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
Raju Rishi serves as General Partner at RRE Ventures. He serves as a venture partner at Sigma Prime Ventures. Previously, he co-founded Rave Mobile Safety and served as its Chief Strategy Officer. He is a Board Member and Investor at Knock. He also serves as Board Member at Bend Financial, Redox and READY Robotics. He brings to RRE's investment team over 20 years of experience as a distinguished technology entrepreneur, executive and investor specializing in mobility, SaaS, consumer & enterprise software and telecom. A hallmark of RRE is its success in working closely with extraordinary founders and entrepreneurs to help them grow their companies. Rishi brings special expertise in this respect, having founded and led two companies, held executive leadership positions at both early stages and Fortune 50 enterprises, and served as a strategic advisor to numerous startups, two of which he helped to successfully exit. Rishi comes to RRE from Sigma Prime Ventures, where he served as a Venture Partner based in New York. Prior to Sigma Prime Ventures, he co-founded and served as COO and CMO at Rave Mobile Safety, the leading provider of SaaS-based safety solutions employed by schools and state/local governments to keep their community members safe, secure and connected. Previously, he helped to start SwiftReach Networks, a leading provider of enhanced telecommunications solutions for businesses & government. Prior to SwiftReach, he was the EVP of Product Management at Vettro, a SaaS-based provider of enterprise mobile applications for sales, fleet, and service organizations. Earlier in his career, Rishi held executive roles at AT&T and Lucent, where he was responsible for R&D, architecture & product management, and was GM for the international emerging technologies division. He has been and continues to be, a strategic advisor to numerous early-stage companies. He is a graduate of M.I.T., where he earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering.
Alexander Niehenke
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Anything SaaS okay if includes hardware particularly enthusiastic about vertical software including financials, insurance, retail, transportation, construction, and healthcare.
Not Interested In
Not interested in media, advertising, and discretionary consumer.
VC @scale-venture-partners . Invest in high-growth technology companies with a focus on SaaS, Cloud, Mobile & Internet sectors. Strong passion for entrepreneurs & company building.
Ellen Levy
Investing in PropTech • Education • Bus...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• CodeHS:
$1900000
• Bravado Network:
$8500000 (Series A)
• AI Redefined:
$3500000 (Seed Round)
• BetterUp:
$2900000 (Seed Round)
• Trumid Financial:
$36000000 (Venture Round)
• Trumid:
$36000000 (Series B)
• Happiest Baby:
$10000000 (Series A)
• 128 Technology:
$12000000 (Series A)
• Doctor On Demand:
$3000000 (Seed Round)
• Accompany:
$5600000 (Seed Round)
• RelateIQ:
$9000000 (Series A)
• The RealReal:
$7500000 (Series A)
• حسن مهجر:
$2000000 (Convertible Note)
• Upwage:
$2000000 (Convertible Note)
• Stake:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Rattle:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Daily.co:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Daily.co:
(Funding Round)
• Flux:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Oooh:
$2000000 (Pre-Series A)
• Docugami:
$10000000 (Seed)
• Clockwise:
$11000000 (Series A)
• AIR (AI Redefined):
$4000000 (Seed)
• Groopit:
$550000 (Pre Seed)
• Trusted Health:
$1000000 (seed)
• ZenSourcer:
$2000000 (Seed Round)
• Gem:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Pagecloud:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Pagecloud:
$2000000 (Seed)
• PageCloud:
$4000000 (Series A)
• PageCloud:
$2200000 (Seed Round)
• Birdeye:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Outreach:
$2000000 (Seed)
• SonicEnergy™:
$10000000 (Series A)
• SonicEnergy™:
$750000 (Seed)
• Foko Retail:
$450000 (Seed)
• Foko Inc.:
$450000 (Seed Round)
• Omni:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Booshaka:
$2000000 (Convertible Note)
• Jobr:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Osper:
$10000000 (Series A)
• BrightSky Labs:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Skycatch:
$13000000 (Series Unknown)
• Skycatch:
$13000000 (Venture Round)
• GemShare:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Rocksbox:
$1500000 (Seed Round)
• Rocksbox:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Rise:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Experiment:
$1000000 (Series Unknown)
• Science Exchange:
$3000000 (Series A)
• EvntLive:
$2300000 (Seed Round)
• EvntLive:
$2000000 (Seed)
• True&Co:
$2000000 (Series Unknown)
• MightyText:
$650000 (Seed)
• Local Laboratory Corp:
(Seed)
Ellen Levy
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
PropTech • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Consumer • Woman Focused
Description
Investor, Advisor, Board Member, and Entrepreneur
Dr. Ellen Levy serves as Managing Director at Silicon Valley Connect. She is the Advisor at Omni. She also serves as Advisor at SignalFire. She also serves as Advisor at Resolute Ventures. She has served as Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect, LLC, a management consulting company. From 2008 to April 2012, she served in various roles at LinkedIn Corporation, a professional social networking internet service, serving most recently as Vice President Strategic Initiatives since March 2010. She holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Stanford University.
Michael Kim
Investing in PropTech • Education • Bus...
Seoul, Korea
Previous Investments
• Silicon Valley Data Science:
$3100000 (Series A)
Managing Director and Co-founder at Pioneer Square Labs
Geoff Entress serves as Co-Founder & Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs. He serves as a Board member at WhitePages.com. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs. He serves as Board Member at Hiya. He also served as Vice Chairman at Alliance of Angels.He is a Board Member at LiquidPlanner. In addition to his angel activities, he had spent the last two years as a Venture Partner at Voyager Capital and the eight years prior to that as an investment team member at Madrona Venture Group. He currently sits on the board of directors of drugstore.com (NASDAQ GM: DSCM) and several private companies. He is a graduate of The University of Michigan Law School, the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Notre Dame.
Jerry Yang
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • 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) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Music • Investment Management • LegalTech • Mobile • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer • Oil & Gas (& Mining) • Industrials • Film Production (& Distribution) • Semiconductors
Description
Jerry Yang serves as Founding Partner at AME Cloud Ventures. Yang also serves as Special Partner at Neotribe Ventures. He serves as Investor of BirdEye. He also serves as an Independent Director at Workday and Advisor at Radius. He is the Founding Partner at AME Cloud Ventures. He serves as Board Observer and Senior Advisor at Didi Kuaidi. Since March 2012, he has worked with and invests in technology entrepreneurs as the founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures, his innovation investment firm. He is also a co-founder of Yahoo! Inc., where he served as a director from March 1995 to January 2012, and as Chief Executive Officer from June 2007 to January 2009. He also led Yahoo!'s investments in Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group Holding Limited, and he is a currently a director of Alibaba Group, where he has served on the board from October 2005 to January 2012 and from September 2014 to the present. He is also a director of Lenovo, Inc. where he has served on the board since November 2014. From July 2000 to November 2012, he was a member of Cisco Systems, Inc.'s Board of Directors, and he was a director of Yahoo! Japan from January 1996 to January 2012. He also is a director of various private companies and foundations. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees from June 2005 until September 2016. He is also an Angel Investor. He serves as Board Member at Docker
Roland Manger
Investing in PropTech • Businesses Solutions...
Munich - Berlin, Germany
Previous Investments
• UiPath:
$30000000 (Early stage VC)
• Movinga:
$22000000 (Later stage VC)
• Convargo:
$16000000 (Early stage VC)
• Enevo:
$12000000 (Later stage VC)
• ShapeShift AG:
$10400000 (Early stage VC)
• Curio (Publishing):
$9000000 (Early stage VC)
• Alesi Surgical:
$6000000 (Later stage VC)
• Videdressing:
$5400000 (Later stage VC)
• CrossEngage:
$5000000 (Later stage VC)
• Bitwala:
$4660000 (Early stage VC)
• Energy Robotics:
$2440000 (Seed Round)
• obilet.com:
(Other)
• DCS FAST LINK (dcs plus):
(Later stage VC)
• FintechOS:
(early stage)
• Picus Security:
(late stage)
• Vivense:
(early stage)
• Earlybird Venture Capital:
(early stage)
• Gemini Consulting:
• IncuBus Ventures:
• The Founder Institute:
(late stage)
• Boku, Inc.:
(late stage)
• Callsign:
(early stage)
• ExecuteSales:
(early stage)
• LevelUp:
(mid stage)
• CLANMO GmbH - a MindMatics Company:
• Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners:
(early stage)
• FLYR, Inc. (join our fast-growing team!):
(mid stage)
• Lendeavor:
(mid stage)
• Montage Ventures:
(mid stage)
• Plug and Play Tech Center:
(late stage)
• Sindeo:
(early stage)
• Unwritten Wines:
(early stage)
• Renren, Inc.:
(early stage)
• Caden:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Caden:
$6000000 (Seed)
• LendingHome:
$70000000 (Series C)
• AnthologyAI:
$15000000 (Series A)
• AnthologyAI:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Keyway:
$25000000 (Series A)
• Keyway:
$15000000 (Seed)
• Yuca:
$5000000 (Pre Seed)
• EasyKnock:
$12000000 (Series A)
• EasyKnock:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Upswing Health:
(Pre Seed)
• BacklotCars:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Poplar Homes:
$4000000 (Seed)
• FiscalNote:
$10000000 (Series C)
• FiscalNote:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Shiftgig:
$22000000 (Series B)
• Aspiration:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Plum Lending:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Blueboard:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Trucker Path:
$20000000 (Series A)
• Trucker Path:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Stocktwits:
$2000000 (Series Unknown)
• Kiavi:
$70000000 (Series C)
• Mercury Financial:
$35000000 (Series A)
• Motif:
$40000000 (Series E)
• Talech:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Fundrise:
$31000000 (Series A)
• SoFi:
$77000000 (Series B)
Matthew Murphy
Austin - New York - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - Miami - Seattle - Portland - Sao Paulo - Chicago - Boston - Salt Lake City - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A. - Brazil
How to connect with Angel Investors in the PropTech industry?
In the PropTech industry, angel investors such as Brendan Wallace, Brad Greiwe, and Spencer Rascoff are prominent figures. These investors are keen on startups that offer innovative solutions in property technology, real estate platforms, and smart buildings. Brendan Wallace, co-founder of Fifth Wall, invests in tech-driven real estate startups with a focus on sustainability and efficiency. Brad Greiwe, also a co-founder of Fifth Wall, looks for disruptive PropTech companies that can transform the real estate industry. Spencer Rascoff, co-founder of Zillow, invests in early-stage PropTech startups with high growth potential. To connect with these investors, attend PropTech conferences, real estate tech expos, and networking events such as MIPIM PropTech, CREtech, and Future PropTech. Utilize platforms like AngelList and LinkedIn to identify and reach out to these investors. When pitching, emphasize how your solution addresses key challenges in the real estate industry, such as improving property management, enhancing tenant experience, or optimizing building operations. Highlight any traction you’ve gained, such as partnerships with real estate firms, user growth, or successful pilot projects. 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 pilot programs 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 leasing, subscription fees, or service contracts, will further strengthen your pitch. Leveraging endorsements or case studies from real estate 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
