Top 50 Wine and Spirits Angel Investors (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel
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3 | United States, France, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet | $786k–$55M |
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James Robertson
Angel
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3 | China | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Hayden Zou
Angel
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3 | China | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Joanne Wilson
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Poland | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail | $500k–$8.8M |
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Shin Dong-won
Angel
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2 | South Korea | Angel, Series A | Retail, Craft Beer, Wine and Spirits | |
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Chadd Ciccarelli
Angel
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology | $605k–$1.5M |
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Chakradhar Gade
Angel
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2 | India | Seed, Series A | AgTech, Fashion, E-Commerce | $579k–$12M |
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Bedy Yang
Angel
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2 | United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS | $50k–$7.8M |
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
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2 | United States, Australia, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Internet | $1M–$55M |
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Zach Segal
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Banking | $2M–$4.5M |
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Matthew Saverin
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Big Data, Education, Recruiting | |
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Kevin Moore
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $190k–$5.2M |
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Kevin Weil
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Israel | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $1.7M–$55M |
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Rahul Vohra
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.2M–$298M |
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Matt Caspari
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology | $135k–$44M |
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William Zeqiri
Angel
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2 | New Zealand, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Wine and Spirits | $734k–$1.2M |
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Vineeta Singh
Angel
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2 | India | Angel, Seed | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing | $24k–$1.6M |
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Magdalena Kala
Angel
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2 | United States, Sweden | Seed, Convertible Note, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Gaming, Retail | $3.5M–$15M |
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Alexander Chesterman
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $470k–$23M |
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Austin Rosen
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1.7M–$87M |
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Arielle Zuckerberg
Angel
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2 | United States, France, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $750k–$60M |
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Parker Thompson
Angel
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2 | United States, Mexico, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Software, Restaurants | $50k–$3M |
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Peter Hunn
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Shoes | $2.3M–$14M |
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Balaji Srinivasan
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $450k–$28M |
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Jason Calacanis
Angel
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2 | United States, Australia, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$16M |
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Sahin Boydas
Angel
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2 | United States, Mexico, Norway | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $500k–$150M |
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Arianna Simpson
Angel
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2 | United States, Philippines, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $2.7M–$170M |
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Justin Waldron
Angel
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2 | United States, Japan, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, Gaming | $50k–$5.3M |
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Ligaya Tichy
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Food and Beverage, Apps, News | $1.6M–$4.5M |
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Jeffrey Olyniec
Angel
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2 | United States, China | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Battery, PropTech, Software | $5M–$10M |
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Matthew Kaness
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage | $2M–$3.5M |
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Christen O'Brien
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed | SaaS, Logistics, Accounting | |
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Charles Hudson
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $850k–$20M |
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Dave McClure
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $159k–$30M |
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Niv Dror
Angel
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2 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Wellness, E-Commerce | $1.5M–$4.5M |
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Robin Knox
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Canada, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, SaaS, Digital Media | $38k–$2.9M |
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Nitin Kaushal
Angel
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2 | India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, AgTech, Farming | $180k–$2.7M |
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Casey Neistat
Angel
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2 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software | $3M–$50M |
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David J. Adelman
Angel
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2 | United States | Series A, Seed | Food and Beverage, Sports, Wine and Spirits | $3.6M–$43M |
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Simon Szewach
Angel
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2 | China | Pre-Seed, Series A | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Jen Rubio
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage | $1.3M–$20M |
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Pankaj Jain
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Jordan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Analytics, SaaS, Mobile | $50k–$1.8M |
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Markus Frind
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Retail, E-Commerce, FinTech | $1M–$22M |
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Christine Tsai
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $50k–$4.5M |
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Russel Simmons
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, News, Mobile | $750k–$4.5M |
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Will Greenwood
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Winery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Lucas Driggers
Angel
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2 | China | Pre-Seed, Series A | Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | |
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Rob Dobson
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS | |
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Jordan Levy
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Series A, Seed, Series B | Mobile, Software, Content | $25k–$11M |
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Hansi Hansmann
Angel
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Health Care, Apps, Software | $250k–$5.1M |
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Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $786k–$7M; Series A $1M–$45M; Series B $3.7M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
James Robertson
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
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.
Hayden Zou
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Seed $725k–$3.3M; Angel $500k–$2M; Series A $1.5M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lately — Lately uses AI to create your social media content and manage your social media marketing and social selling programs.
- Redstamp — We’re full-service. And we don’t just say that: we back it up, from brand conceptualization and design all the way to SEO and print campaigns. Our services are top-shelf, our work is top-quality, and our people are top-notch. We’re based out of Vancouver, helping us get that perfect blend of Canadian nice and urban know-how that’ll serve yourbusiness and build your brand. You tell us what you want, and we’ll nail it. Rest your weary head: we’ve got it.
- 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.
Shin Dong-won is the chairman of the Nongshim Group.
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- Industry: Retail, Craft Beer, Wine and Spirits
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Chadd Ciccarelli
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- Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $605k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Triggr — Own Triggr.ai today. Secure checkout and guided transfer support. No hidden fees.
- Adatree — Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions.
- AMASS Botanics — AMASS believes in the power of plants. From botanical beverages like Riverine Non-Alcoholic Spirit, Hard Seltzer, Dry Gin, and Vodka to cruelty-free Hand Sanitizer, Soap, Bath Salts, and natural soy wax Candles, we make clean botanics for social and self-care rituals. Free shipping on all orders over $50.
Chakradhar Gade co-founded Country Delight in 2015. He attended the Indian Institute of Management in Indore.
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- Industry: AgTech, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $579k–$3.9M; Series A $1.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Harvested Robotics — Harvested Robotics is an ag-tech company that focuses on safeguarding farms from weeds and diseases by lasers, robotics, and AI technology.
- Ginglani Distillers — Ginglani Distillers operates as a whisky startup. Ginglani Distillers is the maker of Black Bow whisky.
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.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $50k–$7.8M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
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.
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $3.1M–$49M; Series B $7M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Stan — We work 1-on-1 with the Top Creators to monetize their business
- The 33rd Team — The 33rd Team is a sports entertainment platform that offers spectator sports content.
- Pro Padel League — The Premier Professional Padel League in North America. Elevating padel, exploring teams, and bringing you closer to the action with stories, highlights, and behind-the-scenes moments.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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- Industry: Big Data, Education, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Endless West — Endless West is a beverage startup using scientific production methods to create its own original blend of wines and spirits. Its winery uses molecules from plants, animals, and substances for taste, smell, and color and combines them to create sustainable wine without any grapes, yeast, or any kind of fermentation. The company's firstproduct, Glyph, is the first aged-style spirit made using flavor and aroma molecules extracted from more efficient sources in nature. Glyph is made without aging or barreling which means significantly less wood, water, and land is used in its production process.Endless West was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Packback — Packback is the Learning Intelligence Platform that grades the learning process, not just the final product. Assess true critical thinking without the risk of false accusations.
Kevin Moore has 10 years experience as an angel/opportunity investor and operator. Prior to that, he has over 15 years of progressive technology i-banking, corp dev, and CFO experience at startups and $Bn corporates.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $190k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $800k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SilkChart — SilkChart helps growth teams improve campaigns based on what users are doing in product - without relying on expensive data scientists. We do this through a no code analytics tool that combines marketing and product usage data to identify which channels, audiences, and content maximize revenue growth.
- Trace — Trace is an orchestration engine that breaks down existing workflows, assigns repetitive tasks to AI agents and routes the rest to the right people.
- Augmend — Create documentation and an AI assistant from any video.
Kevin Weil is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Vice President, OpenAI for Science of OpenAI. Kevin Weil attended the Harvard University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$2.7M; Series A $8M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Laurel — Time by Ping frees lawyers from timekeeping so they can focus on their work, and firms can understand where time is being spent.
- eyesAtop — eyesAtop develops a hardware-agnostic software and edge-AI platform designed to coordinate multi-drone fleets from a unified interface. The technology integrates autonomous control, video analytics, and jam-resistant communications, enabling a single operator to command diverse drone types simultaneously for defense and surveillance missions
- Elio Labs — Elio builds a reconfigurable optical sensor that lets AI shape how it sees: inventing new ways to sense, directing detail where it's needed, and measuring the physical world directly.
Rahul Vohra is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder & CEO of Superhuman.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Series A $10M–$21M; Series B $30M–$298M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Double — AI-powered, ledger-integrated close management for accounting firms and teams. Automate manual work, gain real-time visibility, and close the books faster.
- Lassie — AI that runs the doctor's office.
- Function Health — Test your whole body and own your health. Function, co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is a lifelong routine of 100+ lab tests for the whole body including thyroid, hormones, fertility, autoimmunity, heart, kidney, liver and more. Lab results direct to you with insights from top doctors.
Managing Partner at Strawberry Creek Ventures, an Alumni Ventures fund. AngelList syndicate lead. 2x venture-backed founder/CEO. Former Innovation @ Nike
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$20M; Pre-Seed $135k–$5M; Series A $11M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fleet — Fleet is a mobility-as-a-Service software for enterprise transportation needs.
- 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 is the end-to-end platform for modern medicine. Develop, source, and deliver OTC medicines, without tradeoffs and at scale.
William Zeqiri Passionate technology entrepreneur, product creator and angel investor.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Wine and Spirits
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: New Zealand, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $734k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics. She previously worked at Quetzal Verify Private Limited as Director. Vineeta attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she took a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She also attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where she took a B.Tech in ElectricalEngineering.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $37k–$1.6M; Angel $24k–$361k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ctruh — The Infrastructure Layer for the Spatial Internet.
- Artociti — Artociti is an Indian e-commerce company specializing in premium handmade wall art, sculptures, and home decor.
- Warrior World — India's First Men's Army Base Men's Fashion Store. We Have All T-shirt,Over Size T-shirt,Full Sleeve T-shirt And Many More Fashion Products.We Provide All India Cash On Delivery With 7 Days Easy Return Policy
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.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $3.5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- Swoops — Swoops develops and creates a basketball simulation game with the help of blockchain technology. It allows users to create, manage, and build teams and their skills, and compete with other teams while earning digitally.
- Wilder World — Wilder World is a community-owned, fully decentralized, liquid NFT market and social platform.
Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $524k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $470k–$3M; Series A $2.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atheni AI — Guided AI adoption: the thinking of a top consultancy, the 1:1 personalisation of a coach, delivered at the scale of a platform. Capability, not access. Independent by design.
- Zefir — An all-in-one platform that allows people to sell or buy in one simple, certain transaction
- Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the award-winning 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.
Austin Rosen is the founder and CEO of Electric Feel Entertainment and Ventures.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$14M; Series A $1.7M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Last Crumb — Handcrafted luxury cookies baked fresh in Brooklyn, NY. Ships nationwide in 2 days. The most talked-about flavors and drops in the cookie game. Order before they're gone.
- Actual Veggies — Filling, Colorful & Delicious burgers Made With Fresh Veggies.
- Creative Intell — Real education for the real music business
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $750k–$15M; Pre-Seed $2.1M–$3.3M; Series A $10M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tiny Farms — Tiny Farms is reducing the cost of insect protein to make it a genuine alternative to meat. Demand for food-grade insects is exploding, with dozens of startups marketing consumer food products for Western and traditional markets. Current farms are inefficient, so insects remain expensive and difficult to source.
- 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.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Restaurants
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $50k–$3M; Pre-Seed $2M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MailLift — MailLift, Inc. is the industry leader in handwritten letters for B2B business, supporting SaaS and many Inc. 5000 and Fortune 500 enterprises. MailLift's software allows businesses in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia to automate welcome package campaigns and engage customers through personalized handwritten letters. MailLift's easyto use software, along with its seasoned team of marketing specialists, ensures client success through an industry leading 1,000,000+ words per year. MailLift is a privately held corporation based in Austin, TX, with investments from the 500 Startups & Kima Ventures. 1,000+ companies trust MailLift's software, services, and confidentiality to transform the way they attract, engage, and delight customers. Contact us for pricing and to request a customized sample pack at https://maillift.com/.
- 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 — From Free Agency, the careers company. We've helped thousands in tech find their next thing. Now, we're readying to help you find yours.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Shoes
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$14M; Series A $8.1M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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. 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 anonline MOOC.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 271
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$15M; Pre-Seed $450k–$4.2M; Series A $6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vorflux — Cloud agents that ship production code. An opinionated harness that runs the full SDLC on dedicated machines.
- BizScout — BizScout is an online platform of Off market deals for verified buyers and sellers.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 548
- Round size: Seed $722k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $2.7M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dexla — Build B2B apps quickly with an AI-powered front-end software engineer. Type in what your company does and watch Buck build your app for you.
- Contraline — Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible.
- howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
Sahin Boydas is the PEF Chapter Lead of PEF Community. He previously worked at RemoteTeam.com as CEO and Founder. Sahin Boydas attended Koç University, where he took a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, and Bahcesehir University, where he took a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 276
- Round size: Seed $500k–$15M; Series A $7M–$36M; Series B $23M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Seezo — Security design reviews for every feature your company builds. Someday, we will be more active on Twitter
- Neurable — Neurable is a neurotechnology company specializing in developing AI-powered tools for brain signal translation and brain-computer interface technology. Utilizing patented signal processing, developed through research across labs and institutions, and advanced by a scientific and expert product team, its platform enables high-performancebrain-computer interface in everyday devices.
- 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.
Arianna Simpson is the General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Philippines, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$10M; Series A $9M–$60M; Series B $105M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Stork Club — Creating family-friendly workplaces for the next generation of employees. Better results, fewer vendors.
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Japan, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $933k–$5.3M; Angel $800k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Remix — Remix is a platform combining AI and mobile gaming, designed to offer on-chain, AI-powered games.
- Proof of Play — Proof of Play helps you create high-performance, serverless apps and games that can be extended or remixed by anyone.
- Uncharted — Uncharted is a cryptocurrency-based gaming platform helps game developers and companies.
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.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, News
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 Fera Fruit Oil. Weekly new flavors from local Hawaiian farms.
Jeffrey W. Olyniec is the Board of director of Peek. 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 including sales and supply chain. He thenmoved 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.
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- Industry: Battery, PropTech, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reelables — Reelables is automating supply chains and inventory management with cellular and Bluetooth smart labels.
- Kora — Outsmart the grid with the only unified home energy system: Power App + Smart Panel + Powerblocks Modular Batteries. Avoid blackouts, cut bills, and earn with free energy trading for life. Reserve your Founder Edition now.
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- CodeBoxx Technology — Launch a higher-paying career in the booming technology sector with our cutting-edge tech training programs. Our immersive programs empower you to master in-demand technologies, with expert instructors and real-world projects. Join CodeBoxx Academy to transform your life and career.
- Outside — Outside is the corporate home for the active lifestyle enthusiast including Outside+ membership, Backpacker, Gaia GPS, Velo, RUN, SKI, Yoga Journal, PinkBike, and more.
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- Industry: SaaS, Logistics, Accounting
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $850k–$2.3M; Series A $4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blazel — Your whole company on LinkedIn. Without you doing all of it.
- 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.
- why?! — The conversation app.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $159k–$3M; Series A $673k–$10M; Series B $2.2M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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 is a payments and financing platform using the latest emerging technologies to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging markets with better access to financial services. Tribal offers these SMBs access to modern payment methods like multi-currency physical and virtual business credit cards, local and internationalwires, along with short-term financing, and a powerful spend management platform to track and control their expenses—all in one seamless interface. Tribal has raised from SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, BECO Capital, Stellar Development Foundation, and Coinbase Ventures. The company is also among an elite group of companies chosen as part of the Visa FinTech Fast Track program.
- Terraformation — Terraformation creates partnerships to scale reforestation with hardware, software, and knowledge based solutions.
Niv Dror is a Managing Partner at Shrug Capital.
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- Industry: Software, Wellness, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- Eight Sleep — Fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer with personalized cooling and heating for each side of the bed. The Pod reduces snoring, tracks your sleep, and works with any mattress. Try it risk-free for 30 nights.
- Levels — Improve metabolic health with CGM, comprehensive labs, and a personalized plan.
Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Digital Media
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $327k–$2.9M; Pre-Seed $38k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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 — Apply for Confirmation in Scotland, with a Will or without. Fixed-fee expert support to prepare and submit your application, with a money-back guarantee.
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.
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- Industry: Apps, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $180k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ProsParity — Reimagining Distribution Of Credit In The Electric Mobility Sector
- Naturik — Buy online 100% pure & natural instant oats, ragi and multigrain cheela mix at best prices on The Naturik Co. 100% secure payment & free shipping.
- Ginglani Distillers — Ginglani Distillers operates as a whisky startup. Ginglani Distillers is the maker of Black Bow whisky.
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.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $3M–$9M; Series A $9.5M–$27M; Series B $15M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Opal — Opal Electronics is an original hardware company specializing in design & engineering based in California.
- Nothing — Nothing is a London-based company removing the barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future.
- Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
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.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, Wine and Spirits
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series A $3.6M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wheels Up — Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing the upfront cost to fly privately, providing flexibility, service, and safety. Its mobile app enables members to book flights, manage their accounts, and participate in ride-share opportunities. Its members also have given access to the Wheels Down program.
- Beach Whiskey — Beach Whiskey™ was founded in 2015 by entrepreneurs including TV and radio personality Billy Bush, music stars Jake Owen and Gavin DeGraw, beverage industry veteran J. Smoke Wallin and co-founding investor and advisor Ken Austin, and entrepreneurs co-founder Andrew McGinnis and co-founding investors Kenny Dichter and Andrew Kline. Beach Whiskey isa flavored American whiskey made for sun worshiping, moon chasing, and fun seekers. A whiskey for the wise and the whimsical. A whiskey for those drawn to the water, the waves, who welcome a little wickedness. Beach Whiskey is about time…your time, day time! Born on the beach, enjoyed everywhere. No matter where you are, our mission is to bring the beach – “your place in the sun” – to thirsty, fun-loving whiskey drinkers everywhere. Please sip and swim responsibly!
- Quartermaster AI — A distributed sensor network delivering HD video and real-time AI insights to help civil and commercial operators monitor, detect and respond across global waters.
Simon Szewach is based out of Melbourne, Victoria and is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Gelteq. Simon previously worked at Sports Diplomacy Foundation as a Board Advisor. Simon Szewach attended Monash University.
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4.9M; Series A $7.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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.
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- Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Atlan — The missing context layer for enterprise AI. Atlan gives every AI agent the data graph, business logic, and governance to act on trusted data.
- Paperstreet — Write beautiful company updates to engage your investors, advisors, and users.
Markus Frind is the Proprietor at Frind Estate Winery. He Attended British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1M–$16M; Series A $12M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Symend — Symend’s digital engagement platform uses behavioral science and data-driven insights to empower customers to resolve past due bills. Leveraging advanced analytics, Symend helps enterprises better engage millions of customers by providing deep insight into consumer behavior. Symend continuously optimizes these insights and empathetically nudgescustomers towards a desired action with personalized communications, self-serve tools and flexible repayment options. Symend’s relationship-based approach keeps enterprises attuned to the changing needs of their customers and empowers them to take action. This increases customer satisfaction, lowers operating costs, and helps resolve past due bills before reaching collections. Founded in 2016, Symend’s platform is purpose built to serve complex global enterprises in telecommunications, financial services, utilities and media. Symend is headquartered in Calgary and privately held, with global operations across Canada, the United States and Latin America. For more information, please visit https://symend.com/ and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- Bonsai — Bridging content and commerce. Bonsai brings together products people love and the content they can't get enough of.
- Tastry, Inc. — Tastry is the first-principles AI model for human taste, smell, and texture preference. We predict what consumers will love before it is made.
Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups). Before founding 500 Global, she held product marketing and operating roles at Google. Christine holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $50k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MailLift — MailLift, Inc. is the industry leader in handwritten letters for B2B business, supporting SaaS and many Inc. 5000 and Fortune 500 enterprises. MailLift's software allows businesses in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Australia to automate welcome package campaigns and engage customers through personalized handwritten letters. MailLift's easyto use software, along with its seasoned team of marketing specialists, ensures client success through an industry leading 1,000,000+ words per year. MailLift is a privately held corporation based in Austin, TX, with investments from the 500 Startups & Kima Ventures. 1,000+ companies trust MailLift's software, services, and confidentiality to transform the way they attract, engage, and delight customers. Contact us for pricing and to request a customized sample pack at https://maillift.com/.
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Apps, News, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $750k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 — Discover a supportive mental health community with peer-led sessions, expert insights, and helpful resources to guide your healing journey.
Will Greenwood
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- Industry: Winery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.
- STOCKED — Award winning dishes. Delivered to your door. Pack to Plate in 4 minutes. Choose from our wide range of British meat, Plant Based and Family Favourites. Revolutionary meals, ready in minutes, delivered to your door.
- Future Château — An ancient, lighter style of wine revived.
Lucas Driggers
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- Industry: Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Rob founded Actix (actix.com) in 1991 and as CEO (1991-2005) grew it to over $50m revenue by 2005. More than 90% of the world’s mobile phone customers have their networks optimized by Actix software and Rob has worked with many of the world’s leading mobile operators and infrastructure vendors. In 2005 he sold a majority stake in the company toPE firm Summit Partners at a $100+m valuation. He has invested in a further 30+ startups and has had five very successful exits (he's not counting failures as they come with the territory). Rob is chairman of Robotical (robotical.io) and DevicePilot.com. He's also the founding chairman of Singletrack.com and a supporter of the unique orchestra SouthbankSinfonia.co.uk. As an inveterate tinkerer in software and hardware, he's fascinated by IoT, 3D printing and the maker movement (as you can probably see from his personal website (robdobson.com). Rob is a Fellow of the IET and has a 1st class honours degree in Electronic Engineering.
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- Industry: Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
- DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
- Connect4 — The client-centric platform for you and your team. Consistently deliver outstanding client meetings. Every single time.
Jordan Levy is a General Partner at SoftBank Capital NY and also Managing Partner of Seed Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital fund that he co-founded in 1999.Prior to co-founding Seed Capital Partners, he was co-founder of ClientLogic and was President, co-CEO and co-Chair of its predecessor companies SOFTBANK Services Group andUCA (now SITEL Worldwide). Previously, Jordan was SVP of Software Etc,now GameStop (NYSE:GME) and prior to that he was also co-founder of Software Distribution Services, now known as Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM).Jordan currently serves on the boards of several technology companies including SocialFlow, Spanfeller Media, Synaptic Digital, COKeM Int. and is Chairman of Synacor (NASDAQ: SYNC). He is a Board Observer of Betaworks and Boxee. Previously, Jordan served on the boards of ZipList (sold to Condé Nast in 2012), OMGPOP (sold to Zynga in 2012), Hyperpublic (sold to Groupon in 2012), and KickApps (sold to KIT digital in 2011). He also is the first non-Native American on the Board of Seneca Holdings Corporation.Jordan is Chair of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, the State Agency responsible for the redevelopment of Buffalo’s vast historic waterfront. He is also on the Advisory Board for NYC Seed and a trustee of the University of Buffalo Foundation. He served for nine years as a trustee of the Albright Knox Art Gallery and is a past President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Content
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $25k–$8M; Series A $2M–$9.5M; Series B $6M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HyPoint — Next Generations Fuel Cell Systems
- Overtime — Overtime is the leading brand for the next generation of sports fans. As both a publisher and an influencer, we've built the inclusive world of sports we all wish was the norm by giving a platform to our community to be seen AND heard.
- Social Native — Predictive AI platform for creator marketing.
Hansi Hansmann
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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $250k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $538k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Grape — The most flexible messenger can be hosted anywhere and integrated into your software.
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