Investing Profile

Teddy Himler(45)

VCInvestor
Founder and Managing Partner at Optimist Ventures
antler.co/team/New York, New York
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9 Investors

Connected to David Ambrose (Steadfast Venture Capital), Sheel Tyle (Amplo), Ben Mathews (Night Ventures), and 6 other investors on Signal.

Networks Teddy is a member of
NewCo Network
1586 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
402 CONNECTIONS
Goldman Sachs Network
312 CONNECTIONS
Goldman Sachs Network
312 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Optimist Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
7

Teddy Himler is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Teddy Himler's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Ora
Series AMay 2023$10M
$10M
Wholesum Brands
Debt FinancingApr 2022$35M
Series AApr 2022$15M
$50M
COLABS
SeedMar 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Aatif Awan (Indus Valley Capital), William Hockey
Brick
SeedFeb 2022$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Sima Gandhi (Creative Juice), Brian Ma (Iterative Capital)
Onsite Pro
Pre SeedNov 2021$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Max Motschwiller (Meritech Capital Partners), Waseem Daher (Pilot.com), Aston Motes (UnitedMasters), Ian McHenry (Pioneer Fund), Tom Steyer
Tech in Asia
Series CJun 2015$4M
$11M
Co-investors: Anis Uzzaman (Pegasus Tech Ventures), Eduardo Saverin (Binhai Venture Capital (Tianjin Binhai VC Investment Management Co., Ltd.)), AJ Solimine (122 WEST VENTURES), Oskar Hartmann

Teddy Himler's Experience

Investment Banking Analyst | Technology, Media & Telecom Goldman SachsPresent
Investment Banking Summer Intern Goldman SachsPresent
Intern U.S. House of RepresentativesPresent
Marketing Intern Xinhua Sports & Entertainment LtdPresent
Blogger & Intern ChangeCongress (NKA: Rootstrikers)Present
Founder and Managing Partner Optimist VenturesPresent
Partner AntlerPresent
Vice President SoftBank Group InternationalPresent
Vice President SoftBank GroupPresent
Vice President Top-PatentsPresent
Blogger & Intern NewCoPresent
Vice President SoftBank Group Corp.Present
Blogger & Intern Super Savvy EducationPresent
Board Member Equal CitizensPresent
Blogger & Intern Ameritech, AT&T, & Lucent TechnologiesPresent
Principal Comcast Ventures2016 - 2018

Teddy Himler's Education

Harvard University Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Government, Economics