Aaron Lee 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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7
- Portfolio
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3
- Exits
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4
Aaron Lee General Information
Description
Dr. Aaron Lee is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at Smith. Dr. Lee serves as Advisor at Easy Paint. He on Product Design and Engineering at Redbeacon. Prior to Redbeacon, he was one of the founding engineers on Google Video. He later became the Tech Lead on YouTube monetization, building products that spanned AdSense, AdWords and YouTube. He was also a Launch Engineer, helping launch many other Google products and mentoring and promoting engineers. Before joining Google, he worked at Bosch building one of the most advanced 3D navigation systems for in-car infotainment. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Graphics from Princeton and has interned at NVIDIA, Microsoft Research (where he received a Microsoft Fellowship), NASA Ames Research Center and Lucent Technologies. He has published papers in SIGGRAPH, IEEE conferences, sciencedaily.com and gamasutra.com. He earned an M.A and B.A. from University of Cambridge with first honors in Computer Science. He holds four patents with seven others currently pending.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Aaron Lee Investments (7)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NerdWallet | 21-Oct-2015 | Later Stage VC | Financial Software | Profitable | ||
| Soothe | 11-Feb-2015 | Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) | Generating Revenue | |||
| Pay By Group | 19-Dec-2014 | Financial Software | Out of Business | |||
| Snapask | 22-Sep-2014 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Authy | 08-Sep-2014 | Network Management Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| QBotix | 14-May-2014 | Early Stage VC | Alternative Energy Equipment | Bankruptcy: Liquidation | ||
| Diffbot | 31-May-2012 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Profitable |
Aaron Lee Exits (4)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay By Group | 25-Jan-2022 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| NerdWallet | 04-Nov-2021 | ||
| QBotix | 01-Aug-2015 | Out of Business | |
| Authy | 23-Feb-2015 | Merger/Acquisition |
Aaron Lee Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
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Aaron Lee FAQs
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Who is Aaron Lee?
Aaron Lee is an angel Investor who has made 7 investments.
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What kind of investor is Aaron Lee?
Aaron Lee is an angel investor.
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What does Aaron Lee do?
As an angel investor, Aaron Lee invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Aaron Lee invested in?
Aaron Lee has made numerous investments in companies like NerdWallet, Soothe, and Pay By Group within the Financial Software and Services (B2C Non-Financial) industries.
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What has Aaron Lee invested in recently?
Aaron Lee's latest investment was on 21-Oct-2015 in NerdWallet, a company within the Financial Software industry.
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