Angel Investors Directory

Aniq left Cornell University to grow and sell his first company, and never looked back. Before joining Vast in 2014, he was the CEO at Instinctiv (acquired by SoundCloud), and later became President of Moat (acquired by Oracle).

Antonio was born and raised in Mexico City and lives in NYC. He has a diverse background in venture capital, hedge funds, corporate law and economic development. Prior to ANIMO, he was a managing partner at Capital Invent, a Mexico-based early stage VC fund and an investor at FJLabs, a marketplace-focused venture firm.

Brian is Director at Next Play Ventures and VP and Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman at LinkedIn. For over six years Brian was Chief of Staff to the CEO, Jeff Weiner. Brian worked alongside the LinkedIn executive team to manage strategic initiatives and operational rhythm of the business, launch and scale new cross-functional programs, and develop leadership communications and company narratives. Brian also managed the overall joint integration program following Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn in June 2016. He joined LinkedIn in 2012 on the Business Operations team, advising on growth strategies in B2B marketing and sales. Prior, Brian was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Brian serves on the board of directors for the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula and is a First Mover Fellow of the Aspen Institute.

Co-founded Flickr and Hunch (developed foundational AI algorithms to power recommendations, acquired by eBay). Served as Chairman of Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY), and serves on the board of The Sundance Institute, Public Goods and McSweeneys. Previously was Founder Partner at Founder Collective (early investors in Uber, Pillpack, Buzzfeed and others). Investor in Etsy, Kickstarter, Cloudera, Blue Bottle Coffee and many other companies.

An accomplished venture investor, company advisor, and entrepreneur, Chris manages a portfolio of over seventy consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology start-ups as well as an array of mature enterprises through his holding company, Lowercase Capital. He is partnered in this venture with his wife, Crystal English Sacca. While primarily known for its investments in seed and early stage technology companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, and Kickstarter, Lowercase has quietly grown to be one of the larger venture funds in the United States.

Craig Shapiro is the Founder and Managing Partner of Collaborative Fund, a venture capital fund investing at the intersection of for-profit & for-good. He has invested in a number of category defining businesses, such as: Beyond Meat, Blue Bottle Coffee, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Facebook, Kickstarter, Lyft, Reddit, Sweetgreen, and Upstart.

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shop directly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014. In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program. David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City

Eric is the co-Founder of Lightbank, a venture fund investing in disruptive technology businesses. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), a global e-commerce marketplace, and an early investor in Uptake Technologies, a leading predictive analytics platform for the world’s largestindustries; Mediaocean, a leading provider of integrated media procurement technology; Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO), a technology-enabled transportation and logistics outsourcing firm; and InnerWorkings (NASDAQ: INWK), a global provider of managed print and promotional solutions.

Hadley has done a little bit of everything on the path to co-founding Eniac. Starting as a developer and engineering team lead at Pegasystems, he later took on roles as a product manager at Microsoft and strategist at Samsung, where it became clear that big companies were not for him. Hadley is passionate about improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, which stems from his close relationship with his brother Traves. He is a Board Director for Cardinal Cushing Centers, which serves adults and children with intellectual disabilities across 4 campuses in Massachusetts.

James has over twenty-five years of experience building and leading technology companies from early stage company ideation to global market leadership. He helped create entirely new categories such as online photography, web-based calendaring and the Personal Digital Assistant. James is the former CEO of Ofoto, Xoom, and Xmarks. James is the co-founder of Obvious Ventures, investing in #worldpositive startups that combine profit and purpose.

Co-founded Jaiku, a mobile social network acquired by Google; and Ditto, a recommendations app acquired by Groupon. Early investor in Unity (NYSE:U), Oura, Iceye and many other companies. Prior to co-founding Yes VC with Caterina he was on the investing team at True Ventures (early investors in Peloton, Ring, WordPress and others).

Steve Jurvetson fosters companies at the forefront of technology. He looks for unconventional companies in deep learning, commercial space, synthetic biology, genomics, robotics, and sustainable transportation—purpose-driven companies that will transform massive industries. His current board responsibilities include D-Wave, Memphis Meats, Mythic, Planet, SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics, and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). He was the founding VC investor in Hotmail (Microsoft), Interwoven (NASDAQ: IWOV), Kana (NASDAQ: KANA), and NeoPhotonics (NYSE: NPTN). Steve was also the first VC investor and board member at deep learning company Nervana, acquired by Intel in 2016. He always has a passion for the cutting edge of technology and the frontiers of the unknown. Steve has BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford, and he finished his undergrad studies in 2.5 years, graduating number one in his class. He went on to earn an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. He then worked at leading companies like HP, Apple, NeXT Software, and Bain & Company. In 2017, Steve received the Visionary Award from SV Forum for his role in fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. In 2016, President Barack Obama announced Steve's position as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship at the Seventh Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University. Steve has also been honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and as the Venture Capitalist of the Year by Deloitte. He was also chosen by the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner as one of "the ten people expected to have the greatest impact on the Bay Area in the early part of the 21st century." Forbes has recognized Steve several times on the Midas List, and named him one of "Tech's Best Venture Investors."

Zal is the solo partner at Refactor Capital, a seed-stage firm focused on climate, bio, and health investments. Previously, he helped launch the Bio Fund at a16z and prior to that, spent 10 years in product at Google, Netflix, and LinkedIn. He is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania.

Adam Rothenberg is a Partner at BoxGroup, a New York City based investment fund. BoxGroup invests in talented entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses. BoxGroup is an investor in over 120 seed stage technology companies including Vine, GroupMe, Blue Apron, BarkBox, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Flatiron Health, DataMinr, Behance, Handybook, IFTTT, SmartThings and more. Adam Rothenberg is a Co-founder and Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City based early stage venture capital fund. BoxGroup invests in pre-seed and seed rounds with the goal of backing talented entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses. Investments include Blue Apron, Trello, PillPack, Flatiron Health, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Smart Things, Stripe and more. Adam was previously the Director of TechStars in New York City. TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage accelerator program. Prior to joining TechStars, Adam spent 4 years investing in the public markets at a hedge fund in New York City. Adam attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he concentrated in Finance and minored in Fine Arts. Adam is a native New Yorker.

Andrew Chung is a Managing Director focused on U.S. real estate acquisition opportunities. He is based in New York City. Mr. Chung joined Carlyle in 2000 as an Associate and held positions as a Senior Associate, Vice President and Principal before taking on his current role as Managing Director in 2011. He has been involved with the acquisition, financing, management and disposition of more than $8 billion of U.S. real estate investments including the development projects Orion, a 60-story luxury residential building, Riverside Center, a joint venture with Extell Development, and office and retail tower 650 Madison Avenue. Mr. Chung received a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.