Esther Dyson Overview
- Investor Type
- Angel
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 1

- Investments
- 184
- Portfolio
- 67
- Exits
- 97

Esther Dyson General Information
Description
Ms. Esther Dyson serves as Advisor at 410 Labs. She also serves as an Advisor at Robust & Hawthorne Effect. AI and Alterra.ai, MedicaSafe, and Rasello. She serves as Board Member at Evernote and Medesk. She served as Advisor at PayPerks. She has been a leading figure in the technology industry globally for over three decades. Her entrepreneurial insights, developed over the course of a career supporting start-up and expansion-stage companies in information technology, provide an invaluable source of guidance in the management of portfolio companies. Her business network is also a consistent supplier of connections and introductions, investing opportunities, and market intelligence. She is an active investor in start-ups around the world and sits on the boards of 23andMe, Luxoft, Meetup, Bamf Health, Boundless Mind, Swvl, DiGAME Investment Company, and Yandex among others. She served as Board Member at Thrive Global. Her portfolio includes such winners as Evernote, Facebook, Square; she has sold startups to Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Apple and Uber, among others. She is the author of Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age (1997 bestseller). From 1998 to 2000, she was the founding chairman of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number, the organization responsible for overseeing the Domain Name System) and as such, provided advice to a number of government officials worldwide on Internet policy issues. From October 2008 - March 2009, she lived in Star City outside Moscow, training as a backup cosmonaut. She also serves as Advisor at 410Labs, Basis Science, CognitionX, Genomera, Hawthrone Effect, ICON Aircraft, Keas, Nanowear, New Europe Ventures, Nomanini, Oradian, OrganizedWisdom, Play-it Health, ProofPilot, Startup Health, WebThriftStore, Zedo, and equilibrium. She serves as Chairwoman of the Advisory Board at Credo Ventures. Ms. Dyson has a BA in economics from Harvard University. She serves as Board Member and Advisor at Syllable.
Contact Information
- New York, NY
- United States
Esther Dyson Investments (184)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Boxhub | 11-Apr-2022 | Seed Round | 00.00 | Internet Retail | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 |
00000000 (00000 00 | 04-Aug-2021 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Other Healthcare Services | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 |
0000000 0000 | 12-Jul-2021 | 00000 (00000 | Elder and Disabled Care | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 | |
0000 00 | 21-Jun-2021 | 0000 00000 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Startup | ||
00000 00000000000 | 31-May-2021 | 0000 00000 | Biotechnology | Startup | 000000 00000 | |
000000000 | 02-Apr-2021 | 0000 00000 | 00.000 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 |
000000 000000 | 07-Mar-2021 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 |
000000 0000 | 23-Feb-2021 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Automotive Insurance | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 |
MedicaSafe | 31-Dec-2020 | Later Stage VC | 000 | Other Devices and Supplies | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 |
Robust.AI | 28-Oct-2020 | Early Stage VC | 0000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 000000 00000 |
Esther Dyson Exits (97)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Swvl | 01-Apr-2022 | Reverse Merger | 00000 |
000000 | 08-Mar-2022 | 000 00 00000000 | |
000000000 | 05-Jan-2022 | 0000000000 | |
000000000 | 15-Oct-2021 | 0000000000 | |
0000000 0000 00000 | 16-Aug-2021 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000000 | 10-Jun-2021 | 0000000 000000 | 00000 |
00000000 | 01-Jun-2021 | 000000000000000000 | |
00000000000 | 01-Jun-2021 | 000000000 00000000 | |
NanoRacks | 10-May-2021 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Space Adventures | 01-May-2021 | Secondary Transaction - Private |
Esther Dyson Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
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Request a free trialEsther Dyson Team (1)
Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Esther Dyson | Angel Investor | 000 | 0 | New York, NY |
Esther Dyson Co-Investors (276)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Howard Morgan | 2 | 0 |
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New York Angels | 0 | 0 |
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Seedcamp | 0 | 0 |
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StartUp Health | 0 | 0 |
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Taavet Hinrikus | 0 | 0 |
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