Allan Tear

Allan is managing partner of Betaspring, a mentor-centric startup accelerator that has launched 57 startups. Allan has founded three venture-funded startups: Elastic Networks, Incanta, and WhyData.

Website: https://www.revupfund.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allantear/
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Accredited investor
Member since August 22, 2011

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Type of investor	Incubator
Typical investment size	Under $25,000
Typical investments in a year	35
Categories of interest	Business to Business (B2B) Consumer Internet (B2C) Education Electronics Enterprise software Hardware Digital Health Internet Software as a service (SaaS)
Locations of interest	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Credentials	Accredited Investor

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Allan is a founder and managing partner of Betaspring. Allan has founded three venture-funded startups: Elastic Networks, Incanta, and WhyData. He has raised over $15M from angels, venture capital, and strategic partners, including Slater Fund, Intel Capital and AT&T.

Allan is an active angel investor in early stage technology companies, and advises national, state, and local government on nurturing high-growth startup ecosystems. He was selected as an inaugural Innovation Fellow by the Rhode Island Foundation, with multi-year funding to catalyze new entrepreneurial communities.

Allan is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, with B.S. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Public Policy.