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Top 50 Wine And Spirits Angel Investors in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Wine and spirits startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Wine and spirits companies. This investor list updates every month.

Top 50 Wine And Spirits Angel Investors in November 2024

Investor	Wine And Spirits investments
Hayden Zou	3
Fabrice Grinda	3
James Robertson	3
Joanne Wilson	2
Arianna Simpson	2
Gary Vaynerchuk	2
Christine Tsai	2
Alexander Edward Chesterman	2
Lucas Driggers	2
Chakradhar Gade	2
Michael Ströck	2
David J. Adelman	2
Robin Knox	2
Austin Rosen	2
William Zeqiri	2
Arielle Zuckerberg	2
Justin Waldron	2
Zach Segal	2
Nitin Kaushal	2
Jason Calacanis	2
Ligaya Tichy	2
Kevin Weil	2
Jeff Olyniec	2
Niv Dror	2
Pankaj Jain	2
Bedy Yang	2
Christen O'Brien	2
Matthew Kaness	2
Dave McClure	2
Jen Rubio	2
Peter Hunn	2
Balaji Srinivasan	2
Rahul Vohra	2
Charles Hudson	2
Magdalena Kala	2
Russel Simmons	2
Matt Caspari	2
Simon Szewach	2
Markus Frind	2
Parker Thompson	2
Casey Neistat	2
Josh Hart	1
Sunil Verma	1
Lars Albright	1
Matt Soule	1
Ben Bear	1
Rana Daggubati	1
James Pardieck	1
Marc Menase	1
JJ Redick	1

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Hayden Zou

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.

James Robertson

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Manufactured — Manufactured is a product sourcing platform that provides access for entrepreneurs to manufacturing companies to find the perfect product and help build and operate digital manufacturing supply chains.
Beckley Waves — Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem.
Porter Road Butcher — Pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken delivered straight to your door. Free of antibiotics, hormones, and GMOs. All of our beef is dry aged for 14 days! Shop better meat per piece or per month with Butcher's Choice Subscription Boxes at Porter Road.

Arianna Simpson is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a Founder at Autonomous Partners company.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Celo — Celo is global payments infrastructure that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone
Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
Freedom Robotics — Freedom Robotics creates powerful control and monitoring software to enable the next generation of robotics companies to build, operate, and scale robots and robotic fleets.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
Unrivaled — Unrivaled operates as a professional women's basketball league.

Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups). Since the firm’s inception in 2010, she has grown 500 Global led the firm’s growth over the past decade from a startup accelerator to a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.4B in assets under management, and investments in more than 2,800 companies in 80+countries. 500 Global regularly ranks as one of the most active venture capital firms in the world, according to PitchBook, with a top number of exits. The firm’s diversified portfolio includes over 35 companies valued at more than $1B, such as Talkdesk, Canva, Carbon Health, and GitLab. Private Equity International has named Christine one of 10 Women of Influence in venture capital.She currently serves on the venture capital committee of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers, and is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Christine is also an honoree of Gold House’s 2021 A100 List, recognizing the most impactful Asian and Pacific Islander leaders across business and technology, entertainment, advocacy and politics, lifestyle, and sports.Prior to founding 500 Global, she held product marketing and operating roles at Google, focusing primarily on monetization and developer products such as Google AdSense, Google Analytics, YouTube APIs and syndication, and Google Developer Platform Tools.Christine holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Japan, Spain

Portfolio highlights

GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
Barn & Willow — A Simpler Way to Buy Window Coverings - drapes, curtains, blinds and shades. Crafted from the most exclusive and premium Belgian linen and organic cotton fabrics. Delivered in 10 days.
Headout — Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds.

Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Zefir — Zefir aims to expand the realm of possibilities for millions of European homeowners. We make home-selling simpler, faster and more certain by buying the property directly from you. Selling a home is now just a few clicks away.
Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients either the same day or next weekday
Vyne Technologies — Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.

Lucas Driggers

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.

Chakradhar Gade co-founded Country Delight in 2015. He attended the Indian Institute of Management in Indore.

Investment focus

Fashion, Apps, AgTech
Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Freakins — Looking for a wardrobe upgrade? Check out the collection of latest, trendy and stylish denim apparel by Freakins Online! Shop & enjoy Free delivery on all orders.
Beautywise — Beautywise is a dermatology-led supplement brand with the purpose of empowering everyone to embrace unique beauty by embracing long-term, evidence-based treatments that operate from inside.
Ginglani Distillers — Ginglani Distillers operates as a whisky startup. Ginglani Distillers is the maker of Black Bow whisky.

Founding partner and investor at Calm/Storm Ventures. Previously founded companies in consumer e-commerce (KochAbo; exit to Marley Spoon in 2015) and enterprise SaaS (Gustav; YC S17). Launched and grew successful open source projects (Vienna RSS; over 10 million downloads), as well as various community and charity projects (FounderTalks.org,Chancen:reich).I‘m especially passionate about the very early stages of company-building and have a track-record of early stage investments in my own companies, as well as healthcare and health-tech startups like Mediclass, hi.health and Probably Genetic (YC W19). Other notable investments include Flaviar (YC S14), Joblocal.de (Exit 2015), Kiko, Biloba and an investment as one of the first limited partners in Austrian venture fund Speedinvest.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Catch — Set aside for taxes and retirement. Save thousands on health insurance. Free personal payroll and benefits for freelancers, contractors, and the self-employed.
Flaviar — Flaviar, a spirits tasting club, offers a subscription service that helps members discover new liquor products through sample tasting packs.Subscribers are given access to rare and original spirits, invite them to great events, and keep them educated and entertained with booze-themed content and receive personalized samples and complimentarybottles every month.Flaviar was established by Grisa Soba and Jugoslav Petkovic and was headquartered in London, England since 2012.
Glidian — Glidian understand the trouble of finding forms, tracking multiple authorization requests, and faxing out documents. Glidian is designed to solve all of your prior authorization needs.

As the CEO of Campus Apartments, David Adelman leverages more than three decades of experience in real estate investing and development to oversee a portfolio of student housing properties at 80 schools in 23 states. He was mentored from an early age by the founder of Campus Apartments and has played a major role in the company’s growth sincetaking over as CEO. Specifically, David Adelman fostered a relationship with sovereign wealth fund GIC Real Estate of Singapore to invest in the company in 2006. Mr. Adelman is also the founder of Darco Capital and co-founder and vice chair of FS Investments. Through Darco, he has invested in dozens of venture capital and private equity businesses, including digital healthcare company Virta, tequila brand Lobos 1707, Fleetzero electric ships, Prolific Machines cultured meat, Crystal Palace football club, and athletic apparel maker Fanatics. FS Investments is a prominent manager of alternative investment funds with more than $38 billion in assets under management. A basketball fan, David Adelman leveraged his success in real estate and business investing in October 2022 to purchase a $250 million equity stake in Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, the firm that owns the Philadelphia 76ers NBA franchise. Mr. Adelman is also the chairman of 76 Devcorp, through which he is leading efforts to build a new sports and entertainment venue for the team and revitalize the Fashion District mall at Tenth and Market Streets in Center City. David Adelman is a former Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the real estate category for Greater Philadelphia. He currently belongs to the Young Presidents' Organization and Real Estate Roundtable and serves on the University City District Board of Directors and Penn Medicine Board of Trustees. In addition, he is a past chairman of the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation. He holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Ohio State University. Away from work, he enjoys spending his free time with his wife and daughters.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Framebridge — Framebridge makes online custom picture framing ridiculously easy, fast, and affordable.
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment — Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), founded by Josh Harris & David Blitzer in 2017, is a proud family of diverse, global brands and sports properties including the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils among many others.

Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Social Network
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
Handl — Handl is an online platform for vehicle & fleet servicing.
My Probate Partner — My Probate Partner is a platform that offers free guides and paid-for tools to help consumers manage someone's affairs after they die without expensive legal help.

Austin Rosen is the founder and CEO of Electric Feel Entertainment and Ventures.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Last Crumb — Last crumb offers the world’s most premium cookies, expertly crafted with uncompromising quality, though a unique DTC experience.
Actual Veggies — Filling, Colorful & Delicious burgers Made With Fresh Veggies.
Creative Intell — Real education for the real music business

William Zeqiri Passionate technology entrepreneur, product creator and angel investor.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Wine And Spirits
Seed, Funding Round, Equity Crowdfunding
New Zealand, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
ArchiPro — Browse projects, find products, connect with professionals and learn about building, all in one place. Find everything you need to build your dream right here.
Invivo Wines — Invivo Wines is a premium new zealand winery producing world class wines from both the marlboroughand central otafgo regions.

Arielle Zuckerberg the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in October 2015, in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners. (TechCrunch)

Investment focus

Analytics, Gaming, Business Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, France, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Libermans Co — We are the Liberman Siblings: David & Daniil, Anna, and Masha.
Riogrande — Unimos fuerzas con emprendedores de e-commerce para crecer y fortalecer marcas que la gente ama.
The Ticket Fairy — The Ticket Fairy is a marketing and analytics solution that helps events to get more, relevant attendees and secure their ticket income in advance. Running events is a huge risk. Costs can be massive (in the millions of dollars) and multiple factors affect attendance - even something as simple as rain can result in a 25% drop in on-the-door sales.They are used by large events to: - Increase revenue (typically by 10-25%) - Lower marketing costs - Increase social reach, to the right people - Manage and optimise advertising campaigns across multiple channels, including automating audience targeting - Reduce ticket resale fraud/scalping - Automate day-to-day business admin - Gain insights into customer demographics & brand engagement via social profile analytics - Plan future events via data-driven decision making, increasing event relevancy

Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors youngentrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Japan, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Tippsy — Largest selection of sake delivered to you. Tippsy makes finding good sake easy and fun! Free shipping 6+ bottles. Sake club subscription offers special perks such as member-exclusive discounts, virtual sake tasting as well as a beginner's guide.
Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
Uncharted — Uncharted is a cryptocurrency-based gaming platform helps game developers and companies.

Zach Segal is the Head of Listings at Coinbase. Previously, he was a Product Manager at Earn, LendUp, and SendHub. Segal holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Florida State University College of Business. He lives in San Francisco, California, United States.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, FinTech
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

BSX — BSX is a trading company that offers specializes in options and perpetual futures trading.
Atmos — Personalized guidance through all decisions: land due diligence, floor plan design, site planning, and builder selection in the Charlotte and Raleigh metro areas.
MainStreet — Tax credits, contract negotiations, software discounts, and more. Let us do the work, while you grow your business. Free to see how much you'll save.

Nitin Kaushal co-founded Country Delight in 2015. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Corporate Banking at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Investment focus

Apps, AgTech, Farming
Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Krishify — Krishify is a social network for farmers to discuss and solve their Agri input needs.
ProsParity — Reimagining Distribution Of Credit In The Electric Mobility Sector
Ginglani Distillers — Ginglani Distillers operates as a whisky startup. Ginglani Distillers is the maker of Black Bow whisky.

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.

Ligaya launches new markets for consumer technology companies. She kickstarted Airbnb's international development as Global Head of Offline Marketing & Community during their most rapid growth phase. Prior to that, she was a Marketing Manager for Yelp, helping the company expand their footprint across the US. Ligaya now angel invests andadvises startups and serves as a mentor for 500 Startups. She is also a regular speaker at SXSW, various TEDx, and CMX Summit. Ligaya was also selected as a 2014 TechWomen by the US Department of State.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Apps, Marketplace
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

CloudPeeps — CloudPeeps is a community, marketplace and platform that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. Hire a team of quality professional freelancers to get the job done. Work the way you want, wherever you are!
Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
Holey Grail Donuts — Discover fresh, taro-based donuts cooked in organic coconut oil. Weekly new flavors from local Hawaiian farms.

Kevin Weil is the Head of Product at Instagram, overseeing consumer and monetization products. Prior to Instagram, Kevin was the SVP of Product at Twitter, overseeing product development and design across Twitter's consumer and ad products, as well as Vine and Periscope. Between 2010 and 2014, he led product development for Twitter'sadvertising platform, as well as the development of Fabric. Before joining Twitter in 2009, he was the first employee at web media startup Cooliris, working in user growth and analytics. He also worked worked at municipal wireless network provider Tropos Networks, Microsoft Research, and in a past life as a Physics Ph.D. Student, at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Kevin graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. In Mathematics and Physics, and holds an M.S. in physics from Stanford

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

SLAY — SLAY is a social gaming company.
Vybe — vybe is the place to create fun photos with friends.
Chaos Labs — Chaos Labs is a fully automated on-chain economic security system that allows crypto protocols to optimize risk management and capital efficiency while safeguarding user funds. Chaos Labs offers a more secure and safe operating environment for crypto protocols. Chaos Labs uses technology and risk management expertise to help protocols navigate theoften volatile crypto markets and make informed decisions. The platform is currently available for protocols on the Ethereum network, with plans to expand to other blockchains such as Terra, NEAR, and Polygon in the future.

Jeff Olyniec has been the CEO of New Vision Display since the company formed in 2012. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration- Marketing from Mississippi State University.Jeff previously worked at International Display Works (which was later acquired by Flextronics and is now the current NVD) in senior management roles includingsales and supply chain. He then moved on to Solar Power Inc, a worldwide leader in the design and construction of solar power generating facilities, overseeing all of the company’s operations in Asia as the EVP of the company.Jeff has lived and worked in China since 1996 and speaks fluent Chinese.

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.

Niv Dror is a Managing Partner at Shrug Capital.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Eight Sleep — The #1 Smart Mattress with bed cooling technology, designed to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep. Try it at home for 100 nights, risk-free.
Command E — Command E develops an easy keyboard shortcut to open any document, contact, file or record from the cloud. Command-E on Mac and Control-E Windows. Your data never leaves your computer.
Levels — Levels helps you see how food affects your health with data from biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs)

Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India.

Investment focus

Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

WhizAI — One of the augumented analytics platform used for consumers purpose. Attend a trained session on life sciences data and other patient analytics as a sole! Hurry up to take a weekly demo on the life science by the best expertise on this field.
Cypherock — Welcome to Cypherock, where we are dedicated to building the world's safest cold wallet to protect your crypto. Discover Cypherock X1 with cutting-edge technology and robust security features.
Paperstreet — Write beautiful company updates to engage your investors, advisors, and users.

Bedy Yang is a Managing Partner at 500 Global, a Fellow at Kauffman Fellows, and a Lecturer at VC Unlocked at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the Founder of +INNOVATORS. Prior to that, he was a Management consultant at Integration Consulting. He attended FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas and the University ofPennsylvania.

Investment focus

iOS, Hospitality, Social Media Marketing
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Spain, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Floqq — Floqq is the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.Speak a different language, get a promotion, change your profession, create a company, play a musical instrument, learn a new sport, or impress your friends with an exotic meal:- More than 10,00 high-quality online videos featuring all kinds of topics and skill-sets- Each course is taught by an real-world expert in the area - Learn at your own rhythm, with courses ranging in levels of difficulty - All the videos are always available on the website and mobile apps
Pick1 — While whoever doing polls/surveys focus on how to create the questions, Pick1 focuses on how to leverage the answers: social insights crunched to deliver actionable data.A Brand using Pick1 gets an highly customizable, flexible and integrated solution that connects seamlessly with third party technologies (SalesForce, MailChimp, Lithium),enabling the brand to process this information in an automated way: a "survey/marketing intelligence suite".The result of this is that: a) the Brand doesn't need to go through the pain of integrating a polling tool into its own properties, because Pick1 is taking care of that via API, b) any other solution would be not providing any kind of context data anyway, which Pick1 instead provides.The Brand can then leverage this further layer of data to create clusters of users, matching them with a more specific content/advertising to generate higher engagement and conversion.
Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.

Christen O'Brien

Investment focus

SaaS, Logistics, Accounting
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.

Matthew Kaness

Investment focus

Software, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Italic — Atelier-grade essentials from the same manufacturers as top brands with zero markups and logos.
Maker Wine — Craft canned wine, delivered to you. Maker works with the best small producers to bring you award-winning, zero sugar, minimal intervention wines in cans.
Interlace Ventures — Interlace Ventures is a seed stage fund partnering with ambitious founders in their first round of financing in the future of retail. We leverage our years of international entrepreneurial experience to help bring companies from seed to growth with time and care.

Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm and startup accelerator with over $500M in assets under management. Dave has invested in hundreds of companies around the world,including more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. He was named by Forbes as one of the top VCs in the world in 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List). Before 500 Startups, Dave worked at Founders Fund and PayPal, and he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988 with a BS in engineering and applied mathematics.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Canada, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Ezra AI — Ezra provides full-body MRI screening for potential early cancer and abnormalities in up to 13 organs. Book a scan today.
Tribal — Tribal Credit is a corporate charge card specially designed for startups in emerging markets. Using a proprietary AI-driven approval process, the San Francisco based startup provides small and medium companies with access to payments and complete control over their spending. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, data scientists and fintech execs whohave built and led startups in both emerging markets and Silicon Valley, the startup aspires to bridge the business financial inclusion gap between the two. Tribal Credit is backed by BECO Capital, Global Ventures, Endure Capital, 500 Startups, Rising Tide Fund, AR Ventures, Off The Grid Ventures, RiseUp, and Tribe Capital.
Terraformation — Terraformation creates partnerships to scale reforestation with hardware, software, and knowledge based solutions.

Jen Rubio is the Co-Founder and CEO at Away.

Investment focus

Fashion, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

The Expert — Book consultations with the world's top design experts
Medley — Medley is a membership for curious, growth-minded people who want a structured, social, and accessible way to invest in themselves.
tvg hospitality — Venue Group is an entertainment and hospitality operator in the United Kingdom and the United States. The company was founded in 2019 by Ben Lovett and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.

Peter Hunn is Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Clause, Inc. The Accord Project (now a Linux Foundation project) from Clause, Inc. is the leading organization for the development of techno-legal standards for smart legal contracts and distributed ledger applications in the legal industry. Peter is also an angel investor in earlystage startups.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Command E — Command E develops an easy keyboard shortcut to open any document, contact, file or record from the cloud. Command-E on Mac and Control-E Windows. Your data never leaves your computer.
Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
MainStreet — Tax credits, contract negotiations, software discounts, and more. Let us do the work, while you grow your business. Free to see how much you'll save.

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the co-founder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ZAR — Enjoy borderless banking with a USD Visa card powered by stablecoins. Available in 180+ countries. Sign up for your account today!
The Arena — Arena. social is a cutting-edge SocialFi platform that is revolutionizing how content producers interact, network, and make money from their work.
OpenGradient — OpenGradient is a leading decentralized AI platform for open-source model hosting, secure inference, agentic reasoning, and application deployment. By developing tooling and a feature-rich platform that makes developing AI workflows both secure and seamless, OpenGradient empowers developers with the ability to build in its ecosystem of intelligentand optimized AI-empowered applications. With native model hosting, permissionless composability, and secure inference execution, OpenGradient also aims to accelerate open-source AI by democratizing model ownership, improving verifiability guarantees, and promoting censorship-resistant model access.Our heterogeneous AI compute architecture (HACA) and our proprietary library NeuroML scale secure AI workflows with features like inference, agentic reasoning, statistical analysis, and more. OpenGradient also accelerates open-source innovation with a web portal and SDK for Web2 developers to leverage our AI stack without navigating blockchain complexities, while enjoying the security and composability benefits of decentralized infrastructure.

Rahul Vohra is the Founder and CEO at Superhuman. He is also the Technical Advisor at BOLDstart Ventures and Investor & Advisor at Partender and Investor of sendwithus and EasyPost.Rahul Vohra is a former CEO and Co-Founder of Rapportive and Game Designer at Jagex. Rahul received a bachelor of arts in Computer Science at the University ofCambrigdge.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Bubbles — Bubbles is a collaboration tool that lets you tag anything on your screen and invite your teammates to discuss in-context. Get excited by organic growth and viral loops, and less so by paid advertising. Are active on one or more social platforms like Medium, Twitter, Product Hunt, etc.
Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
Zed Industries — Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures and a Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to that, he was a Venture Partner at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC). He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

BevSuite — Create promotional emails 10x faster with BevSuite. Purpose-built for beverage alcohol marketing. BevSuite uses the latest AI technology to generate catchy, high-performing subject lines and product notes. Start with a premade design and give it your own twist.
Maker Wine — Craft canned wine, delivered to you. Maker works with the best small producers to bring you award-winning, zero sugar, minimal intervention wines in cans.
Salut — Join the creator platform for fitness pros.

Ms. Kala joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 2013. She is a Vice President in the Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical and is a member of the North American Private Equity team. Ms. Kala has also worked extensively in Bain Capital Private Equity’s Industrial Vertical. Ms. Kala received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business whereshe was an Arjay Miller Scholar. She graduated cum laude with an AB in Economics from Harvard University.

Investment focus

Gaming, Retail, Blockchain
Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

GOALS — GOALS is our attempt to give football the game it deserves. Gameplay-first, free to play, cross-play, multiplayer-focused, and esports ready.
Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
Wilder World — An immersive 5D Metaverse built on Ethereum, Unreal Engine 5 & ZERO.

Russ co-founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 with former colleague and friend Jeremy Stoppelman.Prior to Yelp, Russ was one of the early employees and the lead software architect at PayPal. He led a team of top engineers on critical projects related to security, scalability, stability, and internationalization as the company scaled rapidly. Followinghis time at PayPal, Russ joined Max Levchin's (co-founder of PayPal) incubator, where he teamed up with Jeremy.Russ holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois.

Investment focus

Apps, News, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Circa — More and more people are relying on mobile as their primary source of news yet the content itself continues to be produced in a format that translates very poorly to mobile devices. Rather than trying to shoehorn existing content into a new environment, Circa is creating the first born-on-mobile news experience. It will deliver news in a uniqueformat – native to mobile devices with an experience intuitive to mobile users. Through comprehensive yet to-the-point news updates paired with an engrossing mobile experience, Circa redefines how news is produced, delivered and consumed. Circa is news reimagined.Circa was founded by
Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
ShareWell — Struggling with mental health? ShareWell provides online peer support, a proven mental health alternative for therapy. Get group support when you need it.

Managing Partner at Strawberry Creek Ventures, an Alumni Ventures fund. AngelList syndicate lead. 2x venture-backed founder/CEO. Former Innovation @ Nike

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Clover — Clover lets you explode traditional, linear documents into an infinite "surface" for a more intuitive, visual way of note-taking, brainstorming, mind-mapping, and managing tasks.
Cabinet Health — Cabinet Health is a sustainable healthcare company, starting with over-the-counter medicine. Cabinet sells 30+ OTC medicines and dietary supplements with a focus on environmental sustainability, quality, and personalized care.
The Better Meat Co. — The Better Meat Co. is a B2B ingredients company that offers plug-and-play plant protein formulations that quickly and cost-effectively enhance (or even replace) your meat products while improving nutrition, flavor, and yield.

Simon Szewach - Managing Partner @ The Legats Group

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.

Markus Frind

Investment focus

Retail, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cymax Group Technologies Ltd. — Cymax Group simplifies the complexities of eCommerce by combining nearly two decades of technology expertise with award winning products and dedicated account management. Maximize the best of technology, automation, and AI to simplify the complexities of eCommerce through our two products - Channel
Symend — Symend helps top enterprises deliver digital experiences that are hyper-personalized based on the science behind consumer behaviour.
Tastry, Inc. — Tastry wine AI provides unparalleled visibility for winemakers and retailers into your wine's chemistry and how consumers will perceive it. Learn more here.

Parker Thompson - General Partner & Founder @ Tnt Ventures

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Restaurants
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Lish — Lish specializes in corporate catering, office catering, online catering delivery, and workplace food solutions. We serve companies in Seattle & Bellevue/Eastside, including Redmond and Kirkland.
Primeloop — Primeloop makes it easy to track your press, and receive notifications about new comments, shares and engagement on all your PR clippings.
Free Agency — We break the information and the process asymmetries holding people back from the highest levels of their career potential

Casey Neistat is a Youtube sensation with 9.5 million subscribers and over 2 billion views. Neistat is also the co-founder of Beme, a video-editing social app.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Opal — Making it better at capturing incredible low-light video. Even in dimly lit room, you’ll get a level of detail and color that wasn’t possible before.The Opal C1 comes with MicMesh™, an array of beamforming microphones that find and focus on the sound of your voice. And with intelligent noise cancellation, every ding, drop and dog bark is filteredout to get an audio experience that clearly speaks for itself.
Notch — We are the first insurance designed specifically to cater the unique needs of the businesses and assets that make the digital economy. Get an instant quote today!
Nothing — Nothing is a London-based company removing the barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future.

Josh Hart is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.

Investment focus

Software, Gaming, Retail
Seed, Series A, Series C
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

InVintory — Helping wine collectors track & find their bottles. Download on the App Store or use our Web App.
Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
Lemon Perfect — Lemon Perfect is a zero-sugar cold-pressed lemon water that’s full of flavor and packed with antioxidant vitamin C. We squeeze half a California-grown organic lemon into every bottle and can—and add no artificial ingredients—making healthy hydration more convenient, refreshing, and delicious than ever.The Lemon Perfect Company is headquartered inAtlanta, GA.

Mr. Verma is a Co-Founder, Managing Director, and Partner of Unanimous Capital. He was the co-founder of Mobclix and heads the daily operations for the company. Mr. Verma was recently a Partner in Venus Capital's Private Equity Group, where he focused on investments in Digital Media in the US and India. Prior, he was with Gabriel VenturePartners, a leading growth equity firm, where he assisted with the firm's investments Digital Media, Software and International Investments in India including Persistent Systems, MakeMyTrip.com, and Tejas Networks; additionally, he supported several of Gabriel's Public Indian portfolio companies post-investment including Allsec (BSE: ALLSEC), InvestSmart (BSE: INVSTSMART), and Provogue (BSE: PROVOGUE). Prior to Gabriel, Mr. Verma was with Catapult Advisors, a boutique investment bank that focused Digital Media, Mobile and Software M&A. Prior, Mr. Verma worked with Tavant Technologies, where he managed a team of product engineers for online lead generation in the finance vertical.â€¨â€¨Mr. Verma has been a contributor to case studies regarding Indian investing for Harvard Business School and Stanford's Graduate School of Business. He has authored numerous articles on the private capital markets in India. Mr. Verma is an active member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) and has chaired several panels at its annual conference. Mr. Verma previously served as an Executive Member for NextGen Partners, where he co-developed an series of educational and social events for junior investment professionals. â€¨â€¨Mr. Verma graduated with Honors from Santa Clara University with both an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Direct Sales, Wine And Spirits
Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

ONEHOPE — Every bottle of ONEHOPE wine supports a meaningful cause. With $8 million donated to date, doing good has never tasted so great. Shop now!

Lars Albright is the General Partner at Unusual Ventures. He attended Harvard University and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Investment focus

Mobile, Financial Services, iOS
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Button — Button empowers the world's biggest Brands to supercharge their mobile marketing and ad performance using identity, deep linking, and machine learning technology.
Drizly — Drizly is an alcohol marketplace that offers a variety of beer, wine and, spirits online.With the speed and convenience of on-demand delivery and shipping, Drizly partners with retailers in 235 markets to offer consumers of legal drinking age unrivaled selection and a transparent, personalized shopping experience. Backed by institutionalinvestors, Drizly partners with retailers to bring their shelves online, helping them to reach new customers, tap into key market and customer insights, and diversify their business to grow sales.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Remix Media — Remix Media is building a mobile app that allows its users to mashup video content and overlay animations, text, and audio. It also provides services related to internet video, pop-culture, satire, mobile first, and more for its users. Remix Media is based in San Francisco, C.A.

Matt Soule

Investment focus

Beauty, 3D Printing, Health Care
Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Nufabrx — Nufabrx manufactures pillowcases designed to actively fight blemishes while its users are asleep. Its products are hand crafted from natural bamboo fibers and infused with natural ingredients. The combination of bamboo fibers and clinically proven natural remedies allows Nufabrx’s pillowcase to be anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, andhypo-allergenic, all while remaining eco-friendly.In a recent study comparing a Nufabrx pillowcase with a standard cotton pillowcase purchased from Target, Nufabrx pillowcase showed a reduction of 91.5% of the main acne causing bacteria P. It is also able to effectively reduce the S. aureus bacteria by 99% after 20 washes.Nufabrx was founded in 2012 by Jordan Schindler and is based in Seattle, W.A.

As Chief Business Officer, Ben is responsible for overseeing market expansion, public policy, business development, and public affairs at Spin. Prior to Spin, Ben was the founding VP Sales of Vungle, a mobile advertising company recently acquired by Blackstone. Ben began his career in Chicago, where he worked as a political consultant for theStrategy Group after graduating from nearby Northwestern University.

Investment focus

GovTech, Internet, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Automotus — Curb management for cities, airports and fleets. Real-time data. Automated payments. Smart loading zones. Zero emissions delivery zones.
Libation Labs — Libation Labs, Inc. is a technology-focused game studio founded in early 2022.

Rana Daggubati is a Co-Founder at Social Swag India.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Coffee, Wine And Spirits
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

VS Mani & Co — Shop South Indian filter coffee, instant coffee that tastes almost like filter coffee, and wholesome snacks and spices at VS Mani & Co. Free delivery.
Salud Beverages — Explore & connect with the latest stylish t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatshirts for men at Salud Clothing Store.

James Pardieck

Investment focus

Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.

Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Advertising
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Elyn — Elyn is a developer of an automated and unified sales platform designed to facilitate try-before-you-buy sales. As orders are shipped and returned through the same logistics channels as a standard order, the company's platform easily integrates with the online store and automates the shopping experience from payment to returns management,allowing e-commerce companies to give their customers the freedom to try their items before paying for them, increasing average baskets and conversion rates.
Omi — Omi is where marketing teams generate and publish stunning product photos and videos. Generate eCommerce banners, Social Media visuals, Ads creatives, CRM bundles and Print materials.
Luna Food — Luna Food is a Food and Beverage company.

JJ Redick Former Pro-Basketball Player.

Investment focus

Winery, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series B
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

OLIPOP — 2-5g sugar. 9g fiber. 8 classic flavors. Discover the delicious new soda made with plant fiber and prebiotics for a happy, healthy you. Try it in Vintage Cola, Classic Root Beer, Strawberry Vanilla, Ginger Lemon and more. Non-GMO, gluten free, paleo, vegan, and just plain delicious.
InVintory — Helping wine collectors track & find their bottles. Download on the App Store or use our Web App.

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