Investments
18Portfolio Exits
8About Larry Braitman
Larry Braitman is a Hillsborough, CA-based angel investor who typically invests $50K - $100K in young companies. Braitman prefers to invest in online advertising, online publishing, consumer Internet, social media and applications. He looks to invest at the seed or early-stage and is often the first money in. Geographically, Braitman prefers the Bay Area and aims to help portfolio companies via assistance in marketing and financing strategy, partnership and business development. Braitman is an online advertising veteran who co-founded of Flycast Communications in 1996. He served in marketing, sales, and business development roles at this online advertising network. Prior to Flycast, Larry was a business law partner at a major Philadelphia law firm. Active on the boards of several early-stage ventures, Larry was a founding investor in Flixster. Larry holds a BA from Franklin & Marshall College, and a JD (cum laude) from Georgetown University. Larry was the founding CEO of Adify and lead the company through two financing rounds raising $28 million, co-created "white label" vertical advertising model and participated in launching first 100 networks including Forbes.com, Martha Stewart, ABC / Disney, The Guardian (UK), IDG Tech, and NBC. Adify was acquired by Cox Enterprises (cable, newspapers, etc.) in May, 2008, for $300 million.
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Latest Larry Braitman News
Dec 22, 2022
Spacejoy, a design-led e-commerce platform co-founded by Arnab Saharoy and Vinay Indresh, has raised a $4 million pre-series A round. Led by Accel Partners, the round also saw participation from TI Platform and TiE SoCal Angels, including angel investors & real estate/prop-tech founders such as Larry Braitman, Venkat Tadanki, SquareFoot CEO Jonathan Wasserstrum, Jeroen Bertrams & Landis founders Cyril & Tom. Founded in 2019, focusing on the US market, Spacejoy has evolved into an e-commerce platform on a mission to change the way people furnish their homes. Powered by 3D Tech and AI, Spacejoy personalizes the entire shopping experience by simplifying how users discover products and visualize them in a room. Spacejoy’s design-led platform enables users to identify products by the source of inspiration and find curated products that work well together both aesthetically and functionally. The new financing will allow Spacejoy to continue to capitalize on a fast-growing market, support the development of its core platform and strengthen AI technology for product discovery. “Our customers value discovering new products and furnishing their homes with personality,” said Arnab Saharoy, Founder and CEO, Spacejoy. “This new investment and partnership will allow us to scale the business and reach new customers in the US.” “We are thrilled by the support of successful investors who see the potential of weaving art with technology,” said Vinay Indresh, co-founder, Spacejoy. “Shopping for home furnishings all in one place has never been easier, especially with Spacejoy’s integrated platform. we will continue to focus on providing our customers a seamless design-led shopping experience to furnish their homes.” "The global online furniture e-commerce opportunity is huge & has seen rapid acceleration recently. Spacejoy wants to disrupt this industry using its interactive technology that democratizes the home design process. Spacejoy enables consumers to visualize their home in real-time and allows them to shop relevant furniture directly from such designs," said Subrata Mitra, Partner at Accel Partners. Tags assigned to this article:
Larry Braitman Investments
18 Investments
Larry Braitman has made 18 investments. Their latest investment was in Spacejoy as part of their Seed VC - II on February 2, 2022.
Larry Braitman Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/10/2022 | Seed VC - II | Spacejoy | $4M | Yes | Accel, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Larry Braitman, TI Platform Management, TiE SoCal Angels, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Venkat Tadanki | 4 |
12/13/2019 | Seed VC | Remote Team | $0.4M | Yes | 1 | |
9/26/2019 | Seed VC | 1Balance | $2M | Yes | Accel, and Larry Braitman | 1 |
6/29/2018 | Seed VC | |||||
6/19/2018 | Seed VC - III |
Date | 2/10/2022 | 12/13/2019 | 9/26/2019 | 6/29/2018 | 6/19/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC - III |
Company | Spacejoy | Remote Team | 1Balance | ||
Amount | $4M | $0.4M | $2M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Accel, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Larry Braitman, TI Platform Management, TiE SoCal Angels, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Venkat Tadanki | Accel, and Larry Braitman | |||
Sources | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Larry Braitman Portfolio Exits
8 Portfolio Exits
Larry Braitman has 8 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Udemy on October 29, 2021.
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