Investing Profile

Sam Lessin(608)

InvestorFormer CEOVC
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wlessin.comSan Francisco, California
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68 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 65 other investors on Signal.

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Slow Ventures General Partner
$100K - $3.0M
$1.5M
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$325M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Authentic Insurance
SeedSep 2023$6M
$6M
RecruitBot
SeedJul 2023$8M
$11M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR)
Pogo
SeedJul 2022$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Drew Taggart (Mantis VC), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Volition Capital), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), George Ruan, Vindi Banga, Ryan Tedder, Baron Davis, Claire Hughes Johnson, Julian Shapiro, Melissa Tan, Louis Beryl, Siqi Chen, Mathilde Collin, Tyler Willis, Manik Gupta, Scott Belsky
Hang
Series AJul 2022$16M
$16M
Switchboard
SeedMay 2022$5M
$11M
Co-investors: Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Justin Mateen
Pollen Mobile
SeedApr 2022
Co-investors: Owen Van Natta (Prefix Capital)
OpenPhone
Series BApr 2022$40M
Series ANov 2020$14M
SeedJan 2020$2M
$56M
Co-investors: Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Elad Gil, Giovanni Gardelli
Formation
SeedApr 2021$4M
Pre SeedNov 2019$1M
$5M
Co-investors: Connie Chan (Andreessen Horowitz), Baron Cannon (Sand Hill Angels), Ben Blumenrose (Designer Fund), Sahin Boydas