Ankur Pansari Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Investments
  • 7

  • Portfolio
  • 3

  • Exits
  • 4

Exits

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
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
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
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
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

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Ankur Pansari Co-Investors (20)

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Ankur Pansari FAQs

  • Who is Ankur Pansari?

    Ankur Pansari is an angel Investor who has made 7 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Ankur Pansari?

    Ankur Pansari is an angel investor.

  • What does Ankur Pansari do?

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

  • 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.

  • 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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