Investing Profile

Aaron Batalion(2)

Investor
Building NewCo. Past: Partner @lightspeed. Founder/CTO @LivingSocial. Tweeting at @abatalion
aaronbatalion.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Microsoft Network
152 CONNECTIONS
Accenture Network
75 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
33 CONNECTIONS
Hewlett-Packard Network
22 CONNECTIONS
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$20K - $100K
$50K
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
XMTP
Series AAug 2021$20M
$25M
Co-investors: Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy Ventures), Joseph Lau (Alchemy Ventures), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Maaria Bajwa (Timespan Ventures), Kneeland Youngblood (Pharos Capital Group), Joshua Baer (Capital Factory), Joe Lallouz (Ambush Capital), Martin Green (HawksHead Capital), Fiona Kelly (Broadstone), Josh Williams (Form Capital), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Joe Gerber (IDEO CoLab Ventures), Linda Xie (Scalar Capital), Ben Huh (Orange Fund (Orange DAO)), Eamon Leonard (Broadstone), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Fernando Martinelli, William Boebel, Tegan Kline, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Joe Stump, Dan Romero, Stani Kulechov, Bobby Goodlatte, Balaji Srinivasan, Anthony Pompliano, Shishir Mehrotra, Courtney Guertin, Scott Belsky, Narendra Rocherolle, Ethan Beard, Michael Dunworth, Jess Sloss, Chris Kurdziel, Paul Stamatiou
MovieBot
Convertible NoteAug 2017$100K
$2.3M
Co-investors: Peter Rojas (Betaworks Ventures), Leif Danielsen (Acequia Capital), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Marc Jalabert (Acequia Capital), Molly Fowler (Dorm Room Fund), Logan Lorenz
Back to the Roots
SeedJun 2015$2M
$27M
Co-investors: Lucas Mann (Acre Venture Partners), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners, LLC), Kennie Blanco (L'ATTITUDE Ventures), Blake Mycoskie, Gary Hirshberg
HONK
SeedNov 2014$2M
$32M
Co-investors: Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures), Jillian Manus (Structure Capital), Ben Huh (Orange Fund (Orange DAO)), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Mike Walsh (Structure Capital), Paige Craig (Outlander Labs), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Clark Landry
Teachable
SeedAug 2014$1M
$14M
Co-investors: Bill Liao (SOSV), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Billy Draper (Path Ventures), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Matt Brezina, Adam Foroughi, Ding Zhou
Walker & Company Brands
SeedDec 2013$2M
$33M
Co-investors: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Somesh Dash (IVP), Charles King (MaC Venture Capital), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Andre Iguodala, John Legend, Anthony Saleh, Shervin Pishevar
Shyp
SeedSep 2013$2M
$62M
Co-investors: Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Dan Rose (Coatue), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), David Spector (ThirdLove), Daymond John (Fubu), Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Brian McClendon (UP.Partners), Pascal Levy-Garboua (Long Journey Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Tim Ferriss, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Joshua Schachter, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Shri Ganeshram, David Marcus, Osama Bedier
Software Developer Hewlett-PackardPresent
Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners2015 - 2019
Co-Founder, 1st CTO Living Social2007 - 2013
Architect Revolution Health Group2006 - 2007
Software Architect Accenture2003 - 2005
.NET Evangelist Microsoft2002 - 2003