Investments
105Portfolio Exits
30About Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis is an angel investor who generally invests $25-50k in young, emerging companies with a focus on companies looking for angel to second round investmetns. Calacanis aims to assist portfolio companies through efforts and expertise including recruitment, fundraising advice, product and social media advice. He also aims to help his portfolio by leverage his network and by mentoring founding teams. Jason Calacanis is an Internet entrepreneur and former blogger. He has founded several companies including Silicon Alley Reporter and Weblogs, Inc. He is currently the founder of Mahalo.com and has been its CEO since 2007. In addition to Mahalo, Calacanis hosts a podcast called This Week In Startups which began in May 2009. He is also a co-host along with Michael Arrington and TechCrunch of the TechCrunch50 conference. In November 2009, Calacanis who is a vocal critic of "pay-to-pitch" investment groups announced the beginning of an angel group called the Open Angel Forum.
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Latest Jason Calacanis News
Jan 26, 2023
Early Uber backer Jason Calacanis says he backs about 150 startups a year.
Jason Calacanis Investments
105 Investments
Jason Calacanis has made 105 investments. Their latest investment was in Bonjuur as part of their Angel on November 11, 2022.
Jason Calacanis Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/24/2022 | Angel | Bonjuur | $0.03M | Yes | 1 | |
11/3/2022 | Pre-Seed | Krepling | $1M | Yes | 3 | |
11/3/2022 | Series A | SparkPlug | $8M | No | 2 | |
4/22/2022 | Seed VC - II | |||||
4/20/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 11/24/2022 | 11/3/2022 | 11/3/2022 | 4/22/2022 | 4/20/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Angel | Pre-Seed | Series A | Seed VC - II | Seed VC |
Company | Bonjuur | Krepling | SparkPlug | ||
Amount | $0.03M | $1M | $8M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Jason Calacanis Portfolio Exits
30 Portfolio Exits
Jason Calacanis has 30 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Evernote on November 16, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/16/2022 | Acquired | 14 | |||
7/25/2022 | Acq - Fin | 1 | |||
10/29/2021 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 11/16/2022 | 7/25/2022 | 10/29/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acq - Fin | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 14 | 1 | 2 |
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