Our team is dedicated to scouting
investors from all around the world.
FinTech, Hardware, SaaS … we diversify our portfolio of
investors to give you the best chance to find startup investors.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Israel - Japan
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Not Interested In
I only invest in hardware/full-stack companies.
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A. - Germany - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Icela
PropTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Mobility • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
We're interested in teams re-imagining cities in 3 areas - GHG reduction, climate adaptation and solving problems associated with high density (like traffic or public safety). Cities are complex, so founders continue inspire and amaze us by identifying new systemic issues and solutions. If you're re-imagining city life, we'd love to hear from you.
Not Interested In
We don't invest in edtech or healthtech. Certainly not a vote on whether we want to see these categories succeed, we just think they need additional focus/skills which we don't have. That said public health is a growing area of interesting.
Shaun Abrahamson is a Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Urban Us. Shaun is a Member of the Investment Committee, and he leads investment selection and communications with portfolio companies, members of the Network, and limited partners in Fund II. Before founding Fund I, Shaun was an active angel investor, investing in more than 20 firms between 2007 and 2013 in his personal capacity. Early-stage investing and advising is informed by his experiences building MediaSentry (acquired by SafeNet in 2005), Starmedia Network (acquired by France Telecom) and Oculus Technologies (MIT CADLab spin-out). In 1999, he was an early employee at govWorks, one of the earliest startups focused on serving local government. govWorks was ahead of the market and failed during the dot-com bust, becoming the subject of the documentary Startup.com in 2001. Shaun has written for organizations such as The Economist Intelligence Unit, The Huffington Post, and CNNMoney. Crowdstorm, published by Wiley, was his first book and is a guide to working with large online crowds to find and evaluate ideas. The book is based on Shaun's experience working with Starbucks, Omnicom Group, $300 House, and Life Edited. Shaun has an MSc from MIT; an MBA from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership; and a BSc from the University of Cape Town. He is also an Angel Investor.
Brooklyn New York - Berlin - New York City - Miami Florida - Valley California - Denver Colorado - Los Angeles California - Israel, U.S.A.
PropTech • AgroTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Impact • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Mobility • Woman Focused
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Japan
Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Future Of Work • Robotics • DeepTech • Mobility • Nanotechnology • Online Social
Investor at KDDI Open Innovation Fund
Most Interested In
Mobile related, Consumer Facing Service and Technology since we have over 45M mobile customers in Japan.
Ken Sobajima serves as Director, Investments at KDDI.
Asia, Israel
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Future Of Work • Impact • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Blockchain, defi, dlt, impact, crypto,
South San Francisco - San Francisco Bay Area - Tokyo, U.S.A. - Japan
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • Online Social
Most Interested In
SaaS, IoT, A.I, Marketplaces
Not Interested In
Games, adtech
San Francisco Bay Area - Truckee, U.S.A.
Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Productivity
Founder & Executive Chairman @ Abl
Mr. Adam Pisoni is the Founder and serves as Executive Chairman at Always Be Learning. He formerly Co-Founded and served as CTO of the enterprise messaging company Yammer. He was a Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator. He oversees engineering and the development of all software at Yammer. Before Yammer, he served as Software Architect at Geni - the company in which Yammer was originally created. Prior to Geni, He was Director of Web Engineering at Shopzilla, playing a pivotal role in systems architecture and product development. He also co-founded and served as CTO of Cnation, a web development consultancy with clients including CBS MarketWatch, BizRate.com, Fox Interactive, Nissan of Japan, and Honda. Cnation's work for Honda earned them the 1997 Clio award for interactive design.
Spokane Washington - Washington D.C - New York City (NY),
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • CleanTech • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Life Science • Oncology • Oil & Gas (& Mining)
CEO Ignite. Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Mentor
New York City, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Robotics
Business Owner at Bantam Tools
Bre Pettis is the Founder of Bold Machines. Previously he co-founded Makerbot Industries and served as its Chief Executive Officer.
Mumbai India - Bangkok Thailand - Bellevue Washington - Seattle Washington - Pune Maharashtra India - - Kirkland Washington - Redmond Washington - In, U.S.A.
Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Energy • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
founded ConnectSoft (sold '96; Nasdaq exit); founded Venture Foundry incubator, founded Astrobotic Technology, founded Headroom. EE/CompSci Carnegie Mellon
Brooklyn - New York, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • Consumer
We invest in pre-Series A companies (Pre-Seed and Seed). We are NOT thesis-driven in the way most VCs are. Our strategy is to invest in great founders in the earliest days of building a company and to invest broadly across industry, category, theme, trend, etc. Great founders at early stage with big ideas - that's our thesis (if we had to write it out)
Tokyo, U.S.A. - Japan - Canada
BioTech • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Robotics • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Founder & General Partner at 15th rock ventures