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Sam Lessin(582)

InvestorFormer CEOVC
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wlessin.comSan Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
Slow Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $3.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
32
Current Fund Size
$325M

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Sam Lessin's Investments On Record (26)

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), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), 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), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Tyler Willis, Manik Gupta, Scott Belsky, George Ruan, Vindi Banga, Ryan Tedder, Baron Davis, Claire Hughes Johnson, Julian Shapiro, Melissa Tan, Louis Beryl, Siqi Chen, Mathilde Collin
Hang
Series AJul 2022$16M
$16M
Co-investors: Vinay Menda (Reshape Ventures), David Heath (Bombas), Tony Hawk, Nik Sharma, Roger Ehrenberg, Leore Avidar, Scott Belsky
Switchboard
SeedMay 2022$5M
$50M
Co-investors: John Lilly (Greylock), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Daniel Portillo (The General Partnership), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Mike Vernal, Dylan Field, 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: Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), 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