adjective
having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties

Investing in hard-hitting founders.

Plucky is a collective of angel investors that backs extremely ambitious founders at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage. In addition to an investment of up to $100K, we bring an engaged network of founders, product experts, and investors.

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About us

For Founders

We invest between $50K-$100K in the same amount of time it takes to talk to a single angel investor. We are a single line item on the cap table. Everything is simpler.

Plucky is not a VC firm. There are no GPs or LPs. We invest to support the founders tackling the next generation of problems - that’s it. We are 100% aligned with founders.

Plucky is not a syndicate. There are no passive investors. We have a variety of backgrounds and experiences such as founders, product experts, and investors. We want to be hands-on.

For Angels

Active and aspiring angel investors can maximise both their impact and learning with Plucky. This is a different type of classroom - there are no teachers with lesson plans, only open-minded students. You submit, evaluate, and invest in real deals. You put your own money in the companies you believe in.

You magnify your impact by being able to support founders as part of a community. Startups benefit from a larger check and a diverse network. This makes the startup more likely to survive, improving its impact on your portfolio. Combined with deal flow and smaller individual checks, you can unlock a more robust risk/return profile.

There are no management fees and no carry fees. We keep interests aligned through collaborative investing and membership curation.

Investments

Dapple Security
Put your digital identity back in your hands.
Diffgram
The AI datastore for data labeling, data workflows, and AI data storage.
Nabaco
Reducing food loss and waste while maximizing produce industry profitability.
Studiobox
Remote recording for video pros.
Zettlor
The employee referral platform designed specifically for talent acquisition.

Members

Aaron Kanter
SWE with cryptography focus; ex-Amazon, ex-Meta, currently at LinkedIn
Alec Gilarde
Investor at Bullpen Capital with data analytics focus
Alex Sopinka
Founder of Obie | Knowledge at Seismic
Anshul Madan
Founder & Angel Investor; ex-Product Leader at HPE; ex-Dell, NetApp; CMU
Chris Buttenham
Founder of Obie | Search & Knowledge @ Seismic
David Kanter
Founder, Executive Director, Board Member MLCommons, Investor, Expert Witness, and Consultant
Dheeraj Sanka
Angel investor and founder
Drew Goodrich
Investor at BDev Ventures, founder, ex-Bank of America
Gaurav Mathur
Passionate about UX, startups and technology
Jason Preston
VC at Alsop Louie Partners & Co-Founder at Dent
Jay Madheswaran
Founder & CEO at Eve, ex-VC LSVP, Facebook, Rubrik founding eng
Karthick Solaimalai
Senior Director, Service Operations at Okta, Inc.; 20 years of experience in Startups and Large Enterprises
Kendall Gee-Wing
Investor at BDev Ventures; ex-ecommerce, private equity, logistics
Larry Braitman
Experienced angel investor, founder, and super connector
Mihir Jham
Engineering Manager at Cloudflare
Mitch Lindheim
Attorney and certified general contractor
Neal Sarraf
Managing Director at Forum Ventures; Co-Founder of First Resonance
Nischay Madappa
Angel investor and founder
Sameer Nizamuddin
Consultant at Monitor Deloitte; intersection of strategy, operations, M&A, and digital transformation
Stefan Theard
Experienced SWE, ex-Brex; currently at a stealth startup funded by Sequoia
Terry Zeng
Product/Data/Strategy @ Humankind
Victor Bittorf
AI Architect at SiMa.ai; ex-Facebook, Google, Alation, Cloudera
Vijisha Sahoo
Product @ Upgrade; ex-Fast, Amazon, Barclays, EY