Investing Profile

Esther Dyson(1030)

AngelInvestorStrategy Operator
director at 23andMe
wellville.netNew York, New York
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55 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 52 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
23andMe Investor
Investment Range
$10K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
134

Esther Dyson is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Esther Dyson's Investments On Record (102)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
NextSense
Series ANov 2025$16M
$16M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Amy Kruse (Satori Capital), John Kuelper (Ascension Ventures)
The Beans
SeedOct 2025$5M
$7.8M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Erica Brescia (Redpoint Ventures), Ruud Dekker (Kickstart Fund), Jessica Mah (Pioneer Fund), Payam Zamani (One Planet Group), Laurel Mintz (Fabric VC)
Openwater
Series UnknownAug 2024$54M
Series ADec 2018$22M
$99M
Co-investors: Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Brook Byers (Kleiner Perkins), Deborah Buresh Jackson (Plum Alley Investments), Will Weisman (KittyHawk Ventures), Gary Lauder
Ezra AI
Series BFeb 2024$21M
Series ADec 2019$18M
SeedNov 2018$4M
$43M
Co-investors: Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Sarah Downey (Accomplice), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), Fred Destin (Atlas Venture), Ryan Moore (betPawa), Ben Barokas, Andrei Dunca
Way
UndisclosedMay 2023
$13M
Co-investors: Dan McCormick (Antler), Manik Gupta (Uber), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Miki Kuusi
Boxhub
SeedApr 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: David Helgason (foobar.vc), Charlie Songhurst
Humanity
SeedAug 2021$3M
SeedAug 2020$3M
$6M
Co-investors: Andrew J Scott (7percent Ventures), Serge Chiaramonte (Myra), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Alexander Ljung
NeuroGeneces
Pre SeedJun 2021$220K
$220K

most interested in

health, especially apps that use coaches/Meetups for engagement clever business models space travel clever logistics education useful applications of AI emerging markets

not interested in

cosmetics/fashion/luxury social networks

Esther Dyson's Experience

executive founder Wellville2013 - Present
executive founder Way to Wellville2013 - Present
director 23andMe2007 - Present
chairman EDventure1983 - Present
Working on a book Electronic Frontier FoundationPresent
Working on a book Xtripe AngelsPresent
Member of Advisory Board Computers 4 PeoplePresent
Founder Electronic Frontier FoundationPresent
Founder Xtripe AngelsPresent
chairman/trustee University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
chairman University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
member advisory board University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
advisory board University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
angel University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Working on a book University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
trustee University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
director, advisory board University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
director University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Chair of the Technology and Innovation Committee University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
angel The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Investor The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Working on a book The Grameen Creative LabPresent
angel Molecular RealityPresent
patron Commercial Space Federation (CSF)Present
Investor Molecular RealityPresent
Trustee Charity NavigatorPresent
Board Member The Commons Project FoundationPresent
Director BAMF HealthPresent
Working on a book Molecular RealityPresent
investor NewCoPresent
director NewCoPresent
chairman/trustee NewCoPresent
chairman NewCoPresent
trustee NewCoPresent
director, advisory board NewCoPresent
Chair of the Technology and Innovation Committee NewCoPresent
member advisory board NewCoPresent
advisory board NewCoPresent
Founder NewCoPresent
angel NewCoPresent
Investor NewCoPresent
Working on a book NewCoPresent
chairman/trustee Top-PatentsPresent
chairman Top-PatentsPresent
advisor HealthWorldWeb LLCPresent
trustee Top-PatentsPresent
director, advisory board Top-PatentsPresent
Chair of the Technology and Innovation Committee Top-PatentsPresent
member advisory board Top-PatentsPresent
board of directors WPPPresent
investor Top-PatentsPresent
advisory board Top-PatentsPresent
director GrouperPresent
director Top-PatentsPresent
Founder Top-PatentsPresent
angel Top-PatentsPresent
Investor Top-PatentsPresent
Working on a book Top-PatentsPresent
Working on a book "Term Limits" (A design for living in the age of AI) Present
investor ClassPassPresent
advisory board KeasPresent
director Element3 Health Present
Investor EPAM SystemsPresent
Investor SquarePresent
director/investor Avanlee CarePresent
Founder WellvillePresent
patron Commercial Spaceflight FederationPresent
director WPPPresent
angel New York AngelsPresent
director MeetupPresent
director Eventful.comPresent
director YandexPresent
chairman/trustee Electronic Frontier FoundationPresent
founding chairman ICANNPresent
WIBTA judge InfosysPresent
trustee Personal Genome ProjectPresent
director BoxbePresent
Director XCOR AerospacePresent
director ExpandED SchoolsPresent
director Sunlight FoundationPresent
director LuxoftPresent
director Meetup, Inc.2017

Esther Dyson's Education

Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center certificate of completion
Harvard University BA
Princeton High School
Harvard University BA economics, Harvard Crimson
Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center certificate of completion space medicine, space plumbing