Startup Investments
Companies I've backed as an angel investor and advisor, focusing on innovative technology startups with potential for significant impact.
Kit (Acquired by Ro)
At-home medical exams, delivered. Kit enables insurers and telehealth companies to test their patients from home. Acquired by Roman Health (Ro)
3.5x (cash and shares)
Brij
Brij’s AI-powered software platform helps brands acquire, analyze, and activate first-party data across every sales channel. Reclaim customer data lost to retail & marketplaces and drive revenue through Brij’s mobile-optimized experiences.
Investment: Pre-Seed, Recently Raised a $8M Seed
Estuary
Estuary is the right-time data platform that unifies CDC, streaming, batch, and pipelines into a single managed system. Enterprises gain predictable pricing, flexible deployment options, and fine-grained latency control – all in one platform.
Investment: Seed, Recently raised a $17 M Series A led by M13.
Harmonic Discovery YC21
We are a drug discovery company developing a new generation of therapeutics that embrace the complexity of disease.
Lawtrades
Lawtrades is pioneering a new work model that economically empowers independent legal professionals to monetize their skills while helping companies build diverse legal teams. Access a highly selective talent network of attorneys, paralegals, compliance, and legal ops, to complement their legal department and company culture.
Series A Investment; 20M ARR, 10 FTEs, Profitable
PropRise YC23
PropRise is building the AI operating system for commercial real estate investing. We automate the entire workflow from sourcing to closing.
Capsule
The first video editor made exclusively for work. Capsule makes it easy for anyone in your company to create fast, consistent-looking videos. (Investment via syndicate at pre-seed, recently raised a Series A).
Cerebras System
Cerebras Systems is the world’s fastest Al inference. We are powering the future of generative Al. (Secondary Investment due to my interest and focus on Al (Pre-ChatGPT). This is also in line with my barbell strategy of investing early and late.
Nvdia Competitor. Praying for an IPO soon!
Iconic
Iconic makes selling your business smooth, efficient, and certain by providing a transparent and professional process.
Bluelight YC21
Bluelight gives home service contractors the power of real-time data to optimize and scale their business.
Pluto
Pluto is the finance workflow automation & spend management platform of choice for businesses of all sizes across MENA.
Insured Nomads
Global insurance provider for the borderless citizen and multinational/distributed teams for health, travel, and wellbeing plans.
SnapStays
SnapStays is a trusted marketplace for people to discover great furnished rentals at an affordable price.
As an angel investor, I focus on early-stage technology companies that have the potential to create significant positive impact. I typically invest at the pre-seed and seed stages, and look for the following qualities:
If you’re building something interesting that fits these criteria, feel free to reach out!