1. Applications solving large and non-obvious problems in data-intensive industries
2. ML-driven applications that have found a path to an initial data advantage and have the potential to create a definitive intelligence advantage
3. Business operations platforms for SMB vendors who have never had a good one, esp that are driven by mobile, esp that drive payment flow
4. Large-scale applications and HW/SW systems that sell into government
Not Interested In
I like to be surprised by things I think I may not be interested in and so try not to rule anything out.
Partner @venrock • Investor @claralending, @Centricient, @dataminr, @care, @gilt Groupe • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-oxford-2
Reid Hoffman
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• RevUp:
$7500000
• MobilizeAmerica:
$3800000 (Series A)
• Gowalla:
$8300000 (Series B)
• Facebook:
$12700000 (Series A)
• Facebook:
$500000 (Angel Round)
• Ning Interactive:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Flickr:
(Funding Round)
• Socialtext:
$300000 (Angel Round)
• Naseeb Networks:
(Angel Round)
• Advent Solar:
(Angel Round)
• Technorati:
$4600000 (Series A)
• IronPort Systems:
$16500000 (Series B)
• Lyra Health:
$110000000 (Later stage VC)
• Nuro:
$92000000 (Early stage VC)
• Ritual:
$53000000 (Later stage VC)
• Abnormal Security:
$50000000 (Later stage VC)
• Trifacta:
$48000000 (Later stage VC)
• Caffeine:
$46000000 (Later stage VC)
• Demisto:
$43000000 (Later stage VC)
• Figma:
$25000000 (Later stage VC)
• Spoke:
$20000000 (Later stage VC)
• Mammoth Media:
$13000000 (Early stage VC)
• Rhumbix, Inc.:
$7350000 (Early stage VC)
• Apprente:
$4750000 (Seed Round)
• Mia Contacts:
$3000000 (Later stage VC)
• Fat Lama:
$1500000 (Seed Round)
• Mira:
$1000000 (Seed Round)
• Falkon AI:
• AppSheet:
(mid stage)
• SnapStrat:
• FogLogic:
• vFunction:
• Squelch:
(early stage)
• Umuse:
(early stage)
• LearnUp:
(mid stage)
• Akoonu:
(early stage)
• Six Apart:
(early stage)
• Vendio:
• Aufklarung LLC:
• Socialnet.com:
• CoRise:
$8500000 (Seed Round)
• NXCR:
$30000000 (Seed Round)
• Meta:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Uplimit (formerly CoRise):
$9000000 (Seed)
• Worldcoin:
$25000000 (Series A)
• Care.com:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Last.fm:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Fandom:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Fandom:
(Angel)
• Tiny Pictures:
(Seed)
• RealTravel:
$1000000 (Angel)
• Digg:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Vor Biopharma:
$56000000 (Post Ipo Equity)
• Boom Supersonic:
$100000000 (Series A)
• Pacific Fusion:
$900000000 (Series A)
• Resolve.ai:
$35000000 (Seed)
• World Labs:
$230000000 (Series Unknown)
• Uplimit:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Uplimit:
$9000000 (Seed)
• Applied Intuition:
$250000000 (Series E)
• Arcade:
$5000000 (Series Unknown)
• Rapport:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Inflection AI:
$1300000000 (Series Unknown)
• Spring Free EV:
$31000000 (Series A)
• Tome:
$43000000 (Series B)
• Tome:
$6000000 (Seed)
• JusticeText:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Entrepreneur First:
$160000000 (Series C)
• Entrepreneur First:
$12000000 (Series Unknown)
• Meter:
$38000000 (Series B)
• Manara:
$3000000 (Pre Seed)
• 0x:
$70000000 (Series B)
• Aside:
$17000000 (Series A)
• CryptoSlam:
$9000000 (Seed)
• Taptap Send:
$65000000 (Series B)
• Taptap Send:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Ozow:
$48000000 (Series B)
• Wicked Saints Studios:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• World:
$25000000 (Series A)
• Cent:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Autonomy:
$20000000 (Pre Seed)
• Autonomy:
$30000000 (Seed)
• Coda:
$100000000 (Series D)
• Coda:
$80000000 (Series C)
• Coda:
$35000000 (Series B)
• Coda:
$25000000 (Series A)
• WaitWhat:
$12000000 (Series B)
• WaitWhat:
$4000000 (Series A)
• The Browser Company:
$13000000 (Series A)
• LoanSnap:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Alchemy:
$80000000 (Series B)
• Alchemy:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Mighty Networks:
$50000000 (Series B)
• Proxifile:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Neeva:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Mobilize:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Aurora:
$600000000 (Series B)
• Aurora:
$90000000 (Series A)
• Unifonic:
$21000000 (Series A)
• RevUp Software:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Apollo Fusion:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Celo:
$6500000 (Venture Round)
• Celo:
$7000000 (Series Unknown)
• Chairman Mom:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Wealthfront:
$75000000 (Series E)
• Wealthfront:
$64000000 (Series D)
• Wealthfront:
$35000000 (Series C)
• Wealthfront:
$20000000 (Series B)
• Convoy:
$62000000 (Series B)
• Convoy:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Nauto:
$160000000 (Series B)
• Klang Games:
(Series Unknown)
• Change.org:
$30000000 (Series D)
• Change.org:
$25000000 (Series C)
• Gixo:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Trade Ghana:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Leade.rs:
$3000000 (Angel)
• LXMI:
(Seed)
• Crisis Text Line:
$24000000 (Series B)
• Crowdpac:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Segovia:
$14000000 (Series A)
• Blockstream:
$21000000 (Seed)
• Edmodo:
$30000000 (Series D)
• Edmodo:
$25000000 (Series C)
• Edmodo:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Xapo:
$20000000 (Series A)
• One Kings Lane:
$110000000 (Series E)
• One Kings Lane:
$50000000 (Series D)
• One Kings Lane:
$40000000 (Series C)
• One Kings Lane:
$23000000 (Series B)
• One Kings Lane:
(Series Unknown)
• Jelly HQ:
(Series B)
• Jelly HQ:
(Series A)
• Wrapp:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Wrapp:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Upserve:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Upserve:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Jelly:
(Series A)
• Kiva:
$1000000 (Angel)
• Treehouse:
$600000 (Seed)
• GoInstant:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Airbnb:
$110000000 (Series B)
• Airbnb:
$7000000 (Series A)
• TellApart:
$13000000 (Series B)
• TellApart:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Gobble:
$1000000 (Seed)
• LiquidSpace:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Buysight:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Buysight:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Shopkick:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Shopkick:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Shopkick:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Knewton:
$13000000 (Series C)
• Knewton:
$6000000 (Series B)
• Knewton:
$3000000 (Series A)
• Gowalla (acquired by facebook):
$8000000 (Series B)
Reid Hoffman is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman and Venture Capitalist at LinkedIn. He also serves as Partner at Greylock Partners. He also serves as a Chairman at The Translational Research Institute. He is a Board Member at Entrepreneur First. He also served as Strategic Advisor at New Cycle Capital. He also serves as Board Member at Endeavor Global. He also serves as an Advisor at The Breakthrough Energy Coalition. Previously he co-founded Socialnet.com and worked at Fujitsu Software Corp. and Apple Computer. He also serves as a Board Member at Microsoft.
Rob Hayes
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • Online Social • Consumer
Description
Venture Investor
Investor in @uber, @planet-labs, @gnip, @better-finance, @mint, @get-satisfaction, @xobni, @taskrabbit, @dnanexus, @yieldex. Team member of @first-round-capital.
Kamran Ansari
Investing in Media • Businesses Solutions &b...
New York, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• GIPHY:
(early stage)
• Acorns:
(early stage)
• Greycroft:
(late stage)
• Vungle:
(early stage)
• Artivest:
• Facebook:
(late stage)
• Tenaya Capital:
(early stage)
• Credit Key:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Hopscotch:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Recurly:
$20000000 (Series C)
• Recurly:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Custora:
$14000000 (Series B)
• Custora:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Braavo Capital:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Braavo Capital:
$940000 (Seed)
• Azimo:
$20000000 (Series C)
• Azimo:
$20000000 (Series B)
• Azimo:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Billie:
(Seed)
• Bread:
$130000000 (Series B)
• Bread:
$14000000 (Series A)
• Frontline Selling (acquisition):
$3000000 (Series A)
• Frontline Selling (acquisition):
$2000000 (Series A)
• Frontline Selling (acquisition):
$3000000 (Series A)
Patrick Lor serves as Managing Partner at Panache Ventures. Lor also serves as Partner at 500 Startups Canada. He helped pioneer the microstock industry, as co-founder of iStockphoto, the world's first crowd sourced stock photography community. Upon his departure, the company was selling over 12 million images annually, and was sold to Getty Images for US$50 million in 2006. Most recently, he was head of North American operations for Fotolia, a stock photography community backed by private equity firm KKR. Patrick is also active in the technology startup ecosystem as an advisor, mentor, angel investor, teacher, and community leader. Organizations he contributes to include: thea100.org, thec100.org, democampcalgary.com, University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Highline, and FounderFuel. He also served as Advisor at iNovia Capital.
Eva Ho
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Austin , Seattle , Ch..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Shift (Car Marketplace):
$23750000
• ProdPerfect:
$13000000 (Later stage VC)
• Visor:
$6500000 (Seed Round)
• Sturish:
$3200000 (Early stage VC)
• PullRequest:
$2300000 (Seed Round)
• FairClaims, Inc.:
$1800000 (Other)
• Bowery:
$1750000 (Seed Round)
• FairClaims:
• Upwards:
$21000000 (Series B)
• Upwards:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Upwards:
$750000 (Seed)
• Reken:
$10000000 (Seed)
• Together by Renee:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Elementary Robotics:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Elementary Robotics:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Elementary Robotics:
$4000000 (Seed)
• BackboneAI:
$5000000 (Seed)
• WeeCare:
$4200000 (Seed Round)
• Turvo:
$7000000 (Seed)
Eva Ho
Austin - Seattle - Chicago - Boston - New York - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Online Social • Woman Focused
Description
Eva Ho is a Co-Founder & serves as a General Partner at Fika Ventures. She also serves as an Angel Investor. She is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Prior to Google, she was the head of marketing for Applied Semantics, a company that sold to Google in 2003. She also co-founded Navigating Cancer, a health startup, in 2008 which is now based in Seattle. She is active in the non-profit sector, serving on the boards of California Community Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, First Descents, and Iridescent. She is currently the Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the city of Los Angeles working with Mayor Eric Garcetti and his team. She holds an MBA from Cornell and a BA from Harvard.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Local commerce • Online Social
Description
Tony Conrad is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at About.me. He also is an Angel Investor. Conrad serves as Partner at True Ventures. He served as General Partner at VSP Capital. He also serves as Board Member at High Fidelity. He is the Founder of AOL Ventures. He was Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of about.me (acquired by Aol in December 2010). He serves on the Board of Directors of Automattic (WordPress), appssavvy, StockTwits, RescueTime, PastFuture (GDGT), 20x200, FREEjit, Small Batch (Typekit), WeGame and led True's investment MakerBot & Plancast. He also serves as a Special Advisor to AOL Ventures. Previously, he co-founded Sphere which was acquired by AOL in April, 2008. In addition, he has served on the Board of Directors for Oddpost (acquired by Yahoo), Iconoculture, MusicNow (acquired by Circuit City) and Centive (acquired by Xactly). He also played an active role managing investments in Post Communications (NASDAQ: NTVS), QuinStreet (NASDAQ: QNST), Danger (acquired by Microsoft), Sabrix and Stonyfield Farms (acquired by Groupe Danone). He is also a Board Member at Smarterer. He also served as a Board Member at appssavvy. He served as Board Member at KISSmetrics. He holds a BS (Bachelor of Science) in Telecommunications from Indiana University.
Ullas Naik
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Ullas Naik is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Streamlined Ventures. Naik founded Streamlined Ventures with a vision of building a thought leading investment platform rooted in the philosophical belief that founders of companies are the true heroes of entrepreneurial value creation in our society. Streamlined Ventures invests in and supports visionary founders working on transformational application and business infrastructure software companies for the Mobile Web, Social Web, Web and Enterprise markets. Ullas is a seasoned venture capitalist, angel investor and entrepreneur with over two decades of entrepreneurial and early stage investment experience across 300 companies. Prior to founding Streamlined Ventures, he co-founded investment firm Cota Capital. Prior to that, Ullas was a senior member of the investment team for 12 years at Globespan Capital and helped build the firm. He has also been an active angel investor over the last 21 years during which he invested in over 60 companies spanning Internet 1.0, Web 2.0, mobile web, social web, enterprise computing as well as disruptive technologies in other domains such as robotics and wearable computing. Before his institutional investing career Ullas was a top ranked Wall Street research analyst at FAC Equities/First Albany. He was recognized by the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine as a Wall Street All Star. Prior to that, Ullas received an MBA degree after starting a chemicals trading business in India. He also has a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry. He is also an Angel Investor.
Dave Morin
Investing in BioTech • Energy • A.I. (&...
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• NewCo (Media and Information Services):
$4500000
Dave Morin is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Slow Ventures. He previously was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Director at Path. Morin was a Senior Platform Manager at Facebook and a Mentor at TechStars. Morin is a visionary entrepreneur, technologist, and businessman. Previously, he held positions at Apple, including a Manager of Creation and Collaboration and a Manager of Student Marketing. Morin also founded a design focused technology and internet software company called DM Design Studios in college. He has appeared in publications such as The Economist, Wired, CNN, BusinessWeek, Money, Business 2.0, TechCrunch, CNET, Silicon Alley Insider, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, VentureBeat, and others. Morin is a passionate and well received speaker and has delivered keynotes and participated in events worldwide such as South by Southwest, Future of Web Apps, Web 2.0 Expo, Le Web, SNAP Summit, Microsoft MIX, O'Reilly Foo Camp, Facebook f8, and the worldwide syndicate of Facebook Developer Garages. His focus on innovation, vision, and technology strategy has involved extensive interaction with the global market at large. He also serves as a Board Member at Eventbrite and Dwell Media. Morin received a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Arif Janmohamed
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Menlo Park , Mountain..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Udaan:
$3240000000 (Later stage VC)
• ShareChat:
$1163100000 (Later stage VC)
• FastFox:
$300000000 (Early stage VC)
• BYJU’S:
$75000000 (Later stage VC)
• Reflektive:
$60000000 (Later stage VC)
• Ladder:
$30000000 (Later stage VC)
• Dremio Corporation:
$25000000 (Later stage VC)
• Arctic Wolf Networks:
$16000000 (Later stage VC)
Arif Janmohamed serves as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at TripActions. He also serves as Charter Member at C100 Association. He is a Board Member at OverOps. He joined Lightspeed in 2008 and focuses primarily on investments in the areas of cloud and datacenter technologies, as well as enterprise mobile and SaaS solutions. He also serves as Board Member at Mist Syste He is currently working closely with the teams at Avi Networks, Highfive, Netskope, Nutanix, Pertino Networks, ThoughtSpot, Qubole, and Virtual Instruments. He was also involved in several Lightspeed investments which have had successful exits including Edgespring (acquired by Salesforce.com), IO Turbine (acquired by Fusion-io), Memoir Systems (acquired by Cisco), RAPsphere (acquired by AppSense) and StreamOnce (acquired by Jive Software). Prior to joining Lightspeed, he worked in the Corporate Business Development group at Cisco Systems where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, strategy, and investments in the Unified Communications, Enterprise Collaboration, Mobile, and SaaS market segments. Before joining Cisco Systems, he was with Novitas Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Earlier in his career, he worked in technical development and product management roles at WebTV (acquired by MSFT), Andes Networks (acquired by SUNW), and Sun Microsyste He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Howard Lindzon
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Howard Lindzon is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Social Leverage. He also serves as Principal and Partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners. He is a Co-Founder and serves as an Executive Chairman at StockTwits. He also serves as a Board Member at Civic Technologies. He has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. With a unique vision for starting, managing, and successfully advising innovative companies, Lindzon is the public face of the Social Leverage entities. In 2008 Lindzon co-founded StockTwits, recently named "one of the top 10 most innovative companies in web" by FastCompany and one of the "50 best websites" by Time (where he invented the "cashtag"). Previously, Lindzon created more than 400 original videos on Wallstrip, acquired by $CBS in 2007. Lindzon stepped down from his operational role as CEO of StockTwits on December 31, 2013, to focus on the next phase of Social Leverage. As acting Chairman, Lindzon's connection to StockTwits along with his hedge fund experience, give Social Leverage access to a community of professionals who can evaluate fintech opportunities. He serves as Board member at Civic. He also served as Advisor at Hinge Capital.
How to connect with Angel Investors in the Online Social industry?
In the Online Social industry, angel investors such as Chris Sacca, Naval Ravikant, and Reid Hoffman are significant figures. These investors focus on startups offering innovative solutions in social networking, online communities, and social media platforms. Chris Sacca, founder of Lowercase Capital, invests in online social startups that leverage technology to create engaging and scalable social platforms. Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList, looks for companies that provide unique and impactful social networking solutions. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, seeks out startups with strong user engagement and scalable social technologies. To connect with these investors, attend social media conferences, tech expos, and networking events such as Social Media Week, TechCrunch Disrupt, and Web Summit. Utilize platforms like AngelList and LinkedIn to identify and reach out to potential investors. When pitching, emphasize how your online social solution addresses key challenges, such as improving user experience, enhancing community engagement, or providing new social features. Highlight any traction you’ve gained, such as user growth, positive feedback from users, or partnerships with tech companies. Building relationships through initial informal meetings or discussions at industry panels can help establish trust with these investors. Demonstrating the impact of your technology through case studies or user testimonials can also add credibility. Personalize your outreach by referencing the investor’s previous investments and explaining how your venture aligns with their interests. Demonstrating a sustainable business model with clear revenue streams, such as in-app purchases, subscription fees, or advertising, will further strengthen your pitch. Leveraging endorsements or case studies from social media experts can also enhance your credibility.
Case Studies: Successful Funding Rounds with Angel Investors on Angels Partners
Exotic Orange & Angels Partners: Turning Financial Simplicity Into Investment Success
