Company Info for thinknear.com | IcebreakerMembers
I'm a seed-stage VC with Founder Collective and lead our NYC office. Our mission is to be the most aligned fund to founders at the seed stage. I'm a three-time co-founder of venture-backed startups:
🤝 Handshake.com (1998) - Marketplace for local services
🦷 Brontes Technologies (2003) - 3D scanner that replaced the dental impression (acquired by 3M)
🦠 Sample6 Technologies (2010) - Food safety diagnostics company (acquired by IEH)
Founder Collective is a stage-focused and sector agnostic firm that has backed everything from automated aquaculture to Zoological DNA tests. Great entrepreneurs often sell me on concepts I have never considered, but I also have experience in a few areas:
🏥 Health Tech: Ex. Trusted Health, Levels, Cheers
🎁 Next-gen CPG: Ex. Lovevery, Hawthorne
🪙 Crypto: Ex. Ampleforth, Talos Trading
📦 Ecommerce: Ex. Dia & Co, Rebag, Omnia Fishing
💻 SaaS: Ex. Verkada, Toolio, Tropic, Grain, Memo
🛒 Marketplaces: Ex. Transfix, The Vendry
I've been fortunate to be an investor in some startups that have been acquired, including:
🥡 Skip The Dishes (Acquired by JustEat, PLC) - Food delivery for mid-market cities in US/Canada
👁️ Periscope (Acquired by Twitter) - Live broadcast video from/to your smartphone
📦 Plated (Acquired by Albertstons) - Ingredient subscription service for cooking amazing meals
🌐 Sense360 (Acquired by Medallia) - Extensive customer behavior data for the restaurants/retail
📜 Scroll (Acquired by Twitter) - An optimized, ad-free browsing experience for media brands 
