Overview
- Gender
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male
- Investor Type
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Investment Partner,Angel
- Investor Stage
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Early stage Venture,Late Stage Venture,Seed,Venture
Ash advises and invests in AI-First companies. He helps companies from inception onwards by advising on their data + ML, pricing and fundraising strategy. He invests anything from $20K to $20MM in a company.He also currently acts as a Special Advisor to Zetta Venture Partners, where he was a Managing Director from 2015 to 2021. Before Zetta, Ash launched AngelList’s fundraising platform that now manages over $7B. Prior to AngelList, he co-founded Topguest (acquired), a loyalty software platform that counted United Airlines, Hilton Worldwide, and Virgin America as clients. He started his career in growth investing at Macquarie Capital in New York after studying law at the University of Sydney. Penguin Random House has published his book, “The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence”.
Personal Investments
Ash Fontana has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on
Mar 19, 2013, when Canva raised $6.60M.
Date |
Company Name |
Round |
Money Raised |
Industry |
|
Mar 19, 2013 |
Canva
|
Seed |
$6.60M
|
Graphic Design |
Detail |
Jobs
Ash Fontana has 4 current jobs including
Advisor at Numerai
,
Business partner and investor at Clearbit
and
Advisor at Canva
.