Barney Pell Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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49
- Portfolio
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22
- Exits
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25

Barney Pell General Information
Description
Dr. Barney Pell serves as President at Graphstax. He is an Angel Investor. He serves as a Venture Partner at KittyHawk. He l is a Board Member of Ecoation Innovative Solutions. He was an Advisor of DynamicAction. He served as a Board Member of Ionomr. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Board Member and Advisor at LocoMobi. He is an Associate Founder and serves as an Advisor at Singularity University. He serves as a Board Member at Speak With Me. He served as an Advisor at Speak With Me. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QuickPay. He served as SVP Partner at Social Impact Capital. He was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Powerset. He co-founded and served as Vice Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Moon Express, a private company building autonomous robotic lunar landers, and is also Associate Founder and Trustee of Singularity University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and his B.S. degree in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was a National Merit Scholar.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Barney Pell Investments (49)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Plantiga | 29-Jun-2021 | Later Stage VC | Other Hardware | Generating Revenue | ||
Dooly | 01-Sep-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
A&K Robotics | 03-Mar-2020 | Other Hardware | Generating Revenue | |||
Cohesys | 16-Oct-2019 | Surgical Devices | Generating Revenue | |||
Grobo (Electronics (B2C)) | 25-Sep-2019 | Electronics (B2C) | Bankruptcy: Liquidation | |||
Ecoation | 23-Mar-2019 | Electronic Equipment and Instruments | Generating Revenue | |||
Ada | 18-Dec-2018 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
OtherSide Entertainment | 23-Oct-2018 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Optina. | 10-Oct-2018 | Seed Round | Decision/Risk Analysis | Generating Revenue | ||
Canvass AI | 21-Aug-2018 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue |
Barney Pell Exits (25)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Amaze Software | 13-Mar-2025 | Reverse Merger | |
Dooly | 01-Aug-2024 | ||
BrandYourself | 01-Jan-2023 | ||
Grobo (Electronics (B2C)) | 01-Jan-2022 | ||
Skimlinks | 28-May-2020 | ||
Mimoco | 01-Jan-2020 | ||
Zivity | 01-Jun-2019 | ||
Figure Eight | 02-Apr-2019 | ||
Revlo | 13-Dec-2018 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Rover (Content Recommendation) | 23-Feb-2017 | Merger/Acquisition |
Barney Pell Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Barney Pell Co-Investors (8)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Globalive Capital | 1 |
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Haig Farris |
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Harlo Equity Partners |
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Supernode |
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Thaddeus Young |
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Barney Pell FAQs
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Who is Barney Pell?
Barney Pell is an angel Investor who has made 49 investments.
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What kind of investor is Barney Pell?
Barney Pell is an angel investor.
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What does Barney Pell do?
As an angel investor, Barney Pell invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Barney Pell hold?
Barney Pell holds a board seat in Speak With Me.
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What has Barney Pell invested in?
Barney Pell has made numerous investments in companies like Plantiga, Dooly, and A&K Robotics within the Hardware and Business/Productivity Software industries.
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What has Barney Pell invested in recently?
Barney Pell's latest investment was on 29-Jun-2021 in Plantiga, a company within the Hardware industry.
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