Investing Profile

Ed Roman(925)

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Managing Director at Hack VC
hack.vcSan Francisco, California
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98 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 95 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Hack VC Managing Director
Investment Range
$5.0M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$7.5M
Investments On Record
56
Current Fund Size
$350M

Ed Roman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ed Roman's Investments On Record (46)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
0G Labs
SeedNov 2024$40M
Pre SeedMar 2024$35M
$75M
Co-investors: Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Ray Wu (Alumni Ventures ), Yat Siu (Animoca Brands), Adrian Cheng (CVentures)
Elixir
Series AOct 2023$8M
$8M
Demox Labs
Pre SeedJun 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Ali Tamaseb (DCVC (Data Collective)), Santiago Roel Santos (ParaFi Capital)
Bitwave
Series ADec 2022$15M
$22M
Co-investors: Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital)
Affine
Pre SeedFeb 2022$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Jaynti Kanani (Polygon), Cecilia Li (Formless Capital), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Alex Pack
Hashnode
Series AAug 2021$7M
SeedDec 2020$2M
$9M
Co-investors: Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Guillermo Rauch, Girish Mathrubootham
Orchata
SeedAug 2021$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Brian Requarth (Latitud), Javier Mata (Bridge Latam), Jonathan Lewy (Investo), Mike Hennessey, Alexandre Scialom, Alfonso De los Rios
Lendflow
Series AJun 2021$11M
SeedApr 2021$3M
$14M
Co-investors: Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Katey Caldwell (Twenty Two Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Chris Gardner (Underscore VC), Travis Putnam (Navitas Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Ilya Golubovich, Immad Akhund, Michael Ma

most interested in

When we invest, we can help startups to hire engineers. We can do this because we run the world's largest programmer conference with a community of 125,000+.

not interested in

We typically co-invest alongside other larger seed fund and VCs since our check doesn't provide enough runway on its own. The best types of startups for us to meet come from referrals from other investors who need quality co-investors in their rounds, or from startups who have a round that needs additional participants to complement their lead investor..

Ed Roman's Education

Cornell University Bachelors Computer Science