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Top 50 Wine and Spirits Angel Investors in United States (July 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United States Wine And Spirits startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United States Wine And Spirits startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Fabrice Grinda
Angel
3 United States, France, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet $786k–$55M
Zach Segal
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Software, Financial Services $2M–$4.5M
Dave McClure
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software $159k–$30M
Matt Caspari
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $135k–$44M
Casey Neistat
Angel
2 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Apps, Audio $3M–$50M
Balaji Srinivasan
Angel
2 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency $665k–$31M
Markus Frind
Angel
2 Canada, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Retail, FinTech, Financial Services $1M–$22M
Charles Hudson
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Spain Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $850k–$20M
Rahul Vohra
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Financial Services $1.2M–$298M
Magdalena Kala
Angel
2 United States, Sweden Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, Retail, Blockchain $4.5M–$15M
Jason Calacanis
Angel
2 United States, Australia, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $100k–$20M
Austin Rosen
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Israel Seed, Series A Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2.8M–$87M
Matthew Kaness
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Christen O'Brien
Angel
2 United States Seed SaaS, Logistics, Accounting
Justin Waldron
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Chile Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Internet, E-Commerce $50k–$5.3M
Kevin Weil
Angel
2 United States, India, Germany Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, SaaS $1.7M–$65M
Christine Tsai
Angel
2 United States, India, Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Mobile $50k–$4.5M
Pankaj Jain
Angel
2 United States, India, Jordan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Analytics, SaaS, Mobile $50k–$1.8M
Ligaya Tichy
Angel
2 United States Seed, Angel, Series A Food and Beverage, Apps, News $1.6M–$4.5M
Arianna Simpson
Angel
2 United States, Philippines, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $3.1M–$170M
Jen Rubio
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Fashion, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage $1.3M–$20M
Joanne Wilson
Angel
2 United States, Canada, Poland Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail $500k–$8.8M
David J. Adelman
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed Food and Beverage, Sports, E-Commerce $3.6M–$43M
Bedy Yang
Angel
2 United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS $50k–$7.8M
Parker Thompson
Angel
2 United States, Mexico, Spain Seed, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Restaurants $50k–$3M
Russel Simmons
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, News, Mobile $750k–$4.5M
Arielle Zuckerberg
Angel
2 United States, France, Mexico Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Information Technology $750k–$59M
Peter Hunn
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Software, Internet, SaaS $2.3M–$14M
Niv Dror
Angel
2 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Internet, Wellness $1M–$4.5M
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
2 United States, Australia, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $1M–$55M
Web Smith
Angel
1 Canada, United States Seed, Series B Marketing, Distillery, Social Media
Lars Albright
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Sweden Seed, Series A Mobile, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Frederick Warren
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B Mobile, Ad Retargeting, Mobile Advertising
Andrew Macdonald
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Accounting, Wine and Spirits
Dilpesh Parmar
Angel
1 Poland, Germany, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Software, Advertising, SaaS
Mark Hastings
Angel
1 United States Angel, Seed, Series A Mobile, B2B, Social Media
Alex Pall
Angel
1 United States, Brazil, Germany Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed Software, Consumer, Mobile Apps
Sunil Verma
Angel
1 United States Series A E-Commerce, Direct Sales, Wine and Spirits
Daniel Kan
Angel
1 United States, Greece, Colombia Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Goods, Software
Margaret Stewart
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Matt Iannelli
Angel
1 Switzerland, United States Seed Finance, Sustainability, Project Management
Gerry Ruvo
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Taz Patel
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A SaaS, Information Technology, Mobile
Nik Sharma
Angel
1 United States Seed Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
Walt Doyle
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, iOS, Mobile
Bryan Mahoney
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Wellness
Katelyn Donnelly
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Education, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Joseph Plumeri
Angel
1 United States Series A, Private Equity E-Commerce, B2B, Delivery
Gil Fuchsberg
Angel
1 United States Seed Video, E-Commerce, Publishing
John Howard
Angel
1 United States Seed Apparel, Fashion, Consumer
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $786k–$7M; Series A $1M–$50M; 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 — Authenticate customers with WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Biometrics, and more, with a 98% conversion rate on signup and sign-in.
  • Accumulator — Accumulator is a U.S. private equity firm regulated by the SEC, operating as an index-like fund covering a wide range of privately held, growth-stage tech companies.
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Zach Segal
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Financial Services
  • 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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Dave McClure
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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 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.
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Matt Caspari
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$20M; Pre-Seed $135k–$5M; Series A $11M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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.
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Casey Neistat
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Audio
  • 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

  • Creator Now — film school, reimagined for creators
  • 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.
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Balaji Srinivasan
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups, 21 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 258
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$15M; Pre-Seed $665k–$4.5M; Series A $6M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • M1X Global — M1X unlocks new applications of blockchain technology across public sector programs and institutional markets. We partner with governments to identify opportunities, coordinate expertise and support long-term economic development.
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Markus Frind
Angel · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Markus Frind

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$16M; Series A $17M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

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’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.
  • 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.
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Charles Hudson
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups, 7 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $850k–$2.3M; Series A $4M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Blazel — Blazel is an AI-powered enterprise platform automating executive communications, personal branding, and B2B thought leadership content.
  • 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.
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Rahul Vohra
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Rahul Vohra is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder & CEO of Superhuman.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Series A $10M–$21M; Series B $30M–$298M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% 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 — The AI for independent doctors.
  • 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.
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Magdalena Kala
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Retail, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $4.5M–$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.
  • 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 — Wilder World is a community-owned, fully decentralized, liquid NFT market and social platform.
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Jason Calacanis
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 477
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $2.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bonjuur — Housekeeping Membership that tidies up your house daily and cleans room by room, for a serene life. Welcome to Bonjuur Life.
  • 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 an email-based scheduling assistant, uses artificial intelligence to automate the scheduling and rescheduling of your meetings.
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Austin Rosen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$10M; Series A $4M–$87M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% 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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Matthew Kaness
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Matthew Kaness

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Italic — Life is luxury
  • 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.
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Christen O'Brien
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Christen O'Brien

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Justin Waldron
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Chile

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Truffle — Truffle develops an infrastructure creator's platform to enhance the web experience for developers and creators. The platform focuses on providing tools and resources that streamline the development process, enabling users to build, deploy, and manage web applications more efficiently.By offering a suite of features tailored to the needs ofdevelopers, Truffle aims to simplify complex tasks and improve productivity. The platform supports various aspects of web development, including collaboration, version control, and deployment, making it easier for creators to focus on their projects.Truffle's commitment to innovation and user experience positions it as a valuable resource for developers looking to optimize their workflows and enhance their online presence. Through its platform, Truffle seeks to empower creators by providing them with the tools they need to succeed in the digital landscape.
  • Remix — Remix is a platform combining AI and mobile gaming, designed to offer on-chain, AI-powered games.
  • Uncharted — Uncharted is a cryptocurrency-based gaming platform helps game developers and companies.
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Kevin Weil
Angel · Portola Valley, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$2.7M; Series A $8M–$65M
  • 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.
  • Supabase — The Open Source Alternative to Firebase.
  • Vybe — Virtual Try-On & AI Styling for Fashion Stores
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Christine Tsai
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

  • Geekatoo — Geekatoo.com offers at-home tech support at prices up to 75% off of Geek Squad. They offer a range of fix-priced services and an auction model for custom jobs.They work with 6,000+ providers across the US ready to provide service and troubleshoot issues such as smart home product installation, computer repair, virus removal, camera and printerrepair, building websites, and home theater installation. Providers are ranked on Geektitude score, which affects their ability to get work. This score is based on previous job satisfaction, certifications and education.
  • GoPillar — Get dozens of high quality projects from professional designers: easy, fast and on a budget. Redesign your space on GoPillar.
  • Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
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Pankaj Jain
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

  • 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.
  • Logic Roots — Logic Roots is an education company that provides a social math game and equipment for kids. It offers math board games and math worksheets it helps children to practice in mathematics. Logic roots help reinventing how kids practice Math. Through board games, math activities and apps. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mumbai
  • 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.
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Ligaya Tichy
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Arianna Simpson
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Arianna Simpson is the General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$10M; Series A $9M–$60M; Series B $105M–$170M
  • Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow

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.
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Jen Rubio
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • 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.
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Joanne Wilson
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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David J. Adelman
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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!
  • 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.
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Bedy Yang
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Parker Thompson
Angel · Alameda, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Parker Thompson - General Partner & Founder @ Tnt Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, 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

  • 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.
  • Geekatoo — Geekatoo.com offers at-home tech support at prices up to 75% off of Geek Squad. They offer a range of fix-priced services and an auction model for custom jobs.They work with 6,000+ providers across the US ready to provide service and troubleshoot issues such as smart home product installation, computer repair, virus removal, camera and printerrepair, building websites, and home theater installation. Providers are ranked on Geektitude score, which affects their ability to get work. This score is based on previous job satisfaction, certifications and education.
  • Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
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Russel Simmons
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Arielle Zuckerberg
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$13M; Pre-Seed $2.1M–$3.3M; Series A $10M–$59M
  • 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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Peter Hunn
Angel · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
  • 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.
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Niv Dror
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Niv Dror is a Managing Partner at Shrug Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mapify — Mapify is a social travel platform where people can visualize, find and plan travel experiences.By developing a website and app which launched in November 2017, the company has attracted users worldwide to share trips and spots in more than 160 countries and has continuously been trending on several country App Stores worldwide. The company hasraised $330K from MIT’s Sandbox Innovation Fund and renowned angel investors.Mapify is based in Berlin, Germany.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $3.1M–$42M; 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 Pro Padel League is a professional padel league that offers a national platform for the sport, simultaneously fostering nationwide recognition and enthusiasm for Padel. The Pro Padel League stands as North America's inaugural professional league for Padel teams.
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Web Smith
Angel · Columbus, Ohio, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Formerly, I led eCommerce operations for Gear Patrol. There, I worked to bridge media and commerce with partnerships formed with the likes of top men’s brands. During our time, we launched the Patrol vertical brand for the men’s lifestyle site.Prior to Gear Patrol, I implemented commerce operations at Uncrate. Before this, I was the founding CMOof a startup called Mizzen+Main. There, I worked extensively to find a founder-product-market fit, voice, and cost-effective approach to establishing Mizzen+Main in a competitive space to include Ministry, Theory, and others. I got my start in eCommerce by handling digital marketing for Rogue. There I learned from a few of the best in the business.I’ve been featured in AdWeek, New York Times, Fast Company, Pando Daily, Wall Street Journal, and Esquire. I’ve written on retail for Forbes, TechCrunch, and the Wall Street Journal. I’ve consulted over a dozen digitally native vertical brands (DNVB’s) and a handful of publicly-traded retailers.I have a wife, Lindsey, and two great kids in Alexis and Adriana. I am the fourth best athlete in my house.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Distillery, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
  • #Paid — #Paid is a tech company that operates a creative marketing platform that combines brand and creator collaboration. The platform allows brands to collaborate with relevant artists, travelers, storytellers, and photographers from all over the world for product placement on social media platforms.
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Lars Albright
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Frederick Warren
Angel · Newport, Rhode Island, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Frederick Warren is the founder of Warren holds an MBA and an engineering degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Ad Retargeting, Mobile Advertising
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Root Metrics — Root Metrics formally Root Wireless, is the developer of Root Coverageâ„¢ service, cellular network performance mapping created by patent-pending technologies that audit and analyze cellular network and device performance. The Bellevue, WA-based company's products include Root Mobileâ„¢, a network scouting and crowdsourcing applicationthat turns smartphones into network monitoring devices that measure the quality and reliability of cellular voice and data connectivity services, as well as the over-the-air performance of handsets connecting to the networks. Root Wireless, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.
  • FinTron — FinTron is on a mission to make investing, saving, and budgeting accessible, understandable, and doable for the Mobile Generation through our all-in-one investing, and investment education app. We strive to promote the financial freedom of the Mobile-First Generation through better education, accesible financial products, and philanthropicgive-back programs. FinTron Invest was founded in 2019 by Wilder Rumpf (CEO and President)
  • WX Brands — Winery Exchange was founded in 1999. Headquartered in Novato, California, USA, they maintain regional sales offices around the United States and international offices in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Spain. Of its founding group of three, Peter Byck continues as Winery Exchange's President and CEO and John Crean is an observing member ofthe Board of Directors and an investor.The company was founded with the intent of blending extensive industry expertise with cutting-edge business practices. The result is a dynamic, fast-growing company poised to take advantage of new trends in the beverage alcohol industry.
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Andrew Macdonald
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Andrew Macdonald - Senior Vice President, Mobility and Business Operations @ Uber

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Accounting, Wine and Spirits
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Empower Sleep — Empower Sleep provides personalized sleep care online
  • Unicorn Auctions — Unicorn Auctions offers rare spirits auctions to buyers, sellers, and collectors. They provide ios and android apps in addition to their web bidding platform for digital auctions. To ensure examination of every asset listed, they must take physical possession of their items.
  • Float Financial — All-in-one corporate cards, fast bill payments, reimbursements, and expense management software. Get started today for free.
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Dilpesh Parmar
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Dilpesh Parmar is a Co-founder at Aequus Ads. He attended Middlesex University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Advertising, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Poland, Germany, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Layer AI — The Collaborative MLOps platform
  • Classify — Smart Curation in a Single Click
  • Libation Labs — Libation Labs, Inc. is a technology-focused game studio founded in early 2022.
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Mark Hastings
Angel · Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Mark Hastings is the co-founder and CEO of PSG. Mark attended The Wharton School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, B2B, Social Media
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Drync — Drync Wine has been the top downloaded mobile app for wine in the world. Drync has received accolades from the New York Times, Mashable, Macworld, and others. Today, Drync manages 600,000 bottles of virtual wine for 300,000 affluent wine enthusiasts and has served over 2 million wine searches.
  • OfColor — OfColor is a financial wellness platform for coaching, immersive learning, and intelligent insights for employees of color.
  • Weathermob — Get the most local, relevant, accurate, and fun weather forecast from real-time reporters around the corner and, the world.
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Alex Pall
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Grammy® Award-winning and Billboard Chart topping artist/producer duo, The Chainsmokers, have evolved into a dominating musical force with a diverse repertoire of songs that have led them to become one of music’s hottest recording artists. Comprised of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, their signature sound deftly reaches across indie, progressiveand pop realms and has seen them develop some of the biggest breakthrough songs over the course of the last few years. Now in 2020, The Chainsmokers are currently working on their next chapter of music for their fourth full length album while simultaneously focusing on charitable and business ventures. From donating 20,000 N95 masks to hospitals in New York City and Las Vegas at the peak need for PPE during the pandemic to donations for charities aiding in wildfire relief in Australia and fighting for equal rights across the globe, Alex and Drew are always looking for ways to give back to causes that hit close to home. Most recently, The Chainsmokers were featured on the cover of Forbes for their entrepreneurial achievements as well as being named by Forbes as the highest paid DJs in the world. Using their ability to identify trends, Drew and Alex have built a track record as seasoned angel investors. Following their passion for supporting other brilliant entrepreneurs, they joined forces with a seasoned investment team, led by tech investors and entrepreneurs Milan Koch and Jeffrey Evans, to form a new venture capital firm called Mantis. Mantis Venture Capital invests in Seed & Series A consumer companies within the industries of Media & Entertainment, Fintech, and Health & Wellness that focuses on the Gen Z and Millennial population.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Consumer, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • LineLeap — LineLeap provides mobile fast pass entry for popular bars and nightclubs allowing customers to skip long lines at their favorite venues.
  • Slay — Slay is a positive social media network for teenagers
  • Born — SLAY is a social gaming company.
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Sunil Verma
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

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.

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. 

Mr. Verma graduated with Honors from Santa Clara University with both an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Direct Sales, Wine and Spirits
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ONEHOPE — ONEHOPE is a Napa Winery Built on Hope and Rooted in Purpose
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Daniel Kan
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Daniel Kan is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Cruise. He was formerly head of business development at customer-service startup UserVoice and will be running hiring and operations at Exec.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Goods, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Greece, Colombia

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • JustPaid — Stay in control of your business with payments, AI-powered automation, benchmarking, contract tracking, opportunity alerts, and more, all in one platform.
  • Delian Alliance Industries — Building the digital backbone for the age of autonomous warfare.
  • Superorder — The top off-premise operating system for restaurants. Focus on making the food that you love and we'll take care of the rest.
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Margaret Stewart
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Margaret Stewart is the VP, Product Design & Responsible Innovation at Meta.She attended New York University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Matt Iannelli
Angel · Santa Monica, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Matt Iannelli previously served Netorian as CEO and Sr. systems engineer for over 11 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Sustainability, Project Management
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mountain Gate — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
  • Climate Transition Swiss AG — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
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Gerry Ruvo
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Gerry Ruvo is a former CEO of Campari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Taz Patel
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Taz Patel is a serial entrepreneur with multiple exits over the past decade who continues to support the startup ecosystem via mentorship, advisory and investing. Most recently, Taz co-founded Captiv8, an Influencer marketplace and SaaS platform funded by Social Capital, Liquid 2, Visionnaire, Jason Calacanis, Cyan Banister and strategic Angels.Before this, Taz was the Chief Revenue Officer of Republic Project, a startup funded by Google Ventures and later acquired by DG Sizmek in 2013. Before that, Taz led monetization efforts at Showyou App funded by True Ventures that was acquired by Vevo in 2015. His knowledge in social marketing, mobile/video advertising, and SaaS/Marketplace businesses is a personal passion that stems from early sales leadership roles at Interclick and BlueLithium, both of which were acquired by Yahoo! for $270 Million in 2011 and $300 Million in 2007. A Chicago native, Taz studied at the University of California, Berkeley and currently lives with his wife, son and dog in San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CloudAdmin.io — CloudAdmin is a cost-optimization platform that helps executives save money in hidden cloud instance buying options.
  • Ampleforth — Forth is the governance token used to control the Ampleforth Protocol and DAO. See a list of exchanges supporting FORTH
  • Marigold Health — Marigold Health is an anonymous social network where people with mental health and substance use conditions support each other.
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Nik Sharma
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Nik Sharma is a Founder of Superhuman.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Distillery, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Walt Doyle
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Walt Doyle is the board director of Auction Holdings Inc.Walt sets the vision and strategy for the PayPal Media Network. As an outwardly facing CEO and strategist, Walt led the WHERE business for five years, which resulted in the April 2011 acquisition by PayPal. During this time, Walt built a world-class team of like-minded entrepreneurs andleaders around him.Walt’s passion for emerging technology has kept him on the leading edge of consumer media and technology for over 15 years. Prior to joining WHERE in 2005, Walt was a GM of MapQuest (AOL). His career began in Hong Kong with Dow Jones (DJ), then spanned executive level appointments with GameSpot (CNET), Net2Phone (IDT), and DialPad (YHOO). Walt’s ability to identify emerging technology trends, create corporate strategy, and build winning teams puts him squarely at the helm of the PayPal Media Network. Walt was named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 program and was also named a Massachusetts High Tech All Star. Walt serves on the leadership board of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council.Walt left San Francisco for his native home of Boston in 2005 where he and his family are outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy fishing, biking, hockey, and travel. He is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, iOS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • clypd — Nikmati sensai bermain slot gacor yang berbeda dan paling gacor dibandingkan dengan yang lainnya, hanya di Dewahoki303.
  • 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.
  • ShopPad — The largest developer of high-quality solutions for the Shopify and Shopify Plus eCommerce platforms.
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Bryan Mahoney
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Bryan started his career in Montreal, pursuing a degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship at McGill University. In 1998, during his sophomore year, he founded Dynamo, a digital design studio that would later become his full-time job with a team of thirty-five. Over the course of 15 years, Dynamo established itself as a go-to partner forventure-backed startups in the e-commerce space, including brands like Blue Bottle Coffee, Samsung, the Honest Company, and Glossier. After Glossier launched in 2014, Bryan was tasked with helping the New York-based company build out their own in-house tech team. He ended up taking on the job himself and now serves as their Chief Technology Officer. At Glossier, Bryan’s focus has shifted to overseeing an international team of developers and data analysts as they work to create a forward-thinking experience for customers and build a technology infrastructure from the ground up. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York City.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Waeve — Beginner friendly, high quality wigs in trend-forward styles. We've created a brand that helps you with everything to do with wigs. Shop exclusively at thewaeve.com.
  • 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.
  • Lucky Sweater — Welcome to the ultimate slow fashion community closet. Explore different styles, discover independent designers, and try new things with the slow fashion community.
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Katelyn Donnelly
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Katelyn Donnelly is the General Partner at Avalanche VC. She attended Duke University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Bluesky — Bluesky is a new social media platform.
  • Libation Labs — Libation Labs, Inc. is a technology-focused game studio founded in early 2022.
  • Civic Marketplace — Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses.
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Joseph Plumeri
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Joe Plumeri is vice chairman of the First Data Board of Directors. Plumeri was originally appointed to the Board and as a senior advisor to KKR in August 2013. Since then he also has been serving as senior advisor to First Data Chairman and CEO Frank Bisignano, and as the head of First Data’s client delivery, innovation and marketing organization.He assumed the vice chairman role in May, 2014.Since joining First Data, Plumeri has played a pivotal role in the company’s transformation from a transaction processor to a payments technology company and solutions provider to merchants and financial institutions. He has spearheaded company-wide efforts to become more client-centric, including realigning how the company delivers solutions to and serves its global and strategic accounts, national merchants and enterprise clients, financial institutions, small business clients, bank partners and agents and ISO clients. Creating a superior client experience is part of this effort to better serve clients, build stronger relationships that foster business growth for clients, and deliver innovative solutions, including the Clover™ Station, a transformational point-of-sale solution for small and medium sized businesses.Prior to joining First Data, Plumeri served as chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Willis Group Holdings plc. Under his leadership, Willis strengthened its position as one of the world’s leading insurance brokers through sector-leading organic growth and operating margins, strategic expansion, a dedication to transparency and passionate client service.Appointed to lead Willis in 2000, Plumeri returned the company, which was privately held by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), to public ownership in 2001. When he assumed leadership of Willis, the company’s share price was $3, rising to $43 when he stepped down as chairman in 2013. Among Plumeri’s notable milestones while at Willis, in addition to the extraordinary return to shareholders, was his public leadership against conflicts of interest in the insurance industry. He also spearheaded Willis’ $2.1 billion acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) in 2009, which was one of the largest transactions in the insurance industry in the last decade, and drove the deal to rename the Sears Tower as Willis Tower, then the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.Before joining Willis, Plumeri had a 32-year career at Citigroup and its predecessor companies. As CEO of Citibank North America, he led the integration of the consumer businesses at Citicorp and Travelers Group. He also served as chairman and CEO of Travelers Primerica Financial Services, vice chairman of the Travelers Group, and president and managing partner of Shearson Lehman Brothers.A widely admired leader in the insurance industry, Plumeri was named to Treasury & Risk magazine's list of "100 Most Influential People in Finance" in 2009 and 2010. He was also recognized by St. John's University School of Risk Management as Insurance Leader of the Year in 2006.Plumeri’s generous philanthropy over the decades has drawn many accolades, including appointment as the Grand Marshal of the 2011 Columbus Day Parade by the Columbus Citizen’s Foundation. Plumeri also serves on the boards of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse; Mount Sinai Medical Center; the Jackie Robinson Foundation; and the Churchill Museum at the Cabinet Ward Rooms in London.An avid sportsman and baseball entrepreneur, Plumeri is an owner of the Trenton Thunder, the AA-affiliate of the New York Yankees, and the Trenton Blue Claws, the A-affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.In 2015 Plumeri published his first book, a national best seller, The Power of Being Yourself: A Game Plan for Success – by Putting Passion into Your Life and Work. In his book, based on his life experiences, Plumeri offers simple yet profound guidance on how to stay positive, motivate yourself and others and, achieve success in your life and work. All of the author’s proceeds from the book will be donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.Born in Trenton, N.J., Plumeri received his Bachelor of Arts in history and education from the College of William and Mary and attended New York Law School. In 2011, William and Mary awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service in honor of his philanthropic endeavors, where Plumeri delivered a speech to the 2011 graduates, titled "Go Play in Traffic (and Follow the Signs Along the Road)," that was recognized as one of the best commencement addresses of the year by the New York Times.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, B2B, Delivery
  • Stage:Series A, Private Equity
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Thirstie — Thirstie builds three-tier compliant e-commerce and data solutions for beverage alcohol brands
  • First Data Corporation — Fiserv is a global fintech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale.
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Gil Fuchsberg
Angel · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

Gil Fuchsberg - Head of Corporate Development @ Roku

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, E-Commerce, Publishing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • VinePair — VinePair is the best place to learn about wine, beer & spirits. Helpful expert guides, infographics, maps & more make learning about drinking fun and easy!
  • Thirty Labs — Thirty Labs is a brand new, video-focused NYC startup studio, collaboratively creating companies for the 40% of our waking lives spent watching video.
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John Howard
Angel · Grand Prairie, Texas, United States · 1 investments in United States Wine And Spirits startups

John Howard is the Co-Managing Partner at Irving Place Capital.John D. Howard is CEO of Irving Place Capital and was senior managing director of Bear Stearns. He is the manager of the $3 billion Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Fund III. Howard has more than 20 years of experience in the private equity business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apparel, Fashion, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Laws of Motion — AI sizing technology that cuts clothing returns in half.
  • Holistic Spirits Company — Explore the world of Origen Specialty Vodka and Harmony Gin, the pioneers among Herbal Liqueur Brands. Embrace a lifestyle of harmony with nature, curated by Amy Holmwood and Woody Harrelson. With every sip, step into a realm where exquisite taste meets sustainability. Choose to #DrinkHolistic. Shop now!
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Wine and Spirits Angel investor funding in United States at a glance

Stats across 98 deals from 219 investors.

219
investors
in United States Wine And Spirits startups
98
deals
in United States Wine And Spirits startups
$4M
median round
in United States Wine And Spirits startups
9%
lead investors
lead at least one round
41%
Seed
most common funding stage

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