Mark Kendall
Angel Investors play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Santa Barbara Angel Investors. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Santa Barbara Angel Investors
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Craig Tooey Courtemanche
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Craig “Tooey” Courtemanche is the Founder and CEO of Procore. More than a decade ago, Tooey leveraged the power of the Internet to improve c…
Kenny Van Zant
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Kenny Van Zant was the SVP and Chief Product Strategist for SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), where he helped pioneer the bottom-up model for selling …
Jim Andelman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jim is co-founder and Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving the…
Andreas von Blottnitz
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mr. Andreas von Blottnitz is an angel investor and on the advisory board at e.ventures. Prior to his Venture Capital work, Mr. von Blottnit…
Klaus Schauser
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Klaus Schauser – Chief Strategist & Founder @ AppFolio Property Manager
Jason Spievak
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Jason Spievak is the co-founder and Managing Director of Entrada Ventures, the leading early-stage venture capital fund on California’s Cent…
Brett Queener
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Brett is a Partner at Bonfire Ventures. His entire career has been focused on growing software companies — fast. From 2013-2016, Brett serv…
Patrick Spence
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Patrick Spence is the Chief Executive Officer and serves on the Board of Directors for Sonos. Patrick joined Sonos as Chief Commercial Offic…
Kevin O’Connor
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Kevin O’Connor is currently the founder and general partner at [ScOp Venture Capital](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/oconnor-ventur…
Sieva Kozinsky
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Sieva Kozinsky is CEO at Enduring Ventures.
Reece Duca
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Reece Duca is a GlobalEnglish Founder and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors until July 2012, when GlobalEnglish was acquired by P…
Patrick Dietzen
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Patrick Dietzen brings many years of early stage tech venture executive experience and expertise. He is passionate about building businesses…
John Greathouse
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years. At Computer Motion (RBOT), he w…
Avery Rosin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Avery Rosin is a Principal at Lead Edge Capital, LLC. He joined the firm on July 05, 1995 and previously served as an Associate. Prior to th…
Jim Villanueva
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jim Villanueva – Managing Director @ Global Partnerships/Eleos Social Venture Fund
Simon Plant
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
CEO, CTO, investor and strategic advisor on a wide range of technical and business transformation projects including high tech, automotive, …
Virgil Elings
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Virgil Elings – Founder @ First Nano
Adrian Sedlin
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Adrian Sedlin – CEO @ Canndescent
Eric Kanowsky
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Eric Kanowsky – Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Entrada Ventures
Danny Seigle
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Danny Seigle is the Director of Business Development at FindTheBest. Danny joined the company in May 2011 after working as an associate cons…
Richard R. Janssen
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Richard R. Janssen – Principal @ Janssen & Associates
Michael Benaron
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
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