Gil Elbaz Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 40

  • Portfolio
  • 15

  • Exits
  • 24

Exits

Gil Elbaz General Information

Description

Mr. Gil Elbaz serves as Partner at TenOneTen Ventures. He serves as Co-Chairman at Foursquare. He founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Factual. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and pioneer of natural language technology. Founded in 2008, Factual is his second startup. In 1998, he co-founded Applied Semantics Inc. (ASI) which developed contextual advertising products, including ASI's AdSense. In 2003, Google acquired ASI and he stayed on through 2007 as the director of engineering for the Santa Monica office, continuing to work on AdSense. He earned his bachelor's degree from Caltech with a double major in Engineering and Applied Science and Economics. He serves on the Board of Directors of the X Prize Foundation. He also serves as an Advisor at SignalFire. He holds a BS (Bachelor of Science) in Engineering and Applied Science from the California Institute of Technology.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • United States

Gil Elbaz Investments (40)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Smashing 25-Jun-2024 Seed Round Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
Rill Data 04-Aug-2022 Database Software Generating Revenue
OneSignal 15-Aug-2017 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Social Native 18-May-2017 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
ClutchPoints 27-Apr-2017 Broadcasting, Radio and Television Generating Revenue
Quartzy 22-Dec-2015 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
MapSense 27-May-2015 Other Commercial Services Generating Revenue
Weotta 06-May-2015 Application Software Out of Business
Alation 04-Mar-2015 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
MindMeld 18-Dec-2014 Early Stage VC Information Services (B2C) Generating Revenue

Gil Elbaz Exits (24)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Surf Air Mobility 26-Jul-2023 IPO
Scopely 12-Jul-2023
Rexter 19-Aug-2021
MomentFeed 15-Jun-2021
Procore Technologies 20-May-2021
Space Adventures 01-May-2021
Trippy 01-May-2021
Wish US Holdings 16-Dec-2020
Chai Energy 01-Oct-2020 Out of Business
Srch2 01-Jul-2019 Out of Business

Gil Elbaz Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

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Gil Elbaz Co-Investors (49)

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Gil Elbaz FAQs

  • Who is Gil Elbaz?

    Gil Elbaz is an angel Investor who has made 40 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Gil Elbaz?

    Gil Elbaz is an angel investor.

  • What does Gil Elbaz do?

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

  • How many board seats does Gil Elbaz hold?

    Gil Elbaz holds a board seat in XPRIZE.

  • What has Gil Elbaz invested in?

    Gil Elbaz has made numerous investments in companies like Smashing, Rill Data, and OneSignal within the Media and Information Services (B2B), Database Software, and Business/Productivity Software industries.

  • What has Gil Elbaz invested in recently?

    Gil Elbaz's latest investment was on 25-Jun-2024 in Smashing, a company within the Media and Information Services (B2B) industry.

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