by former members of the Google Brain Team, Palantir, and X who unlocked AI for some of the largest-scale and most mission-critical production systems, and the industry leading ML frameworks for Probabilistic and Quantum AI.
  • Reliable Robotics — Advanced automation will make aircraft safer, more available, more affordable and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and people move around the planet.
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Scott Banister
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Travel startups

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 by Microsoft. 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 [Zivity](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zivity), a social networking site co-founded with his wife, [Cyan Banister](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/cyan-banister). He was an early investor in [Powerset](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/powerset), a startup building a natural language search engine, and sits on the company's Board of Directors. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Slide, a start-up founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin. 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

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 160
  • Round size: Seed $660k–$6.5M; Angel $500k–$1.3M; Series A $1.4M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Barndoor AI — Barndoor is the enterprise AI gateway: govern every model and MCP server with unified access control, DLP, cost controls, and audit-ready visibility.
  • Artemis — Powered by AI, Mona Lee is the fastest, most efficient way for homeowners to go solar. Through a direct-to-consumer approach, Mona Lee’s AI-powered self-serve platform transforms the solar buying experience by eliminating non-stop solicitation calls, lengthy design and evaluation processes, and back-and-forth price negotiations that can take up toweeks. With Mona Lee, customers go from quote to scheduling their installation in minutes. Feel free to visit our website to read customer testimonials and Mona Lee solar reviews.Mona Lee was founded by a group of serial entrepreneurs with decades of experience in clean energy. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA and is proud to serve homeowners nationwide.
  • Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
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Thomas McInerney
Angel · Santa Monica, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Travel startups

Tom McInerney is a notable angel investor. He was a seed investor in Segment, Notion, GetAround, Tala, MemSQL, Mode Analytics, OpenTrons, Arcadia Power, and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3.7M; Angel $150k–$1.2M; Series A $115k–$6.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ware — Ware deploys autonomous, self-flying drones—combined with machine learning—inside warehouses to automate their inventory tracking. Designed to solve some of the $1.9 trillion warehousing industry’s most pressing issues, Ware’s product helps their customers operate more efficiently. A partner of Skydio and funded by Bloomberg Beta, Ware works withthe world’s largest 3PL’s and global brands to improve their accuracy, workflows, and save money.
  • Radiant — Clean. Portable. Safe. Energy
  • Replenysh — Replenysh is a set of tools for communities and companies to build circularity in days, not years.
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Alexis Ohanian
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Travel startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Alexis Ohanian is the President and Founder of 776 Foundation. He previously worked at reddit as an Executive Chair and Board Member. Alexis Ohanian attended the University of Virginia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 224
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Series A $6M–$35M; Series B $8M–$152M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arkero — Arkero is the AI transformation partner for sports businesses, connecting ticketing, CRM, and data to automate gameday planning, retention, and fan insights.
  • Left Field — Left Field is a dating app that matches users based on shared connections, locations, and personal overlaps.
  • Solcoa Industries — Solcoa Industries develops carbon-zero rare earth metals for critical supply chain needs and promote sustainable industrial practices
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Scott Hintz
Angel · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 4 investments in United States Travel startups

Scott Hintz is Investor at TurnKey Vacation Rentals. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Leisure, Tourism
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Freebird — Freebird is a first-of-its-kind mobile rebooking tool that empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket – on any airline at no additional cost – in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection. Freebird provides travelers with instant notifications in the event of a flight disruption, and offersthe ability to rebook in less than 30 seconds with only three taps on their mobile device.
  • Cruisebound — Cruising made simple. Cruisebound makes it easy to book your cruise online. Compare cruises from major cruise lines and find the best fit for your vacation needs.
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José Manuel Anderson
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Jose Manuel Anderson, one of the youngest tycoons ever, is the Founder and Chairman of NewSwing Academies Global. His love for golf and former success in entertainment allowed him to launch NewSwing, which has become a steadily growing global spectator sports and entertainment enterprise. In addition to his achievements with NewSwing, Andersonestablished Newman Executive Talent Acquisition Partnerships (Newman ETAPs), formerly AndersonWorks. Despite his youth, Jose Anderson has made a significant mark in the industry by catalyzing the careers of numerous social media creators and athletes. His visionary leadership and astute business acumen have enabled the formation of strategic partnerships with various entertainment entities, fostering unprecedented growth and collaboration within the sector.Notably, his outstanding contributions to the field culminated in the $28 million acquisition of Newman ETAPs by Endeavor Group Holdings in April 2023, solidifying his position as a reformatory force in the entertainment world. Renowned for his instrumental role as a Client Partner, Anderson continues to shape the landscape of the industry, leaving an indelible imprint on the trajectory of contemporary entertainment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Media and Entertainment, Golf
  • Stage:Private Equity, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • NewSwing (Academies) Corporation — We stand as a global enterprise dedicated to democratizing the game of golf across the globe. Through our cutting-edge clinics, lessons, programs, and empowering initiatives for the youth, we emerge as the ultimate destination for those yearning for a fresh perspective on the golfing experience. The visionary behind NewSwing-Academies is none other than the trailblazer, Jose Manuel Anderson.
  • Hopeful Path Sober House Community — Hopeful Path Sober Living operates six premier sober living homes, including a beautiful location in Malibu, providing a safe and supportive environment for individuals in recovery. The program emphasizes personal growth, accountability, and long-term sobriety through a structured, community-driven approach. With serene surroundings, professionalguidance, and tailored resources across all locations, residents are empowered to rebuild their lives and navigate the path to sustained recovery.
  • Newman Executive Talent Acquisition Partnerships — Newman ETAPs became a global leader in the entertainment industry, known for developing and supporting top social media talent. Working with high-net-worth clients and partnering with major entertainment companies, the company earned widespread recognition and financial success.Focused on identifying and nurturing talent, Newman ETAPs helpedlaunch the careers of figures like Noen Eubanks and groups like Hype House, Clubhouse LA, and AMP World, driving their success in the digital space.Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Newman ETAPs demonstrated resilience and adaptability, achieving continued growth and success. Its innovative strategies allowed the company to thrive during a period of widespread adversity.The company's rapid ascent was driven by its founder, Jose Manuel Anderson, also known as Jose Newman. A visionary entrepreneur, Anderson's leadership and strategic insights were instrumental in establishing Newman ETAPs as a leader in social media entertainment, empowering the next generation of Gen Z talent and leaving a lasting impact on the industry. Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Newman ETAPs demonstrated resilience and adaptability, achieving continued growth and success. Its innovative strategies allowed the company to thrive during a period of widespread adversity.Distinguished by its expansive network and global reach, Newman ETAPs maintained a presence across 22 offices strategically positioned around the world. This extensive infrastructure facilitated seamless engagement with a diverse array of social media luminaries, enabling the company to exert a profound and far-reaching influence within the digital sphere.Central to the company's meteoric rise was its visionary founder, the avant-garde entrepreneur Jose Manuel Anderson, known affectionately as Jose Newman. A trailblazing figure within the industry, Newman's visionary leadership and entrepreneurial acumen were instrumental in guiding the company to its position of prominence, empowering a new generation of Gen Z talent to realize their full potential and leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of social media entertainment.
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Fabrice Grinda is based out of New York, New York, and is the Co Founder of FJ Labs. Fabrice previously worked at Co Founder & Co CEO as a OLX. Fabrice Grinda attended the Princeton University. Fabrice Grinda received the Halbert White Prize.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 204
  • Round size: Seed $685k–$5.8M; Series A $2.3M–$15M; Series B $3.7M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alpagga — Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments.
  • OTPless — OTPless is a software company that develops SaaS products which enables users to log into various platforms using WhatsApp. They have officially partnered with WhatsApp to make their product safe, reliable and efficient. They are a young and dynamic company looking to revolutionize logging in as we know it. OTPless is headquartered in Delhi,India and was founded in 2021.
  • Accumulator — Accumulator is a U.S. private equity firm regulated by the SEC, operating as an index-like fund covering a wide range of privately held, growth-stage tech companies.
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Andrew Ballester
Angel · San Diego, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Andrew Ballester is the Co Founder at GoFundMe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Apps, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $393k–$700k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sēkr — Your complete travel resource to locate campsites, facilities and connect with community.
  • Airbuild — Discover how Wastewater nutrient recovery and biofertilizer can revolutionize agriculture + ag-infrastructure. Learn about Wastewater nutrient recovery and biofertilizer today!
  • The Good Face Project — Regulatory and Formulation Software for the leading cosmetic brands, manufacturers, ingredient suppliers and retailers.
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David Baggett
Angel · Potomac, Maryland, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

David Baggett is based out of Washington, District of Columbia and is the SVP, GM Security Suite of Kaseya. David previously worked at Inky as a Co-Founder & CEO. David Baggett attended the University of Maryland. Romain Rostagnat received the Winter 2016 Commencement Speaker honor from the University of Maryland, College Park in December 2016.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Travel, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$4M; Series A $5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AutoSled — Autosled is a marketplace for vehicle shippers and transporters. Easily manage shipments and payments to optimize your transport process. Get started today...
  • point.me — Search and book award flights and maximize the value of your points. Travel on points for less with point.me's flight award search tool.
  • Intelligencia AI — Intelligencia is an enterprise SaaS company that applies Machine Learning to assess and mitigate the risk in clinical development strategy/design.
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David Bonderman
Angel · Austin, Texas, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

David Bonderman is a founding partner of TPG. TPG generally makes significant investments in operating companies through acquisitions and restructurings across a broad range of industries throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. TPG and its affiliates have more than $45 billion of capital under management. Portfolio companies controlled by TPG have combined revenues of over $85 billion, operate in more than 130 countries and employ approximately 400,000 people. Among the portfolio companies of TPG are: Burger King; PETCO; Debenhams; Shenzhen Development Bank; Avaya; Harrah’s Entertainment, Energy Future Holdings (TXU); Neiman Marcus; and Univision. Prior to forming TPG in 1992, Mr. Bonderman was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone Group, L.P.) in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, Mr. Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC, where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy, and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, Mr. Bonderman was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University, and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the US Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Bonderman was Assistant Professor at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. Mr. Bonderman graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle. Mr. Bonderman serves on the Boards of the following public companies: Armstrong Worldwide Industries, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc., and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, The University of Washington Foundation, and the American Himalayan Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $5.5M–$25M; Series B $10M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Parrot — Stenographic Transcription and Digital Reporting for Depositions and EUOs. Nationwide court reporting service combined with cutting-edge AI to deliver more accurate transcripts and make attorneys more effective and cost-efficient.
  • Parrot — The all-in-one platform for remote depositions. Reliable and remarkably easy.
  • The Data Foundation — Story is AI-native infrastructure for the intellectual property economy.
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Ellen Keszler
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Ellen L. Keszler is a recognized expert in the travel and travel technology industries and runs her own management and strategy consulting firm focusing on these verticals. She serves on the board of directors of three technology companies (Pros Holdings (NYSE PROS), a big data software company; Sojern, a digital media company; and Farelogix, atravel distribution company). She also serves on the advisory boards of six technology start-up companies. Previously, she was the co-founder and president of Travelocity Business, Prior to that, she led the North American division of Sabre Travel Network, a $1Bn revenue business. The first thirteen years of Ellen’s career were spent in a variety of finance functions at JCPenney, American Airlines and Sabre Holdings. Ellen received her B.S. in Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Leisure, Tourism
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shep — Shep’s browser extension-based tool provides travel programs with an easy way to capture employee bookings made on consumer travel sites, messaging employees about the travel policy, while capturing those off-channel bookings for the travel team.
  • Freebird — Freebird is a first-of-its-kind mobile rebooking tool that empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket – on any airline at no additional cost – in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection. Freebird provides travelers with instant notifications in the event of a flight disruption, and offersthe ability to rebook in less than 30 seconds with only three taps on their mobile device.
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David Morin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

David Morin is based out of Mill Valley, California and is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Offline Ventures. David previously worked at Slow Ventures as a Founder and General partner. David Morin attended the University of Colorado Boulder. David Morin has been received the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, France, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $2.5M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
  • Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS
  • Blueprint Bryan Johnson — On the surface, Blueprint may seem something about health, wellness and aging. It's really a system to make tomorrow better for you, me, the planet and our shared future with AI.
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Scott Belsky
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Scott Belsky is based out of New York, New York and is the partner of A24. Scott previously worked at Adobe as a Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products. Scott Belsky attended the Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 290
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.7M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $8.5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Osmo Studio — Osmo is an AI-native video editor for product launch videos and motion graphics. Turn ideas, Figma files, and footage into polished, on-brand animations, built as editable code.
  • Gravity — Gravity helps AI platforms earn revenue and connects advertisers with high-intent buyers through personalized ads inside AI answers.
  • Instinct — Instinct is an artificial intelligence startup developing AI technology.
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Daniel Curran
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com. He is retired from Angel investing due to a lack of exits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 188
  • Round size: Seed $230k–$5M; Series A $3.4M–$16M; Series B $2.3M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CARD.com — Fully featured bank account with optional overdraft protection and round up savings account. Get your paycheck up to 2 days earlier.
  • RentoMojo — RentoMojo is an online furniture rental platform that was incorporated in November 2014.It currently operates in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.RentoMojo was founded by Geetansh Bamania, an ex-IITM, in November 2014 in India. Like many other young working professionals, he was living in rented apartments,working long hours and found it inconvenient to equip the house with furniture when he moved. RentoMojo was developed to provide an alternative to buying and selling furniture in rental properties.
  • GC Plus — Find Your Next Home Service Expert With Ease
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Louis Beryl
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 139
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $31k–$3.5M; Series A $2.2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
  • Deepgram — Deepgram helps enterprises unlock the potential of their audio data with custom-trained speech recognition for accuracy and scale. Deepgram's deep learning speech recognition system searches for keywords in transcripts by sound and text within audio and video files, used for transcribing calls, meetings, and voicemails for searchable notes,providing businesses with a fast, high accuracy speech-to-text on an easy-to-use API.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
  • TokerBud — TokerBud, a cannabis website, is known for its exceptional products. Their website is a showcase of diverse cannabis varieties, from traditional flower strains to potent concentrates and appetizing edibles, serving different customer requirements and tastes. The platform's user-friendly design and commitment to superior quality
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Aman Bhutani
Angel · Bellevue, Washington, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Aman Bhutani is the Chief Executive Officer at GoDaddy, Aman Bhutani attended Lancaster University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $4M–$6M; Series A $6M–$160M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
  • Otto — Once we get to know each other, I proactively plan, book, and ensure you have the perfect trip.
  • BookOutdoors — Search BookOutdoors to easily find and book campsites, RV parks, cabins and glamping with no fees, and unlock amazing rewards and benefits with every trip.
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Gil Penchina
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Gil Penchina is retired

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, France, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$6M; Series A $4M–$11M; Series B $4.3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Airstack — Every day there are millions of blockchain transactions. Airstack makes sense of them.
  • Archipelo — Archipelo develops an intelligent code discovery engine for software developers. Archipelo is the San Francisco, California.
  • Origin Protocol — Origin Protocol is bringing NFTs and DeFi to the masses
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Neil Giugno
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Neil Giugno

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Travel, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keyo — Keyo lets you customize palm vein authentication to your business. Discover the most secure, contactless, privacy-first biometric. Request a demo today.
  • GenoPalate — GenoPalate uses your DNA to create a customized genomic nutritional plan for your unique genetic make-up. Discover the healthiest foods for you.
  • OneH — OneH connects innovators with investors in a brand new way, making investing in the private market simpler than ever.
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Naval Ravikant
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder and chairman of AngelList, where he previously served as CEO. He has founded or co-founded several technology companies, including Epinions, Vast.com, and CoinList, and has invested in companies such as Twitter, Uber, Postmates, and Notion. He also co-founded Airchat and has managed investment vehicles, including MetaStable Capital and Spearhead. Ravikant studied computer science and economics at Dartmouth College and writes about entrepreneurship, investing, wealth creation, and philosophy through his personal website, Nav.al.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 280
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $3M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fab2 — Fab2 is a semiconductor technology company that designs and builds chip fabs, manufacturing tools, components, and software in-house.
  • W4 Games — This is the homepage of the website
  • Conway — Conway is a technology company building software and digital solutions to streamline business operations and accelerate growth.
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Shervin Pishevar
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.5M; Series A $3.5M–$15M; Series B $8.3M–$63M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
  • Teleport — Meet your most compatible connections. Attend members only curated experiences. Receive proposed matches from your AI Matchmaker.
  • NUE Life Health — NUE Life aims to improve mental wellness by enhancing brain function, performance, and longevity through evidence-based and scientifically proven mental health treatments and products. NUE Life has created a therapeutic ecosystem of ketamine therapy, an interactive companion app, and virtual aftercare programs to help people heal.
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Rudy Gadre
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Rudy Gadre is based out of Bellevue, Washington and is the Founders Co-op of General Partner, Fund III. Rudy previously worked at Evri as a VP, Business Operations. Rudy Gadre attended the University of Washington School of Law.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$2.5M; Series A $700k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • neu — Get on-demand enhanced cleaning for your Airbnb. Use neu to auto-schedule cleans after every checkout, get access to vetted service professionals, and peace-of-mind
  • Heyou Media Holdings — This domain used to be connected to a Wix website. Learn how to reconnect it, or create your own website.
  • Madrona Venture Labs — Founders like you. Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio based in Seattle. We partner with founders from day one to build meaningful companies from scratch.
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Walter Winshall
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

Walter A. Winshall is the Founder of Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$3M; Series A $1.2M–$7M; Convertible Note $225k–$728k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Avanlee Care — Bring your family closer with the all-in-one elderly care app.
  • Stocksnips — Their vision is to provide easy access to stock market news analysis to investors. Understanding market sentiment trends is an important element in managing one’s stock portfolio.StockSnips crawls, aggregates and analyzes news related to public companies listed on Nasdaq and NYSE. It reads 50,000 articles a day and filters out the noise andanalyzes news sentiment. StockSnips enables you to gain stock insights and track a company’s financial and business operations. It categorizes news snippets by key performance indicators like revenue, sales, earnings.
  • RISE Robotics — RISE Robotics is a technology company that develops fluid-free motion control systems for heavy machinery. The company makes the electrification, teleoperation, and automation of heavy machinery economically viable using its hydraulic replacement technology called Beltdraulic. It is a belt-and-pulley-based linear actuation technology thatreplicates—and in some cases surpasses—the force and precision of hydraulic systems, without using oil. This innovation enables machines to operate faster, more efficiently, and with lower emissions while reducing operational costs.RISE Robotics also offers design and implementation support, working closely with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and the U.S. Department of Defense to integrate Beltdraulic solutions into existing systems. Its mission emphasizes boosting machine productivity, reducing maintenance needs, and promoting environmental sustainability through cutting-edge actuation technology.
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Edward Lando
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Travel startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 581
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.3M; Series A $5M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Humera — Humera - AI CAPTCHA That Knows You're Human
  • Allonic — Allonic is a robotics hardware company pioneering 3D Tissue Braiding, a new manufacturing platform for producing integrated, compliant, bio-inspired robotic bodies through a single, fully automated production process. By eliminating assembly-heavy designs and supply-chain complexity, Allonic enables significantly faster iteration, lower costs, andsafer, more dexterous robots to be built. Originally founded from Hungary and operating internationally with a US HQ and a growing team of 15, Allonic is building the hardware foundation for the next generation of intelligent machines.
  • Heywa Labs — Two products, one engine. Heywa Studio for businesses, Heywa for anyone with a question worth following.
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Chris Adamo
Angel · Miami Beach, Florida, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Chris Adamo is the Chief Business Officer of WhereBy.Us Chris has an MBA and BS from Binghamton University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Video, Apps
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Inside.com — Inside.com is the only source you'll need for daily roundups and analysis of the latest news and trends in the world of business, tech, and venture capital. Inside Network of Newsletters are designed for the up-and-coming entrepreneur and creator, as well as for the C-Suite executive looking to keep finger on the pulse of what's happeningin the industry. With curated news stories, topic deep dives, and founder interviews, you'll find that Inside is the one news source you'll need to stay in-touch, ahead of game, and inspired to be at least 1% better everyday. Subscribing to Inside is free, try it today at Inside.com
  • Acorns — Acorns helps you save & invest. Invest spare change, bank smarter, earn bonus investments, and more! Get started.
  • Epic Games — Welcome to Epic Games Store! Download and play PC Games of every genre. We have mods, DLC and Free Games too! Games for everyone.
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Ashton Kutcher
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Kutcher is the executive producer for the Netflix series The Ranch. He was previously known for his role in Two and a Half Men on CBS and gained fame on That '70s Show. He co-founded Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, an organization that uses technology to combat child exploitation. Ashley Kutcher is an actor, investor, entrepreneur, producer, and philanthropist. For over a decade, Kutcher has been involved in technology investments as an angel investor and a founding partner of A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures. His investment portfolio includes companies like Airbnb, Uber, Flexport, Brex, Robinhood, Bird, Airtable, and Affirm. He co-founded APlus, a digital media company focused on positive journalism, which was acquired by Chicken Soup for the Soul in 2016.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $6.9M–$30M; Series B $12M–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Soho House — Soho House has members' clubs across Europe, North America and Asia, as well as restaurants, cinemas, workspaces, spas and bedrooms. Discover more here.
  • Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.
  • Arcade — Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate.
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Vinay Iyengar
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Vinay Iyengar is the Principal at Two Sigma Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Smart Home, Travel Accommodations
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wander — Never book a bad vacation home again. Every Wander comes with hotel-grade amenities, inspiring views, pristine cleaning and 24/7 concierge service.
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Adam Goldstein
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Adam Goldstein is a Visiting Scientist at Levin Lab. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Arist — Inspired by Stanford research, Arist helps leading companies deliver microlearning, training, and nudges in the flow of work via Slack, Microsoft Teams, and text messages.
  • Scotty — Scotty Rideshare is the first and only two-wheel rideshare Company in Turkey
  • Scotty — Leading e-commerce logistics player in Turkey
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Kevin Johnson
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

As president of the Platforms & Services Division of Microsoft, Kevin Johnson leads an organization of over 14,000 employees responsible for product development, marketing and strategy for the Windows and Online Services businesses. With Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and seven other senior executives, Johnson also serves on the Senior LeadershipTeam that sets overall strategy and direction for Microsoft.Since assuming his role in September 2005, Johnson successfully launched Windows Vista to consumers and commercial customers, resulting in record-breaking Windows revenue of nearly US$15 billion in fiscal year 2007. In addition to leading the Windows business, Johnson is driving the company's evolution towards software + services and building on the company's position as a leader in the online advertising market.Under Johnson's leadership, Microsoft has completed over 30 acquisitions in support of its software + services strategy. In August 2007, Johnson closed the company's largest acquisition, of aQuantive, Inc., to form Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions, and complement Microsoft's development of an industry-leading online advertising platform. Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions provides an online advertising platform for an ecosystem of industry partners, including advertisers, publishers and digital marketing agencies. Today the platform has offerings across digital media types and devices, including the PC, Web, mobile phones, gaming consoles, IPTV and Video-on-demand.Johnson also leads development and marketing of Microsoft's consumer online services, including Live Search, MSN.com and Windows Live, which collectively drove nearly $2.5 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2007. These compelling experiences attract hundreds of millions of consumers per month, and provide online advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide.Previously, Johnson held a number of leadership positions in sales and marketing at Microsoft, where he worked globally with consumer, small/medium business and enterprise customers. Prior to his current role, Johnson served as group vice president of Microsoft's worldwide sales, marketing and services, leading an organization of 30,000 employees, including field sales and marketing professionals who delivered $40 billion in revenue during fiscal 2005. Johnson also oversaw corporate operations and IT functions that support the work of Microsoft employees around the world.In his tenure as head of sales, marketing and services, Johnson led a transformation in the field. He organized subsidiary leadership teams in more than 80 countries and regions and orchestrated their efforts to better align with product development and company priorities. His re-engineering of the field operating approach and the sales compensation system contributed to an $11 billion increase in sales from 2002-2005. Johnson also led a cross-company initiative focused on emerging markets, positioning the company as a trusted partner for future growth.Johnson joined Microsoft in 1992, serving in a variety of roles across sales, marketing and services during his career at the company. Before joining Microsoft, Johnson worked in IBM's systems integration and consulting business unit from 1986 to 1992. He started his career in 1981 as a software developer in the petroleum and financial services industries.Johnson grew up in New Mexico and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from New Mexico State University. He is a founding member of the board of directors of NPower, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help other nonprofits use technology to expand the reach and impact of their work. He is also a member of the Western Region Board of Advisors of Catalyst, a non-profit organization dedicated to women's career advancement.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Advertising
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Egypt, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • WAFFARX — WaffarX is Egypt’s first Cash Back provider connecting consumers with ongoing savings via current offers from our growing network of advertiser partners Our mission is to create the largest single source of qualified online buyers in the MENA region & Africa by helping advertisers build strong relationships with frequent customers in arisk-free manner that benefits everyone involved.
  • Sounding Board, Inc — Your strategic partner for leader transformation. Leadership development through coaching solutions, mentoring management, and flexible program software.
  • Checkmate — Never miss a deal.
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Andy McLoughlin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Andy McLoughlin OBE is a Managing Partner at Uncork Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TipTop — Get paid today for your stuff. Sell over 50,000 items instantly for cash or credit.
  • Revel — Revel is a community where women build meaningful connections, accelerate personal growth, and have candid conversations with the support of like-minded women.
  • Wander — Book luxury vacation home rentals with inspiring views, hotel-grade amenities, modern workstations, top-tier cleaning and 24/7 concierge service.
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Rick Marini
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Rick Marini is the Co-Founder, President and COO of Rails. He previously worked at Grindr as a Chief Operating Officer. Rick Marini attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Pray.com — Pray.com is a social impact company driven by a mission to grow faith & cultivate community. Started by Steve Gatena and his three co-founders in 2016, the company is comprised of people from all backgrounds and is building Pray.com as the digital destination for faith. At Pray.com prayer is the priority and the Pray.com app is the easiest wayto incorporate prayer into your daily life. The Pray.com app is the world's #1 app for Daily Prayer and faith-based media content. In 2020, Pray.com became the highest-grossing religious media app in history. In addition to its explosive growth in revenue and subscribers, Pray.com became the first and only mental & spiritual health app federally approved to host the President of the United States as well as other elected officials on the platform so they could promote the power of prayer, highlight the health benefits of faith, and promote religious equity, diversity, and inclusion. As an inter-faith platform, Pray.com has brought together religious, celebrity, and political leaders across industries for major events that pray for, discuss, and act on social issues like: race relations, forced migration, and religious inclusion. Pray.com's marque events include participation from the White House, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the Vatican City state, the Southern Baptist Convention, and more. In addition to the success of the Pray.com app, Pray.com's marquee events, and fundraising for social causes, Pray.com's studio division has produced the largest library of Biblically inspired original content in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and its content has been syndicated across broadcast media platforms and new media platforms like SiriusXM Satellite Radio, DirectTV, and YouTube. Pray.com's mission is to grow faith & cultivate community and its vision is to create a world where everyone leaves a legacy of helping others.
  • Tough Day — Tough Day enables companies to provide employees with a safe place for candid conversation and expert guidance to resolve their workplace issues before they become messy, costly problems.When work gets tough, the tough get working.
  • Grove Collaborative — Grove Collaborative delivers home essentials, including household cleaning, personal care, beauty, and pet products, for a more eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle.
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Blaine Vess
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Blaine Vess is the Founder of Immeasurable. He previously worked at Solve as a Co-Founder and CEO. Blaine Vess attended San Jose State University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kredi — Kredi is Rocket Mortgage for LatAm. Customers can easily secure a mortgage online.
  • Milk Video — Milk Video helps increase page conversion and drive traffic from social. Remix existing video content into high conversion trailers, snippets, and more.
  • Yummy — Superapp of Venezuela & Quick Commerce for LATAM
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Adam Guild
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Adam Guild

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Fashion, Aerospace
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gently — Find secondhand clothing, effortlessly. Wearloom sends you the best new listings from sites like Poshmark, Depop, eBay, ThredUp, and Vestiaire Collective.
  • July — July is the only platform that automates brand deals, so creators can focus on what matters: creating great content.
  • Ghost Financial — Ghost Financial is a comprehensive financing and business services platform to support ghost kitchen and restaurant ventures by offering financial products such as insurance, payroll, credit cards and expansion loans for startup & growing kitchens.
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Sunmeet Jolly
Angel · San Jose, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Managing Partner @ Jolly VC, LLCFounder and Patent holder - GROTU mobile app @ 101 Islands LLC. Angel investor in 44 pre-IPO technology startups. Frequently invited by accelerators and angel forums to Judge startup competitions and discuss technology innovation. Former IT Consulting industry executive who sold hundreds of millions of dollars inconsulting services to Fortune 500 companies working for Cap Gemini, HCL, L&T, NTT data.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Rentberry — Find your next home for long-term rent in any country at Rentberry.
  • AtomBeam — AtomBeam is a software company that is developing an artificial intelligence driven ecosystem of algorithms and computational paradigms that will transform the way data is transferred and stored, dramatically reducing the size of data transferred but without adding latency, using only modest computing power. This technology has profound benefitsfor a very large number of applications, in particular IoT and edge computing. The technology's advantages are unmatched and give it a wide range of uses: a) it can act on very small packet sizes, enabling it to stream data, b) computational latency is near zero, c) it is not sensitive to data errors, and c) it provides random file access. It has the potential to be virtually universal, especially in IoT.
  • Pops Diabetes Care — If you are an employer, caregiver, or just someone who wants an easy diabetes management system, Click here to learn how we can help!
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Matt Mullenweg
Angel · Houston, Texas, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Matt Mullenweg is the CEO at Automattic Inc. Matt Mullenweg attended the University of Houston.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AppFlowy — AppFlowy is an AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data
  • Liquid AI — Liquid AI is an MIT spin-off with a presence in Boston, MA, and Palo Alto, CA. Our mission is to build state-of-the-art, general-purpose AI systems from first principles and deploy capable, efficient, highly aligned, and trustworthy AI for all.
  • Mindset Health — Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy.
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Jaffray Woodriff
Angel · Charlottesville, Virginia, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Angel Investor located in Charlottesville, VA

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Yogi — Yogi's analytics platform lets you easily sift through customer Reviews & Ratings data. Get actionable insights from your product Reviews, Ratings, and Sentiment Analysis to improve your brand reputation and product experiences.
  • Caju AI — Caju AI revolutionizes customer engagement with Generative AI, boosting your workforce's productivity and providing invaluable business insights. Elevate your customer experience with the power of AI.
  • Starchive — AI enriched Digital Asset Management designed by creators for creators, to maximize the control and ownership of their content, community, and commerce in the Visual Media Economy.
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Lorenzo Thione
Angel · Manhattan, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Lorenzo Thione is the co-founder of Powerset, Inc., an innovative search startup founded in 2005, with the vision of bringing to consumers a more natural and effective type of Internet search than conventional keyword search. Funded by notable Silicon Valley VCs and angel investors, Powerset was acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2008 to complement andinnovate on its own search technology and offering. Currently, he is a Principal Program Manager in charge of the Powerset division of Bing, Microsoft's innovative "Decision Engine". Lorenzo is an active angel investor, board member and advisor in several startup, including Dolores Labs, an exciting and energetic San Francisco startup building a scalable platform for human-based computing and crowdsourcing, Crowdflower, and several others at various stages, in the US and abroad, like Kidlandia, Etacts, 8Coupons, and iBrii. In addition to his Internet-tech endeavors, Lorenzo is a theater producer currently busy in bringing several new works to the Broadway stage, including the recently emerging Green Day musical, American Idiot of which he's Associate Producer. His current and most ambitious project is a brand new musical bound for the Broadway stage. Jay Kuo's original musical Allegiance, starring George Takei and Lea Salonga, follows the story of a Japanese American family during the years of the WWII Japanese American internment, and is currently aiming for a 2012 Broadway debut.Lorenzo is a founding board member of StartOut (www.startout.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering and developing entrepreneurship within the LGBT community, and during his service on the board of StartOut, the non-profit, founded in 2009, has grown to a membership of over 1000 individuals nationwide and three active chapters in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with plans for faster growth. He serves on the board of trustees of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and Reason To Party, a SF-based non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of underserved Bay Area residents by raising money for charity groups through events held in collaboration with local businesses. A native of Milan, Italy, Lorenzo moved to Austin, Texas at age 21, to complete his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering, and has co-authored several publications in Software Engineering and Computational Linguistics. He is a named inventor on 10 issued and over 20 pending patents in the US and world-wide.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Chai — CHAI is the leading AI platform, performing research in conversational generative artificial intelligence
  • Ordinary Seafood — We are a consumer facing food-tech company using the power of plant protein and biotechnology to deliver the next generation of sustainable seafood. Our mission is to bring balance back into our food system by offering delicious and healthy seafood alternatives.
  • Zamp — We take care of sales tax, so you don't have to.
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Raymond Tonsing
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Raymond Tonsing is a San Francisco based venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He founded Caffeinated Capital, an early stage venture capital firm, and now serves as its managing director. Raymond holds a bachelor's degree in Arts from University of Colorado Boulder.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Friend — Meet somebody new. Find a new companion to move through life with
  • Blowfish — Blowfish makes it easy to identify & stop fraud before it happens. Join the leading wallets protecting their users funds with the blowfish security engine
  • Merkle Manufactory — Merkle Manufactory is a software company contributing to the Farcaster protocol and working on clients.
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Mike Zimmerman
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Michael brings over 20 years experience in strategy, business development and general management of technology startups and other high growth companies. Michael founded BuildingIQ in 2009 and served as its CEO until 2013. Prior to founding the company, Michael was a General Partner at Technology Venture Partners (TVP), a leading Australian venturecapital firm. Prior to TVP, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Altos Ventures, and a senior executive at iOwn Holdings, a leading Internet mortgage company (sold to Citigroup in 2001). Previously, Michael worked with Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BA with Honors from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Birch — A credit card rewards app that helps you get the most out of your reward programs.
  • InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
  • Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.
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Tarun Upaday
Angel · Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Tarun Upaday is the Chief Executive Officer of Routespring.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Software, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gallop.ai — Tailored travel management solutions for companies of every size, globally. Automate operations, own customer relationships, and deliver better experiences.
  • Reify Health — Reify Health provides cloud-based software that helps accelerate the development of new, life-saving therapies. The company's system accelerates enrollment timelines and the overall pace of research, enabling research sponsors and coordinators to focus on the actions that impact clinical research success. Reify Health product StudyTeam is acloud-based software that helps clinical trial teams achieve faster, more predictable enrollment while eliminating the tedious work that saps productivity and study budget. It gives sponsors, CROs, and clinical research sites earlier visibility to the full enrollment picture, and the insight they need to focus on people and capital on work that yields the greatest return.
  • Trip Tribe — Whether you are an individual trip leader or corporation, our dedicated event team will deliver you and your guests an exceptional retreat experience. If yo ...
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Eric Chen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Eric Chen joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director. Prior to Silver Lake, Dr. Chen was a Senior Vice President and Executive Committee member of ASML, a global leader in semiconductor technology. Dr. Chen joined ASML following its acquisition of Brion Technologies in 2007, the company he co-founded in 2002 and served as the CEO sinceinception. He was formerly a Senior Vice President at J.P. Morgan, where he coordinated the global research effort in the electronics sector and conducted equity research for a number of technology segments. Earlier in his career, Dr. Chen conducted theoretical physics research at Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire ("CERN") and at the Advanced Product Research Development Laboratory and MOS-13 facility for Motorola. Dr. Chen is currently on the board of Allyes Online Media Holding and Hillstone Networks. Previously, he served on the boards of Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings Limited and Varian Semiconductor. Dr. Chen was born and raised in China and is bilingual in English and Chinese (Mandarin). He represented China in the International Physics Olympics in Germany, earning the Silver Medal. Dr. Chen studied Physics at Peking University and received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Travel, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Sold — Sold is the new service that sells so you don't have to. Download the iOS app and get started today
  • ZingBox — ZingBox is a U.S.-based company that provides security for Internet of Things infrastructure. It is based in Mountain View, California.
  • Triptrotting — Triptrotting is a venture backed travel company that matches travelers and locals based on similar interests. It is an online community and its application “Wist” helps its users feel like locals anywhere they go, whether in an unknown neighborhood in their own city or far away land.This new application of Triptrotting uses a combination ofcontextual, personalized, and social data to create unique and most relevant recommendations for every user.Triptrotting is headquartered in San Francisco, C.A. with additional offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington D.C., Boston, and Chicago. It was founded in 2011.
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Andrew Mitchell
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Travel startups

Andrew Mitchell is the Founder of Brand Foundry Ventures. He is a former Co-Founder of Aspen Industries. He attended Lafayette College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Goods
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Harry's — Harry is a developer of an online platform used to sell shaving equipment and accessories for men. It designs and manufactures its own line of razors and replacement blades, as well as other shaving consumables, and offers its products a-la-carte via its online store or through a subscription model that enables consumers to meet their groomingessentials need online.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York.
  • LiquidTalent — LiquidTalent is a web and mobile local talent marketplace for hiring vetted developers and designers through social connection. Our on-demand platform facilitates direct connection between talent and hirers via text messages and call requests. Our community events bring people together. We are creating the future of work platform for the nextgeneration economy.
  • RETAILIGENCE — Retailigence is a hyperlocal marketing platform that utilizes brick-and-mortar inventory data obtained directly from retailers to turn online consumers into offline buyers.
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Travel Angel investor funding in United States at a glance

Stats across 549 deals from 1k investors.

1k
investors
in United States Travel startups
549
deals
in United States Travel startups
$1.8M
median round
in United States Travel startups
7%
lead investors
lead at least one round
42%
Seed
most common funding stage

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