Ariel Poler

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What city do you live in?
San Francisco
Entrepreneurs can get referred to me through these people (I listen to these people)

I am pretty accessible. Entrepreneurs can contact me directly.

Representative investments

AdMob, StumbleUpon, RockYou, Flixster, NexTag, Outright, LOLapps, Xobni, Bills.com, Slideshare, Blippy, Kongregate, LinkExchange, Kana.

Investment criteria (Markets, Team, Stage, Location)

Capital efficient.
Ideally some evidence of traction.
Ideally in the SF Bay Area.
A clear opportunity for me to add value.
Plus “the usual”: great team, big market, yada yada.

How many seed stage investments do you expect to make in the next 12 months?
4
Typical seed stage investment amount
$25K – $100K
How do you like to add value beyond investing?

I try to leverage my learning from starting three Internet companies, serving on the boards of a dozen private & public companies, and investing in dozens of start-ups. My focus is to focus on helping the founders with “whatever they need the most help with”. I’ve had a pretty broad set of experiences, and have helped with issues that range from recruiting, to financing, to technology, marketing & product…