AirAngels

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Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	Tempo	$5.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, BDC Venture Capital, Boost VC, DCM, General Catalyst, Golden Ventures, Hambro Perks, Laurence Jones, MATH Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Portage Ventures, SignalFire, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Michael Whitfield, Tom Williams
Sep 1, 2025	Outsmart Education	$23.0M Seed	—	Khosla Ventures, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, New Enterprise Associates, Adam D'Angelo
Sep 1, 2025	Finary	$30.0M Series B	—	Sequoia Capital, Speedinvest, Upfront Ventures, Witz Ventures, Alexandre Prot, Alexandros Bottenbruch, Didier Valet, Eden Chen, Eric Demuth, Harsh Sinha, James Beshara, Lea- Sophie Cramer, Matthias Wilrich, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Raphael Vullierme, Steve Anavi
Sep 1, 2025	Fyxer AI	$30.0M Series B	—	20VC, Capnamic Ventures, EQT Ventures, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Harmonix Fund, Humba Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Refactor Capital, World Fund, Christian Reber, Marc Benioff, Mario Götze, Nico Rosberg, Stefan Muehlemann
Sep 1, 2025	nexos.ai	$35.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Cornerstone Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, Hanaco Ventures, Operator Collective, Predictive VC, Sequoia Capital, Theory Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Scott Belsky
Sep 1, 2025	Telo Trucks	$20.0M Series A	—	20VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Btomorrow Ventures, Founders' Co-op, Index Ventures, LAUNCH, Madrona Ventures, NEO, Red Swan Ventures, Spero Ventures, Christian Reber, Henry Kravis, Marc Benioff, Mario Götze, Nico Rosberg
Aug 1, 2025	Attio	$52.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, 20VC, Accel, Acequia Capital, AngelList Syndicator, Balderton Capital, Coinbase Ventures, FJ Labs, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Point Nine Capital, Prototype Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Akash Garg, Akhil Paul, Aston Motes, Bobby Goodlatte, Charlie Cheever, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dylan Field, Gideon Valkin, Gloria Baeuerlein, Immad Akhund, Jeff Chang, Jonas Huckestein, Julia DeWahl, Koen Bok, Lauren Loktev, Marc McCabe, Michael Wax, Mike Hudack, Philipp Herkelmann, Robert Gentz, Stewart Butterfield, Tikhon Bernstam, Tom Blomfield, Vinay Hiremath
Jul 1, 2025	Vultron	$22.0M Series A	—	Afore Capital, Buckley Ventures, Craft Ventures, Greycroft, Gokul Rajaram
Jul 1, 2025	Felt	$15.0M Venture Round	—	Kevin Hartz, Alt Capital, Astanor Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Energize Ventures, Flex Capital, Footwork, Forerunner Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, InterWest, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Rainfall Ventures, Techstars, Twelve Below, Akshay Kothari, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Dylan Field, Ed Baker, Julia Hartz, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2025	Fleet Device Management	$27.0M Series B	—	Blu Venture Investors, C2 Investment, CapitalX, CRV, Homebrew, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Moonfire Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Seedcamp, Shield Capital, SNR, Spark Capital, Spero Ventures, Amjad Masad, Augusto Marietti, Charlie Songhurst, David Kalt, David Lieb, Dylan Field, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Guillermo Rauch, Jeremy Yap, Karim Atiyeh, Mike Hudack, Mike Krieger, Nico Waisman, Tobias Lutke, Zack Kanter
Jun 1, 2025	Niural	$31.0M Series A	—	Amity Ventures, AngelList, First Round Capital, Inspired Capital, Khosla Ventures, New Form Capital, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Hulls, Gokul Rajaram, Matteo Franceschetti, Vishal Rao
Jun 1, 2025	Alta	$11.0M Seed	—	50 Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Giza Polish Ventures, Goat Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Homebrew, Klossy, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Madrona Ventures, Makers Fund, Menlo Ventures, NEO, Ann Bordetsky, Obvious Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Outrun Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Spero Ventures, Stellar Capital, Stellation Capital, Vibe Capital, Volition Capital, Y Combinator, Amjad Masad, Charlie Songhurst, David Lieb, Jeff Seibert, Karim Atiyeh, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Weil, Manish Chandra, Mike Hudack, Mike Krieger, Ron Pragides, Thibaud Elziere, Tobias Lutke, Tony Xu, William Levy
Jun 1, 2025	Levelpath	$55.0M Series B	—	Adapt Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Authentic Ventures, Battery Ventures, Benchmark, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Capital Factory, CapitalX, Fifth Wall, Foundation Capital, Infinite Niches, Kepler Operator’s Fund, NextView Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Offline Ventures, Paradox Capital, Pareto Holdings, Predictive VC, Redpoint Ventures, SRB Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Uncork Capital, Weekend Fund, Adam Guild, Akshay Kothari, Arash Ferdowsi, Cory Levy, Priyank Chandra, Quinn Slack, Rich Miner, Scot Wingo, Siqi Chen, Suhail Doshi
Jun 1, 2025	Linear	$82.0M Series C	—	01 Advisors, 1984 Ventures, 20VC, Accel, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, FJ Labs, Haun Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, NEO, Next47, Hans Tung, Sequoia Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Akash Garg, Amjad Masad, Aston Motes, Bobby Goodlatte, Charlie Cheever, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dylan Field, Immad Akhund, Jeff Chang, Julia DeWahl, Koen Bok, Lauren Loktev, Marc McCabe, Robert Gentz, Ron Pragides, Ryan Sarver, Ryan Tedder, Stewart Butterfield, Tikhon Bernstam
Jun 1, 2025	Polar	$10.0M Seed	—	Accel, Blu Venture Investors, C2 Investment, CapitalX, CRV, Cyberstarts VC, Designer Fund, Glilot Capital Partners, Homebrew, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Moonfire Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Scale Asia Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SNR, Spark Capital, Spero Ventures, Tamar Technology Ventures, Team8, Amjad Masad, Augusto Marietti, Benny Schnaider, Charlie Songhurst, Christian Reber, David Kalt, David Lieb, Dylan Field, Efi Cohen, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Guillermo Rauch, Karim Atiyeh, Mario Götze, Mike Hudack, Mike Krieger, Nico Waisman, Niklas Jansen, Scott Belsky, Zack Kanter
Jun 1, 2025	Antimetal	$20.0M Series A	—	AngelList, C2 Investment, Founder Collective, Greylock, Homebrew, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Otherwise Fund, Preston-Werner Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Spark Capital, Spero Ventures, Aaron Levie, Adrian Aoun, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Andrew Berman, Arash Ferdowsi, Ben Tossell, Ben Uretsky, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Christina Cacioppo, David Lieb, Ding Zhou, Frederic Kerrest, Howie Liu, Jeremy Stoppelman, Karim Atiyeh, Kyle Vogt, Matteo Franceschetti, Max Mullen, Mike Hudack, Mike Krieger, Neha Narkhede, Sam Blond, Siqi Chen, Tobias Lutke
Jun 1, 2025	Delphi	$16.0M Series A	—	ACME Capital, C2 Investment, Frederique Dame, Homebrew, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Otherwise Fund, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, Spero Ventures, The General Partnership, The House Fund, Ulu Ventures, Workday Ventures, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Charlie Songhurst, David Lieb, Ding Zhou, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Weil, Marc Benioff, Mike Hudack, Mike Krieger, Tobias Lutke
Jun 1, 2025	Decagon	$130.0M Series C	—	8VC, Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Accel, Afore Capital, Aglae Ventures, Airtree Ventures, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Bond, Cornerstone Venture Partners, Cyberstarts VC, DTCP, Endeavor Health Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Kairos HQ, Kipaki Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nasdaq Ventures, Andrew Schoen, Hans Tung, Operator Collective, Predictive VC, Primary Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sound Ventures, Theory Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Bernard Arnault, Frederic Kerrest, Greg Kidd, Howard Schultz, Howie Liu, Matt Macinnis, Mike Vernal, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2025	YieldClub	$3.0M Seed	—	C2 Investment, Homebrew, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Otherwise Fund, Spark Capital, Spero Ventures, Amjad Masad, Charlie Songhurst, David Lieb, Karim Atiyeh, Mike Hudack, Mike Krieger, Tobias Lutke
Jun 1, 2025	Tracksuit	$25.0M Series B	—	Blackbird Ventures Australia, Cowboy Ventures, Footwork, Prosperity7 Ventures
Jun 1, 2025	Amperos Health	$4.0M Seed	—	Benchmark, Uncork Capital, Weekend Fund, Akshay Kothari, Arash Ferdowsi, Siqi Chen, Suhail Doshi
May 1, 2025	Owner	$120.0M Series C	—	Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Browder Capital, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Citi Ventures, Conversion Capital, CP Ventures, FJ Labs, Footprint Coalition, Forgepoint Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Hercules Capital, Ignition Partners, Jetstream, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Montage Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Roble Ventures, Saga, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Summit Partners, Susa Ventures, TCV, TechAviv Founder Partners, The Hit Forge, True Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Amjad Masad, Azeem Azhar, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Gokul Rajaram, Hippolyte Genet, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kyle Vogt, Larry Summers, Mark Gillespie, Matt Macinnis, Max Mullen, Nik Sharma, Parker Conrad, Sagi Paz, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, William Hockey
May 1, 2025	Clair	$23.0M Series B	—	Andreessen Horowitz, FPV Fund, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Speedinvest, Thrive Capital, Upfront Ventures, Witz Ventures, Alexandre Prot, Alexandros Bottenbruch, Didier Valet, Eden Chen, Eric Demuth, Harsh Sinha, James Beshara, Michael Moritz, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Raphael Vullierme, Sam Altman, Steve Anavi
May 1, 2025	Barndoor AI	$14.0M Seed	—	AIX Ventures, Crosslink Capital, First Round Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Long Journey Ventures, Mana Ventures, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, Aravind Bharadwaj, Gokul Rajaram, Scott Banister
May 1, 2025	Rork	$3.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, AngelList, Antler, Autopilot Fund, Blockchain Founders Fund, Castle Island Ventures, Champion Hill Labs, Convective Capital, Founders Fund, Mathias Schilling, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kapor Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lakehouse Ventures, Matrix, NFX, Primary Venture Partners, Summit Partners, The Community Fund, Wild Ventures, Alexandre Scialom, Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Tossell, Brandon Goldman, Charlie Cheever, Francis Pedraza, Gokul Rajaram, Jeff Seibert, Jonathan Swanson, Kyle Vogt, Matteo Franceschetti, Mav Li, Mei Z., Siqi Chen, Thomas Dohmke, Vishal Rao, Wayne Chang

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at AirAngels.

Cristina Apple Georgoulakis

Investor

Leadership Team

Key people at AirAngels.

Cristina Apple Georgoulakis

Investor

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

AirAngels is an angel investment syndicate composed primarily of early Airbnb employees who have transitioned into investors, entrepreneurs, and operators. Their mission centers on supporting ambitious early-stage startups by providing not only capital but also access to a deep network of expertise spanning engineering, product development, growth, operations, brand, data science, marketplaces, international expansion, and policy. They invest broadly but have a noted focus on sectors such as aviation and aerospace, reflecting some of their portfolio interests. By leveraging their collective experience from scaling Airbnb, AirAngels aims to accelerate the growth of startups they back, thus impacting the startup ecosystem by fostering innovation and providing operational support beyond funding[1][2][3][4].

Origin Story

Founded by a community of early Airbnb employees, AirAngels emerged from the unique experience of working through Airbnb’s hyper-growth phase. These individuals, having gained extensive operational and entrepreneurial skills, formed the syndicate to "pay forward" their knowledge and resources to new entrepreneurs. The group is global and diverse in expertise, reflecting Airbnb’s multidisciplinary culture. While the exact founding year is not explicitly stated, the syndicate’s activity and investments have been documented since at least the early 2020s. Their evolution has been shaped by their shared background and a desire to support startups with both capital and hands-on guidance, creating a network-driven investment model[3][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Exclusively composed of Airbnb alumni, providing a highly specialized and experienced investor base.
Network Strength: Access to a global network of former Airbnb employees with expertise across multiple disciplines including engineering, product, growth, and international expansion.
Track Record: 28 investments to date, including recent Series A rounds in companies like Droxi and Isaac Health, demonstrating active and ongoing engagement in early-stage funding[1].
Operating Support: Beyond capital, portfolio companies benefit from operational insights and mentorship drawn from the syndicate members’ firsthand experience scaling a major tech platform[3][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

AirAngels rides the trend of experienced tech operators transitioning into investor roles, leveraging their operational knowledge to de-risk early-stage investments. The timing is favorable as startups increasingly seek investors who can provide strategic guidance alongside funding. Their focus on sectors like aviation and aerospace aligns with growing interest in these industries driven by technological innovation and sustainability trends. By supporting startups with both capital and expertise, AirAngels influences the broader ecosystem by helping promising companies scale more efficiently and navigate complex growth challenges[2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, AirAngels is poised to continue expanding its portfolio, likely deepening its sector focus while maintaining a broad investment scope. Trends such as increased digitization, sustainability in aviation, and marketplace innovation will shape their investment journey. Their influence may grow as more Airbnb alumni join the syndicate, enhancing the network effect and operational support capabilities. This positions AirAngels not just as a capital provider but as a strategic partner in the startup ecosystem, continuing the legacy of innovation and growth that characterized their origins at Airbnb[3][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Exclusively composed of Airbnb alumni, providing a highly specialized and experienced investor base.
Network Strength: Access to a global network of former Airbnb employees with expertise across multiple disciplines including engineering, product, growth, and international expansion.
Track Record: 28 investments to date, including recent Series A rounds in companies like Droxi and Isaac Health, demonstrating active and ongoing engagement in early-stage funding[1].
Operating Support: Beyond capital, portfolio companies benefit from operational insights and mentorship drawn from the syndicate members’ firsthand experience scaling a major tech platform[3][4].