devtools-angels

active angel investors in developer tools! For dev industry tracking see sw-yx/tracking. No particular order here but we hope we are high caliber level 1 angels.

We share dealflow in Discord for now but will also setup a dedicated newsletter soon.

• Moritz Plassnig - site / twitter

  I founded/sold Codeship and write angel + scout fund checks ($5-25K) in data or dev tool startups. First check or seed/A preferred. I don't care who else invests and geo is irrelevant as long as it's a reasonable legal entity. I can help best with everything product, go2market, company strategy, fundraising, and ceo/exec coaching. DM on Twitter is best for reaching out.

• Max Stoiber - site

  I irregularly angel invest small checks ($2500-$5000) of my own money in early-stage startups I'm excited about. Think of me as an advisor with skin in the game — I love helping with tricky, ambiguous problems, providing access to my network and audience, or even just lending an ear to founders building exciting new things.

• Michael Grinich - DM

  I’m a technologist. I studied CS at MIT and still write code. When I invest, I specifically look for technical founders building dev tools, API platforms, and “unloved” workflow cloud SaaS. I founded both Nylas and WorkOS and worked at Dropbox so this is an area I know well. My typical check size is around $100k but I can flex and get creative for bigger rounds too. If I invest, I will offer introductions to other investors I know (and like). This can help fill out a larger round. more here

• Swyx - site, email swyx at hey dot com

  Head of Developer Experience at Temporal, ex AWS, Netlify, Two Sigma. Dev Community organizer /r/reactjs, Svelte Society, and Coding Career. I do $5-15k checks in devtools startups (so far, in backend-platforms-for-frontend-devs, community engagement, frontend debugging, low code visual builders) and am a scout for Chapter One where I can do bigger checks!

• Cassidy Williams - site

  I invest in developer-focused startups who have diverse teams, good ideas, and exciting tech. DMing me on Twitter is the fastest way to reach me.

• Beyang Liu - site, DM, podcast

  I enjoy helping dev tool creators build top-notch teams, figure out go-to-market, and meet other great investors. I've been working on developer tools for most of the past decade as CTO and co-founder of Sourcegraph. I host a podcast featuring creators of dev tools--if you've built something you'd love to share with the developer world, I'd love to have you on the show!

• David Yang - site

  I co-founded Fullstack Academy which has trained thousands of developers. Currently investing $25-50K checks in devtools, low-code/no-code and ed-tech.

• Brian Douglas - site

  I am connected to the Heavybit Accelerator in San Francisco and work in the Developer Relations at GitHub. I invest my own money into early-stage startups and excited to learn about new Developer Tools.

• Gergely Orosz - site, DM

  Previously at engineer and engineering manager at Uber and Skype. Interested in investing in platform engineering startups (including developer tools). On top of investing, I can help advise with running and growing lean and efficient engineering teams and help get some exposure to engineers through my blog, YouTube channel and Twitter.

• Brianne Kimmel - twitter, Worklife.vc

  Worklife.vc, investor in Mux, WorkOS, Webflow, Stytch and more!

• Ellen Chisa - twitter, site, BoldStart.vc

  Cofounder at Dark, Lola, and early Kickstarter/Office Mobile. I advise and invest small checks in startups. I invest in companies where I'm excited about the founders, want to learn something about the space, and see a way for me to add value. I'm also a founder in residence at Boldstart and support Oliners through parcelb.vc.

• Christina Cordova - twitter

  Head of Product @ Notion

• Stephanie Friedman - twitter

  Xamarin, Netlify, Tailscale, etc

• Michael Rybintsev - site, DM

  Infrastructure consulting, factotum at Scrimba, previously an engineer at Huddle and HT2 Labs. Interested in devtools and edtech.

• Manuel Weiss - twitter, site

  Developer Marketing B2B Consultant, previously cofounder at Codeship (acquired by CloudBees) I am an angel investor and advisor to dev startups in the pre-seed and seed stage. I sign $5k-$10k tickets and invest in founders and their companies where I can provide proven value. I'm a pro-active, hands-on angel with a founder background that can help with Developer Marketing + B2B Sales.

• Dion Almaer - twitter

  Director, Web Developer Ecosystem at Google. I lead product for developer tools such as Chrome DevTools, and have been in the developer tooling space for most of my career, e.g. building Bespin and co-leading developer tools at Mozilla, working on the webOS developer ecosystem, and multiple startups. I have been an angel investor for the last decade, and love working with developer-oriented platform and tooling companies. As an LP I work with one of the best VCs in the open source and developer space, Uncorrelated.

• Brian Lovin - site, twitter

  I'm a product designer currently working on the mobile apps at GitHub. I love working with developers, building developer tools, and working with early stage companies that need design help. I write $5-10k checks and only invest when I feel confident that I'm going to provide real value to a company. My value will primarily come from design and product feedback, hiring and recruiting, and helping early design hires ramp up and have external support.

• Eugene Yan - site, twitter

  Applied Science at Amazon. Previously led data science at Lazada (acquired by Alibaba) and ucare.ai. I write $10 - 20k checks for dev tools in the data and ML space (deployment, testing, monitoring, etc.); also e-commerce and ed-tech. In addition to investing, I also help with advising and intros to other tech advisors and VCs.