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Ash Fontana

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

Ash advises and invests in AI-First companies. He helps companies from inception onwards by advising on their data + ML, pricing and fundrai...

Investor Profile

Ash Fontana has backed more than 6 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 1 rounds, about 17% of its total and boasts 0 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Pre Seed rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in Australia, United States, Germany.
  • Strong thematic focus on Software, SaaS, Graphic Design.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (50%)
  • Pre Seed (50%)

Country Focus

  • Australia (33%)
  • United States (33%)
  • Germany (17%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Saas
  • Graphic Design
  • Photo Editing
  • Publishing
  • Web Design
  • Email
  • Internet
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Machine Learning
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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Ash Fontana frequently co-invest with?

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North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Investible
Oceania, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney
Co-Investments: 1
Designer Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
InterWest Partners
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1
500 Global
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Blackbird Ventures
Oceania, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney
Co-Investments: 1
Square Peg Capital
North America, Virginia, United States, Richmond
Co-Investments: 1
Elevation Capital
Oceania, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney
Co-Investments: 1
Shasta Ventures
North America, California, United States, Portola Valley
Co-Investments: 1
Founders Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Ash Fontana often collaborate with?

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North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
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North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
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North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
KG
North America, California, United States, Sunnyvale
Shared Deals: 1
AM
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
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North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
LR
North America, New York, United States, Brooklyn
Shared Deals: 1
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North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
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Europe, Berlin, Germany, Berlin
Shared Deals: 1
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Europe, Berlin, Germany, Berlin
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Ash Fontana?

AI PreCAD companion tool for Electrical Engineers

Pre SeedMar 1, 2024
Amount Raised: $500,000
QuantPi

Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

QuantPi creates automated and scalable solutions for AI model explainability and robustness auditing.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningSoftware
Pre SeedOct 7, 2022
Amount Raised: $2,434,768
Tactiq

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Tactiq helps to extract knowledge out of remote meetings and share it across the team

CollaborationMeeting SoftwareProduct ManagementProductivity ToolsSaaS
Pre SeedMar 1, 2021
Amount Raised: $500,000
Mixmax

San Francisco, California, United States

Mixmax is a sales engagement platform that helps sales and customer success teams accelerate revenue at every stage of the customer journey.

EmailInternetSaaSSoftware
SeedApr 21, 2015
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
Sliced Investing

San Francisco, California, United States

Sliced Investing simplifies and automates hedge fund investing.

Financial ServicesFinTech
SeedNov 17, 2014
Amount Raised: $2,000,000
Canva

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Canva is an online design and publishing platform that provides user friendly design tools for non-designers.

Graphic DesignPhoto EditingPublishingSoftwareWeb Design
SeedMar 19, 2013
Amount Raised: $6,600,000