Max Levchin Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 130

  • Portfolio
  • 56

  • Exits
  • 51

Exits

Max Levchin General Information

Description

Mr. Max Levchin is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at Affirm. He served as a Board Member at Unity. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at SciFi VC. He founded & served as Chief Technology Officer PayPal Holdings. He serves as a Board Member at Polywork, Unity Technologies, MixPanel, and Quid. He serves as the Executive Chairman at Upwards Labs Holdings. He is an Advisor of Anchorage. He was an Advisor of Crunchyroll. Before Affirm, he co-founded and was the Chairman of Glow. Before that, he co-founded and served as General Partner at SciFi VC, a venture capital firm. In 2004, he founded Slide, a personal media-sharing service for social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, which he sold to Google in August 2010. Also in 2004, he helped start Yelp, where he was the first investor and Chairman of the Board from 2004 until 2015. He served as a Board member at Emerald Cloud Lab, Yahoo!, Yelp, and Evernote. In 2002, he was named to the Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world as well as Innovator of the Year. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champagne. He serves as a Limited Partner Advisor at Nyca Partners. He serves as an Advisor at SignalFire. He is an Angel Investor.

Business Details

Website
www.levchin.com
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Max Levchin Investments (130)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Bland AI 17-Oct-2024 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Black Ore 07-Nov-2023 Financial Software Generating Revenue
Playground (Multimedia and Design Software) 05-Jul-2023 Multimedia and Design Software Generating Revenue
X1 Card 01-Dec-2022 Other Financial Services Generating Revenue
Pomelo (Argentina) 14-Jul-2022 Financial Software Generating Revenue
GGWP 21-Mar-2022 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Coast (Financial Software) 17-Feb-2022 Financial Software Generating Revenue
Tinycare 16-Aug-2021 Educational and Training Services (B2C) Generating Revenue
Withco 02-Aug-2021 Early Stage VC Consulting Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
Shipped 01-Aug-2021 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue

Max Levchin Exits (51)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Theorem (Financial Software) 29-Oct-2024 Merger/Acquisition
PayRange 30-Sep-2024
Tinycare 16-Nov-2023
Whatifi 27-Jul-2023
X1 Card 22-Jun-2023
Breezeworks 12-May-2023
YouNoodle 01-May-2023
Human API 24-Apr-2023
SolveBio 24-Jan-2023 Merger/Acquisition
Xapo Bank 01-Sep-2022 Secondary Transaction - Private

Max Levchin Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Max Levchin Co-Investors (288)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Max Levchin FAQs

  • Who is Max Levchin?

    Max Levchin is an angel Investor who has made 130 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Max Levchin?

    Max Levchin is an angel investor.

  • What does Max Levchin do?

    As an angel investor, Max Levchin invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Max Levchin hold?

    Max Levchin holds 2 board seats including Polywork and Mixpanel.

  • What has Max Levchin invested in?

    Max Levchin has made numerous investments in companies like Bland AI, Black Ore, and Playground (Multimedia and Design Software) within the Business/Productivity Software, Financial Software, and Multimedia and Design Software industries.

  • What has Max Levchin invested in recently?

    Max Levchin's latest investment was on 17-Oct-2024 in Bland AI, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.

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