Fern Mandelbaum Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 15

  • Portfolio
  • 5

  • Exits
  • 10

Exits

Fern Mandelbaum General Information

Description

Ms. Fern Mandelbaum serves as Managing Director, Venture Investing at Emerson Collective. Ms. Mandelbaum co-founded & served as Managing Member & Partner at Vista Venture Partners. She serves as a Board Member at Midi Health, Syndio, and Planet FWD. She also served as a Partner at Monitor Ventures. She served as an Advisor at Sparta Science. In addition to investing, she is an entrepreneur, coach, and teacher. She specializes in creating and growing technology-focused businesses primarily in the consumer internet, mobile, media, and software space. Since 1998, she has worked with CEOs helping them develop and refine their business concepts, recruit management teams, key advisors, and board members, implement fundraising strategies, and establish strategic alliances. She teaches Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Women at Stanford Business School and is co-teaching the Accel Innovation Scholars Program in the Engineering School. She also served as an Advisor at StartX. She has lectured at Brown University San Jose State, and Stanford's Ignite, Exec Ed, and Continuing Studies programs. She also works with companies including LinkedIn and RelateIQ on leadership, culture, and inclusiveness. She was co-founder and CEO of Skyline Products, one of the premier toy invention firms that was sold to IDEO. She has also worked at Metcal, Bain and Company, SRI International, Hewlett Packard, and the Kyoto Shinyo Bank (in Kyoto, Japan). She received her M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1988 and her B.A. in Economics from Brown University in 1984.

Business Details

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

Fern Mandelbaum Investments (15)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Clockwise 16-Jun-2020 Later Stage VC Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Barnraiser 25-Jan-2019 Information Services (B2C) Bankruptcy: Liquidation
PicnicHealth 21-Dec-2018 Medical Records Systems Generating Revenue
Guild 26-Aug-2016 Educational Software Generating Revenue
Vocate 10-May-2016 Human Capital Services Out of Business
Tinkergarten 18-Mar-2016 Educational and Training Services (B2C) Generating Revenue
BetterUp 04-Jan-2016 Educational Software Generating Revenue
Gridspace 16-Nov-2015 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Guild 30-Sep-2015 Seed Round Educational Software Generating Revenue
Pique ( Social/Platform Software) 23-Jun-2015 Accelerator/Incubator Social/Platform Software Out of Business

Fern Mandelbaum Exits (10)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Vocate 01-Mar-2019 Out of Business
Qualia (Business/Productivity Software) 27-Nov-2018
Accompany 10-May-2018
Pique ( Social/Platform Software) 01-Dec-2017
Kanjoya 03-Oct-2016
StarMaker Interactive 16-Aug-2016
Popchips 20-Apr-2012
Artful Home 03-May-2001
Barnraiser Bankruptcy: Liquidation
Tinkergarten Buyout/LBO

Fern Mandelbaum Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Fern Mandelbaum FAQs

  • Who is Fern Mandelbaum?

    Fern Mandelbaum is an angel Investor who has made 15 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Fern Mandelbaum?

    Fern Mandelbaum is an angel investor.

  • What does Fern Mandelbaum do?

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

  • What has Fern Mandelbaum invested in?

    Fern Mandelbaum has made numerous investments in companies like Clockwise, Barnraiser, and PicnicHealth within the Business/Productivity Software, Information Services (B2C), and Medical Records Systems industries.

  • What has Fern Mandelbaum invested in recently?

    Fern Mandelbaum's latest investment was on 16-Jun-2020 in Clockwise, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.

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