Barney Pell Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 49

  • Portfolio
  • 22

  • Exits
  • 25

Exits

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
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Barney Pell Investments (49)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
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
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

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Barney Pell Co-Investors (8)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Barney Pell FAQs

  • Who is Barney Pell?

    Barney Pell is an angel Investor who has made 49 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Barney Pell?

    Barney Pell is an angel investor.

  • What does Barney Pell do?

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

  • How many board seats does Barney Pell hold?

    Barney Pell holds a board seat in Speak With Me.

  • 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.

  • 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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