Investing Profile

Jana Messerschmidt

AngelAdvisorOperatorVC
Founding Partner at #ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)
hashtagangels.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Jana is a member of
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Network
71 CONNECTIONS
Twitter Network
63 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
54 CONNECTIONS
Netflix Network
19 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS) Angel
Investment Range
$25K - $2.5M
Sweet Spot
$50K
Investments On Record
21

Jana Messerschmidt is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jana Messerschmidt's Investments On Record (17)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Roam
SeedSep 2023$1M
$62M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Dennis Phelps (IVP), Jules Maltz (IVP), Gokul Rajaram (Top-Patents), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Edward Lando (Biowear), Morgan DeFoort (Factor[e] Ventures), Howard Lerman (Yext), Dylan Field, Tony Xu
Panobi
SeedAug 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: April Underwood (Obvious Ventures), Nina Achadjian (Index Ventures), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Fareed Mosavat, Stewart Butterfield
MagicLabs
Series AJul 2021$27M
$31M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Joel Monegro (Placeholder), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Ben Davenport (Blockchain Capital LLC), Scott Belsky (A24), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Wendy Xiao (Northzone), Miyuki Matsumoto (Aglae Ventures), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Shahed Khan (HyperChain Capital), Soona Amhaz (Volt Capital), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Varsha Rao (Nurx), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Ben Porterfield, Paul Yacoubian, Guillermo Rauch, Sahil Lavingia, Balaji Srinivasan, Casey Neistat
Level
Series AApr 2021$27M
$62M
Co-investors: Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Tom Schmidt (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Hans Morris (Nyca Partners), Bill Pescatello (Lightbank), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Sandy Cass (Red Swan Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan, Julian Koh
Betty Labs
SeedOct 2020$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Andre Iguodala, Brendan O'Driscoll, Baron Davis
Teambridge
SeedOct 2020$3M
$31M
Co-investors: Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Wayne Chang (Techstars), Lee Fixel (Addition), Daniel Graf, Jeff Seibert
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Series AOct 2020$30M
Seed RoundJul 2020$4.5M
SeedJul 2020$5M
$140M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital), Naomi Pilosof Ionita (Menlo Ventures), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Tony Fadell (Future Shape), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Taizo Son (Visionaire Ventures), Armaan Ali (Human Capital), Eric Pérez-Grovas (Wollef Ventures), Lydia Jett (10x Genomics), Nate Dalton (Daybreak Partners), Mike Krieger, Biz Stone, Julia Hartz, Phil Libin
Compaas
SeedAug 2020$4M
SeedJun 2018$1M
$5.1M
Co-investors: April Underwood (Obvious Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Vijaya Gadde (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), James Cham (Bloomberg BETA), Alexsis de Raadt St. James (Merian Ventures), Michael Cardamone (Forum Ventures), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Ellen Pao

Jana Messerschmidt's Experience

Founding Partner #ANGELS2015 - Present
Vice President, Global Business Development & Platform TwitterPresent
Director of Strategic Accounts SmartDrive SystemsPresent
Senior Manager, Global Accounts DivX, Inc.Present
Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners2018 - 2021
Director, Business Development Netflix2009 - 2010

Jana Messerschmidt's Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Engineering Computer Engineering