EL

Edward Lando

Making things real

United States

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Angel Investing
Start-ups
Mentoring
E-commerce
Public Speaking
Leadership
Business Advising

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2020

    First investor in great entrepreneurs around the world.

Startups

2014

  • Angel Investor

    2014

    Early investor in 20+ unicorns including Ramp, Mercury, Current, Spendesk, Side, Misfits Market, Truebill, Modern Treasury, Extra, Gauntlet and others.

  • Founding Investor & Board Member

    2018

    On a mission to bring healthy, affordable produce to all Americans & help reduce food waste along the way. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-14/misfits-market-online-groceries-valued-at-2-billion-on-softbank-investment

2023

  • Co-Founder

    2023

    Reinventing interior design. https://www.fastcompany.com/91040882/venus-williams-launches-an-ai-interior-design-platform-called-palazzo https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/venus-williams-launches-palazzo-ai-powered-interior-design-platform/

2022

  • Co-Founder

    2022

    Freedom from sales tax. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/zamp-fintech-e-commerce-sales-tax/

  • Co-Founder

    2021

    Pay By Bank in the US. https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/19/link-raises-30m-to-help-merchants-accept-direct-bank-payments/

2021

  • Co-Founder

    2021

    Redefining the surrogacy experience. https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2022/09/21/nodal-launches-tech-surrogacy-5-million-seed

2020

  • Co-Founder

    2020

    The easiest way to send gifts to the people you care about. https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/16/gift-giving-mobile-app-goody-holidays/

2020

  • Founding Investor & Board Member

    2020

    Use your spreadsheet skills to build custom applications powered by your data. www.lido.app

  • Co-Founder

    2018

    The modern financial research platform. https://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank-latin-america-fund-leads-28-million-atom-finance-funding-round-11624447801