Ankur Pansari Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Investments
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7
- Portfolio
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3
- Exits
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4

Ankur Pansari General Information
Description
Mr. Ankur Pansari is the Founder and serves as General Partner at Divide by Zero. Mr. Pansari served as Managing Partner at Brighton Angel Partners. His portfolio includes Carta, Philz Coffee, Wealthfront, Periscope Data (acquired), Lever, Memsql, Pillow (acquired), and dozens more. During his career, he has founded numerous companies: Including an angel investment fund. A real estate business with properties featured on national television (and more in development). Artillery, an unsuccessful gaming platform where he raised over $11m and sold part of the company to a top 5 Internet company. An importing company called Favo that he sold in 2010. A social networking company in 2003 that was obliterated by Facebook. There's probably some more also. Earlier in his career, He spent four years at Facebook working on partnerships where he preloaded Facebook on 100m devices. Before that, He worked at Google on Google Toolbar where as an engineer, his team distributed 900m Toolbars and won Google's OC Award, its second-highest honor. He has a BS in Applied Math, a BS in Optical Engineering, and a minor in Physics from the University of Rochester. At the time, Stanford did not give him financial aid; however, they did not give him admission either. He spends his free time with his wife, walking his dog, and arbitraging Magic the Gathering cards.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- 417 Mississippi Street
- San Francisco, CA 94107
- United States
Ankur Pansari Investments (7)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Studyverse | 06-Jun-2022 | Seed Round | Educational Software | Out of Business | ||
Blueberry Pediatrics | 01-Apr-2019 | Clinics/Outpatient Services | Generating Revenue | |||
Stensul | 20-Jun-2018 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Arthena | 01-Jul-2014 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
App.io | 19-Mar-2013 | Application Software | Out of Business | |||
Periscope Data | 02-Jan-2013 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Wealthfront | 15-Dec-2008 | Early Stage VC | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue |
Ankur Pansari Exits (4)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Studyverse | 09-Aug-2024 | Out of Business | |
Arthena | 16-Mar-2023 | ||
Periscope Data | 14-May-2019 | Merger/Acquisition | |
App.io | 14-Apr-2016 | Out of Business |
Ankur Pansari Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Ankur Pansari Co-Investors (20)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Charles Pinto | 1 |
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Goodwater Capital |
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Umur Cubukcu |
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Ankur Pansari FAQs
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Who is Ankur Pansari?
Ankur Pansari is an angel Investor who has made 7 investments.
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What kind of investor is Ankur Pansari?
Ankur Pansari is an angel investor.
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What does Ankur Pansari do?
As an angel investor, Ankur Pansari invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Ankur Pansari invested in?
Ankur Pansari has made numerous investments in companies like Studyverse, Blueberry Pediatrics, and Stensul within the Educational Software, Clinics/Outpatient Services, and Business/Productivity Software industries.
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What has Ankur Pansari invested in recently?
Ankur Pansari's latest investment was on 06-Jun-2022 in Studyverse, a company within the Educational Software industry.
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